Food & Drink

HOT IN THE DRAGON'S DEN
10 Mar 10 - WITH SOME last minute frantic phone calls a review was finally sorted out for yours truly, but at such short notice I didn't have a dining partner. ..
THAI SILK
09 Mar 10 - TUCKED AWAY behind Southwark tube station on a quiet pedestrianised street, cocktails are the draw at this friendly bar, writes Lara Brunt... ..
COCKTAIL BIAGIO
09 Mar 10 - THE INGREDIENTS for this eye-catching cocktail are: orange, cranberry and vodka plus Biagio’s secret ingredient - lemon chello...
ONE MAN'S FISH IS ANOTHER MAN'S POISSON
03 Mar 10 - What an unexpected place to find tucked away next to a World War II battleship. Walking through Hays Galleria on a Friday night, with an uplit HMS Belfast haunting the background, feels like stepping away from the friendly noise and atmosphere that normally washes the week away and sees you late home for the missus...
CLASSICS WITH A TWIST
24 Feb 10 - MYSELF AND The Dancer located the Dulwich Wood House halfway down Sydenham Hill, a huge place that looks like it has had a recent refurbishment both inside and out. I noticed that it was a Young's establishment so expected good ale...
A BEACON OF HOPE AND GREAT FOOD
18 Feb 10 - THE SATNAV took us deeper and deeper into the darker depths of Camberwell at every turn. A voice told me 'You have reached your destination' so we parked in the incongruently named Rainbow Street...
HERNE HILL VENUE ISN'T PULLEN ANY PUNCHES
04 Feb 10 - IT'S BEEN a while since I frequented Herne Hill, if you have heard of the dead and buried Bon Bonee nightclub then you can gauge roughly how long it has been. ..
SPICE UP YOUR LOVE LIFE WITH SILK
28 Jan 10 - THIS HAS been a week of bumping into old friends: Robert Mace (The only Cockney Red who can actually pick out Manchester on a map!) sporting his new Man U shirt; Joey Eyebrows showing off his new jeans, and the lovely Kay Dudley with her real blonde locks flowing better than Cheryl Cole's fake ones, writes Michael Holland... ..
Bar Fly
THAI SILK
09 Mar 10 -
TUCKED AWAY behind Southwark tube station on a quiet pedestrianised street, cocktails are the draw at this friendly bar, writes Lara Brunt...
Cocktail of the Month
COCKTAIL BIAGIO
09 Mar 10 -
THE INGREDIENTS for this eye-catching cocktail are: orange, cranberry and vodka plus Biagio’s secret ingredient - lemon chello.
On the Grapevine
KEEPING IT SURREAL ON THE WILD COAST
06 Jan 09 -
ALONG WITH 899 fans I recently ventured to the South Bank to hear the world's most famous chef reveal the mechanics behind his mysterious cooking.
Side Orders
BAR CUTS MUSTARD
07 Jan 09 -
THE NEW Bermondsey Square Hotel will feature its own in-house restaurant Alfie's Kitchen, Bar and Deli - which will have its own mustard sommelier.
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THAI PAVILION EAST
16 Feb 09 -
WHEN YOU hear of pavilions in Kennington it is easy to think you are spending a day at the Oval, either watching leather hit willow or if at a Twenty20 encounter watching the punters getting leathered in a quite different manner, writes John Prendergast...