February is bursting with London food events, with something for everyone to choose from. If you’re still craving your haggis, neeps and tatties, you can enjoy a final Burns night celebrations at Hammersmith Town Hall. Chinese New Year on the 10th February provides lots of festivities to choose from. Visit any one London’s many Chinese restaurants for celebratory menu’s and take a stroll through London’s China Town and Trafalgar Square to experience a whole host of celebrations.
Spitalfields Market offers pancake racing on Shrove Tuesday’s, and romantics looking for something different can climb aboard the London barracuda for a Valentines Dinner Cruise along the Thames. Or, if you’ve got kids and your attentions have been re-focused on half term then take a trip down to the Children’s Food Festival at the Southbankfrom the 15th onwards for the Children’s Food Festival.
The Faulty Towers dining experience at the Guoman Hotel in Charing Cross
1st February, throughout 2013
Join Basil, Sybil and Manuel in a recreation of Faulty Towers in the four-star Charing Cross Hotel in The Strand. The show starts with you waiting to be seated and then hurtles you along for two hours in a fully immersive, highly improvised and site-specific comedy theatre. With only a third of the show scripted, everything stays fresh as Basil, Sybil and Manuel serve up madcap mayhem and a three course meal. You’ve been warned.
Ceilidh Club Burns Night at Hammersmith Town Hall
Saturday 2nd February 2013
This is your last chance to enjoy Burns Night and a healthy serving of haggis, neeps and tatties.
The Real Food Market at the Southbank
1-3rd & 8-10th February 2013
Now a regular feature on the Southbank, this weekly market offers delicious street food, sweet treats and fresh produce from specially chosen Real Food Market stalls.
Camra’s 23rd Battersea Beer Festival at the Battersea Arts Centre
6-8th February 2013
Go deep with Camra and sample the 150 kils of beer on offer from around the country, and if that’s not enough, there’s also a selection of traditional ciders, country wines and continental beers on offer.
Shanghai Blues Chinese New Year celebrations in High Holbron
Friday 15th to Thursday 21st February 2013
This sophisticated Chinese restaurant will be celebrating Chinese New Year with “classic wok-braised lobsters” and “slow cooked fortune pigeon” along with a Lion Dance (performed on 15th February).
Phoenix Palace New Year celebrations in Maryleborn
From Sunday 10th to Thursday 28th February 2013
This large, glossy restaurant offers a series of special New Year menus all designed on tables of 10. Dishes include some less familiar dishes such as “braised fish maw with goose web in oyster sauce” or “barbecued crispy Canton squab”.
The Great Spitalfields Pancake Race at The Old Truman Brewery near Brick Lane
Tuesday 12th February 2013
Celebrate Shrove Tuesday with your fellow pancake enthusiasts at The Old Truman Brewery near Brick Lane. All you need is a team of four in fancy dress and a frying pan.
Valentines Dinner Cruise along the Thames
Thursday 14th February 2013
Push the boat out with a luxury romantic cruse along the Thames aboard the London Eye Barracuda, a beautiful vintage Thames cruiser. For £170 you can enjoy a meal created by ‘Rhubarb’ Food Design whilst taking in the finest views of London from the river.
Children’s Food Festival at the Southbank
15th to 24th February 2013
If you’re looking for something wholesome to entertain the kids for half term? Then take them down to the Southbank and explore the market stalls on offer for the kids.
The Craft Beer Festival at the Old Truman Brewery at Liverpool Street
22nd to 23 February 2013
Craft beer has been growing in popularity over the years and now boasts 7.8M members. February’s festival in Brick Lane is a showcase of established domestic brewers who focus on the art of beer making. So if you want to be educated about the production process and the ingredients of your favourite tipple then this is your place. There’s also a selection of London’s best street food vendors along with a selection of bands and DJ’s – it could get messy.
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