Food and Drink
World of Coffee opens at Harrods
Harrods’ newest restaurant will delight coffee enthusiasts everywhere. Andronicas World of Coffee has selected some of the finest and rarest coffee beans on the planet and will custom roast and grind the beans to the customer’s specification.
Aldi takes on the big four
Aldi, the supermarket renowned for quality groceries at affordable prices, struck Gold on the 28th November, 2007 at the Quality Food Awards.
Yates’ offer free children’s meals
Yates’s, the high street bar owned and operated by The Laurel Pub Company is offering an early Christmas present to those families with children under 10 years of age. If you order a main course from the Yates’s menu, children under 10 can have a meal from the children’s menu, which also includes a fruit drink absolutely free.
Anglesey sea salt joins gastronomy’s elite
The only sea salt from Anglesey has joined the ranks of the food and drink elite in a recent competition judged by Michelin-starred chefs. The highly-acclaimed Feria de Gastronomía voted the range of sea salts from multi-award winning company Halen Môn, as one of the world’s top five gastronomic products.
Melton Mowbray pork pies crowned
Melton Mowbray pork pie baker Dickinson & Morris was last week crowned with a top quality award from leading food industry experts. Dickinson & Morris received the award for best pie at the Quality Food Awards at a prestigious ceremony held in London.
Adults crying out for jellie babies
Jelly babies are the nation’s favourite childhood sweets, according to a national poll from Taveners Proper Sweets. The classic treats, which will be 90 years’ old next year, beat chocolate éclairs, fruit pastilles, wine gums, chocolate limes, American hard gums, flying saucers, sherbet lemons and aniseed balls in a survey of nostalgic treats.
The food and wine lover’s guide to Portugal
Highly illustrated and beautifully designed, this is a 446-page hardback guide to Portugal for independent travellers who love good wine and food. Book in hand, head straight for the gastronomic hotspots of Lisbon and Porto, the Algarve and Madeira, but also the places to eat and drink well in the stunning countryside of undiscovered inland and island Portugal.
A tasty trio this Christmas
For a real treat Morrisons have launched a range of three exclusive Old World wines which are perfectly suited to sipping this Christmas.
Anchor & Hope - The UK’s top Gastropub
The Anchor & Hope in Southwark, London, has been voted the UK’s top gastropub in a prestigious industry poll. The Top 30 Gastropub Awards is organised by PubChef magazine, the food magazine of leading pub trade newspaper the Morning Advertiser.
Have a blue and white Christmas
Rococo Chocolates have long been famous for their exquisite packaging and now they have produced items with the fabulous design for Christmas 2007.
Coutts launches the official Coutts Cocktail
The newly developed Coutts cocktail launched at the Matthew Williamson event recently, to great acclaim. Created by Salvator Calabrese, one of the UK’s most celebrated bar tenders; the cocktail recipe was inspired by a unique part of Coutts’ history – the Chinese wallpaper in the boardroom.
Xin: A new dining concept at Harrods
With grazing being all the rage, Londoners are embracing the concept of sharing several dishes, rather than ordering a traditional three course meal. Harrods’ latest restaurant, Xin, will focus on a Chinese practice that is perfect for this style of eating: Dim Sum.
Marco Pierre White to judge Chef of the Year
Chef, entrepreneur and culinary genius, Marco Pierre White has kindly agreed to be a celebrity judge for the KNORR National Chef of the Year 2008 competition and is calling for entries from eager chefs.
A taste of luxury at Harrods
The famous Fish Hall will be offering a complete taste of the sea at the revamped Oyster bar in Harrods. In association with Caviar House and Prunier, the new bar will offer a gourmand’s selection of the finest seasonal oysters available, as well as a selection of seafood platters and caviar.
New Caviar and Seafood Bar opens at Harrods
The latest restaurant in Harrods celebrates the bounty available from the sea. In association with Caviar House and Prunier, the new bar will offer eleven different caviars, ranging from the ‘Traditional’ caviar, with firm dark eggs and a full flavour, to ‘Beluga’ caviar, sourced from the largest sturgeon, with large grey coloured grains and a distinctive creamy aftertaste.