• Arts

    A Magical Festive Escape at MiMi Mei Fair

    A Magical Festive Escape at MiMi Mei Fair This season, MiMi Mei Fai, an exquisite Chinese restaurant (that I’ve always wanted to try) tucked discreetly behind a Georgian townhouse on Curzon Street has transformed into one of Mayfair’s most enchanting festive escapes. In collaboration with 1SW Events, the space has…

  • Food

    Roast Season at The Red Lion & Sun, Highgate

    With roast season firmly here, there are few better places to put on your Sunday agenda than The Red Lion & Sun in Highgate. A destination pub in every sense, it manages to balance neighbourhood warmth with serious culinary credentials, the kind of place people happily cross the city for,…

  • Food

    Vivat Bacchus: Fire, Flavour and a Sense of Togetherness

    Vivat Bacchus has never felt like a conventional steakhouse, and with its latest concept it leans even further into experience-led dining. With restaurants in London Bridge and Farringdon, the South African favourite has introduced VB Moments – a series of immersive dining elements that place storytelling, theatre and shared ritual…

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    Revisiting Freak Scene in Balham

    We first visited Freak Scene last year and left genuinely impressed, so returning recently came with high expectations, and I’m happy to say it’s still just as good as ever. Some places lose their spark over time, but Freak Scene has managed to hold onto everything that made it special…

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    Introducing Bistro Sablé a New French Bistro in Islington

    Bistro Sablé is the kind of restaurant every neighbourhood hopes to have: confident without being showy, rooted in culture yet entirely at ease with itself. Tucked away on Canonbury Road in Islington, this French bistro from Noble Inns (the group behind the much-loved Pig & Butcher) delivers classic cooking, thoughtful…