What To Do This Weekend: 18th – 20th May
The sun’s out again (there was a moment when it looked like winter was coming back) and so we are too! Here’s some ideas of what you can be getting up to this weekend. Oh, in case you’re looking for royal wedding stuff, here is a list of wedding related fun and here’s where you can watch the fun from.
The Bull
Brunch and Beer
To a Highgate institution, The Bull Pub who will be answering the age old ‘piss up’ question in their own on-site brewery Gorgeous Brewery as they launch their new bottomless brunch menu this weekend. Using their own unlimited supply of beer, and beer-infused bloody Marys this promises to be the kick-off of another Highgate institution.
Saturday 19th May (but check out the roasts on Sunday!)
Where: 3 North Hill, Highgate, N6 4AB
Website: www.thebullhighgate.co.uk
Del 74
Mexican Party Vibes
Del 74 is a Mexican where the party goes down, and so where better to enjoy a bottomless brunch? Available in Dalston every weekend from this weekend expect to enjoy a menu inspired by Enrique’s renowned Aunt Patty with popular Mexican street food dishes such as: Chilaquiles, which are fried tortilla chips in a rustic tomato sauce served with sour cream and cheese with a fried egg (if you’re feeling shoert on protein (and you won’t be!) add chicken, pork rib eye or steak). The Huevos a la Mexicana are scrambled eggs with fresh tomatoes, onions, coriander and served with black beans and chipotle corn bread with smoked salmon. Don a sombrero and do brunch properly!
Saturday 18th May and Sunday 19th May
Where: 129 Kingsland High street, Dalston. E8 2PB
Website: www.tacosdel74.co.uk
Greenwich Peninsula
Urban Village Fete
In partnership with Hemingway Design, Greenwich Peninsula will play to host to the Urban Village Fete, a free family event now in its 4th year. With an alternative and contemporary twist on the traditional summer fete (so presumably no splat-the-rat), there will be walkabout entertainment and a line-up of interactive workshops for all ages as the day-festival celebrates all that is creative in the capital. Highlights include musical gameshow Indeedy Musical Bingo, comedy act The Sniffer Dogs by Surreal McCoy. There will be plenty of entertainment for adults and children alike, including an opportunity to listen to the unique sound of Powerhouse Gospel Choir.
Sunday 20th May
Where: The Gateway Pavillions, Peninsula Square, Greenwhich Peninsula, SE10 0SQ
Website: www.greenwichpeninsula.co.uk
Backyard Cinema
Galactic Flow Yoga!
Ministry Does Fitness Miami Beach yoga last summer was such a hit that Backyard Cinema have brought it back! For one day only yogis will Half Moon their way through time and space in Galactic Flow Yoga sessions as they search for their inner-galactic centre while would-be astronauts revel in cosmic-induced euphoria at the Space Rave.
Saturday 19th May
Where: Mercato Metropolitano, 42 Newington Causeway, Southwark, SE1 6DR
Website: www.ministrydoesfitness.com
Linda McCartney's Food Festival
Linda's Veggie Table
The late Linda McCartney would hopefully be proud that following the success of the inaugural event last year, Linda’s Veggie Table is back for a second outing this year. A celebration of the very best in meat free eating, the event is fronted by Wanted star Jay McGuiness, a vegetarian and keen cook with his own vegetarian lifestyle book in the works. Along with the Linda McCartney’s team, he’ll be demonstrating how to create healthy, tasty and simple meat free meals that can be recreated at home. Relax and mingle in Linda’s Lounge and enjoy a selection of mocktails and meat free canapes, or grill Jay and the Linda McCartney’s in house chef on all questions veggie and vegan.
Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th May
Where: Oui Rooms, 89 Great Titchfield St, Fitzrovia, W1W 6RN
Website: Get tickets here...
Jin Juu
Korean Take On Brunch
Soho’s Jinjuu, the Korean restaurant chef Judy Joo, is launching a Korean inspired bottomless brunch. Feast on Judy’s versions of brunch classics with a Seoul twist, like her shaved ice dessert, a fluffy Korean ice cream sundae known as ‘bingsu’ fresh from her recent trip to PyeongChang for the Winter Olympics. Kick things off with either a punchy Soju Mojito or Spiced Kimchi Mary then move onto brunch favourites such as: La Kimchi Madame, toasted sourdough stuffed with ham, melted cheese and kimchi béchamel sauce, topped with a fried duck egg, and truffle fries or try the Green Tea Pancakes, an American-style stack of matcha pancakes with mixed seasonal berries, yuja-infused chantilly cream, and maple syrup.
Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th May
Where: 15 Kingly Street, Soho, W1B 5PS.
Website: www.jinjuu.com
Bull In A China Shop
It's World Whisky Day!
I’m sure that you’ve got World Whisky Day specially marked off on your calendar (I know, I had no idea either), but act sharpish because it’s on this weekend. To celebrate why not head to Shoreditch’s Bull In A China Shop? They have teamed up with The Raasay Distillery with an internationally-inspired cocktail that brings together Hebridean and Italian ingredients in a smoky, yet fruity, tipple. The Skye Larking combines Raasay While We Wait whisky, wine reduction and Italian Walnut Amaro served Old-Fashioned-style over ice and is named after the Raasay Distillery’s location in the Inner Hebrides with impressive views of the Cuillins on neighbouring island, Skye. From the Italian side you should be able to pick up on the whisky’s wine-finish and the combination of Raasay While We Wait single malt finished in Tuscan Montechiari Cabernet casks.
Available this Saturday, 18th May
Where: 196 Shoreditch High Street, Shoreditch, E1 6LG
Website: www.bullinachinashop.london
