This weekend was my birthday and my lovely flatmate and friends surprised me with a special birthday dinner. The surprise was that they managed to wrangle a table at Duck and Waffle on the 40th floor of the Heron Tower right by Liverpool Street (and overlooking the gerkin!) We arrived early and decided to try…
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Girls Dinner @ Sky Garden
My little sister and my flatmate’s birthdays are on the same date, so to celebrate their milestone (they turned 30 this year!) I decided to treat them to a special girls dinner in the Sky Garden. Girls dinner @ Sky Garden The Sky Garden is based next to Fenchurch Street station. To get in you’ll…
Copperhead gin tasting
I’ve been a bit slow on updating for the latest gin tastings, but Copperhead is something special that I definitely want to share! Copperhead gin tasting The glossy copper bottle – inspired by old school pharmacy bottles. Made in Belgium, Copperhead gin is named after the traditional copper stills used in the production and…
Dinner @ Clos Maggiore
As a special treat for our first family Christmas in Camden, my parents took me and my sister to see the musical Kinky Boots on Boxing Day. After the matinee performance we had a wander around Covent Garden to admire the Christmas lights (more on that later!) and headed to Clos Maggiore for dinner. Famous…
Girls Dinner @ Cuissons
Underneath Waterloo station in the Vaults are tonnes of happening things, including Cuissons ‘pop down’ in the Kitchen and Gallery, there until January 2016. Cabbage never looked so good! The only sign for the way in! Pop down – literally! As Citymapper decided the best way to get to the vaults was to teleport through…
Aperitivo at the OC
My favourite gin bar – the Oliver Conquest, near Aldgate East – has created an Italian inspired pop up bar in their upstairs room. It focuses on cocktails with a twist, showcasing the Italian Negroni, all served with Italian style snacks. Originally conceived as a month long pop up for November, they are continuing to…
The World goes Pop
I love the perks of working for EY – as a big four accounting and advisory firm they love to sponsor the arts and culture and the Tate Modern is around the corner from our main offices at London Bridge, making it easy to access the EY sponsored exhibitions here, including The World Goes Pop:…
Christmas Gift Ginspiration!
For everyone looking for Christmas pressies for gin lovers, I’ve rounded up some of the best things I’ve seen this year, from books to candles, to advent calendars, basically everything gin related! Jewellery ReVetro make great jewellery out of recycled glass – including gin bottles! I particularly like their necklaces and bangles made from the…
Girls Dinner @ Carousel
As a friend of mine is working front of house at Carousel currently I got a great tip to come try Mathieu Perez of Percherons. Carousel showcases different chefs every couple of weeks and Mathieu is there to 20th November for lunch and dinner sittings. Great sign – love the shadows! Sarah showing off the…
Ish gin tasting
One of my favourite gin bars – the Oliver Conquest, regularly hosts gin tasting evenings to promote new and unusual gins that they stock (they have over 300 gins currently – so plenty to try!). For November there is a double whammy gin tasting – with Ish and Copperhead – so obviously I dragged some…