New Restaurant Review: Ora Thai
Ora Thai restaurant opened up on Little Portland Street with a medium-sized bang late last year. Do smart uniforms and bespoke toiletries a good restaurant make?
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Review: Waitrose Cookery School
If you’re still on the hunt for Christmas pressies for foodie friends or family or you want to know what to do with Boxing Day leftovers, you may want to check out the new Waitrose Cookery School, a first for the premium supermarket chain which …
What’s for Lunch? Paolina’s
Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Paolina’s Thai Café 181 King’s Cross Road, WC1X 9BZ 020 7278 8176 MAP Mon-Fri,12pm-3pm and 6pm-10pm Sat, 6pm-10pm Expect to Pay: Around £7 for most mains The endearingly cartoonish plaque …
Tasty Thai Food and Flavoursome Cocktails at Benja
Londonist recently got an invite to check out Thai restaurant Benja’s updated menu under new executive chef, Chef McDang. According to the folks at Benja, the updates hint at “what is promised early next year when McDang will create a brand new a la carte …
Bad Week for Nightclub Violence
We’ve been known to hit the clubs on occasion to take a little tipple, do a little dancing and mingle with our friends, neighbours and hopefully a few attractive strangers. But a fun night can quickly turn ugly when an insult is lobbed, someone’s pride …
Shoot & Eat: Oriental City
Join Londonist on the hunt for some of this town’s most photogenic meals. There are but a few months left before the beloved, run-down shopping centre that is Oriental City will shut its doors for the last time. While there are some who only frequent …
Gaming For Charity At ULU
We’ve seen you racing down Rainbow Road in the queue at Sainsbury’s. We’ve also noticed you desperately arranging tetrominoes on the tube and catching Pokémon at the bus stop, so we know you’re just as addicted to playing Nintendo DS as we are. For over …
Interview: Where the Hell is Matt
Whenever Londonist is feeling a tad glum, we have but to turn to Matt Harding and his amazingly silly website to get all cheered up again. Matt Harding is one big internet sensation, albeit a very unlikely one. The former games programmer has made a …
Fancyapint: London’s Best Pubs
Even with the spectre of hazardous drinking looming over us, pubs are still our favourite places to be, so we were delighted to be invited along to the Fancyapint.com London pub awards 2007. Fancyapint has awards in 2 categories. The reviewers’ awards are based on …
Thai Chilli Fry Terror
Soho streets were brought to a terrifying standstill yesterday afternoon when “a very hot and sharp smell” and a cloud of acrid smoke provoked chemical attack panic with police sealing off the area and closing roads. The Ambulance Service dispatched a Hazardous Area Response Team …
Extra, Extra
How’s this for political handbags? “Ms Grell told voters her rival Barry Smith claimed to be married yet had a 14-year-old Thai boyfriend.” City banker ‘not German enough‘. He probably mentioned the war. John Hurt finds he’s not from Ireland, but Croydon. His most gut-wrenching …
