Marylebone
Quick-Fire Cookery Course
I’ve got two things against cookery courses: one, they’re too expensive and two, they’re too long
Pamper at Selfridges
The Groom Weekly treatment includes a manicure, pedicure, back and neck massage, eyebrow tidy and facial
Marylebone’s Middle Eastern Comptoir Libanais
The Comptoir Libanais doesn’t just confine itself to Lebanese food, as the name would suggest. Rather it is a colourful and vibrant extravaganza of generic Middle Eastern food, and by Allah they do it well. Wraps, dips, falafels, tagines, baklawas - you name it, they have it, and all is done with a unique twist that adds flare [...]
Beautiful Swan or Ugly Ducking?
I have been trying to review The Swan & Edgar for over a month. They cancelled on me three times due to building work not being finished - and the upstairs restaurant still wasn’t open when I eventually visited. It wasn’t exactly a good start, though I was intrigued by the fact they weren’t finished because [...]
Apostrophe’s Spring Menu
Grammatically the apostrophe is always a tough one, denoting plurality or possession. The boulangerie/patisserie/café chain Apostrophe is certainly plural, having branches all over London. Primarily a chic sandwich and coffee joint, they have added a daily special: a selection of soups and stews to their spring menu. I went there with Fat Les who knows [...]
Heavenly Bread at Le Cordon Bleu London
Until just a few days ago I was one of the poor, unenlightened souls living in this world thinking bread was an impossible mystery. Today, I awake as one of the saved, having received my holy communion at the Cordon Bleu in Marylebone. It is hard for me to overstate my excitement about what I’ve [...]
Of the Flesh: the Art of Andrew Krasnow
In the light of recent political turbulences in the US, GV Art’s director Robert Devčić has decided to curate an exhibition of a politically engaged Andrew Krasnow. This American artist of Jewish background has been voicing political criticism for over two decades and his work has been, and indeed still is, very controversial.
Men’s Afternoon Tea at the Mandeville
Many of London’s men make the loose assumption that tea is for the likes of Boris Johnson and is only served within an arms length of where the Queen and Prince ‘flatulent’ Phillip reside – The Ritz, Fortune and Mason, Harrods…
Cheesy Marylebone
Tucked away on Marylebone’s quiet Moxon Street, La Fromagerie feels a world away from the nearby, bustling hive of Marylebone High Street. Popular for its prominence of über trendy gift shops, designer clothing boutiques and chic coffee houses, the High Street draws a vibrant mix of the stylish and exclusive to its vivacious urban hamlet.
Just the Dog’s Bollocks
One of the few survivors of an era of nonsense catchphrases, ‘the cat’s pyjamas’ outlives countless curious concoctions concerning bullfrog’s beards, snake’s elbows, duck’s quacks and eel’s ankles. All of these expressions define ‘the height of excellence’ as quoted by the hipsters of the Twenties. Today Elaine Fong pays homage to what is perhaps the [...]
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