What to do This Weekend: 29th September – 1st October
Not that we’re counting down the days (okay, we lied, we’re literally marking off the hours) but it’s very nearly the weekend! And it looks like it’ll be a cracker, too, with masses of events across the capital to keep you captivated. Whether you’re going to be diving into ball pits at Ballie Ballerson or treating your dog to a three course meal (yep, that really is a thing), this should be a packed weekend.
Dickie's Bar
Cocktail Masterclass
London loves a cocktail and even more so with London Cocktail Week taking place next week. Don’t just drinks cocktails though, learn how to make them too at Dickie’s Cocktail School at Dickie’s Bar. You’ll learn how to create two cocktails making most of the season’s harvest from Richard Corrigan’s Irish estate, Virginia Park Lodge, as well as the signs to look out for to know if you’re getting a good cocktail or something which is more show than substance. Time to become a cocktail connoisseur…
Book Ahead Saturday 28th October
Where: 28 Upper Grosvenor Street, Mayfair, W1K 7EH
Website: www.corrigansmayfair.co.uk
Canopy Market
Festival of Olives
With the possible exception of Popeye, nobody loves Olive Oil as much as we do, so we’re very excited to see that the Spanish Olive Festival is arriving in London this weekend. The free festival, held at Kings Cross, will showcase everything Spanish olives have to give, from celebrity chef demonstrations from the likes of Spanish TV ‘sensation’ Omar Allibhoy to nutritional advice from expert Fiona Hunter and top tips from Saltyard’s Ben Tish. From tapenade to olive oil installation art this should be a feast for the senses and a delight for the family.
Spanish Olive Festival runs from 29th September to 1st October
Where: West Handyside Canopy, Kings Cross, N1C 4BH
Website: www.kingscross.co.uk
Dinner
Autumn Supper Club
We love a good supper club and (don’t tell any of the people desperately clinging onto summer) we also love Autumn. So by happy coincidence Masterchef Semi-Finalist Brodie Williams is launching Autumn Suppers in collaboration with supper clubbers The Dinner Ladies and it looks grand. The supper club, held at The London Cooking Project, will start off by schooling punters in the art of canapés, starters, mains and puddings in the large professional kitchens before sitting down to enjoy the seasonal menu first-hand.
Autumn Suppers starts on 30th September
Where: 1 Ethelburga Street, Battersea, SW11 4AG
Website: www.grubclub.com
Gaucho Charlotte Street
Electro Brunch Just Dialled Up The Voltage
The ‘Electro’ prefix is always a good thing. Electro-Music: cool, Electro: Top Marvel Comic Villain. Electo-Lux: pretty dope hoovers. We can’t think of any others, except, of course, for Electro-brunch! This bottomless brunch from Gaucho offers unlimited small plates, Bloody Marys, juices and cocktails all to the tune of a live DJ every Saturday morning. And Electro-brunch has just dialled up the voltage because now guests will have the option of adding Chandon Rosé and Porn Star and Espresso Martinis into the mix for just another £10 on top of the usual rate of £49.95.
Electro Brunch is available in Gaucho restaurants on Saturdays
Where: Gaucho - Charlotte Street, Charlotte Street, London, United Kingdom
Website: www.gauchorestaurants.com
Aqua Kyoto
New Menu from Aqua Kyoto
We may think we live in a concrete jungle, but Aqua Kyoto’s Executive Chef has put together a new menu that focusses on ingredients that can be grown rich here in our city. For instance, new dishes include oshizushi of salmon with avocado, tozazu and momiji with a Japanese maple leaf that can be found in the heart of Holland Park. Also on offer is handmade pumpkin soba noodles with Japanese mushrooms and ginkgo nuts from the Bamboo Gardens in London’s Kew Gardens, served with wafu dressing.
The menu is available on Fridays and Saturdays 5:30pm – 7:00pm, as well as during the week
Where: 30 Argyll Street, London W1F 7EB, United Kingdom
Website: www.aquakyoto.co.uk
Poetry Day
Coffee and Poems
‘I wandered lonely as a cloud, That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host of golden slow roasted coffee beans’. Enough of that! But if you are more of an artistic type then Viennese coffee roaster Julius Meinl is launching its annual Meet With A Poet campaign, a day to communicate with friends, family and significant others in iambic pentameter by giving them then free coffee. The initiative will see people meeting up and using poetry to communicate and “inject meaning and depth back into relationships” and we’ll be encouraged to choose from a range of poetry that best summaries how we feel. The entire event is being fronted by the first young people’s laureate for London, the inspirational Caleb Femi.
The event will take place on 1st October (World Coffee Day) at Forge & Co, Shoreditch High Street, The Cleveland Arms, Chilworth Street, The Cinnamon, The Pavement in Clapham, Crouch End’s Whittington and James, Northbank Restaurant, on Millennium Bridge and The Bulb on Finchley Road.
Where: Various Venues Across London
Website: Check Julius Meinl's Facebook page for further information
Geronimo Inns
Oysters at Geronimo Inns
Get your Rs in gear, it’s oyster season! Handy fact: oyster season is any month with an R in the name! And as it’s September that means the season is well and truly ‘on’. This weekend celebrate at Geronomio Inns, who have teamed up with Colchester Oyster Co. and Champagne House Perrier-Jouët to create a pairing event at whichever of their inns is your closest! Running until October 2nd the menu consists of Colchester Oyster Co. oysters served natural (over ice with red wine and shallot vinegar) or ‘Kilpatrick’ style (grilled with Worcester sauce and smoked bacon) all served with Perrier-Jouët Champagne.
Taking place in Geronimo Inns across London until 2nd October
Website: www.geronimo-inns.co.uk
