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You
might assume that it's either utter blindness or mere stubbornness,
decking this weekend's guide out in such blatantly Summer
colours. Instead, think of it as more of a UJ Sundance.
All that snow really got to us (in March!). So, frostbitten
fingers crossed, we thought we'd try a spot of positive
thinking to rectify the situation. If you build it, they
will come.
This weekend's guide is brought to you together with the
Thursday
Late at the Museum of London sessions and their Ultimate
Pub Quiz. From London history and cult titbits to artsy
creativity and the ubiquitous music round, together with
all sorts of side entertainments, April 3rd really might
be our fair city's Ultimate Pub Quiz.
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SAT MULLETOVER 4th BIRTHDAY •
SAT MOORE LATE NIGHTS •
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Osteria
Stecca
Being someone who finds it hard to resist
a good, pedigree Italian, I'll be heading to the hood
this weekend. No, I'm not roughing it in Peckham but
doing some deluxe slumming in St John's Wood where
Osteria Stecca has just opened.
I like Blenheim Terrace. Okay, it's a bit cashmere
knickers, but it's one of those streets that makes
you feel like you're on holiday; all twinkly lights,
welcoming restaurant facades and casually parked cars.
And Stecca ticks all the boxes too.
Chef-owner Stefano Stecca cooked in Michelin-starred
restaurants across Italy before coming to work at
Zafferano and Brunello over here so the food, as you'd
expect, is a range of nicely turned out classics like
buffalo mozzarella with grilled aubergine and aubergine
caviar and linguini with a red mullet and cherry tomato
sauce.
Or there's always Negronis and stuzzichini at the
bar.
Either way, it's a bit more glam than Peckham - I
should know, I grew up there.
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Mon-Fri Lunch: 12pm-12.30pm, Dinner 6.30-10.30pm / Sat 12pm-3pm, Dinner: 7pm-11pm / Sun 12am-10pm |
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1 Blenheim Terrace, NW8 0EH |
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osteriastecca.com |
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020 7328 5014 |
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Somerset
Local Food Direct
When my friend announced recently that she'd just
had her first Ocado delivery in the same way that
most people would announce they were having a baby
it gave me the heebie jeebies.
Not that I've got anything against Waitrose (or babies)
but to me it just reeks of the GAP effect; everyone
joining the ranks of sensible, tasteful, just-eco-enough
yuppiedom. Okay, so being a foodie is a bit yuppie-fied
in itself but I'm at least going to be doing my food
shopping from slightly more interesting online sources.
Instead of schlepping around Borough Market I'm going
to be ordering from Somerset Local Food Direct which
has done all the hard work for you by selecting the
finest farms and small suppliers of everything from
goat's milk butter to Yukon Gold potatoes, Glastonbury
ales to whole honey-roast hams.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it Ocado-shoppers!
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AGENDA |
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Into The Hoods
ZooNation bring their 2006/07 Fringe favourite hip-hop
take on Little Red Riding Hood to the West End.
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