What To Do This Weekend: 10th – 12th November
The countdown has begun and we’re yearning for six o’clock on Friday to come as fast as it possibly can. This weekend, as ever, we’re spoilt for choice and can choose to be good (Be:Fit East by West health and wellness festival) or bad (Coq d’Argent bottomless brunch with free-flowing Moet springs to mind). Or why not race your favourite dip recipe against stiff competition at Torshi at Five Miles? Either way, it’ll be over way too soon and before you know it we’ll be back on Monday and wondering how on earth it sped by so fast!
Coq d'Argent
Bottomless brunch on the roof
To the silver chicken for bottomless brunch! City stalwart Coq d’Argent are making the most of their stunning views with a Saturday brunch menu, live music and endless Moet et Chandon. The French menu (Le Brunch) gives a distinctive Francophile twist on traditional brunch dishes, with hors d’oeuvres including Oeufs pochés Avocat or Tartare de chevreuil (which includes venison and fried quail’s eggs) and Terrine de cochon while mains include treats like Gauffre au bacon, faux-filet and our personal favourite, Moules Frites. Not to mention desserts like Ananas et passion, fondant au chocolat and Pomme Verte. All washed down with pretty much endless Moet. What’s not to like?
Every Saturday
Where: No 1 Poultry, Poultry, London EC2R 8EJ, United Kingdom
Website: www.coqdargent.co.uk
Be:FIT London's East by West Wellbeing Festival
Be Fit at Be:Fit
If you’re a woman and you want to be fit then Be:Fit’s East by West Wellbeing Festival is the place to be fit this Sunday. The one day festival promises to be a celebration of total health and wellness, including mental health. Headlining the event will be Jasmine Hemsley, Co-Founder of Hemsley & Hemsley, and every guest will recieve a copy of her latest recipe book, East by West. Throughout the day visitors will enjoy complimentary beauty treatments, fitness and yoga classes and workshops, along with snacks and refreshments.
Sunday 12th November
Where: South Place Hotel, 3 South Place, Spitalfields, EC2M 2AF
Website: www.befitlondon.com
Torshi at Five Miles
Dipfest at Torshi at Five Miles
Get your dippers at the ready, Torshi at Five Miles are hosting a dip-off! The Middle Eastern restaurant feel that they’ve now perfected their hummus, and they want to put it to the ultimate taste-test – a dips competition. Not only will guests be able to try out Torshi’s dips, but they’ll also be able to BRING THEIR OWN dips along and go head-to-head against Torshi! The winner will receive a dinner for 2 at Torshi, but even better will be crowned as the king dipper! If you have the perfect tsatsiki or an awesome guac, then this one’s for you.
Saturday 11th November, get more info here
Where: 39B Markfield Road, Tottenham, N15 4QA
Website: www.torshi.shop
Hope and Anchor
Hope and Anchor launch
Grand Union in Brixton have hauled up the anchor and given us new hope, with a name-change (it’s now The Hope and Anchor, hence the clunky set-up), a brand new vibe and new ownership. As a new part of the Youngs group they’ve had a revamp and they’ve winterproofed their fantastic garden with a tent-style roof, a fire pit, tiki huts and street food.
Where: 123 Acre Lane, Brixton, SW2 5UA
Website: www.hopeandanchorbrixton.co.uk
The Library
New Restaurant at County Hall
The Marriott County Hall have just opened their new restaurant, The Library. The brand new eatery channels the historical significance of the building, from the 1920s opulence to the battle-scars of weathering attacks from both the Nazis in the blitz and Margaret Thatcher in the ’80s (she famously closed down Ken Livingstone’s Greater London Council, which was based in the building). But it also celebrates the modern face of County Hall, overlooking both parliament and Big Ben as well as the London Eye. And The Library opens this weekend.
Opens Friday 10th November
Where: London County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road, Waterloo, SE1 7PB
Website: www.marriott.co.uk
