Food & Drink

FORTIFYING FOOD AT THE GARRISON
16 May 13 - ENTERING INTO its tenth year of business this summer, The Garrison in Bermondsey Street continues to do an energetic trade - unsurprising given its eye catching art nouveau exterior, all sumptuous green tiling and wooden panelling. ..
A BERMONDSEY GINSTITUTION
17 Apr 13 - OF ALL the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, you need to walk into this one. Bermondsey St’s Antico restaurant has just re-launched its basement bar as 214 Bermondsey, a cocktail and gin bar boasting 45 different varieties of Mother’s Ruin.
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A ROUTE TO REAL CHINESE CUISINE
11 Apr 13 - NESTLED AMONGST the ubiquitous chicken shops and newsagents, Silk Road’s simple red exterior belies its status as one of south east London’s prime bargain eateries...
MUCH LIDO ABOUT SOMETHING
03 Apr 13 - ME AND the s##t machine are men who lunch now. That's how we roll, we hit the park, lark about on the swings, rate the mums and then get some lunch...
TOP NOTCH COCKTAILS AND SIZZLING PAELLA
20 Mar 13 - IF YOU'VE been to the Lambeth Country Show before you’ve most likely noticed the big red stand of steaming satellite-dish sized paella pans courtesy of Casa Catering. While the catering company traverses England’s south east feeding festival-goers and function guests, Number 22 is their home base...
COTTO HITS THE SPOTTO
14 Feb 13 - After driving round for half an hour looking for a parking spot in one of the greediest boroughs in the capital for ripping off drivers, me and my dining partner, Georgie Cottrell, eventually found a cushty little spot just 50 yards from the front door of our destination – Cotto - a family-run restaurant of 12 years standing that has built up a solid reputation, going by how many people were in there who knew the staff...
A HIGHLY POLISHED PERFORMANCE
17 Jan 13 - IT TURNS out that the national dish of Poland just doesn’t agree with me. Luckily the same cannot be said of the extensive list of over 60 varieties of wodka on offer at Baltic, writes Reena Kumar.....
WHO'S THE BIG CHEESE?
20 Dec 12 - That’s right fine people of Southwark. It’s time to Smell My Cheese!
At the end of a year like 2012, where we have seen the world’s greatest athletes make sporting history, it’s only right that we take on a Smell My Cheese of Olympic proportions.
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Bar Fly
THE CHARLES DICKENS
09 May 11 -
THE CHARLES Dickens free house is a classic ye olde worlde pub, with traditional furnishings and a comfortable rustic interior, writes Charlotte Galt...
Reviews
FORTIFYING FOOD AT THE GARRISON
16 May 13 -
ENTERING INTO its tenth year of business this summer, The Garrison in Bermondsey Street continues to do an energetic trade - unsurprising given its eye catching art nouveau exterior, all sumptuous green tiling and wooden panelling.
Recipes
EASTERN SPICE
17 Nov 10 -
Thai Yellow Curry - The Rye Pub
GAME FOR PIE?
DON'T LET city life stop you from enjoying the taste of...
Cocktail of the Month
COCKTAIL OF THE MONTH
07 Dec 10 -
How to make: Place mint leaves and strawberries into a cocktail shaker, then add Fraise de Bois Liqueur and Grand Marnier.
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.
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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...