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  • Inside scoop: These gelaterias are bringing us new flavours for the summer

    We’re all melting under what feels like the second never-ending heatwave of the summer. Staying hydrated is, of course, the most important thing, but we might as well use this as an excuse to try some new ice cream flavours while we’re at it. And what a choice we have. Really, the world is our…

  • Taste The Orient brings the most unusual Asian ingredients to 45 London bars this week

    Dried fermented tuna, Buddha’s Hand citrus and a TCM-inspired Martinez headline a new city-wide cocktail festival running 22–28 June A brand new festival starting today is asking Londoners to drink fermented tuna, sake lees and a citrus fruit with no juice in it. Are you up for the flavour rollercoaster? If so, then Taste The…

  • Frood is the new brand making healthy eating more convenient, from TV personality Frida Redknapp

    The convenience food aisle has long been dominated by ultra-processed options, but priorities are shifting. A recent survey by the British Nutrition Foundation found that 61% of UK adults are concerned about the amount of ultra-processed food in their diet. Meanwhile, NHS data suggests that only around a third of adults meet the recommended five-a-day…

  • June in food: the must-know restaurants and bars launching in London this month

    Warm days arrive and everyone decides, all at once, that they deserve a seat in a leafy terrace. And rightfully so – this is the time to relish every bit of scorching sun we can get. May was a notably strong month for openings but June is giving us plenty of reasons to make our…

  • Wahaca brings the heat this summer with a new seasonal menu

    Wahaca has launched its summer menu, and it reads like a postcard from somewhere sunnier than a Soho street. The beloved Mexican restaurant chain – which has been feeding the UK since 2007 and holds the title of the country’s most sustainable restaurant group – has unveiled a run of new dishes and drinks that…

  • The hip brunch place Morena, in Eccleston Yards, is now open for dinner with a new spring menu

    Nothing pairs better with a sunny weekend than a long, leisurely brunch – especially somewhere that feels worlds away from London’s hectic streets. For many, Morena is the go-to place to get your avocado toast + Aperol fix. Opened in 2020 in the charming Eccleston Yards, the restaurant is influenced by Latin American cuisine but…

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  • Fulham has a new Italian gelateria of dreams – welcome La Gelateria Della Luna

    Ice cream shops are ubiquitous in London, but say the magic word (Italian) and we’re merrily gearing up to queue for one hour for a £5+ scoop. There is no ice cream quite like proper Italian gelato. Made in small batches, churned slower and served at a slightly warmer temperature than regular ice cream, proper…

  • May in food: The best London restaurants launching this month

    Throughout the first few months of this year, we’ve ridden some grand, sweeping waves of restaurant and bar openings. Among the mass, Weezie’s claimed its spot next to sibling Amie Wine, Fenix brought full Greek island chic to Mayfair, and Poolhouse launched the UK’s biggest pool site to date. But spring has turned up the…

  • Poolhouse is London’s most glamorous new venue – and yes, you’re there to play pool

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    The team behind Topgolf and Puttshack have a clear formula: take something familiar, strip it back, rebuild it properly, and make the room beautiful while you’re at it. Poolhouse – their latest venue, now open at 100 Liverpool Street – applies the same logic to pool. Twenty tables across 21,000 square feet, AI-assisted gameplay, a…

  • This just in: Wahaca is giving away free chocolate ice cream tacos next week

    A Tony’s Chocolonely ice cream taco is exactly the kind of fever-dream creation Willy Wonka would have scrawled on a napkin at 3am. We’d absolutely pay serious money for it, and we’re fairly confident we’re not alone on this one. But for one day only, Wahaca is kindly treating Londoners to 100 of these marvellous…