Hints and tips:
...Downstairs, a more club-like vibe pertains (apparently the room is where Christine Keeler met John Profumo)....
...How did St John by Drake’s come about? “Well, how about we order first?” says St John co-founder Trevor Gulliver who beckons the waiter over and requests the St John greatest hits....
...As so often, my starting point in finding out why is a man called John. John Schoolcraft is the chief creative officer of 29-year-old alternative dairy brand Oatly....
...Latest to grace the grill is a whole John Dory, which comes dripping in a wild garlic, butter and chicken-stock sauce....
...Rocha’s pedigree as a chef — his résumé includes stints at St John and the River Café — has helped draw the crowds, not to mention his connections to the fashion set via family: his father John and sister...
...The menu is equally OTT – serving decadent plates such as caviar-sprinkled pizza with crème fraiche, giant ravioli carbonara and a 60cm tower of stracciatella ice cream cake. bigmammagroup.com Sessions...
...After a long pause with even more wine, we gorge on almond tart with crème fraîche and cream. Finally Otis Redding, my fifth guest, is persuaded to perform Otis Blue....
...The last time I had lunch there, I saw the film director Ridley Scott, several generations of the John Rocha fashion dynasty, and celebrity stylist Elizabeth Saltzman, enjoying a weekly Sunday outing with...
...Fergus came up with Trotter Gear in the early days of St John and it’s a wonder....
...John Allan, president of the CBI, warned that many British companies were unaware of this “looming danger....
...I opt for the mackerel starter with crème fraîche and rocket, and then the hake. We drink water. I destroy the bread basket....
...Serve with wild strawberries, a spoonful of crème fraîche or sour cream and scatter with fresh elderflowers....
...Papa John’s, another US import, is still establishing itself in the UK. According to Domino’s, mid-range, single-digit like-for-like growth is the new normal....
...Then – and if this were a film, there would be a soundtrack by Elton John, another Pinchuk pal – Princess Diana died....
...Granta’s new editor John Freeman, appointed last month, is the magazine’s fourth in her time. (Two members of staff who left recently did so of their own accord, she says.)...
...fraîche....
...“In the early 1980s the liquor licensing laws in Melbourne were radically liberalised after a report by Professor John Nieuwenhuysen,” he said....
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