London Food & Drink News: 7 April 2011
Charitable initiatives, hotel bars and sherry this week.
Sherry
New Menu Items at Tsuru Japanese Restaurants
Photography by Chris Osburn The London duo of Japanese restaurants that is Tsuru (Bankside and Bishopsgate) has updated its already yummy menu with a half dozen or so items priced between £4.50 and £7. After a sampling of the new dishes, Londonist is pleased to …
Preview: Free Sherry On The Tapas Trail
Today marks the start of what we at Londonist would like to call sherry week. And that’s no reference whatsoever to the Spanish post-football celebrations. It is, in fact, the launch of the Tapas Trail by Tio Pepe. It’s a simple enough concept. Spend £4.50 …
London’s First Sherry Bar: Pepito
Photography by Chris Osburn A sherry bar in London? What a fino idea! And now it’s a reality. Opening today in that same secret courtyard as Spanish restaurant Camino (indeed, they share the same owner), Bar Pepito is a tiny place with a hefty list …
Review: Art of Good Taste Masterclass at Camino
Photography by Chris Osburn Last night’s Art of Good Taste Masterclass at Camino (which we previewed here) was an exercise in fun with plenty of fabulous free food (pata negra! scallops!) and cocktails as well as ever replenished glasses of sherry for all attendees. From …
Preview: Art of Good Taste Masterclass at Camino
Photography by Chris Osburn Back in November when we reviewed King’s Cross Spanish restaurant, Camino (3 Varnisher’s Yard, The Regent Quarter, N1 9AF), we concluded that we’d be happy to pay it a visit again. Well, it looks like we’re finally gonna get back there …
Tasty Mingling at Generation XO: The Tasting Sessions
Deciding which is better, the 100 year old Courvoisier Initiale Extra or the 130 year old Hennessy Paradis is a splendid dilemma and just the sort of quandary we found ourselves in last night at Generation XO: The Tasting Sessions. Held at the ultra-swish five …
Heston Blumenthal Gets his Scientific Drink on with Sherry!
Oh Sherry, there’s no reason to be all alone anymore! “Culinary alchemist” Heston Blumenthal (of Fat Duck fame), with scientist Professor Don Mottram of Reading University, has discovered a group of compounds known as diketopiperazines (try saying that drunk without offending someone) in Sherry. Apparently, …
Jerez (with its Lovely Sherry and Tapas!) via Spitalfields
Sherry. It’s not just for Nan at Christmas. It’s for anybody hankering some fine wine to go with the right tasty morsels. Today, tomorrow and Friday offer a superb opportunity to sample a few of Jerez’s best (thanks to the Sherry Institute of Spain) along …
Gourmet Grazing with Tio Pepe
Dear Uncle Pepe, Thank you so much for sending your Gourmet Grazing Box! It arrived just in time for this past sunny weekend, resulting in a couple of brilliant picnics as well as a few notably yummy nibble sessions. In fact, there were so many …
