Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Pop up restaurant at Sipsmith distillery - 18th-20th March
Here's a opportunity for you to experience a rather special dining event. Over the course of three nights - Thurdsay 18th, Friday 19th and Saturday 20th March - a pop-up restaurant will be hosted at Sipsmith distillery in Hammersmith that will feature a six-course dinner plus specially distilled spirits.The six-course tasting menu has been created by Peter Gordon and Michael McGrath of Providores restaurant, whilst Jared Brown, the Sipsmith Master Distiller, has devised six special spirits to accompany each course - such as a very intriguing Wasabi vodka.
Sipsmith is an independent spirits company co-founded by Sam Galsworth and Fairfax Hall in 2009. The company creates batches of a few hundred bottles distilled using a bespoke copper-pot - Prudence (pictured above) - which you'll be able to see at each night, hence the name of the event, Providores & Prudence. Sipsmith has the pleasure of being the first company for 200 years to be granted license for a copper-pot distillery in London.
Marylebone Village-based restaurant Providores opened in 2001 by Peter Gordon and Michael McGrath, and has won a number of awards and rave reviews over the years with its innovative and exciting fusion food.
Tickets cost £90 per head, including all food and spirits. There are only 90 places on offer, so be sure to book soon to avoid disappointment - Thursday 18th March has already sold out.
Providores & Prudence
Thursday 18th, Friday 19th and Saturday 20th March
Sipsmith Distillery
7.30pm for 8pm
27 Nasmyth St
W6 0HA
To book, please call 020 8741 2034.
Labels: Drinking, Eating, Events
Monday, February 22, 2010
New itsu restaurant coming to Notting Hill
Anyone that's passed by Notting Hill Gate recently, near the intersection with Pembridge Road, may have been excited by a big poster display in one of the shops there announcing the arrival of the latest addition of the London-based itsu chain of sushi restaurants.
Due to open in the second week of March, itsu's new Notting Hill location will be its fourth restaurant and its largest, with some rather special additions such as its first-floor Butterfly Bar.
The downstairs area will accommodate 92 diners, who will be served tasty Asian dishes from three conveyor belts. Dishes will include the spicy tuna X-ray roll - line caught yellow fina tuna, and soft shell crab maki rolls - a whole soft shelled crab, cooked tempura style, avocado, cucumber and tobiko, wrapped in steamed rice & nori with a fresh chive jacket.
There will also be a shop area downstairs for customers to choose from a takeaway menu, with a local delivery service arriving in the Spring.
Upstairs will be the sumptuous Butterfly Bar which will serve a variety of cocktails, sake, beers, wines and champagnes, including the bar's signature cocktail - the Bell'itsu, a combination of champagne, lychee puree and creme de cassis.
Be sure to stop by at the new itsu restaurant when in opens in March - it's certainly a very welcome addition to the area!
itsu
100 Notting Hill Gate, W11 3QA
100 Notting Hill Gate, W11 3QA
Tel: 020 7229 4016
Opening hours:
11am - 11pm (shop)
6pm - 11pm Monday to Friday, 12pm - 11pm Saturday & Sunday (restaurant & bar)
Labels: Drinking, Eating, News
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Valentine's Day in Notting Hill
The bar at The Gate
On both Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th February, The Gate will be offering a special Valentine's menu of two courses for £24 or three courses for £29. A glass of champagne is also offered in The Gate's lounge bar on arrival as part of the menu, and post-dinner you can party the night away in The Gate's club and bar until 2am.
The Valentine's menu has several options to choose from, including oysters for a starter, and lamb or salmon fillet as a main course, plus a number of sumptuous desserts.
The restaurant is also offering a special deal for any ticket holders of The Gate cinema on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th February - three courses for the price of two. Make sure you reserve quoting the promotion "the Gate cinema Valentine's offer", and that you bring along your ticket stub when you come to the restaurant.
To reserve a table, contact Madeleine at The Gate on 020 7727 9007 or Madeleine@gaterestaurant.co.uk.
The Gate Restaurant, 87 Notting Hill Gate, London W11 3JZ
Website: www.gaterestaurant.co.uk
The Gate Restaurant, 87 Notting Hill Gate, London W11 3JZ
Website: www.gaterestaurant.co.uk
Labels: Drinking, Eating, Events
Thursday, November 26, 2009
New Bar in South Kensington - Traffic
For those looking for a new drinking establishment near to Notting Hill (hey, we've all got to get out of the area sometimes), why not head over to Traffic? Located in South Kensington in the Crowne Plaza Hotel Kensington, this new cocktail bar opens tomorrow evening, Friday 27th November 2009. Serving a wide variety of drinks, it's their signature cocktails that have caught my eye - Red, Amber and Green cocktails that are blends of Smirnoff vodka with assorted fruits.The bar is open 11am to 1.30am Mondays to Saturdays, and 12pm to 12am on Sundays. Perfect for both a relaxing daytime drink, or a smart, late evening cocktail in chic surroundings!
Traffic Bar
Crowne Plaza Kensington, 100 Cromwell Road SW7 4ER
Website: http://www.cpkensington.co.uk/
Website: http://www.cpkensington.co.uk/
Labels: Drinking
Friday, October 30, 2009
The Churchill Arms - Fancyapint 2009 Award Winner
If you've ever Googled pretty much any pub in London, you're sure to have come across a Fancyapint (the extensive online British pub guide) page on it. Well, the website held their 2009 Best London Pub Awards this week, featuring a number of pubs across the city, as selected by both official reviewers and visitors/readers.
Included in the (visitors) list was the fabulous Churchill Arms on Kensington Church Street, W8. If you visit only one pub in Notting Hill, let this be it. An amazing flower display covers the outside of the pub (beautiful in summer), whilst the interior smacks of a proper old-fashioned boozer, with a warming fire that's usually lit on cold days.
With an excellent selection of drinks, there's also always been a very good atmosphere whenever I've been. (I'd like to suggest that's down to me, but alas I think not.) Best of all, the pub serves great quality Thai food which is another must-try if you pop in.
Included in the (visitors) list was the fabulous Churchill Arms on Kensington Church Street, W8. If you visit only one pub in Notting Hill, let this be it. An amazing flower display covers the outside of the pub (beautiful in summer), whilst the interior smacks of a proper old-fashioned boozer, with a warming fire that's usually lit on cold days.
With an excellent selection of drinks, there's also always been a very good atmosphere whenever I've been. (I'd like to suggest that's down to me, but alas I think not.) Best of all, the pub serves great quality Thai food which is another must-try if you pop in.
- Fancyapint: And the winners are...Fancyapint Best London Pubs Awards announced
- The Churchill Arms on Fancyapint
Friday, September 25, 2009
Portobello Star in Time Out Eating & Drinking Awards 2009
Portobello Star, at 171 Portobello Road, has been named as a runner-up in the "Best New Bar" category in this year's Eating & Drinking Awards by Time Out magazine. Although not technically new - it's been there for years - it has undergone quite a transformation recently to make it one of the must-go places in Notting Hill.
Time Out commends the bar for its "interesting take on drinks old and new" and says that its a "cocktail haven".
Sounds like the kind of place I'll be this weekend!
Time Out commends the bar for its "interesting take on drinks old and new" and says that its a "cocktail haven".
Sounds like the kind of place I'll be this weekend!
Labels: Drinking
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