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Sunday Brunch with a twist at CUT, 45 Park Lane
9 May 2012
Categories: Hotels, Restaurants Tags: brunch, CUT, 45 Park Lane, Wolfgang Puck, London, Mayfair
Categories: Hotels, Restaurants Tags: brunch, CUT, 45 Park Lane, Wolfgang Puck, London, Mayfair
Live jazz music, faultless bloody Marys and a mouth-watering American Brunch Menu - possibly the perfect cure for those Sunday blues! 45 Park Lane, Dorchester Collection’s new Mayfair hotel and home to Chef Wolfgang Puck’s critically acclaimed CUT...
A Blossoming Weekend at Kew Gardens
27 Mar 2012
Categories: Hotels, Travel News Tags: Kew Gardens, Botanical Tea, The Intercontinental London Park Lane, London, Cookbook Cafe
Categories: Hotels, Travel News Tags: Kew Gardens, Botanical Tea, The Intercontinental London Park Lane, London, Cookbook Cafe
With the beautiful weather in London at the moment, it looks like Spring has arrived to be greeted by a sea of happy faces embracing the sunshine!
To make the most of the outdoors, we’ve found a splendid way to spend the weekend involving a lovely day out at the largest display of spring colour in the country, Kew Gardens.
A Special Valentine’s Day Dining Experience
24 Jan 2012
Categories: Hotels, Restaurants Tags: Cookbook Cafe, London, Cooking, Valentine's, InterContinental Park Lane, Theo Randall
Categories: Hotels, Restaurants Tags: Cookbook Cafe, London, Cooking, Valentine's, InterContinental Park Lane, Theo Randall
If you want this Valentine’s Day to be special and you’ve got a soft spot for sensational food, OMOTG has got just the experience for you...
As a one-off, The InterContinental London Park Lane is offering an exclusive Valentine’s Day package, ‘Love 2 Dine’.
Couples will have the rare opportunity...
Christmas Chocolate Festival on London’s Southbank
From this coming Friday 9th December until Sunday 11th December the seventh Chocolate Festival descends on London’s Southbank in the lead up to Christmas. You will be able to sample chocolates from some of the world’s best Chocolatiers, talk with chocolate producers, try a tutored tasting session, pick up hints about the beneficial health aspects of chocolate and of course get some Christmas goodies for friends and family.
Festive Fun in London this Christmas
30 Nov 2011
Categories: Travel News Tags: Christmas, Theatre, London, Markets, Lights, Festive, Ice Skating, Music
Categories: Travel News Tags: Christmas, Theatre, London, Markets, Lights, Festive, Ice Skating, Music
With Christmas creeping up on the nation, OMOTG have put together a special list of charming city activities to help you embrace the festive spirit!
Whether you want to indulge in some present buying, catch a Christmas show, get your skates on or take a late night winter walk, there are many activities to choose from.
London Jazz Festival Week 11th to 20th November
Today kicks off the 19th London Jazz Festival Week and it promises to be bigger than ever with 80 gigs and some 700 artists set to play. It will be running over 10 nights.
If you weren’t aware London in fact has one of the biggest Jazz scenes in Europe with clubs all around the London area.
The World’s Travel Industry gathers in London
The annual World Travel Market (WTM) takes place this week at the Excel Exhibition Centre in the Docklands through until Thursday. Today (Monday) was the Press and VIP Day and tomorrow the show opens up to other visitors in the industry. With some 5,117 exhibitors and 100 events it is a huge show.
Lord Forster’s New Thames Hub
Distinguished architect Lord Forster has recently unveiled his plans to design a new airport in the Thames Estuary on the Isle of Grain in Kent.
The grand scheme, which has been branded a ‘pie-in-the-sky’ will not come cheaply, costing at least £50 billion!
Italian Tapas restaurant Assaggini changes its name to Assaggetti
I popped in to one of my favourite new London restaurants yesterday for lunch to find that the name had changed. I thought I was going mad at first and had to look at the name twice. Apparently another restaurant had complained that the name Assaggini was too similar to theirs, hence the hasty change.
New St James Bar Opens its Doors
The Brand new St James Bar and The Balcon Restaurant open on Monday 17th October following three months of extensive renovations.
I had a sneak preview two days ago and love what they have done to give the bar a completely new look and feel. This is going to be a new destination bar with its Coco Chanel ambience and rich textures and colours.
Bird's Eye Vistas – A New Iconic Landmark for London?
The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has revealed that London’s new cable car river crossing will be sponsored by Emirates Airline in a ten-year deal worth £36m!
The Dubai based airline will provide approximately 60% of the cost of the cable crossing and as a result the innovative form of transport will be named Emirates Air-line.
Indian Summer in London
Summer is back! London is basking in a late summer surge with temperatures around 28 degrees Celsius (82 degrees Fahrenheit).
As there was literally not a cloud in the sky I took the opportunity to do some photography on The Thames and get some close ups of the London Eye, which looked spectacular. Have a look at my Photo Blog...
Michel Roux Jr opens The Pembury Bar in Parliament Square
We were treated to a selection of some his delicious new cocktails and nibbles from the kitchen below to introduce us to Michel’s unique three-course cocktail menu – the ‘Three Citrus Ricky’, ‘Pembury Cup’ and Colonial Flip’. Michel told us that he is “keen to introduce a new drinks menu concept that reflects the influences of the main restaurant menu.”
London’s Newest Champagne & Cocktail Bar Opens
I enjoyed a pre-opening glass of champagne at Réunion, London’s newest Champagne and Cocktail Bar located in the newly refurbished Grosvenor Hotel in Victoria.
The bar was buzzing yesterday evening with visitors who had come to look around the £20m refurbished hotel. The ambience is modern and trendy and I just love the tall backed chairs! You have to check them out...
London Transport and the Olympic Games
4 Aug 2011
Categories: Travel News Tags: Buses, London, Olympics, Transport, Underground, Barclays, Bikes, Cycle
Categories: Travel News Tags: Buses, London, Olympics, Transport, Underground, Barclays, Bikes, Cycle
It was fun trying to get to Kensington High Street yesterday afternoon for a meeting. I discovered that the District and Circle lines are closed until 27th August for upgrade work! Apparently August is a quiet time. You could have fooled me with the amount of tourists I saw looking totally confused faced with the closure. The only alternative was to take a bus, and given that it was 30 degrees yesterday and London buses are not air conditioned, I arrived at my meeting late and hot!
Staying Fit In The Capital - The Tourist Approach
2 Aug 2011
Categories: Travel News Tags: Run Club, London Walks, Barclays Cycle Hire, New York, London, UK, City, Capital
Categories: Travel News Tags: Run Club, London Walks, Barclays Cycle Hire, New York, London, UK, City, Capital
As a Londoner I know that staying entertained in the capital can prove to be quite expensive, however I’ve just stumbled across the perfect solution. I decided to take advantage of living in such a lovely city; I topped up my Oyster card and headed into the Centre...
Josh Beech and Sanderson Predicts
Every
two weeks in June and July Sanderson Predicts in the Sanderson Hotel, London
hosts an evening with up and coming young bands. Last night I went along to see Josh Beech and
The Johns play in the Sanderson Courtyard, which was the perfect setting with
its open roof.
The Lyttleton opens its doors in St James
I recently visited the newly refurbished Stafford Hotel in St James, London. It is tucked away in a quiet Mews and is a hidden away little gem popular with American visitors. The main house was in need of updating and I really like what they have done to freshen it up and give it a more modern feel. At the same time they have opened up the old restaurant and lounge area to create a bright new restaurant.
Italian Tapas the Assaggini Way
14 Jul 2011
Categories: Restaurants Tags: Italian, Restaurant, Cocktails, Luxury, London, tapas, Regent Street, Wine, assaggini
Categories: Restaurants Tags: Italian, Restaurant, Cocktails, Luxury, London, tapas, Regent Street, Wine, assaggini
I finally made it to Assaggini yesterday for lunch with a friend who also writes for Our Man On The Ground and has her own great Blog. Juan, the very hospitable manager has put together a very professional and delightful team who looked after us extremely well. We love the ambience which is fresh, clean and trendy. This part of London around Haymarket and Lower Regent Street was crying out for some decent restaurants.
Cuckoo Club Mayfair
I visited the Cuckoo Club in London's Mayfair yesterday evening to do a review of their excellent restaurant. It is very eclectic and international with a youngish crowd. I think we may possibly have been the only Brits there last night. The girls at the table behind us spoke only French and a well-known US actress arrived a little later and sat just across from us with her boyfriend and friends.
St Pancras Renaissance Hotel
I visited the brand new St Pancras Renaissance Hotel in London today
which opened its doors on 6th May 2011 and was impressed with the work
that has been carried out to restore this wonderful old station hotel to
its former glory. The 245 room hotel is divided in to two parts with
60 rooms in the original Chambers side and 187 newly created rooms in
the Barlow side.
Assaggini in London opens for business
1 Jul 2011
Categories: Restaurants Tags: assaggini, Blog, launch, London, Luxury, Restaurant, Review
Categories: Restaurants Tags: assaggini, Blog, launch, London, Luxury, Restaurant, Review
Following an incredibly well attended Press Launch Party on 29th June, Our Man On The Ground stopped by Assaggini today to take a few photographs and write up an early review and blog pending a full meal at the restaurant in the next week.
Taste of London – Regent’s Park
16 Jun 2011
Categories: Restaurants Tags: Restaurant, Luxury, The Ritz, Le Caprice, Regent's Park, Britain, London
Categories: Restaurants Tags: Restaurant, Luxury, The Ritz, Le Caprice, Regent's Park, Britain, London
Having attended the Press evening last night, this year’s event (16th – 19th June) should offer something for everyone with Ten Michelin Stars lined up to cook for you at Taste Of London this week, with top chefs from Britain, the Continent and all the way from Asia. The chef’s this year include Alain Ducasse, Alex Chow, Gary Rhodes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Marcus Wareing, Michele Roux Jr as well as many others.
London Airports to get makeover
Terminal 5 at London’s Heathrow airport has been a huge improvement, almost like having a new airport (as long as you don’t see the other old terminals) and work is well underway on the new Terminal 2 replacement. However I read that yet more improvement work is being planned for both Heathrow and Gatwick with an investment of some £4 billion.
London is ready for the Royal Wedding
27 Apr 2011
Categories: Travel News Tags: Buckingham, Royal Wedding, London, Palace, Londoners, Harrods
Categories: Travel News Tags: Buckingham, Royal Wedding, London, Palace, Londoners, Harrods
Well the much talked about Royal Wedding is just over a day away and The Mall looks splendid all decked out with Union Jacks lining the way up to Buckingham Palace.
Royal Wedding Hotel Package
6 Apr 2011
Categories: Hotels Tags: Restaurant, One Aldwych, Royal Wedding, Cocktail, Britain, London, Hotel, Champagne
Categories: Hotels Tags: Restaurant, One Aldwych, Royal Wedding, Cocktail, Britain, London, Hotel, Champagne
One Aldwych in London’s West End is currently offering a special Royal Wedding Package.
Guests staying over the long holiday weekend will enjoy accommodation for two, breakfast and dinner. You will be welcomed with champagne and a mini traditional wedding cake and can even enjoy watching the event on the day in their private Screening Room. However, the hotel is located very close to the Processional Route should you wish to see it “live”.
Olympic Countdown Clock Counts Backwards
Our man on the ground in London informs us that the brand new Olympic Countdown Clock in Trafalgar Square stopped working less than 24 hours after it was unveiled to the world. In fact it started counting backwards! The other side of the clock was however working apparently, showing the countdown to the Paralympics. We understand that it is now working properly and counting down to the games in 499 days time.
London Underground Disruption
Our man on the ground has told us that commuters are facing major disruption at the moment as two Oxford Street Underground stations are having major refurbishment work carried out. From April, the Northern line will not be stopping at Tottenham Court Road for 8 months, making it impossible for people to change to or from the Central Line.
No More Snow This Winter Please
31 Jan 2011
Categories: Travel News Tags: Business, Heathrow, New York, London, Travel, Snow, Flying, Airports
Categories: Travel News Tags: Business, Heathrow, New York, London, Travel, Snow, Flying, Airports
I read last week that New Englanders and New Yorkers are ready for spring. It is not surprising given all the snow they have had this winter. Why is it that some countries seem to be able to cope with snow and others can’t?
UK Government to possibly introduce regional airport tax
Passengers flying out of UK’s London airports are to possibly face higher taxes in new government proposals to deter people from using Britain’s busiest Terminals. The government is talking about an overhaul of air taxes to help regional airports flourish more and relieve overcrowding in the South East of England.
Nelson's Ship in a Bottle
A replica model of the famour HMS Victory has prime position on the "empty plinth" in Trafalgar Square. The ship is a 1:30 exact scale replica and is cleverly sitting in a huge bottle...
