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Time to weekend. And we’ve got a nice pick ‘n’ mix for you. We start with a couple of pairings: fried chicken and sour cocktails or curry and whisky – you pick. Saturday, get stuck into English wine at the newly reopened Bluebird before hitting the dance floor at The Scotch of St. James. Finish the weekend with a barbecue and exhibition. Simples.
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| This Weekend’s Picks |
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| • FRI Chick ‘n’ Sours • SAT Hendrix at the Scotch • SUN Sager + Wilde Paradise Row |
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| | Friday | |  |  |  | | | EAT: | | DRINK: | | Chick ‘n’ Sours | | Tiger dram | | | If his Dalston digs are anything to go by, Carl Clarke’s second Chick ‘n’ Sours restaurant will be a flavour bomb of a dining experience. Aside from a menu of fried chicken (seasoned with ‘seaweed crack’), there’ll be spicy Szechuan nachos, hot and numbing disco wings, and the much-lauded Korean fried chicken bun. Oh, and sour cocktails.
| | Or, if curry and whisky is more your thing, head to Tiger Dram, the hidden pop up behind the Cornish Tiger in Battersea. The 25-seater offers an interesting mix of artisanal whiskies to either complement or challenge the spicy sharing plates (the confit duck pav served with brioche and onion chutney sounds interesting). Simply rub the buddha’s belly and you’re in.
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Prices vary
1 Earlham Street,
WC2H 9LL
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Prices vary
1 Battersea Rise,
SW11 1HG
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| | Chivas Regal | | | ‘The Blend’ | | | Sponsored Listing | |  | | | We know you’re probably clued up when it comes to whisky (Scottish vs. Japanese, whiskey/whisky, neat or with water), but if you’d like to go a step further and say, make your own, Chivas Regal’s ‘The Blend’ could be for you. The pop up whisky bar and ‘Art of Blending’ sessions will not only teach you everything you need to know (heritage, history, origins…) from industry experts, you’ll also be able to ‘blend’ your own to take home. #UJLoves the bespoke bottles.
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| The Blend By Chivas Regal opens in the Truman Brewery on 3rd October until 4th December. Experiences start at £15. Book your tickets here.
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| | Product pick: | | | Ten restaurants that changed America | |  | | | A must read for historians, foodies, restaurateurs and the lot. We love the original menus.
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| | Saturday | |  | |  | | | EAT: | | PARTY: | | Bluebird | | Hendrix at the Scotch | | | ‘Tis the season for nip and tucks (Quo Vadis, Rum Kitchen Notting Hill)… and now, Bluebird. Having closed for a six-week refurb, the Chelsea stalwart has re-opened unveiling its new look – trees, climbing plants, wild flowers, grasses and herbs, offset with bold Celia Birtwell fabrics and textures. The menu is said to be modern European and the wine list will focus on sparkling, natural and interestingly, English wines.
| | It’s been 50 years since Jimi Hendrix played an impromptu gig at The Scotch Of St James. So, to celebrate, the rock ‘n’ roll den will be recreating some of the magic, with help from Jimi’s brother, Leon Hendrix, who will be playing Hendrix classics. Plus, for the rest of the night, DJs will be spinning nothing but vinyl. Tickets have sold out, but we’ve got a couple of pairs of tickets to giveaway. Click here to enter. Don’t be scared to dig out the leather trousers and flares for this one.
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Prices vary
350 King’s Road,
SW3 5UU
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£10
13 Masons Yard,
SW1Y 6BU
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| DON’T MISS
THE BP EXHIBITION
SUNKEN CITIES: EGYPT’S LOST WORLDS | | | Sponsored Listing | | 
Photo: Christoph Gerigk © Franck Goddio/Hilti Foundation | | ★★★★★
‘spectacular… a show to move you to tears of wonder’ The Times
★★★★★
‘staggeringly beautiful’ Evening Standard
| | Submerged under the sea for over a thousand years, two lost cities of ancient Egypt were recently rediscovered. Their story is told for the first time in this unmissable exhibition.
Vanished beneath the waters of the Mediterranean, Thonis-Heracleion was one of Egypt’s most important commercial centres and, with Canopus, was a major centre for worship. Discover their incredible story, which is transforming our understanding of ancient Egypt and Greece’s remarkable relationship.
| | | Supported by BP. Organised with the Institut Européen d’Archéologie Sous-Marine and the Hilti Foundation.
The BP exhibition Sunken cities: Egypt’s lost worlds
+44 (0)20 7323 8181, on now until 27 Nov, 2016
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| | BOOK NOW | | | Enter.Sake with Richie Hawtin and Hito | |  | | | There are only a handful of tickets left for the upcoming Enter.Sake pop up dinner, SENSES, at Village Underground. It’s going to be a guaranteed special night, starting with a menu by The Palomar to complement Richie Hawtin’s Enter.Sake selection before the get-down banger of a party kicks off. Book now.
| | | | Enter. Sake with Richie Hawtin and Hito £90 (3 course menu + Sake + Party Entrance). Friday, September 30. Dinner at 7:30pm (prompt)?. Party from 10:30pm. 54 Holywell Lane, EC2A 3PQ
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| | Sunday | |  | |  | | | EAT: | | DO: | | Sager + Wilde Paradise Row | | Mirror Maze by Es Devlin | | | If you haven’t yet checked out Sager + Wilde Paradise Row for some incredible Sunday BBQ action, now’s your last chance. For the last of the series of Sunday takeovers, Chase Lovecky, head chef of The Clove Club, will be manning the BBQ. The menu sounds delish: grilled lettuce with cod roe, smoked egg yolk and capers, charcoaled beets, steamed crab rolls… Book now.
| | Set designer Es Devlin has an impressive CV, having worked on everything from stage productions at the Royal Opera House, The Donmar and the Barbican, to world tours for Adele and Kanye West, the Olympics, Louis Vuitton’s catwalk… and now she’s launched a solo installation, Mirror Maze, in partnership with Chanel and i-D. It’s a large-scale experiential installation presented as a series of multi-sensory rooms, including the ‘grammable dizzying maze of mirrors. Narcissists unite!
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Prices vary
Arch, 250 Paradise Row,
E2 9LE
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Free
133 Copeland Road,
SE15 3SN
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| | Product pick: | | | Hype X Pokémon | |  | | | Pikachu, Jigglypuff, Charizard… on your tees, bags, caps – thanks to Hype and their latest collaboration with the Nintendo giant. Pokémon Go!
| | | | In stores and online September 23. Find out more here
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