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Byron Burger – Easy Cheesy Please

Last week a friend and I met up for lunch at the Old Brompton Road branch of Byron, the American-inspired chain diner and home of the “poshburger”, (once famously patronised by George Osborne). These days it has twenty-one branches; this one’s handy for South Kensington tube, and also of course for the V&A, Science Museum […]

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Good4U – Salad and Sprout Toppers

All of the products are great sources of protein and fibre as well as being gluten-free and vegan friendly.

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Northcote and Obsession 22

Obsession was launched in 2001 as a celebration of great food, wine and a meeting of friends, old and new. From that first event, it has evolved but the ethos is still very much the same – to offer guests a completely memorable culinary experience, created by some of the world’s most innovative chefs. Northcote […]

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The Bottle Bar and Shop – and a Negroni

The Bottle Bar and Shop came into being in December 2017, thanks to the husband-and-wife team of Xhulio Sina and Natalie John.

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Taste-Wise

Luxardo Maraschino Cherries

‘Cherry ripe, cherry ripe – ripe I cry’ goes the old English song, though evidently it started off life as a poem written in the 17th century by Robert Herrick. And for many of us cherries are a favourite summer fruit – luscious ripe large black-red cherries often from Kent, or else the white cherries […]

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Mainbrace Rum

Rum! For me the very word conjures up images of sun-soaked Caribbean islands, or sailors waiting for their daily ration of rum. But now I have two more images– one is of a pub close to the sea in Cornwall, and the other of an elegant stylish bottle, and inside it a glorious rich amber […]