As our Man V Food Crowd psyche themselves up for tomorrow's chicken wing food challenge at The Red Dog Saloon in Hoxton, we have come up with the top 5 things to conquer the 'Naga Viper Chilli Wings!' 6 pieces of chicken in ten minutes without a drink. This challenge is the UK's hottest & it's pretty famous. Wikipedia - The Naga Viper was created in England by chilli farmer Gerald Fowler of ...
Read MoreThis week at the Startup Engine weekly dinner we had a private room booked at Piccolina (great food, great service!). We were lucky enough to be joined by Sylvia Cohen, an expert in public speaking. There were 11 diners, all keen to finely tune their public speaking and presentation skills for a variety of reasons ranging from fund raising to career changes. We had an hour taster session where Sylvia shared ...
Read MoreThis week’s Startup Engine dinner was at the Giant Robot in Farringdon. A quirky mixed menu and many mustached staff! We had 10 diners this week, including a few regulars. Venus was back, 3rd week in a row, with more ideas for her business; she’s ready to map out the site! It was also good to see Doug Haines of London School of Attraction back again. His company offers coaching courses ...
Read MoreLast week some of our TableCrowd members of the Healthy Eating Crowd were given the opportunity to dine with Nutritional Therapist, Stephanie Ridley of Nourish To Flourish at Gordon Ramsey's Bread Street Kitchen. It was there chance to learn more about the foods they should and shouldn't be eating and to gain a deeper understanding about nutrition. Here is what Stephanie had to say on the evening: So I admit I was ...
Read MoreThis week’s Startup Engine dinner was at Chico Bandito, a lively little Mexican restaurant and regular spot for TableCrowd dinners. The menu tells me that it’s the best chilli in London, and I believe everything I read, so it must be. We had 10 diners, some familiar faces and some new. It’s nice to see people coming back for more and factoring the Startup Engine dinners into their regular networking plans. ...
Read MoreA stone’s throw from Silicon Roundabout and yet this was the Startup Engine’s first dinner at The Yard. Shame on us! We had a large round table perfect for mingling and 9 diners talking all things startup. The Yard is known for its featured menu item, the yard of pizza. Probably not in line with many people’s new-year-eat-healthy resolutions, but it was ordered by a couple of ladies in a ...
Read MoreHave you seen this amazing image for London restaurants at different underground stations? There's Burger and Lobster on the Piccadilly Line, Hakkasan on the Central line and Coq d'Argent on both the District and Circle lines. Imagine the announcements from the operators: "We apologise for the delays on the Central Line but a customer has eaten too much at MeatLiquor and is struggling to remove himself from the restaurant!" For the full ...
Read MoreThanks for the mention Here Is The City. Our love of food and dining dates back to Ancient Rome. This important aspect of human social interaction has, consequently, had an age to develop, mature, and become a way of life. It brings us together like nothing else: sitting around the table talking and chewing! In London we are privileged to enjoy a plethora of places to dine. Why not explore a ...
Read MoreI had never eaten Crocodile or Kangaroo, so when I sat down to inspect the menu, I knew from the outset I was in for a new culinary experience of some kind - good, bad or strange, was yet to be decided. The table was one of our Hungry Romantic tables, and we were 5 intrepid explorers venturing forth to discover whether the exotic could be erotic. As a venue Archipelago ...
Read MoreFluid in Smithfield Market - oooh those chicken katsu rolls. Fluid; a regular lunchtime haunt when I worked by Barbican and now, not frequented enough by me, mainly due to not being in my immediate eye sight or on a direct bus line from my door. Convenience is key in my world. It was a craving for the chicken katsu rolls that I've only ever seen on a sushi menu here, ...
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