London Restaurant Find: Blanchette
Wandering through London’s Soho on a summer evening, Blanchette’s French doors are flung open, with tables and hubbub spilling onto the street, and a glow from within that draws you across the threshold. The bistro’s bare brick walls, industrial furniture and tiling murals are stylish and homely, and the staff are enthusiastic in their menu […]
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London Food Find: Sunday Roast at Dean Street Townhouse
Set inside a swanky Georgian townhouse in London’s Soho is the Dean Street Townhouse – the location of one of the city’s most indulgent Sunday roasts (favorite trimmings included). Unlike its exclusive sister establishment Soho House which is located nearby, non-members can stay and eat nostalgic British comfort food inside the chic French bistro interiors […]
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Fashion Find: Dover Street Market London
Dover Street Market London has long been they city’s most cutting-edge shopping experience. In fact, the six-floor department store situated inside a converted Georgian building could be described as a modern avant-garde fashion museum based on its marvelous concessions designed by minimalists inspired by beautiful chaos. Inside you’ll shop expertly curated high fashion pieces (this is not a […]
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London Food Find: Gelupo
Down an unassuming Soho backstreet, you’d do well to stumble upon Gelupo, the dreamy little gelateria sister of highly acclaimed Bocca Di Lupo restaurant. With big claims that it puts the “dolce” in “la dolce vita”, Gelupo gives you a mouthwatering gelato experience that is oh-so-rare in a city as rainy as London. Using choice […]
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London Cool Shop Find: Nudie Jeans Repair Shop
Nudie Jeans, the Swedish denim label best known for its philosophy behind keeping pure, raw denim at its heart while promoting sustainable fashion, is urging London denim heads to take care of their denim at it’s first ever Nudie Jeans Repair Shop. Nudie uses the London concept store innovatively to speak to the brand’s true […]
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London Restaurant Find: Dishoom Shoreditch
The word “Dishoom” is the old Bollywood sound effect when a hero lands a good punch. So it’s fitting that the “Bombay café” of the same name, in Shoreditch packs quite a punch. Introducing Londoners to a novel take on Indian food, Dishoom’s menu is a far cry from the stereotypical curry house dishes, instead featuring sophisticated sharing […]
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London Cocktail Bar Find: Talented Mr Fox
Leicester Square is the last place you’d expect to find a secluded and sophisticated cocktail bar. But, if you look hard enough, you may find Talented Mr Fox – a decadent cocktail bar frequented by in-the-know Londoners and design conscious travellers staying at the One Leicester Street Hotel (where the bar is situated). As you […]
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Restaurant Find: Hoi Polloi London
We already know that the Ace Hotel is a place where hipsters of the world unite. So Hoi Polloi the all-day brasserie attached to the Ace Hotel Shoreditch is, not surprisingly, excruciatingly hipster. Love it or hate it, there’s no arguing that the interiors are beautiful, the atmosphere energetic and convivial and the food (which […]
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Boutique Find: OTHER shop London
OTHER/shop is a real breath of fresh air after a few hours of navigating the sea of ho-hum high street stores on London’s Regent Street. Inside you can shop for unique and covet-worthy men’s and ladies clothing, accessories, home wares and books from brands that skew towards the simple and sophisticated end like Our Legacy, […]
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The Curators: L’Entrepot Head Chef Patrick Hanna’s Top London Eats
My latest visit to London involved a very special trip to L’Entrepot to meet with Patrick Hanna (the restaurant’s very accomplished head chef) and learn about his tricks of the trade for preparing steak tartare. I didn’t leave of course, without sampling the delightful food (and matched wines) on offer for the day. Food and […]
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