Category: Food & Drink

Food & Drink
Review: Yosma “modernising, refreshing and re-energising” the way Turkish restaurants are presented in the UK

  “I’m going to Yosma tonight”, I tell my Turkish Cypriot mum. She raises an eyebrow and wonders what I’m up to. She lets me know that the translation of yosma can mean, loosely, a ‘flirt’, ‘coquette’, and more insinuatingly, ‘scarlet woman’. Ooo-err, I had no idea, mum. Yosma is owned and operated by restaurant […]

Ents & Leisure
Cyprus Garden: win dinner for two at new season opening gala

  Cyprus Garden has been the number one Turkish entertainment spot in London for the past five years; the stylish venue offers a fixed meze menu and superb cabaret shows that has seen people travel not just across the capital, but the country to enjoy. This 300-capacity party palace is located by the North Circular […]

Festivals
Britain’s top Turkish chefs showcasing food for Turkey at Taste of London

  The Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism is exhibiting at one the hippest foodie festivals in Britain. Taste of London kicks off in Regent’s Park, Central London, this evening and runs until Sunday. Leading names from the capital’s flourishing Turkish restaurant scene will be cooking up treats on the Turkish stand, among them Selin […]

Ents & Leisure
Fasıl Night is back with Sezar Uğur Soy at Hattush Restaurant 

  After two successful dates, Turkish classical music has clearly found a new home in Honor Oak, South East London. Top Turkish singer Sezar Uğur Soy presents another fabulous Fasıl Night at Hattush Restaurant this Friday with renowned musical duo Hüseyin Cemgünal (keyboards) and Ercüment İbrahim (violin). The Turkish eatery has become a firm favourite […]

Food & Drink
Turkish for two? Top restaurants for this Valentine’s Day

If you’re seeking that special place to romance your loved one on Valentine’s Day, then look no further than one of these fantastic eateries in London and the southeast, where you can feed your Sultan or Sultanah tasty Turkish morsels as you look lovingly in their eyes and think of…baklava! Hot table no. 1: Tarshish […]

Food & Drink
Ristorante Frescobaldi

Despite a location with almost no passing footfall and having only been open for two weeks, Frescobaldi was almost full the Saturday lunch time I visited. To launch this first independent UK site, the people behind the centuries-old wine dynasty – Frescobaldi Vini – have partnered with Good Food Society, a new hospitality venture promoted […]