The Camden gang and I have been to Ziloufs plenty of times before – we like the combination of cocktails, fusion food and decent prices – so it seemed an appropriate venue for the Susan’s final dinner before she moved back to the U.S. In particular we were drawn by their newly updated set menu…
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Shoreditch street art #photoblog
As you may have seen from my Instagram (follow me @whatskatiedoing here) I love taking pictures of street art as I’m walking around a town or city – at any time of day! Shoreditch in particular is full of street art and when I was last there for London Cocktail Week I saw some great examples,…
Brunch @ The Refinery
I’m always a sucker for a bottomless brunch option, so I recruited the girls to join me for bottomless Bellini brunch at The Refinery Regents Place. The deal is bottomless drinks – either Bellinis or Bloody Marys for an extra £15 over 2 hours of brunch. The Refinery is super close to Regents Park, but…
5 Gintastic Years of The Oliver Conquest
As my favourite gin pub in London, the Oliver Conquest, was celebrating its fifth birthday last week, they decided to hold a gin tasting and masterclass for their own bespoke gin: The Oliver Conquest bespoke gin made by Gin Foundry – special tea blend. Gin Club with a Reading Problem decided to come along to…
Brockmans Gin Cruise
An alternative title for this post might be ‘Kings Cross Cocktails’ as this was the tail end of London Cocktail Week and involved gin appreciation with Brockmans Gin on the Vestal Voyages canal boat, KERB 3rd birthday and a cocktail crawl…. Starting with the Brockmans Gin boat party with Gin Club with a Reading Problem:…
London Cocktail Week Roundup: Part 2
The second of my London Cocktail Week round ups focuses on the second half of the week – starting off after work in Bermondsey… Bermondsey cocktail crawl: First stop TwoRuba in the Hilton for a Berrylicious cocktail Beautiful and very similar to a clover club – but without the egg white. Then to The Hide…
Dodds gin pop up
Tonight Gin Club with a Reading Problem went along to the Dodds gin pop up on Greek Street. They are doing a two week stint to publicise their crowdfunding campaign to raise £1.5m of investment to further grow the business. Oh and serve some mean cocktails! Pretty bottle! Note the postcode on the back… Funds…
Brunch @ COUNTER *now closed*
Last Sunday I had the delight of checking out the brunch offering at COUNTER in Vauxhall with the Zomato ladies, Alexandra and Sheepa and some fellow bloggers. Tucked under the railway line right by the station entrance COUNTER has a great modern 1960’s decoration and was popular for brunch on a Sunday afternoon, quickly filling…
Half Hitch Gin Tour of Camden
The Tuesday night of London Cocktail Week was my chance to learn more about gin in Camden, with the Half Hitch tour and tasting. Half Hitch gin tour of Camden Mark Holdsworth, founder of Half Hitch is a local like me and makes his gin in the vaults under Camden lock. We were visiting his…
London Cocktail Week Roundup: Part 1
With London Cocktail Week 2015 all over, an update seems to be in order! Sunday night was the FEW in the loo warmup party at Ladies & Gents in Kentish Town Master distiller Paul Hletko brought some of the range along – Whisky, American Gin & Barrel Gin The guys at Ladies and Gents came…