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Sutton & Sons

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What Sutton & Sons renound fishmongers and fish restaurant in Stoke Newington has branched out with a new restaurant in Islington. Where 356 Essex Road, London N1 3PD Experience When I first moved to London from rainy Manchester I really missed a good fish supper. Despite being famous for fish and chips, London was lacking something. How times have changed. I invited fellow Northerner Tom to try out newly opened Sutton & Sons Islington restaurant on a rainy night (to remind us of home). The front of the restaurant is a traditional fish and chip shop take-away bar, and the back hosts a quaint restaurant for eat-in diners. The décor a perfect blend of shiny, new and modern metal crossed with authentic dark wood and simple menus. It was a last minute thought to order a starter to share, but I was so glad we did. Sweet, salty, crisp Tempura batter enclosed our huge, juicy king prawns. They were the tastiest prawns I have eaten since childhood. The only bad thing was that I had …

Bridging the Divide Between London and Asia

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London has long been a multicultural city with a vast amount to offer, even to the seasoned traveler. It has also been an admirer of Asian culture for many a year. You only have to look at Chinatown just off Leicester Square to witness the hoards of ravenous professionals that descend upon West London each night at feeding time to see how fond of Asian food the British are. And the buck doesn’t stop there – the British embrace many Asian traditions but a Japanese-themed hotel situated in Gatwick Airport caused quite a stir when it was opened among the British media. YOTEL was launched in London’s Gatwick back in 2007 and introduced the British public to Asian ingenuity at its finest. Many had read about the Tokyo hotels that were built under the design dynamics to cater for short stay visitors via a series of pods or compact cabins, if you like. It was something that was completely foreign too, to the British consumer. British hotels are renowned for being characterless boxes that exhibit …

Jet-Set with NY-LON Lounge Bar

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What NY-LON Lounge Bar brings the best of New York and London style, design, glamour and mixology to The O2. Where Unit 4.03 Entertainment Avenue The O2 North Greenwich London SE10 0DX Experience Having arrived at the O2 a little early, I marched straight over to NY-LON. I was met at the door by a smartly dressed waiter who showed me to my seat in the slick, shiny new bar and restaurant with a first class Virgin Atlantic Lounge feel. After a long ponder on the cocktail menu I ordered the 30, 000Ft. It was a modern‎ variation on the old fashioned with a Woodford Reserve bourbon base, orange and maraschino cherry notes, taking you right above the London clouds. The menu offers up a selection of small plates and sharing platters inspired by New York and London. Specialities are New York speciality cured meats and Billingsgate fish pie. My friend and shared some small plates to ease the pressure of choosing what to eat. The Brooklyn crab salad was light and fresh and was …

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 …