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Joe’s Oriental Diner
Scott Hallsworth has transformed his King’s Road restaurant Kurobuta into a pan Asian restaurant with killer dishes like spicy yellow snapper curry, build your own rendang buns and beautifully scented eel rice.
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Femmes de Virunga 55%
Original Beans have launched 4 new bars, including a rather special chocolate bar that not only has a rich flavour but also helps protect women’s groups in the Eastern Congo providing seedlings, training and a local radio program by women, for women. Each bar plants one tree in the buffer zone of Virunga National Park in Eastern Congo.
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Anthropologie Spitalfields
My favourite homeware shop is opening a new branch in Spitalfields, with products tailored to this vibrant area of London. To celebrate the launch, students from Central St. Martins are running a pop up art shop on the 9th and 10th May.
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Spring at Zuma
To celebrate the wonderful weather, Zuma has launched a new seasonal menu with zesty spring cocktails and wonderfully light dishes like miso marinated chicken with white truffle, pumpkin tempura and grilled courgettes with tarragon and miso sauce.
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Vintage Salt at Selfridges
I can’t wait for this new summer rooftop residency to start on friday, with a dreamy Cornish seaside vibes, colourful beach huts and deckchairs to lounge in. The rose will be chilled, the G and T’s perfect and a light summer menu on hand for a long lazy evening. Click here for details.
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