Dining Reviews
Girls Aloud’s Harding Backs City Bar; Squirrel Lunch: Food Buzz Sarah Harding of the pop group Girls
Aloud is backing a Polynesian bar in the City of London that
promises to transport visitors to an exotic paradise. Kanaloa is
the project of Nick House and Piers Adam, the team behind clubs
including Mahiki, Whisky Mist and the Punch Bowl.
New York Three-Star Chef Boulud to Open Restaurant in London Chef Daniel Boulud, who last month
won three Michelin stars for Daniel in New York, is to open a
bistro in London’s Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park next year.
Royal Opera House Catering Business Goes to Company of Cooks Company of Cooks, a private catering
company, has won the contract to serve food and drinks to opera
and ballet-goers at the Royal Opera House in London, replacing
Searcys 1847, which held the franchise for more than a decade.
Obamas’ Big Date Spotlights Blue Hill; Larry the Lobster Freed! When President Barack Obama and his
wife Michelle dined at Blue Hill in New York last May, they made
a statement by skipping over restaurants that have hosted past
presidents like the Four Seasons or the ‘21’ Club. Instead, they
chose a small venue where steak and foie gras are almost never
served and where the meat comes from humanely treated animals.
Call the Berlin Cops -- Gendarmerie Has Fatty Beef, Pricey Fish Gendarmerie, located in a 1901
building designed for a Prussian cooperative bank, has a dining
area with the dimensions of a small aircraft hangar.
Chef Koffmann Seeking Restaurant Site in West End of London Pierre Koffmann, the three-Michelin-
star chef currently cooking at a temporary restaurant on the
roof of Selfridges department store, has engaged advisers to
help him find a property in the West End of London.
Bankers Start Feasting Again at London Eateries, Chefs Say London restaurateurs say business is
showing signs of bouncing back from the depth of the recession,
with more customers and diners starting to spend more on wine.
Pizza East Is Cool, Too Bad About the Pizza: Richard Vines Soho House is starting to look
unstoppable, with sister establishments in New York and across
London, and plans for clubs in West Hollywood, Miami and Berlin.
Champagne Feast at $1,500 Blasts Londoners’ Bonuses: Food Buzz Apsleys -- a Heinz Beck Restaurant
is offering a tasting menu in November and December pairing the
German chef’s Italian food with the popular tipple Dom Perignon.
Selfridges Extends Chef Koffmann’s Restaurant for Third Time Selfridges is to add almost a month
to the life of the temporary restaurant on the roof where chef
Pierre Koffmann has come out of retirement to cook.
Kremlin Vodka Flows, Patrons Sample $195 Blinis at Mari Vanna Ice-cold vodka infused with
cranberries arrives in a crystal carafe. We order more even
before the bread, herring and potatoes appear at our table.
Supperclub Brings Beds, Crossdressers to U.K.: Singapore Dining Supperclub, a chain of restaurant-
nightclubs famed for in-bed dining and wait staff in cross-
dressing outfits, is set to open a branch in London’s Notting
Hill.