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Photography galleries in London – Art. London cooking classes schedule at L'atelier des Chefs. Cooking Classes in London | Corporate | School | Recipes | Culinary Workshops. St Dunstan in the East Church Garden. Cupid's Capsule. Make the perfect romantic gesture with your very own Cupid’s Capsule. Show someone special the romantic views of London combined with a bottle of Pommery Brut Royal Champagne and a luxury box of Hotel Chocolat Pink Champagne Truffles, both served by your own personal host. • Priority boarding• Private capsule for 2 guests• 30-minute rotation• Personal London Eye host• Bottle of Pommery Brut Royal Champagne• Luxury box of Hotel Chocolat Pink Champagne Truffles• Entry to the 4D cinema experience• Complimentary 360° Mini Guide for each guest Cupid's Capsules are available from 10am to 8pm daily, and 12pm on Sundays and Good Friday.

The experience includes priority boarding and you can book online up to the day before your visit. Due to seasonality there are no standard Cupid Capsules available on February 14th, Valentine's Day. If you would like to visit the EDF Energy London Eye at this time please purchase our Valentine's Cupid's Capsule. Champagne + Fromage - Covent Garden. Some days call for a celebration, a little extra sparkle, some wow yet comfort delicacy, a little more sun and cheerfulness. I find mine at Champagne + Fromage, a couple of streets away from Covent Garden. Close enough to make you feel in the buzzing heart of London, far enough to get away from restaurants filled with tourists. It has a French bistrot feel, the warmth of wooden tables and this special red that will get glossier with as time passes. A beautiful line of glasses glistens above your head, the air is filled with delicious smells of saucissons and Basque cheese.

The team is already smiling at you. they know just what you need. Bye-Bye London fish & chips, bonjour terroir! Rather than a wine bar, this cute little address has opted for the champagne option. If your knowledge is minimal, fear not. The menu also is thought for sharing - how about a board of cheese or charcuterie? The bistrot doubles up as a boutique and yes you can buy the charcuterie, cheese and champagne. Surprise Menu and prices Dans le Noir ? Guests can choose only among a limited choice of surprise Menus. The idea is that each guest should not know exactly what he or she will be eating… just the general category.

It’s all about the flavours, the textures and the seasonings. It is an old principle often used in the industry, called “blind tasting”. The concept behind our menu is to re-educate our customers’ palates and minds, to make them truly experience the flavours being presented. The Surprise Menus are adapted in various alternatives according to the seasons. Coffee, tea and other hot drinks, for safety reasons, are not served in the dark but are available in the lit bar at the end of the experience. At Dans le Noir ? We try to make your sensory experience as complete and interesting as possible. You have the choice between 4 different Surprise Menus : Surprise meals every evening, & lunch on Saturday and Sunday Surprise menu 2 courses: £44Starter and main or main and desert Degustation Package - £69 Gastronomique - £79. British Pullman and Northern Belle - Luxury train journeys in the UK - Search Results. British Pullman – a must on your to do list.

A dream worthy of an Agatha Christie book. The feeling you are travelling back through time, to the age of luxury trains, when first class really was a lifestyle. You picture the passengers in their 1920s clothes. At the time you would get on board the Golden Arrow, the Brighton or Bournemouth belle or even the Queen of Scots. The leather suitcases would have shown bright stickers of European cities, famous hotels. Palaces on wheels, you see. This branch of the Orient Express faded away in the 1960s – aeroplane flights had become more fashionable and affordable. Euphoria starts as soon as the postman delivers your tickets – in their leather wallet. What a fantastic opportunity for the photographer but a blessing and a curse in this respect.

Stepping into our car I feel like a child on Christmas day. Shhh! Just enough time to have a good look around, take our seats and the train is on its way. We are now crossing over the Thames, leaving Battersea behind. Yauatcha | 15 Broadwick Street W1F 0DL. Previous YauatchaMichelle Grant / Time Out YauatchaMichelle Grant / Time Out YauatchaMichelle Grant / Time Out YauatchaMichelle Grant / Time Out YauatchaMichelle Grant / Time Out YauatchaMichelle Grant / Time Out YauatchaMichelle Grant / Time Out Next Yauatcha Michelle Grant / Time Out Time Out rating: <strong>Rating: </strong><span class='lf-avgRating'>5</span>/5 Time Out says Posted: Wed Sep 18 2013 Such acutely stylish venues rarely last, but after a decade Yauatcha can add longevity to its enviable list of attributes.

And there’s substance behind the style. Exotic teas and East-West fusion desserts (yuzu brûlée tart) are highlights too (sample them in the ground-floor tea room), and main courses hold interest (sea bass with shiitake and wolf berry, say), but grazing on exquisite snacks is the primary culinary draw – though prices might make you wince. What do you think? Review this - you could win a luxury hotel stay. Sushisamba | Floors 38 & 39 110 Bishopsgate EC2N 4AY. Time Out says Posted: Wed Aug 15 2012 Japan, Brazil and Peru come together here. That’s not an eye-opener these days, but the entrance to this expensive New York import is. Take the glass elevator that clings to the side of Heron Tower, shoot up 38 floors in a few stomach-flipping seconds, then walk into a bar from which you can practically browse workers’ emails in the Gherkin.

Go on through to the double-height glasshouse of a restaurant, with its magnificent bamboo-lattice ceiling, and your table will likely face north across Spitalfields towards Alexandra Palace or east over Stepney and out to Essex. What do you think? Review this - you could win a luxury hotel stay. Les Trois Garçons | 1 Club Row E1 6JX. Time Out says Posted: Fri Jul 20 2012 London’s most extravagant restaurant interior gives the eye no idea where to settle.

Inside this former pub is an entire zoo of stuffed, ceramic and other animals (a lion, a swordfish, an antelope with a tiara…), cascading glass, dangling handbags, giant, unearthly purple flowers and more – all to sustain the mood of ironic, decadent opulence. As a restaurant, Les Trois Garçons has two sides. It buzzes at night, when hip crowds come to enjoy inventive modern French cuisine at lofty prices. What do you think? Review this - you could win a luxury hotel stay. Le Cercle | 1 Wilbraham Place SW1X 9AE. Previous Le CercleMing Tang-Evans / Time Out Le CercleMing Tang-Evans / Time Out Le CercleMing Tang-Evans / Time Out Le CercleMing Tang-Evans / Time Out Le CercleMing Tang-Evans / Time Out Le CercleAlys Tomlinson / Time Out Next Le Cercle Ming Tang-Evans / Time Out Time Out rating: <strong>Rating: </strong><span class='lf-avgRating'>5</span>/5 Time Out says Posted: Fri May 25 2012 A western partner of the Club and Comptoir Gascons in Smithfield, Le Cercle eschews its confrères’ bustle for an atmosphere more suited to a spot just off Sloane Square – smart, multinational, a little brittle and very well heeled.

The carte and set dinner menus are suitably luxurious, but there are also more accessible lunch and pre- and post-theatre meals. What do you think? Review this - you could win a luxury hotel stay Address: Le Cercle 1 Wilbraham Place London SW1X 9AE Venue phone: 020 7901 9999 Venue website: www.lecercle.co.uk Opening hours: Bar Open/snacks served noon-3pm, 5pm-midnight Tue-Sat. Hakkasan | 8 Hanway Place W1T 1HD. Previous HakkasanThomas Skovesende / Time Out HakkasanThomas Skovesende / Time Out HakkasanThomas Skovesende / Time Out HakkasanThomas Skovesende / Time Out HakkasanThomas Skovesende / Time Out Next Hakkasan Thomas Skovesende / Time Out Time Out rating: <strong>Rating: </strong><span class='lf-avgRating'>4</span>/5 Time Out says Posted: Tue Oct 16 2012 More than a decade after it started wowing London’s big spenders with its classy Cantonese cooking, this Michelin-starred trendsetter remains a benchmark against which all high-end Chinese restaurants should be judged.

The basement’s stylish interior (all dark wood lattice screens and moody lighting) still attracts the kind of beautiful people who might suppress their appetites – though there was little evidence of restraint on our midweek night visit. We started with the dim sum platter, a basket of superbly crafted dumplings. What do you think? Review this - you could win a luxury hotel stay Special Offers.

Bookings - London Hotels and theatre ticket package. The Delaunay | 55 Aldwych WC2B 4BB. Previous The DelaunayMichael Franke / Time Out The DelaunayMichael Franke / Time Out The DelaunayMichael Franke / Time Out The DelaunayMichael Franke / Time Out The DelaunayMichael Franke / Time Out The DelaunayMichael Franke / Time Out The DelaunayRob Greig / Time Out Next The Delaunay Michael Franke / Time Out Time Out rating: <strong>Rating: </strong><span class='lf-avgRating'>5</span>/5 Time Out says Posted: Thu Oct 18 2012 The Delaunay was Chris Corbin and Jeremy King’s 2012 follow-up to the Wolseley and, like that handsome behemoth, it looks like it’s been here for decades.

What do you think? Review this - you could win a luxury hotel stay Address: The Delaunay 55 Aldwych London WC2B 4BB Venue phone: 020 7499 8558 Venue website: www.thedelaunay.com Opening hours: Breakfast served 7-11.30am Mon-Fri; 8-11am Sat. Clos Maggiore | 33 King Street WC2E 8JD. Time Out says Posted: Tue Oct 16 2012 Romantic settings don’t get more splendidly over-the-top than this. Take your pick from the wood-panelled restaurant or the atmospheric conservatory, bedecked in a forest of fake white blossoms that seem to extend into eternity as they bounce off the restaurant’s mirrors.

Fairy lights, candles and a fireplace add to the soft focus vibe. On our early evening visit, tables were filled with mature couples and curious tourists. What do you think? Review this - you could win a luxury hotel stay. Claude's Kitchen | Upstairs, Amuse Bouche 51 Parsons Green Lane SW6 4JA. Time Out says Posted: Mon Apr 15 2013 By Tania Ballantine The last time I was here, everyone was crying. No sinister reason: it used to be a function room, and we were over-emotional at an emigration party. These days this ‘room above a pub’ is more likely to have you weeping tears of joy.

The vibe is charmingly casual: the high Victorian ceilings have been strung with filament bulbs and the fireplace filled with tea-lights, while the champagne-themed posters are a hangover from its party space days. But cut to the food, and it’s an altogether more serious affair. Both starter and pud were innovative without being wacky, bringing interesting ingredients to life. But, it’s not just good food that makes a restaurant, especially a local restaurant: it’s great service. What do you think? Review this - you could win a luxury hotel stay. Bob Bob Ricard | 1 Upper James Street W1F 9DF.

Bob Bob Ricard Michael Franke Time Out rating: <strong>Rating: </strong><span class='lf-avgRating'>4</span>/5 Time Out says Posted: Wed Jul 25 2012 This enthusiastically outlandish spot has managed to achieve what many London restaurants earnestly desire but rarely deliver – it is out-and-out good fun. What do you think? Review this - you could win a luxury hotel stay Address: Bob Bob Ricard 1 Upper James Street London W1F 9DF Venue phone: 020 3145 1000 Venue website: www.bobbobricard.com Opening hours: Lunch served noon-3pm, dinner served 6-10pm Mon-Fri. Berners Tavern | 10 Berners Street W1T 3NP. Time Out says Posted: Tue Aug 27 2013 Restaurateur Jason Atherton has had a great year.

Berners Tavern is the third restaurant he’s opened in the West End this year; the other two, Little Social and Social Eating House, were very well received for their playful and appealing dishes. This new venture is more of the same, but in a much grander setting. It’s housed in the new Edition hotel in Fitzrovia, which looks like the older, more sophisticated sister of the Sanderson hotel just down the road. Both places were given makeovers by hotelier Ian Schrager, but Edition is an exercise in slick metropolitan taste, with opulent chandeliers, framed art-by-the-yard covering entire walls, and improbably elegant staff. Head chef Phil Carmichael turns out tender pork belly with a sauce of sharp capers, golden raisins and apple coleslaw to cut through the fat. Any caveats? Reviewed by Guy Dimond What do you think? Review this - you could win a luxury hotel stay. Bedtime Story Nights | 40 Winks | Storytelling. Late events at the Museum of London.

Thursday 15 May, 7-10pm This May, we're thinking digitally! For one evening only, the museum will be taken over by digital artists and experts. Join us to unpick the digital vs. material world and explore how it affects our relationship with the city. With late night bars and galleries by twilight. Highlights include: London in 140 charactersGet involved with an interactive audio transcription installation by BAT Studio. Silent discoHit our silent disco, crank up the music and disturb the peace! #LOL'Poke' fun at life in a digital city with comedy improv gurus, Shoot From The Hip! Hash HushHilde Krone Huse, student at the Slade School of Fine Art, has been specially commissioned to bring to life one of the Museum’s first digital acquisitions.

Material vs digital mappingIn an age when technology can map London’s unthinkable complexity and track where every traveller in the city is at all times, join the team from Londonist, and trace your journey to the museum onto their map. What’s Next? What's on. The Invisible Dot Ltd - Current Events - id:233 The Sexy Valentines Show. Sip/Sniff . Stories.