This is not going to be your usual preview of an eatery or hairdressers, so please hair hear me out as this is of local, social, cultural and historical importance. Last week I read a preview of a new pop up in Hackney and being a little long in the tooth, I don’t get […]
Hackney Wick is cool. Well, we all know that. I was just reminded recently as I cycled through it, en route to one of the many new gastronomic hot spots in the area. It was one of the warmest Sundays we’ve had so far this year and I kept having that fuzzy, wonderful feeling of […]
Beer is far too broad a name in craft beer-crazy London these days. The more artisanal versions of the beloved brew have become hugely popular in the last couple of years, and East London seems to be the place where this explosion has been most happily welcomed. An integral component of the hipster package, craft […]
JD Wetherspoon, Baxters Court, Hackney has been issued with a court order to stop making and serving food after Hackney Council environmental health officers found cockroaches in the kitchen. On 12 February, Stratford Magistrates Court issued a Hygiene Emergency Prohibition Order, prohibiting the preparation and cooking of food at Baxters Court J D Wetherspoon, 282 […]
Oh dear East London there is no end to your gastronomic surprises. As I headed down to another culinary adventure on Kingsland Road I was somewhat apprehensive about what I was going to experience. As you know, Dalston is rammed full of new restaurants, bars, cafes and pop ups, and while a lot of the […]
It’s not everyday that you’re welcomed by a kilted piper at a night out in Hackney Central, so I have to confess, arriving at the grand exterior of the St. John’s of Hackney church and greeted by the sound of the pipes cutting through the night’s silence made me feel a tad regal. Nice start. […]
The Little Red Staircase capitalizes on the Hackneyite’s – and by extension the Shoreditchised Londoner’s – fondness for the strip of homely, inexpensive and frankly delicious Vietnamese eateries that line the Kingsland Road. And when I say capitalize, I mean capital ‘S’ for Saigon, as in the barely postcolonial feel of this ‘micro’ cocktail bar […]
When the subject is Sunday roasts I can’t help but think about a couple I know, good friends of mine, a young, intelligent and refined duo, who for some inexplicable reason have a very, very traditional approach to Sunday roasts. Ever since they moved to East London some 4 years ago, they have religiously gone […]
So what is the strangest location you have ever dined in? I never stray too far from the traditional restaurant setting. Walk in, check reservation, get seated, order, eat, you know the drill (except when the sun is shining in those 10 days a year in London, then a good food market does the trick). […]
And so it came to pass, on a miserable, wet Sunday, you know, one of those that Londoners relish or despise. The debut of Newington Green Market, the latest addition to the area’s weekly markets was launched. Did I mention the launch fell on a wet, horrible Sunday? I think I did. You see, I […]
