Sister Sister



Grand Luxe Café

Many of our favourite restaurants have 'sister' restaurants which vary in their menu options, if you're lucky they sometimes vary in flavour but both maintain a consistent brand image just to remind you that they are in fact a part of a larger family ... Take Turtle Bay as an example sister to Las Iguanas.

So on a bright Sunday evening I decided to head to The Cheesecake Factory in New Jersey. With the car park overflowing (apparently homemade Sunday dinner is a thing of the past here) and with an hour waiting time, it was suggested that we try "Grand Luxe Café" a sister of The Cheesecake Factory.

Cake Dates are the Best Dates

 Yauatcha
(Upstairs Cake Gallery)
15-17 Broadwick Street
Soho
London W1F 0DL

It was with great delight but equal anxiety that we accepted the invitation to dine with no other than Executive Pastry Chef of HakkasanGroup, Hakkasan, Yauatcha, HKK and Sake no Hana - Graham Hornigold. 

'I Got 5 On It'

Zumbura
36a Old Town
Clapham
London
SW4 0LB

Comfortably cushioned between a range of brunch spots, cafes and coffee shops, Zumbara entices passer bys with its open plan provincial Asian design. Minimalistic in its decoration, the fresh feel of the restaurant is enhanced by the outdoor seating area which on a sunny day, seamlessly pours into indoor seating sealed off by the solid wooden cocktail bar.

Old Favourites, New Discoveries

Satay Bar
447 Coldharbour Lane
Brixton,
London
SW9 8LP
0844 474 6080

This week the schedule was jam packed with seminars attended by Candace and Contributing Editor at TheSubstanceHQ, sports enthusiast and all around creative, Michael. The dynamic duo took their hunger out of the City and into the rural crux of London, Brixton.