**Update popup has now been pulled due to general consensus that it really was very tasteless.**
I watched Nathan Barley in my first year at university, 2005. It was funny, but abstract back then, watching from my uni bedsit. …
Le Lapin Rouge: A popup with panache
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again. London’s supper club scene sometimes makes me sad.
Too many friends have acted on Time Out’s recommendation to spend £38 at Underground Dining - where you pay a premium for the pleasure of eating on a disused tube carriage. Booze isn’t included in the price, and it’s not BYOB. So once you’re there, the cost of a meal rockets to nearer £60.…
51 Degrees at The Rooftop Cafe
I love a post-work drink in The City, because it’s always good to catch up with friends.
There are a few downsides though.
Firstly, location. Last night’s booze seeps out of every pore of the men squeezed into The Swan on Ship Tavern Street. A fug of lunchtime gases and beer belches hang in the air and body heat radiates from under every wool-cashmere blend overcoat. There’s the chronic bottom-pinching at The Jamaica Wine House and the all-boy-boarding-school feel to Simpson’s Tavern where Etonian execs enjoy being scolded by the matronly servers. As a female freelancer, it’s always a culture shock when I cross the border from Tower Hamlets to The City of London.…
Pitt Cue Co.
It’s five minutes to six on a bitterly cold February evening and I’m waiting outside a bar near Carnaby Street. There are about eight people in the queue, rubbing their hands, stomping their feet and puffing cold air….
Hello – I'm Rachel Walker – food writer and cook. I live in East London with my very tolerant husband, who is often alarmed to find pig trotters or brining lamb tongues floating in the fridge.