After a very successful virtual World Gin Day (day or weekend, or even month?! There is still more to come, check out my June virtual gin event post), we are moving on to what feels like year 4,000 of lockdown. So how can we keep amused in July 2020? Well as the pubs potentially opening…
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Manly Spirits Lilly Pilly Gin launch
Coinciding with April 1st (but no April fools here) was the UK virtual launch of the newest member of the Manly Spirits family – Lilly Pilly Gin. This “pink” gin isn’t your average sweet gin and you take part in the public online tasting on 10th April 2020. Read on to find out more about…
Dry January – inspiration for low and no alcohol drinks
As the excesses of Christmas and New Year have now passed, I and probably you too, start thinking about January. Will you be doing Dry January and avoiding alcohol as one of your resolutions? Or will you be embracing Dry Ginuary? This post will cover the #DryJanuary option and #Ginuary will be covered in part…
Can you eat healthily at PF Chang’s? I find out at their London branch
As you may know it’s hard work to review restaurants and stay be slim. In order to get the best experience to share with you, my readers, I usually want to try as much of the menu as possible. Usually this is aided by going with other bloggers (e.g. the Love Pop Ups London gang!),…
The Skye Bothy from Drambuie
If you follow me on Instagram you may have seen in my stories that I dined in the Skye Bothy at London Cocktail Week. This ‘traditional’ Scottish hut came all the way down from Skye for the 10th anniversary of London Cocktail Week however it’s story is a little more complicated than that. Read on…
Cinnamon Bazaar restaurant review
Cinnamon Bazaar is an Indian restaurant based on Maiden Lane in Covent Garden, London. The restaurant is part of the Cinnamon Kitchen group headed by chef Vivek Singh. So when I was invited to attend with a group from Love Pop Ups London, I was delighted to try it out. Here is my review of…
Celebrating 10 years – London Cocktail Week 2019
I’ve been involved with London Cocktail Week since 2014, when I was finishing up my year off and searching for a full time job. Having picked up bar shifts at the Oliver Conquest, and learning a lot about gin as a consequence, I answered an ad to volunteer at the London Cocktail Week hub in…
The perfect gin-in-a-tin for Summer
When I say ‘gin in a tin’ what does that mean to you? Images of drinking bad ‘ready to drink’ g&t’s on the train, or perhaps lukewarm pre-mixed cocktails in a field at a festival? If like me you’ve grown beyond the supermarket own brand pre-mix gin and tonics, then you’ll be interested in my…
Summer Soundclash at Turtle Bay
All Summer long Turtle Bay restaurants around the country will be celebrating with different event. I was lucky enough to be invited with the Love Pop Ups London gang, to their launch event at Turtle Bay in Brixton, which included live music and rum tasting masterclasses! #cheatingongin read on to find out what to expect!…
Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Negroni cocktail in 2019 #N100
As some of you may have gathered, the classic Negroni cocktail is one of my favourite gin serves. Seeing as 2019 is the 100th anniversary of the Negroni cocktail, I’m very happy to be exploring the breadth of this simple cocktail with you in this post. I even dyed my hair the colour of my…