London Life
STEAK PROMO: 25% off – Le Relais de Venise (@LeRelaisLDN) L’Entrecôte
Le Relais de Venise, L’Entrecôte 18-20 Mackenzie Walk, Canary Wharf, E14 4PH (map) In the days before Burger & Lobster and Flatiron Steak, the concept of visiting a restaurant devoid of choice was completely alien to many Londoners and a quirk of the French steak venue Le Relais de Venise, known to many as […]
EXCLUSIVE: #WilkesIceCream by @SorbitiumIces at @KERB_’s #IceCreamAdventure
Exciting news, Soribitum Ices will be serving a Limited Edition ‘Wilkes Flavour Ice Cream’ at KERB’s Ice Cream Adventure this Saturday! Formerly of the Petersham Nurseries glasshouse restaurant, Pedro Confessore and Suzanna (Zan) Austin are now well known to London street food fans for their experimental and gourmet ice creams. This creative couple develop, […]
NEW COCKTAIL/SPIRITS POPUP: ‘@WorldClass House’ 2014 (33 Pics)
World Class™ 2014 House 33 Fitzroy Square, Fitzrovia, W1T 6EU (map) Big fan of spirits and cocktails? If so, get yourself down to World Class House in Fitzrovia near Warren Street Station. Some of the best bartenders in the world will be on hand to give you an spirits and cocktail experience. The World […]
FREE FOOD ALERT! Burgers & Hog Roast (@ByronHamburgers, @The_Jam_Tree, @Burger_Craft)
Who wants a freebie? There are THREE promos running this week for free food! Two offering burgers and one offering a whole hog roast! Byron Burgers, The Strand are giving away free meals for a preview of their brand new site in The Strand on Fri 11-Jul and Sat 12-Jul. The Jam Tree, […]
FEATURE: #BlaggerGate & #BloggerGate: Blagging, Independence and my #RaynerDisclaimer Cc: @JayRayner1
For those of you unaware there were two incidents on Twitter. The first is #BlaggerGate between Soho restaurant ‘Gauthier’ and blogger ‘Hungry Londoner’ who effectively requested a free meal in exchange for a ‘positive review’. The second is #BloggerGate which started between Observer Food Critic, Jay Rayner, and Samphire & Salsify who was dismissed […]
London Bus Stop Prank – Tigers, Aliens and Meteors in New Oxford Street by @PepsiMaxUK #LiveForNow
Clever Bus Stop Prank by Pepsi Max In a fantastic use of augmented reality, the viral marketing team behind Pepsi Max made commuters believe that a meteor was landing, a tiger was roaming the streets and a giant octopus was dragging pedestrians into the sewers below New Oxford street The prank used the technique […]
FIRST LOOK: @BarnyardLondon, Charlotte Street… from the @DabbousLondon team (27 Pics)
Barnyard London is the second restaurant by Ollie Dabbous. This venue is very different and a lot more informal than his first restaurant, the Michelin Star holding Dabbous. So what can you expect from this new venue, just a few minutes walk away from his first? I attended on their first pubic day to […]
POPUP: Levitation Sensory Experience… by @PepsiMaxUK nr @SouthBankCentre #LiveForNow (15 Pics)
A strange 9 metre x 9 metre black box has appeared on London’s South Bank. A promo stunt for Pepsi Max. Here are some details… According to the Pepsi Max this is a “LEVITATING SENSORY EXPERIENCE” and a “unique all-encompassing sensory experience, designed to beguile your sight, sound, touch, taste and smell” I won’t […]
POP-UP: Good & Proper Tea at Tokyo Bike (12 Pics)
The ‘oh-so-frightfully British’ street food vendor ‘Good & Proper Tea’ have set up a tea bar inside the Tokyo Bike store near Old Street. They will be in residence for a month bringing tea and tea tasting sessions to the Shoreditch crowds. Good & Proper Tea proclaim to be on a mission “To bring […]
PHOTO ALBUM: Greenwich Food Fest, food festival at Greenwich Market (52 Pics)
Greenwich Food Fest is a one day festival “…that will bring together a collection of London’s quality food and drink producers, an assortment of the city’s multicultural street foods and live music to celebrate London’s passion for great food.” On the site of Greenwich Market (normally closed on Monday) the Greenwich Food Fest was […]
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