covent garden

19th April 2017

Fast, good and cheap: L’Atelier de Joel Rubuchon’s new Michelin-starred L’unch menu

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The Squash. The Beef. The Tart. It read like a haiku from a Post-Modernist remake of Beauty and the Beast, but it was, in fact, my lunch. 

8th March 2017

Drinking in the dark with Pitch Black

Emily Gibson / Dates, Drink, Indoors, London, Mates, £££ / central London, cocktails, covent garden, dates, drinking, going out, pop-ups, quirky, quirky dates, review, reviews, things to do, unusual, west end / 0 Comments

The latest addition to Covent Garden’s burgeoning cocktail scene involving sipping mystery tipples in pitch darkness.

21st November 2016

WIN: A luxury male grooming experience worth £155 with Murdock

Emily Gibson / Competitions / Christmas, covent garden, male grooming, Murdock, Soho, spa / 0 Comments

Win yourself – or a manly friend – the ultimate male grooming experience with the immaculately coiffed guys at Murdock London.

12th November 2016

Crampons and clippers: an afternoon off in the West End

Emily Gibson / Dates, Do, Indoors, Learn, London, Organised Fun, Shop, Sweat, £££ / Barbers, climbing, covent garden, gift ideas, Grooming, ice climbing, Murdock, personal grooming, Soho / 0 Comments

There’s nothing nicer that taking a Friday afternoon off work. Especially when you’re going ice climbing, getting your beard did and beating the queues at one of Soho’s hottest new restaurants.

7th November 2016

A taste of Smith and Wollensky at the Adelphi Bar

Emily Gibson / Dates, Drink, Eat, Impulse Friendly, Indoors, London, Mums, £££ / central London, cocktails, covent garden, dates, dining, dining out, dinner, drinking, eating, eating out, going out, London, luxury, restaurant review, restaurant reviews, restaurants, review, reviews, special occasions, steak, Strand, west end / 2 Comments

I’ve never been to New York, but I’ve known of the great American steakhouse Smith & Wollensky ever since I read American Psycho many years ago. As a discerning psychopath, wealthy protagonist Patrick Bateman name-drops hundreds of fancy brands – some real, some not – and S&W is one of them. 

22nd September 2016

G & Tea at Mr Fogg’s Gin Parlour

Emily Gibson / Dates, Do, Drink, Eat, Indoors, London, Mates, Mums, £££ / afternoon tea, central London, cocktails, covent garden, drinking, eating, gin, going out, ideas, lunch, quirky, quirky dates, reviews, special occasions, things to do, unusual, west end / 0 Comments

“I bet the blokes who work here get laid a lot,” muttered Carla behind me, as we clambered up the very steep steps of Mr Fogg’s Gin Parlour.

26th June 2016

Truffle and tonkotsu at Kanada-Ya ramen bar

Emily Gibson / Eat, Impulse Friendly, Indoors, London, Mates, Organised Fun, ££ / Asian, central London, cheap eats, covent garden, dining, dining out, dinner, eating, London, lunch, ramen, restaurant review, restaurant reviews, restaurants, review, reviews, west end / 2 Comments

Kanada-Ya’s new Haymarket digs smell like some fragrant wonderland in which pigs spend their days happily rooting out truffles before ritually boiling each other alive.

10th April 2016

Fun and game: wild food at Native, Covent Garden

Emily Gibson / Dates, Eat, Impulse Friendly, Indoors, ££ / British, central London, covent garden, dates, dining, dining out, dinner, eating out, going out, London, nose-to-tail, restaurant review, restaurant reviews, restaurants, review, reviews, Vegetarian, west end / 1 Comment

Native is my absolute new favourite restaurant, and it’s just around the corner from my new office. I’m very smug about this.

15th March 2016

DIY duck & waffle at School of Wok

Emily Gibson / Do, Eat, Indoors, Learn, London, Mates, Mums, Organised Fun / Asian, central London, covent garden, dan doherty, dinner, duck and waffle, jeremy pang, recipes, school of wok / 0 Comments

I’m proud to announce that duck and waffle, so delicious it has a restaurant named after it, is the latest dish in the Gibson culinary repertoire. It’s a bit fancier than my other specialties (oven chips, sausage sandwiches, eggy bread, etc.) – but, as Carla and I found at School of Wok last week, it’s […]

26th October 2015

Wok ‘n rolls at School of Wok Covent Garden

Emily Gibson / Dates, Do, Eat, Indoors, Learn, Mates, Mums, Organised Fun, £££ / Asian, central London, covent garden, dates, ideas, London, quirky dates, special occasions, things to do, unusual / 3 Comments

Mike and I have a system: I cook, and he washes up. It works extremely well – I hate cleaning, and Mike can’t even chop an onion without a) nearly lopping a finger off and b) bursting into tears. (Sensitive eyes, apparently.)