Food & Drink

Restaurant of the Week – SUKA at the Sanderson

Set on the ground floor of the Sanderson Hotel and extending out into the greenhouse-like Garden Terrace, Suka is a restaurant that serves ‘modern authentic’ Malaysian food in small dishes, to be enjoyed with sharing in mind. [Read more...]

 

 November 18th, 2011

Food & Drink

Man Food – The art of the lobster roll

Ask any East Coaster what makes a lobster roll and they’ll enthusiastically argue about the precise combination of butter, chives, mayo, bread and just-picked meat that makes for carb-and-crustacean perfection. [Read more...]

 

 November 8th, 2011

Food & Drink

Man Food by Mark Hix – Rabbit

Is rabbit back on the menu? I wonder if we Brits, universally recognised as a bunch of softies when it comes to meat, can hack it. [Read more...]

 

 November 5th, 2011

Food & Drink

Man food by Mark Hix – Get your mussels out

It seems to me that people are more than happy to munch away on mussels in restaurants. But when it comes to cooking them at home, they shy away. Maybe it’s down to the fact that as a nation we’re a bit scared of shellfish and that we don’t trust ourselves to cook them properly.

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 October 26th, 2011

Food & Drink

Want list – KitchenAid Artisan Stand Mixer

Hand-assembled from rugged die-cast parts and conceived by legendary American industrial designer Egmont Arens back in 1937, KitchenAid’s full metal construction mixer will make even the most kitchen phobic man look like a serious chef. Esquire’s Mark Hix, already quite a serious chef, swears by his. “Not only is it a great looker on the worktop, but it has all sorts of attachments from pasta roller to mincer,” he says. “I use mine twice a week for sourdough.” So now you know. They make one in every colour, from “Apple Cider” to “Empire Red”.(£399, www.kitchenaid.co.uk)

 

 October 24th, 2011

Food & Drink

El Bulli and the ball

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Grey Goose’s annual winter ball, held in aid of Elton John’s AIDS charity is a mere five days away. In anticipation, Esquire met with former El Bulli chef and Ferran Adria’s right hand man Paco Roncero, to hear what he’s got in store for guests at the event for which he is producing all food. This is one guestlist worth kicking up a fuss to be on. [Read more...]

 

 October 23rd, 2011

Food & Drink

In praise of katsu sauce

If you agree with us that Japanese katsu curry is a food of the gods, you’ll be glad to know that Soho eaterie Satsuma has reopened as a specialist katsu curry restaurant. [Read more...]

 

 September 28th, 2011