Ok I know you’ll like this one. As far as I know, the latest foodie craze to hit the Smoke are secret restaurants which nobody seemingly knows about, except everybody does. If you’ve not been to one yet (just google secret underground london restaurants) then this might just be the ultimate one to check out.  The scene will be set at the private supper club called The Loft. It is also the private training kitchen of El Bulli trained former head chef of Bacchus,  Nuno Mendes. The event is being organised by Paris based food consultant Rachel Khoo. She will be serving up a five course dinner (with wine) which combines far eastern flavours with the designs of HK based designers PikPikZoo and ya’ll will be grooving to the musical landscape of Joseph Seresin. It’s being touted as a mash-up: melange of different sytles of food and media incorporated into a delicious dinner. This is about as slick as underground restaurants can get. Interested? The event is £65 pp, space is superiorly limited to 12 guests (about half are already gone) and it will be held at The Loft on Wednesday 15th April at 7.30pm. Send your reservations to rkhooks@gmail.com. As usual, I’ve included the PR blurb with the rest of this email so keep reading for all the details

Lantana Breakfast £10 official blog I finally made a trip out to this much talked about cafe, and it was awesome. I need my breakfast, and this review is now a guest post on the blog A girl has to eat.  [Read the full review there

This is the first article you are reading on this website (or it isnt, but just go along with it anyway ) . You’re from beyond the shores and wondering what we Brits eat , or perhaps you’re just a little out of reach from the Big Smoke and have always wondered why city wide boys (no, I’m not one.) throw their money away feasting on overfed snails. Well, forget everything you read, instead let me take you on my quest for culinary indulgence in the year of 2008, in the city of smoke and in search of that dish

the union chilli burger This is the beginning of the search for the top burgers in london. It’s no real secret that burgers have slowly been devouring the capital in the past few years and I think it’s only appropriate for me to highlight some of the burger bars which are ever-present around town. On this outing, I chose to try five places: Gourmet Burger Kitchen – the original posh burger bar now serving buffalo. Burger Shack- smollensky’s take on the ol’ bun. Hamburger Union – One of the few which serves a steak burger. Hache Burgers – Self anointed connoisseurs and aspiring to be the best. Byron Hamburgers – proper burgers and nothing else. Who has the best beef? Which bun can soak up the most juices? Which one serves the biggest shakes and just who exactly serves the best burgers in london

With the explosion of the london posh burger phenomenon at critical mass, I wonder how relatively new boys Byrons stack up against the establishments. Welcome one, welcome all to yet another entry in my loosely connected series of burger posts. Today, I’ve decided to go mini at Byrons, come join me in finding out if its any good

Everybody does it. The first time they set foot in London, they are sure to hit the embankment area to catch the London eye, possibly the mayor’s offices and take obligatory pictures of tower bridge. After that, the thames just becomes this ‘been there, done that’ non-event. Surely such a scenic river holds much potential. What happens when you put together a beautifully laid yacht, a sunny autumn friday afternoon, excellent service, cool clientele and excellent food? You call it the veuve clicquot cruise. Visit London 2008 The thames is beautiful. It invokes this lovely sea-breeze feel ( its a river I know ) but you can’t help but feel the buzz emanating from the city which surrounds it. There are just so many landmarks, the tate museum, the shakespeare globe theatre, the london assembly, canary wharf, the O2 , I could go on and on. Suffice to say the river still holds a certain charm, if only there was a way to get londoners excited about it again

The financial storm has descended upon London like a dark cloud and it looks as if it might get worse before it gets better. But you know, that’s not going to change my commitment toward finding that dish in London. I’ve decided to go on the hunt for a cheap meal with no compromise on quality. I then remembered this great place serving giant pancakes for £8. Is it a must-eat

The original Gourmet burger kitchen started it’s first outlet in Battersea and since then, their super-sized burgers have exploded across the country with far too many outlets for it to be countable. If you’re looking for a great meal on a shoe-string in today’s crunch-induced environment then GBK might just interest you

There’s only so many ways I can photograph a business card, but that’s all Hache burgers left me with after my visit to Timeout’s best burger place. I didn’t understand their refusal for pictures but I tell you what, I might have just ate the best fish burger… ever

Fast-food is slowly being redressed as proper food. Take burger joints for example. They have been ‘gourmet-ised’ and have been springing up all over the capital. Smollensky’s burger shack is one of them. I get peckish when I’m out and about, so I decided to drop a visit

So the story goes… While in college, two friends decided to pass on the usual fat & furious delights and wanted do healthy. So they wandered into a ‘specialist’ food shop, picked up hummus, olive oil and pitta bread. One of them said “I could eat a meal like that everyday”. The other one stopped talking, an idea lit between the two heads and Hummus Bros was born.  So this is how it works: Choose a hummus topping (plain, veggie, mushroom, guacamole, chicken, beef) Choose a pitta (white,brown) Tear, dip, eat Repeat step 1 to