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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: @BleeckerBurger now at @SouthBankCentre Skatepark for 50 days (22 Pics)
Bleeker Burger has started a 50 day residency opposite the South Bank Skate Park today. The popular street food vendor will be parked opposite the skate park at London’s South Bank Centre. I visited at lunchtime to see the first burgers fly out of the big black US style food-truck. Zan Kaufman is the […]

EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: (OPENING TODAY) Tommi’s @BurgerJointUK on @KingsRoad (23 Pics)
UPDATE (11h20 08-Mar-2014): Tommi’s Burger Joint on Kings Road will soft launch today from 14h00… a few hours earlier than expected. Tommi’s Burger Joint follow up their immense success in Marylebone with a second site on the Kings Road. Can the Icelandic Burger men repeat their whopping popularity with the well heeled residents of […]

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 […]

PREVIEW: Black Roses on Valentines Day? #ThinkInk by @Miss_Cakehead & @TheKrakenRum_UK (31 Pics)
Want to get touch with your darker side this Valentine’s Day? Miss Cakehead and The Kracken rum bring you a one day pop-up full of black flowers… perfect whether you’re are dating a Goth, an Emo or anyone else relatively ‘undead’. “Think Ink” is a pop-up florist which will offer macabre bouquets in “Grave […]

FIRST DAY: @TheRibMan at @Boleyn_Pub for West Ham United FC (24 pics)
The Ribman is the street food legend who serves huge rib rolls at venues like KERB street food, Brick Lane and was a hit at Street Feast this summer. Now one of West Ham’s most famous supporters has a matchday home at the fan favourite Boleyn Pub, next to the stadium. WHO IS […]