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This
weekend guide is brought to you by álaMODE.se
- the one-stop site for fashionable Sweden.
With one bank holiday down and one just around the (fortnight-long)
corner, we're sensing a slight vibe of "stay low and take cover"
in the air. And since it looks like the weather might just hold
out, whether you escape in your frillies to a Buckinghamshire
manor, take in a little artistic culture, or tempt fate with the
Dalston Superstore boys, we just know it's going to be everything
you could wish for.
And in case you hadn't gotten our hint so far: Sweden
is cheap right now. And we mean cheap. Throw into that a wealth,
nay barrage of top fashion stores - big name and indie alike -
and a veritable army of sleek restaurants, cafés and bars, and
it's got to make you wonder why you're still even sitting at your
desk reading this. With the long weekend upon us, if you haven't
booked anything yet, you know where we're recommending.
Click
here for a little inspiration...
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FRIDAY |
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White
Blackbird
Dust off your finest '50s sleepwear - those satin negligees
and silk smoking jackets that you have knocking around gathering
dust - and prepare for an evening-long escapade of right
ol' frolics, as the entire Stoke Place estate opens its
gates to Victorian séances, midnight feasts, cabaret performances,
swinging DJs, and a rolling backdrop of real, live sheep
for decoration. The Big Smoke or The Grand Manor? Tough
call, I know.
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8pm-3am |
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Stoke
Place, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, SL2
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£35,
return coaches to and from London available for £15 |
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urbanjunkies.com/london |
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SATURDAY |
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Disco Bloodbath
After Dalston being called called 'the coolest place in
Britain' by The Guardian last weekend, we're not sure how
difficult it is for the boys behind Dalston Super Store
to 'keep it real' in their 'hood. But we're sure there'll
be the usual crowd of queenie ravers, fag hags and club
kids with crazy undercuts rocking out with their c*cks out
at Disco Bloodbath - London's one and only true Party Monsteresque
night.
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9pm-4am |
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Dalston Super Store, 117 Kingsland High Street, E8 2PB |
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Free |
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facebook.com |
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Tunnel 228
From the Masque of the Red Death chaps, this Punkdrunk
event (that we're not entirely sure of the name
of because it's sooo underground) will be one
of those things you'll hate yourself forever for
if you miss it. Tunnels in Waterloo have been
transformed into a surreal playground that, for
15 days only, will stage aerial acts and a plethora
of artistry. Time slots are disappearing quickly
so book your (free) ticket now.
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SUNDAY |
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EAT & DRINK |
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L'Atelier
de Joel Robuchon
If you like swanky restaurants you've probably read a fair few reviews of Joel Robuchon's 2 Michelin-starred London outpost. You might also know that JR was just awarded the San Pellegrino Lifetime Achievement Award. What you might not know however, and what certainly came as a surprise to me, is how warm, inviting and darned seductive the place is.
L'Atelier, the gorgeously low lit ground floor counter-dining room is more stylishly cluttered than I expected, with jars of acid green limes and blood red macaroons stacked above the Japanese style open kitchen. Upstairs in La Cuisine, the more conventionally set out bistro-style dining room, it's all black and white chessboard tiles, banquettes and potted herbs. And in neither room is there an ounce of stuffy formality - in fact I think M. Robuchon must be slipping his staff happy pills.
I won't ramble on for hours about the food as I think you probably know the score, but suffice to say my roast Label Anglais chicken with girolles was as perfect as it gets, and the truffled pomme puree (rumoured to be made with 60 % butter) is something else.
Oh, and the bar at the top has a fireplace and its own well-hidden roof terrace that's just opened for the summer.
Altogether the experience has made me realise that dining out right now is all about quality not quantity.
I'm saving up for my next visit.
Click
here for previous Weekend Eat Restaurant Reviews
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Mon-Sun 12.30-3pm & 5.30-11pm |
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13-15 West Street, WC2H 9NE |
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joel-robuchon.com |
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020 7010 8600 |
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Weekend
guide by MAM, AC & FJ,
food review by SL |
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