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The 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival is just around the corner and we were fortunate to catch a preview of the ‘World’s Greatest Imaginary Jazz Bar’ at Kansas Smitty's in Broadway Market, just before its month long residency up north throughout August. London’s favourite jazz…
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Great hunks of barbequed meat, rice and peas, goat curry, and pepperpot stew. Caribbean food, though a rare pleasure, is one of my favourite cuisines. Perhaps it’s the quite unbelievable fusion of different influences (African, East Indian, Arab, Chinese, and…
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There's a soulful place in Soho, cheeky with Italian charm, brimming with cocktails, the almost permanent buzz of blues music spilling out from its doorway onto Old Compton Street: RustiKo restaurant. The interior is quirky and comfortable, and downstairs is a cute…
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You can’t beat a good supper club. It’s that perfect midway between a high-quality meal in a restaurant and a dinner party at home. Nowadays, there’s plenty to choose from in London, but on this occasion I was invited down…
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Where there is tiki, there is me. A statement, simply put but true. As a lover of rum cocktails, I love the drinks culture and the accompanying 'party vibe' doesn't go amiss either. So when The Beachcomber opened up recently in Paddington,…
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What happens when you mix cocktails, coffee, a restaurant, barbers and a slide? No this isn’t a ‘Why did the chicken cross the road?’ joke, although the answer would probably be to get to this new spot in Wapping. TRADE UNION has…
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Finding a good Italian in our capital is surprisingly difficult. I've tried loads and am rarely wowed. In a city with its own Little Italy, it's surprising I have this struggle. Perhaps it's due to nostalgia for my own local…
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