When I think of molecular gastronomy, images of olive gel bubbles from El Bulli or liquid nitrogen starters from The Fat Duck spring to mind – not so much cocktails. But really, the concept is the same. So why not?
I went to Hush in Mayfair with nearly the same crew from last year’s A Rum [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Booze’
3 December, 2009
A Rum Do Two at Hush Brasserie – Mayfair
11 November, 2009
Tsuru – Southwark
London has a lot of sushi takeaway places. There’s Istu, Samarai, Wasabi and probably a few I’m missing. They’re all just ok (Itsu is my preferred), and as I’ve mentioned before, hit the spot for a quick lunch if you don’t want to pay £25+ per head for dinner. Tsuru, however, is in [...]
3 November, 2009
Beer + Cocktails = Beertails?
I’ve been going to quite a few more drinks events lately. A few weeks ago, it was a wine tasting at Bibendum, this past Monday I went to a sake cocktail sampling at Tsuru with Qype and on the 10th, Elements 8 is hosting A Rum Do for the second year in a row (the [...]
2 October, 2009
Recipe: Tomato and Gordon’s Gin Soup
I’ve never been much of a fan of gin, I’ll admit. So when the lovely people of Gordon’s asked if I wanted to participate in their latest blogger outreach campaign*, my first instinct was to say that it wasn’t for me.
(The pitch was that you can enjoy Gordon’s on Friday nights with friends, etc. [...]
21 April, 2009
Qype Whisky and Cake
A few weeks ago, the lovely TikiChris invited me to a tasting party that is pretty much what I’d expect the food in heaven to be like: all baked goods and whisky. Yes, lucky readers, you get to drool at my luck in attending the glorious taste partnership of London-based bakery Outsider Tart and [...]
12 November, 2008
A Rum Do with Elements 8 was a definitely a Do
Originally posted at Fake Plastic Noodles
Rum and I have a very love/hate relationship (I love mojitos, I hate hangovers), so it wasn’t completely without trepidation that I agreed to go to an Elements 8 rum-only bar tour on Monday night in Notting Hill. However, after a very hectic day at work, it sounded like [...]
