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Celebrate Food, art and music: Consume Creativity with Appetite 2013

Celebrate Food, art and music: Consume Creativity with Appetite 2013

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Just a few minutes away from Hackney via  Lea Bridge Road or a more leisurely bike ride along the River Lea, is Waltham Forest, a borough as diverse as Hackney.  Hassan Vawda previews a new addition to the boroughs growing artistic and culinary community events. Appetite 2013 is a brand…

Popping up and cropping up in Hackney Downs

Popping up and cropping up in Hackney Downs

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Buying a house can be a stressful experience.  Hectic enough with packing, renovations, vulpine estate agents and being able to afford the bloody thing, let alone deciding to throw undercover events for all and sundry in your new living room. But this is exactly what Gabriel Prokofiev has done. Grandson…

Creperie du Monde – Parisian Street Food with World Influences

Creperie du Monde – Parisian Street Food with World Influences

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  Whether you agree with The Guardian’s assessment of Chatsworth Road as the ‘frontline of Hackney’s gentrification’ or find it to be grossly unfair, glib labeling, misleading and unhelpful, one thing is clear: there are fewer greater manifestations of the change in the atmosphere of the borough in general than…

Restaurant Review: Sheba – Restores One’s Faith in Banglatown

Restaurant Review: Sheba – Restores One’s Faith in Banglatown

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A Londoner’s healthy scepticism and a doleful warning from our trusty well-thumbed Timeout London Eating and Drinking Guide (2004 Edition) stating that ‘there’s very little now that’s pukka to be found in “Banglatown”, and the general standard of food is pretty low’ has kept me away from the majority of…

Review: Rattlesnake @ Angel – The Thinking Londoner’s Bar

Review: Rattlesnake @ Angel – The Thinking Londoner’s Bar

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  You might be forgiven for thinking initially that a bar called The Rattlesnake, Dublin-born designer Paul Daly’s newest venture, is only the latest in a long line of Tex Mex eateries and watering holes peppering Islington’s Upper Street. You wouldn’t be forgiven for long though, not once you’d set…

London walks: a food trail from Stamford Hill to Shoreditch

London walks: a food trail from Stamford Hill to Shoreditch

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Allow 5 hours for this food-lover's hike across Hackney…

A Persian Vegan Peasant Hidden Dinner – Saturday 21st May

A Persian Vegan Peasant Hidden Dinner – Saturday 21st May

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Tahdig with Sibzamini (potato) Another epicurean delight from the people behind Hackney’s sought after vegan pop up dinner. It kicks off with a welcome drink and canapés. Remember, it’s BYOB! This month it’s a Persian fest. To start.. Barini esfanaj sauteed baby leaf spinach finished with yogurt and sumac dust…

Veganpeasant Hidden Dinner – Friday 29th & Saturday 30th April 2011

Veganpeasant Hidden Dinner – Friday 29th & Saturday 30th April 2011

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Chocolate Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Pineapple Gelato & Coconut Shard What is becoming a popular Hackney gastronomic event is just a few days away, so if you have missed out on previous sold out secret dinners hosted by Vegan Peasant,  haven’t made plans for this weekend or still looking for…

Cajun inspired Secret Veganpeasant Dinner

Cajun inspired Secret Veganpeasant Dinner

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Just in time for spring,  another secret veganpeasant dinner with a creole twist right here in Hackney. This pop up restaurant has a seating capacity of 20 people, so space is limited. Here’s a peek. Taymer Mason of Vegan in the Sun fame is the inspiration for this month’s menu.…

Review: The Pig’s Ear Beer & Cider Festival

Review: The Pig’s Ear Beer & Cider Festival

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The Pig’s Ear Beer & Cider Festival (so named for Cockney rhyming slang for a bottle of beer) is a beer enthusiast’s paradise. The Round Chapel on Powerscroft Road (which, for the record, is more of a parabola on the inside) is rammed full of casks and bottles – some…

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