Bodega 50: The Neighbourhood Secret You Don’t Want To Tell Anyone About

I don’t really want to tell anyone about Bodega 50 outside of friends, but the folks there are so damn great, it’s a shame the place isn’t recognised more often for being as excellent as it is. As far as I know, it doesn’t have a website, nor is it on Twitter or Facebook. It … Continue reading →

2nd London Hop Shoot Festival: 17 May 2013

Last year I went harvesting Hop Shoots for the first London Hop Shoot Festival and I had a brilliant time. You can read my blog post about my hop shoot picking last April on the blog post I did for Great British Chefs. This year, the weather hasn’t been kind to the intrepid hop shoots, … Continue reading →

I Ate a Hotel Chocolat Easter Egg, and You Can, Too!

Last Friday, I received a little parcel from Hotel Chocolat. Full disclosure: I knew I was going to get a chocolate Easter egg from them, but I wasn’t sure of which one I would get. They have a sizeable array of chocolate Easter eggs, ranging from the swisheries of The Classic (?!) Ostrich Easter Egg to … Continue reading →

Pub #38: The Cock Tavern, Mare Street

The newest pub on the rarely-updated 100 Pubs Project (whose page needs updating) is The Cock Tavern on Mare Street. Full disclosure: I love this damn pub. I was there on its opening night last July (in fact, I was its second customer after the marvellous Elsie) when Twee8 decided to hold its monthly meet-up … Continue reading →

How Now, Hot Rum Cow? A Great Sorta-New Drinking Magazine

I bought my copy of Hot Rum Cow‘s second issue last month, and had the great occasion to finally read it on my way back from East Devon today. I enjoyed it so much, I thought I’d tell you all about it. Hot Rum Cow’s subtitle is “Adventures in the world of drinking,” and it’s … Continue reading →

A Tipple of Tea: Postcard Teas

Although it may not always seem like it from this blog, I do drink beverages that don’t contain alcohol. Really, I do. Although it may seem as if beer, whisky and bourbon may fill my veins, I am passionate about other drinks. Particularly tea. In fact, I’m very fond of a good cuppa, although my … Continue reading →

Christmas Cheers and Winter Beers

I might be a bit belated with this post, considering Christmas has passed and New Year’s Eve is around the corner, but ah well. It’ll still be winter in the UK for a good little while now, so here it goes. Not only have the holidays given us an excuse to eat with abandon, but … Continue reading →

Where There’s a Grill, There’s Smoke(y Old Fashioneds): Drink-testing at Grill on the Market, Smithfield

When I got an e-mail alerting me of the opening of Grill on the Market in Smithfield, it wasn’t the cuts of meat that attracted me. As a vegetarian, the Grill on the Market’s food menu, is, frankly, a bit of a let-down. But as someone who is a total boozehound, the cocktail menu for … Continue reading →

See Sushi for Glorious Gyoza and More

Paddington is not an area I’m familiar with, but if I’m offered food, I can be coaxed just about anywhere around London. Well, nearly anywhere. Until the Northern Line spur is built through Nine Elms, I’m afraid Battersea is a bit of a mission to get to for me. Oh, and pretty much anywhere on … Continue reading →

Ale Festival at The Sloaney Pony and More Beer News

The White Horse Pub in Parsons Green (aka The Sloaney Pony) is having an Old Ale Festival from Friday, the 23rd, through Sunday, the 25th. Which sounds a bit weird, because old ale brings to my mind ale that’s gone off, but whatever. Do they mean vintage-style ales? Like recipes based on old ales of … Continue reading →

Craft Beer London: For all your “Where can I get a good beer?” needs

So the Craft Beer London app for iPhone has been out for some months, and there hasn’t been a week that has gone by where I haven’t employed it in some task or another, whether it was to find a craft beer spot in the unknown territory of West London, to look up contact and … Continue reading →

A Beautiful Bun Bounty at Pho Spitalfields

This past Wednesday I was a guest of Pho‘s most recently opened location in Spitalfields, whereupon I ate everything, including a tiny mushroom that was in my massive bowl of bun. Although I’ve eaten in quite a few Vietnamese restaurants in my day, with Orlando having a vibrant Vietnamese food scene and having a Vietnamese … Continue reading →

UK Rumfest 13-14 October 2012

This year, the UK Rumfest is going on this weekend, the 13th and 14th of October, at ExCel Centre’s West Entrance, which is a change in venue from last year, which was at Olympia 2. Tickets are still available for all days, with Saturday tickets costing £25, Sunday tickets at £20. VIP tickets grant entrance at … Continue reading →

Luminous Splendour: Heliot at The Hippodrome

When I was invited to attend dinner and drinks at the newly restored Hippodrome‘s restaurant, Heliot, I was intrigued. The building has a great deal of history, as I found out from the video on The Hippodrome Casino’s website. Also, from watching the video, I was curious how the restoration project would turn out. The … Continue reading →

Pub #37: The North Pole, New North Road

The North Pole is a pub that is situated near Regents Canal, in that part of Hoxton that is still Islington, just a bit north of Shoreditch Park. To be honest, I’m not sure if that part of London is called Hoxton. Is it Hoxton? Is it not? Who knows? A couple months back, I … Continue reading →

The Yorkshire Pudding That Will Take Over The World

I wasn’t exposed to Yorkshire puddings when I first came to London as a student at SOAS, mostly due to working part-time jobs that often had me working on a Sunday, as well as being terribly out-of-pocket most of the time. In fact, my first Sunday roast experience was my staff meal at the pub … Continue reading →

Brewery Spotlight: Magic Rock Brewing

Right, here we are with a new series on Tasty Fever, the Brewery Spotlight, in which I will write about a brewery and their beer I’ve been enjoying lately. I’ve sort of already done this in the past with my post on The Kernel Brewery, but now I’ll try and make this a regular feature … Continue reading →