Ingredients 2 medium sized Apples (or 1 large cooking apple) 125g Puff Pastry 85g Unsalted Butter 3 desert spoons of Brown or Caster Sugar 1 desert spoon of Cinnamon Powder Method Peel both apples, then quarter and core them. Chop the quarters of one apple into little pieces, as small as you can, and…
Ceviche vs. Senor Ceviche?
Peruvian food, particularly ceviche, has become the favourite cuisine of London. Appearing in one form or another on most middle and top end menus, it seems there’s no end in sight for its popularity. New Peruvian restaurants continue to open, with more and more heading here are opening establishments at the top end of the…
Nine Elms - Where to Eat, Drink and Explore
Historically an industrial no man’s land between Vauxhall and Battersea, Nine Elms is currently the most exciting development project going on in Central London. Having moved to the area last year, I was encountered with the same question over and over again, “where is Nine Elms?” With friends assuming it was a leafy commuter village…
Dukes
The bar at Dukes is agreed by all to be one of the finest in London. It comprises a collection of three small Edwardianesq rooms, their walls dripping with portraits and etchings, and low lighting, The head barman, Alessandro Palazzi, is one of the most highly respected and admired cocktail makers, as well as a…
The Vesper
Is there a stronger martini than the Vesper? Well only a Vesper made by Alessandro Palazzi of Dukes – a frozen martini glass filled to the brim with No.3 gin and Potocki vodka straight from the freezer with a dash of their own vermouth and a large orange peel – beautiful, and deadly. Created by…
El Pastor
The Hart brothers are at it again. Having created London’s favourite tapas bar, Barrafina, they have now partnered with Sam’s old business partner, Crispin Somerville, to open the hottest Mexican joint (no, not the herbal type) in town: Tacos El Pastor. The name, of course, doesn’t leave room for confusion about what it specialises in.…