Author: Lorna Wilson

Beer and Pizza at Zero Degrees

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Where Zero Degrees, Blackheath What Zero Degrees is the first of a line of five family run restaurants with onsite microbreweries. Experience On the corner of Blackheath park is Zero Degrees, Blackheath’s only Microbrewery and from some serious research, has a great reputation as a restaurant that specialises in Mussels and Pizza. Since opening in 2000, Zero degrees has continued to grow across the south with the enthusiasm of the family of ale lovers that are behind it. The beauty of it is the beer is brewed on site and right in front of the customers eyes, so needless to say; it tastes good. We started with a mango beer and a pale ale and quickly moved through to the restaurant to start eating. Both Jack and I had googled the menu, and seemed there was no reason to deprive ourselves for any longer. As discussed the night previously, we decided it was essential to try all the starters they had on offer (a slight exaggeration, but not by far). My favourite was hard to …

Tasty tapas and beautiful beer!

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Where Iberica http://www.ibericarestaurants.com/ What A four coursed pairing menu to celebrate Casimirou Mahou beers Experience On Monday, we sampled the delights of Marylebone Iberica restaurant, which given it was 6pm on a Monday  was really quite busy. I must admit, like spain, I really do dedicate the majority of my alcoholic intake to wine and wasn’t the most excited about an evening of beer drinking, however I was very pleasantly surprised. The first beer  that was served was the Casimiro Marcenado, a refreshing wheat beer, which surprisingly is flavoured with banana, it’s delicious!  This was my favourite and was  paired with  scallop with seaweed purée, hollandaise sauce and celery. The next beer we sampled was Casamiro Maravillas, which is a strong lager (7%) which we enjoyed with a taco of quail with marinated apple. The last savoury dish was a very gamey morteruelo with wild mushrooms which was served with a Casamiro Jacometrezo. A strong ale As we enjoyed our meal, our very educated waiter explained the fittingly romantic story behind Casimiro Mahou, which was …

The Little Yellow Door

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Where thelittleyellowdoor.co.uk    What West London’s friendliest food and drink pop-up in the heart of Notting hill Experience In one of the best cities for bars and clubs in the world, I must admit my best nights in London have always been house parties where somehow at the end of the night you have made plans with five new friends. I mean a lot of these never come to fruition, but all the same. These nights are the best. As we all grow up and our cohabiting moves further from ten flatmates to two, the notion of making a mess in a larger space, doesn’t seem too silly an option, and if you are going to do this, then “The Little Yellow Door” is one of the best options. You arrive to a yellow door (aptly), which you will no doubt walk past three times before believing it is not only a residential property, but once you sneak past the jovial doorman, you arrive at a very impressively kitted out  lounge (I wouldn’t go if …

Tapas at 5am, and it’s wonderful!

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What La Cabina http://www.la-cabina.com/ Where Located a short walk from the Geoffrey museum is London’s new late night bar; offering food, drink and a variety of music until 12pm Tuesday and Wednesday and 5am Thursday to Sunday. Experience Following their opening on Saturday the 8th of December, we were invited to the press launch of La Cabina. La Cabina is the third boutique bar by entrepreneurial brothers Nick and Al Heathcote and from speaking with Nick last night has been a real labour of love. Having bought the site that was previously ‘the yellow door’ at the start of the year, they have worked hard to make it unrecognisable from the grimy former owner, keeping only their historic late license, making them one of the only 5am license owners in the area. The brothers have gutted the club to create a warm environment of secretive coves and long tables, accommodating for either a big night or a romantic date. Upon arrival, we were greeted by a phone box on a steel door; the instructions were …

No 1.Duke Street opens in Richmond

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Where No1 Duke Street   What Following the success of No 11 Pimlico and Number 32, The Old Town in Clapham, Darwin and Wallace have opened their third site in Richmond. No 1 Duke Street opened on the 14th of November and is already giving its sister bars competition. Experience I have lived in London for almost over two years and for the first time yesterday I travelled out to Richmond. We left our house at 12.50PM to venture west and around 4 trains and a couple of closures later, we arrived at our destination, a very picturesque town which was already alive with the Christmas buzz. I might also add the perfect place to complete your Christmas shopping with shops that would please even the most choosy of friends. As timing was never my strong suit, we ran straight to the restaurant, which is a gorgeous white open plan restaurant across three rooms and two floors. Everything is crisp clean and the open kitchen instantly makes you wish your home was decorated in even …