Cubanía blend launch by Nespresso
To date, one of the best events I ever attended as a blogger
A meal at the Ledbury, Notting Hill
***this restaurant has since closed down*** An extremely overdue post, due to a few busy days (holidays, birthdays, visitors from Italy) and the looming and now passed, deadline to hand in my write-ups for next year’s restaurant guide. Amongst the places I was asked to cover this year was the Ledbury, Michelin starred establishment in Notting Hill. Partly owned by Phil Howard, I had sort of always wanted to try but it was not exactly on top of my list,…
Gin Journey – an evening on the town
This is primarily a food related blog but recently myself and @bmcboy took part in a fun experience which I thought worth sharing. I had purchased a voucher for him as a Christmas present for a ‘Gin Journey’ after seeing a mention of it on Time Out. For someone who likes gin like him, I thought the idea of spending a few hours across London being driven in a minivan and tasting a few different types of gin would be…
Lower Marsh Saturday Market Launch + Supper Club
We have lived near Lower Marsh for almost 10 years and we have seen already a couple of times in the past attempts to revive what apparently used to be a thriving local market. Occasionaly there are fun events such as Scoot the Thames which bring crowds to the area but it is mostly very quiet especially at weekends. Two weeks ago the market ‘relaunched‘ its saturday trading – weekdays in fact it is quite busy with street food…
A pizza at Vigata, King’s Cross
The idea of making my way across London to Pentonville Road on an early wintry Sunday evening really did not appeal to me, but we had arranged to meet up a couple of weeks earlier so I did not feel like pulling out. And I am glad I didn’t! Myself and a few fellow bloggers had been invited to try Sicilian owned Vigata pizzeria, a few minutes’ walk from King’s Cross station. I admit I had my doubts: Sicily isn’t…