Beefeater Gin, the only international premium gin distilled in the heart of London, is one of the city’s best kept secrets. As part of London Open City the Beefeater Gin distillery will be opening its doors exclusively to the public on 18 and 19 September on a complimentary basis for pre-booked tours. Lussorian readers would do well to sample the drink, Beefeater has been awarded the trophy for World’s Best Gin more times than any other in the last 10 years by the International Wine and Spirits Competition, the most prestigious awards organisation for wines and spirits.
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Nobu Berkeley Street have just introduced a new bar menu of cocktails that have been created specifically to compliment their cuisine. These new cocktails work to enhance the taste of their more delicate dishes, such as the sashimi and have been inspired by the dining menu’s ingredients - none of which you’d find on the average kitchen shelf! They include sake ,a variety of Japanese spirits, Jasmine tea, pickled ginger, Japanese basil and Yuzu syrup.
These new cocktails make sure that you can taste the quality of Nobu Berkeley’s food. The bar staff are trained to recommend drinks suited to your dish that will compliment the intense flavours. Nobu only uses the best Sake available, by trying this into a cocktail before sampling the food itself is a great way to get taste buds at the ready.
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“Forget the House red or white, bring me the whisky!”
This kind of opening request to the sommelier would normally bring on fear and slight disgust, but not at the excellent Plateau restaurant in Canary Wharf….
The Plateau - Canary Wharf
Allan Picket, head chef, has joined forces with Johnnie Walker to create a unique three course tasting menu that highlights the key expressions in the single malts which combine to create Johnnie Walker Blue Label.
Blue Label is Johnnie Walker’s premium single malt. Only 1 in a 1000 barrels make the grade to Blue label. The quality shines through, backed with a smoothness and a strong depth of flavour. The price of Johnie Walker blue label is all too irrelevant once tasted.
Johnnie Walker Blue Label Whisky
This whisky orientated tasting menu starts from September. Upon arrival, guests will be guided through the specially crafted seasonal menu. Each course, such as a terrine of ham and parsley with pear chutney or Bitter Valrhona chocolate tart, is paired with a single malt or other expression of Johnnie Walker.
Guests will be introduced to each whisky as it arrives at the table and appreciate its versatility by trying each liquid straight, chilled, iced or with water to understand the complex flavours and varying strength before finally matching it to their own palate and enjoying the food.
To culminate, diners will be presented with a perfect serve of Johnnie Walker Blue Label and they will be able to draw on the knowledge acquired throughout the evening to appreciate the deep and varied flavours present in each sip.
An entertaining and educational evening. A dedicated whisky expert will guide you through each course. For whiskey tasting London can offer no better venue.
Allan Pickett, Head Chef at Plateau: “Few people think of whisky as a drink to accompany dinner, but it can be an incredible match with the right dishes. Our whisky expert will explain how and why I created this special menu, in what promises to be a fascinating evening.”
As I have said, the incredibly reasonable cost of Johnnie Walker blue label (http://www.johnniewalker.com) is irrelevant. The cost of this rather special evening is priceless, but just for you, details are below.
The Johnnie Walker Blue Label exclusive tasting experience will be available from 1 September 2010 in Plateau’s private dining spaces for £95 per head. Reservations must be made in advance (http://www.plateaurestaurant.co.uk)
Stuart Hughes is a maverick artist. His Canvas is the latest gadget, His materials are Gold, Gold and more Gold! From an expensive iPhone to an expensive iPad, his projects offer everyday items with a luxury makeover. Expensive iPhone / Expensive iPad these may be, but truly worth it in value and style.
There is nothing ostentatious about our modern day King Midas’s designs, they are stunning statements and pure works of art. Stuart’s been busy in July, here’s what he has been up to;
The iPhone 4G EXCLUSIVE 24ct solid gold editionThis luxury iPhone took weeks of detailed intricate work to re-create the original chasis of the iPhone in solid gold all by hand. Weighing in at 150 grams of 24ct gold, this is just beautiful. Reasonably Priced @ £21,995, Available now from http://www.stuarthughes.com
The iPhone 4G EXCLUSIVE 24ct solid gold edition
The iPhone 4G FULL Gold edition Apple iPhone 4G, The “Budget” version! Fully embellished in gold, with a further choice of 20ct white gold or 18ct Rose Gold. The handsets are all Sim-Free 32GB, factory unlocked for worldwide use. Available now from Stuart Hughes’s other site, www.goldstriker.co.uk priced @ a very attractive and very affordable £2,195, just over double the price for a standard model.
The worlds 1st iPad coated in 24ct Gold At 2.5 Kilograms this is colossal! A magnificent combination of top of the industry technology and unrivalled craftsmanship was involved in creating this masterpiece. The iPad is the Wi-Fi 3G, 64GB version. This is a limited edition of 25 units to be made. So very special, available from www.stuarthughes.com priced @ £109,995.
iPad SUPREME ICE Edition The worlds 1st solid 18ct white Gold iPad. This is just breathtakingly good. The luxury ipad is the Wi-Fi, 64GB version. This is a limited edition of 50 units to be made. Available from http://www.stuarthughes.com for £79,995.
iPad SUPREME ICE Edition
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More updates as soon as the busiest Man in gold makes contact with Lussorian!
Puerh is a compressed, post-fermented green tea that is grown and processed only in the Mekong river area of Yunnan Province in China. Puerh leaves are processed into Raw or Green (Sheng) and Cooked or Black (Shou) puerh.
Puerh is worthy of the attention of the true Lussorian as aged examples are the most coveted of all tea types. This is one of the few teas that improves with age, and 40 or 50 year old examples can fetch enormous prices. Puerh collectors buy the tea as an investment and trade in it as a commodity. 2003-4 a ‘Puerh bubble’ pushed prices up to stratospheric levels and sparked widespread counterfeiting. Teas from this period are still regarded with suspicion. Despite the controversy, the market for fine puerh remains robust: in 2009 two kilos of aged puerh were sold at auction for $160,000.
The best quality aged Puerhs can be infused up to 60 times to produce an astonishing range of subtle and complex flavours, ranging from earthy and musty to sweet and fruity. For this reason, Puerh inspires widespread devotion among aficionados and has suffered from almost equally devoted counterfeiting by unscrupulous producers. However, today it is possible to enjoy authentic and reasonably-priced Puerh. The golden rule is to buy from a reliable source. One such is cantonteaco.com.
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