This 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 MoreAfter our Start Up Engine: dinner on Thursday evening we were fortunate enough to meet Sea Shepherd - Omar Todd, who is today's guest post. What an interesting guy, a Film maker and digital security expert, Omar also gives his time to Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, the environmental activists featured in the TV show 'Whale Wars'. Omar has started a Sea Shepherd group here on TableCrowd for people who want to support ...
Read MoreLast week, we ran a table at the very new and very cool, DSTRKT. The venue is divided into a downstairs area with a restaurants and accompanying lounge bar and upstairs which holds a night club. The restaurant food is tapas style, and when we ordered, we were encouraged by the waiter to try the ‘taster menu’, a 12 mini-course banquet at £55 per head. Our group passed on that offer ...
Read MoreThere were actually 11 of us not 12, and a more apt name for this table could have been called ‘cosmopolitan dining’ (the adjective not the cocktail, although quite a few of the latter were ordered). I shared the table with one fellow Brit, a French-Canadian lady, a guy from the Netherlands and also fellow diners originally from India, Hong Kong, New Zealand (whose avatar / caricature on TableCrowd was ...
Read MoreI attended my first Vegetarian Crowd dinner on Tuesday night at new-on-the-scene Vegetarian restaurant, The Gate, Islington. It’s long standing sister restaurant in Hammersmith was opened in 1989 by the Daniel’s Brothers, who have now introduced refined Indo-Iraqi Jewish cuisine to my local hood. I was joined by 10 other diners from TableCrowd, all vegetarians and/or vegans ranging from around mid 20s to mid 70s. The common theme was the food ...
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Read MoreIn honour of our 'Tuesday Foodie' evening at Barbecoa, a popular barbecue steak house, we are sharing with you some of the most popular steak cuts in order of tenderness. At the top of the tender pile: Tenderloin Steak: This steak is cut from the beef tenderloin and is the most tender. Tenderloin steaks like the 'Filet Mignon' are popular for their delicate butter like texture. Top Loin Steak: This is one ...
Read MoreIn tribute to our 'Thursday Mingle' at The Drunken Monkey famous for it's Cocktails and Dim Sum, we've compiled a list of our Top 5 Cocktails. Cocktail No. 1: The Great Sage - A cocktail with Bulldog Gin, Creme de Framboise, fresh rasberries charged with Perrier Jouet Champagne. Cocktail No. 2 : Cosmopolitan - a cocktail made with vodka, triple sec, cranberry juice, and freshly squeezed lime juice. Cocktail No. 3: Long Island Ice Tea - a ...
Read MoreRestaurateurs must be rubbing their hands together with glee that understated decor has become ‘cool’. It must have slashed the cost of opening a restaurant leaving them quids in! Instead of putting the perfect finishing touches and creating a welcoming homely feel the trend is for industrial unplastered walls, unpainted ceilings and rough wooden floors. You are half expecting to see a cement mixer doing it’s thing out the corner ...
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