Last year I tasted gin and tonic cake for the first time at The Oliver Conquest, along with some scrumptious fruity gin truffles, but I took a long time to getting around to baking it myself! My first attempt was for the work bake-off before Christmas and all was going smoothly before I managed to…
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Half Hitch Gin Cocktails
In December The Oliver Conquest’s gin of the month was a local one – Half Hitch from Camden – and I had the chance to taste it with Gin Club with a Reading Problem. This post is focused on the cocktails we drank that evening, so you can recreate them at home 🙂 Gin and…
Al Desko lunch with Deliveroo
Has anyone else seen the ‘trend’ of al-Desko lunches? Well that’s what this post is all about… Having just gotten back into the workplace after 18 months off, I’m not sure I approve of never having to leave your desk during the day – that’s just not right! Popping out to grab some takeaway lunch…
Mussel Men!
Last month, for a flatmate dinner, Laura and I decided to visit Mussel Men for their Lobster Tuesday’s special. This is a special evening one Tuesday a month at the pop up that celebrates British sea food. Welcome cocktails The menu The deal includes half a lobster with a side, a starter, a welcome drink…
Half Hitch Gin Tasting
New Year New Gin! The Half Hitch Gin tasting at The Oliver Conquest actually happened before Christmas, but its been so busy so I didn’t get a chance to post about it before now… Now I’m super excited about Half Hitch as it combines two of my passions – gin and Camden! Its made by…
Boutique brewing in Walthamstow
My friends based in Walthamstow have been telling me for ages about a little industrial estate where a brewery and a gin palace sit opposite each other. So when I headed up there to see them a few weeks ago we made it to the Ravenswood Industrial Estate and the Wild Card Brewery & Mother’s Ruin: …
Christmas Market @ Tower Bridge
Some of you may know that I have a new job working for EY based in More London. The nearest tube is London Bridge (for me on the Northern line anyway!) and from the office I have a great view of Tower Bridge and the Tower of London in one direction, HMS Belfast and the city…
Groupon Christmas Grotto
Laura, my flatmate and I were lucky enough to be invited to the Groupon Christmas grotto, which properly kicked off the Christmas feeling! Based in Batemen Street Soho it was the perfect stop on the way home to pop in, drink some mulled wine and see some demonstrations of activities you can book through Groupon……
Double whammy gin tasting!
November was the Oliver Conquest’s 4th birthday so it seemed fitting to have back to back gin tastings! Gin Club with a Reading Problem was well represented at both. November’s gin of the month was Ferdinand Saar and Eric had come all the way over from Germany for the tasting. Also up was one of Gin…
LCW volunteer reunion!
I’ve remained in contact with a few of the people I met whilst volunteering at London Cocktail Week – always useful to know people in bars, to get in, for free drinks etc… And we decided to meet up for some drinks, which quickly turned into a cocktail crawl in East London! We started out…