Food & Drink

PUB FOOD HAS COME A LONG WAY
01 Sep 10 - I DON'T feel ashamed that sometimes I want more from lunch than a cheese and onion cob wrapped in clingfilm, writes Oliver Pugh...
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FROM TURKEY TO THE FAR EAST IN CAMBERWELL
27 Aug 10 - The warm August sun fades in the evening sky. A group of young Kazakh men lounge on piles of patterned cushions, red-faced with vodka, skewering chunks of meat with their forks...
ALL CHIPPER DOWN AT THE CLIPPER
19 Aug 10 - When I was growing up Redriff was pretty much a ghost town and completely isolated on Sundays, but with the redeveloped docks and a decent bus service the Rotherhithe Peninsular is now well and truly on the map and a place to go for eats and drinks...
GOOD MUNCH AT THE MANSION
12 Aug 10 - Driving through the flash-flood thunder storms on Wednesday did not bode well for the appointment with my Therapist. When I arrived at the venue a text came through: ‘I’m lost somewhere in Herne Hill’. I could not help so told her I would wait inside...
HAVING IT LARGE IN CAMBERWELL
04 Aug 10 - AFTER A morning spent hungover from a Friends Reunited reunion the night before, a late lunch was just what the doctor ordered. The Toy looked at me with a mix of disdain and disgust and pity when I picked her up and swept her off to Camberwell’s award-winning Sun And Doves...
BUZZING IN BERMONDSEY AT THE WOOLPACK
14 Jul 10 - ON THE hottest day of the year so far it was good to find shade in Bermondsey Street as I and my son walked along its narrow confines to The Woolpack...
AUTHENTIC ITALIAN THAT TASTES DELICIOUS
07 Jul 10 - AS SOON as you see the awning in the colours of the Italian flag and a glimpse of a Chianti bottle or two through the window of The Don, you just want to go in to find a few Goodfellas discussing business over a plate of meatballs and spaghetti...
THE MAGIC OF MAGNOLIA
30 Jun 10 - An advert tells me John West is the best but only people with the brain of a bream could think that tinned fish is better than fresh and even those people will have to change their minds after they have eaten the fruits de mer at Magnolia...
Bar Fly
THE LEATHER EXCHANGE
09 Jun 10 -
STEEPED IN history, The Leather Exchange and new Leather Uppers restaurant mix country pub charm with fine food and wine. This really is a place where everybody knows your name, writes Emma Ailes...
SON & DOVES
THE VENUE is a short walk away from the bustling Camber...
THAI SILK
TUCKED AWAY behind Southwark tube station on a quiet pe...
Reviews
PUB FOOD HAS COME A LONG WAY
01 Sep 10 -
I DON'T feel ashamed that sometimes I want more from lunch than a cheese and onion cob wrapped in clingfilm, writes Oliver Pugh...
Cocktail of the Month
COCKTAIL BIAGIO
09 Mar 10 -
THE INGREDIENTS for this eye-catching cocktail are: orange, cranberry and vodka plus Biagio’s secret ingredient - lemon chello.
On the Grapevine
KEEPING IT SURREAL ON THE WILD COAST
06 Jan 09 -
ALONG WITH 899 fans I recently ventured to the South Bank to hear the world's most famous chef reveal the mechanics behind his mysterious cooking.
Side Orders
BAR CUTS MUSTARD
07 Jan 09 -
THE NEW Bermondsey Square Hotel will feature its own in-house restaurant Alfie's Kitchen, Bar and Deli - which will have its own mustard sommelier.
Find a restaurant
THAI PAVILION EAST
16 Feb 09 -
WHEN YOU hear of pavilions in Kennington it is easy to think you are spending a day at the Oval, either watching leather hit willow or if at a Twenty20 encounter watching the punters getting leathered in a quite different manner, writes John Prendergast...