Like mulled wine? Me too. That's why tonight I'm hot footing it over to Covent Garden's East Piazza to try some of London's best mulled wine offerings. And mulled cider. And mulled ice cream. And mulled jelly. You get the picture. It's free entry and on until 9pm Saturday 14th (tomorrow). All you need to do is check in on the Yelp app and you're good to go: Apple: app.adjust.com/ry1gff Android: app.adjust.com/d3r3q7 Stalls include: * Battersea Pie * Chez Antoinette

I recently required a casual, not too £££ Soho lunch destination for a quick work meeting. Oh and it needed to be toddler friendly - not as simple as you'd think. I suggested three places to my date for the day: Balls & Co, Smack Lobster, and Suvlaki. I'd not been to any of them, so there was an element of guess work at play and I must admit when I was trying to hoik a 17kg child and buggy combo up the steps of Suvlaki alone, I had my doubts. I wish I could remember what Suvl

During my research on London's best lobster rolls (read my piece for About Time. magazine here) I was invited to come in and try some of Lobster Kitchen's other wares. They have a new consultant chef in from the New York St Giles Hotel and he has shaken things up a lot - at the time of my visit he'd only been there a week and had already introduced three new permanent menu items including - whisper it... ribs. Ribs! At a Lobster Kitchen. Apparently there was much toing and fr

Balans in Soho is famously open 24 hours and a big hit with all the theatre luvvies. But, lets be honest it's a bit scruffy. Also, I tried to get a glass of champagne there once at 10am (normal) only to be told they don't serve until 11. Annoying. I'm pleased to report that the High Street Ken Balans Soho Society has prosecco, bloody marys and more on its breakfast menu serving from 7.30am. Also, they have given it a proper revamp with Simon Costin (who has created shows for

Oysters may be an acquired taste for some, but its one I acquired early and have continued to indulge as often as possible. So, when I got the chance to try out Wright Bros new Oyster Masterclass I was almost beside myself with excitement: they are credited with bringing the whole concept of oyster bars to London, and supply god knows how many restaurants around the capital with their seafood. Cut to a Saturday morning in their Kingly Court branch and I'm ready and waiting wi

Every year three friends and I have Christmas lunch somewhere suitably British and festive; this year it was decided that Tredwell's, Marcus Wareing's new non-fine dining establishment, was the venue of choice. Others in the running included Chiltern Firehouse (oddly couldn't get a table with a week's notice!) and the new Ivy Market Grill. We'd done the actual Ivy last year, so the decision was made and off to Tredwell's we trotted. From hazy memory, I think the building used

Buoyed by the news of Franco Manca opening a branch in Belsize Park soon, we felt we should go and visit our current nearest one (at the top of Tottenham Court Road) to refresh our memories of their sourdough slices of heaven. Since discovering the original Brixton branch about eight years ago, I've been a big fan of Franco Manca. It sounds odd, but having queued for half an hour in chilly Brixton market (they bring out freshly baked foccacia to keep you going) and then sat