The completion of my clean eating challenge finally allows me to break out the Taste Cocktail box I’ve had hanging around for a while. The idea of this is a box of alcohol and appropriate mixers to make a particular cocktail and variations thereof. Small portions come perfectly wrapped in the box ready for you…
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Tasting Ferdinand’s Quince Gin
As part of my favourite gin bar’s promotion of their Gin of Month, The Oliver Conquest holds a FREE gin tasting once a month. This month the only day I had to break the clean eating challenge was to taste Ferdinand’s new Quince gin liqueur. The Ferdinand family – original gin with 30 botanticals on the…
Girls dinner @ Maze
The girls and I have decided to start a dinner club – we basically look for the best deals at the best restaurants London has to offer and then take full advantage! This month we headed to Maze – part of Gordon Ramsay’s portfolio – on Grosvenor Square. The deal was from Open Table –…
Camden Brunch @ Market *now closed*
Edit – Market is now closed <sad face> Wandering up Parkway in Camden the other weekend, Laura and I came across Market. It’s a cute little restaurant with a focus on seasonal local produce. I’ve eaten there before – in their private room for a friends birthday dinner, but I didn’t know they did brunch…
Cocktail Crazy in Kentish Town
OMG there is loads going on in Kentish Town at the moment! I decided that Easter weekend was the best time to visit two new subterranean cocktail bars on Kentish Town High Street – Ladies and Gentlemen and Knowhere Special. Ladies and Gents, as you might have guessed, is housed inside an old public conveniences:…
Camden Brunch @ Caravan
Continuing the Camden Brunch theme, Catherine, Laura and I met Arfan at Caravan in Granary Square Kings Cross to try it out. Laura and I walked down the canal from Camden Road – a nice walk along the canal and not far for us to go. I’ve been to Granary Square before – for KERB…
Afternoon tea @ The Wallace Collection
What do you do to celebrate becoming British? Have afternoon tea naturally! So when my friend Catherine got her citizenship that’s exactly what we did. A big group of her friends headed to the Wallace Collection for champagne afternoon tea in the central court restaurant. But first we headed around the Wallace Collection, a free museum…
Soho Brunch @ Jackson + Rye *now closed*
The other weekend some friends and I went to participate in that age old tradition known as Sing-a-long a Sound of Music… As it started at a reasonable 1pm at the Prince Charles Cinema around the back of Leicester Square we looked for a nearby brunch venue first. We couldn’t get into Kopapa or Dishoom,…
Gin club outing : Gin Journey
Oh ok then!! I’ve been working all hours on the day job recently and the time to actually report back on our Gin Club outing on the Gin Journey has been woefully short. But finally here it is! Only 3 months late…. :s So the Gin journey started at Merchant House –…
Culture in Bath
Last weekend was a very cultural weekend. To celebrate my little sister’s birthday there were family related outings in Bath. First up on Saturday afternoon was Austentatious. Bath is well known as the home of Jane Austen and so there are frequent Austen related events. In honour of Bath Literature Festival the Austentatious improv troop…