GinglesnuffNov 9, 20181 minPoetry Brothel, 29th SeptemberHere's a novel idea for you - a poetry brothel. And it works rather well. Sexing up what can already be quite a sensuous thing, the...
GinglesnuffNov 7, 20181 minA Pie Party, summertimeI don't know what a buttermilk pie is when it's at home but I can tell you it's delicious. At least, it is when A Pie Party makes it. It...
GinglesnuffNov 5, 20182 minBerghain, 8th SeptemberI did not get into Berghain. (sad times) And then I DID get into Berghain! (techno joy!) How did this happen? Well, I do not think there...
GinglesnuffNov 3, 20181 minYosma/Ichibuns, AugustAs part of my birthday week, I feasted. First up was Yosma, a Turkish place in Marylebone, a little further afield than the spate of...
GinglesnuffNov 2, 20182 minOld Operating Theatre, 8th AugustIt was my birthday in August which gave me an excuse to take a day off and do something off the beaten track without the hoardes of...
GinglesnuffOct 31, 20182 minThe Marksman, 31st JulyA place can be years on my list but I'll get there eventually! Such as it was with The Marksman. I can't even remember when it first...
GinglesnuffAug 28, 20182 minFrom the Flames, 28th JulyA friend of mine asked me the familiar question: is From the Flames going to be 'more DVS or more TG'? What they wanted to know was...
GinglesnuffAug 22, 20182 minTiger Bar, 17th July. Jack Solomon'sOn a balmy summer's evening (when I started writing this there didn't seem to be any other kind this year - oh how times change) we...
GinglesnuffJul 20, 20182 minSomnai, 22nd AprilWe went to Somnai in its preview week and suffered from faulty technology and a storyline that didn't make much sense. Yet I was still...
GinglesnuffJun 28, 20182 minBleeding Heart restaurant, 4th AprilI have been keen on returning to the Bleeding Heart since a farewell work dinner there in 2007. It made that much of an impression....
GinglesnuffMay 17, 20182 minKlub Verboten, 17th MarchKlub Verboten may be the perfect kink club for me. They clearly take every aspect of it seriously and the result is a seriously great...
GinglesnuffMay 1, 20181 minBook SlamI have been going to Book Slam for years - before I even started the blog, hence not writing about it as I normally only write about a...
GinglesnuffApr 26, 20181 minClaw, 19th AprilIt may be sacrilege to say it but I think I prefer crab to lobster. So when I heard that Claw were moving to a permanent place in...
GinglesnuffApr 18, 20181 minSchmaltz, 12th JanuaryI was racking up a few places in the Broadgate Circle area that I wanted to try that are only open lunchtimes so finally I decided to...
GinglesnuffMar 21, 20182 minClub DVS, 6th JanuaryI went to the inaugural Club DVS and was happy to return six months later to see it's really found its feet, even selling out completely...
GinglesnuffMar 19, 20182 minHouse of Kittens, 30th NovemberHouse of Kittens was as sensuous and erotically charged as I had hoped it would be, having been teased for months by the little snippets...
GinglesnuffJan 21, 20181 minBeagle, 20th DecemberGoing to Beagle feels like quite an achievement being it has been on my list since it opened in 2013! It caught my eye as it was opened...
GinglesnuffJan 15, 20182 minSmokestak, 19th DecemberI was already very familiar with Smokestak from their street food days which is why going to their permanent place in Brick Lane wasn't...
GinglesnuffJan 10, 20182 minScience Showoff, 14th NovemberI should have written about Science Showoff years ago as I like to write about the first time I've been. But I didn't. But I went...
GinglesnuffDec 27, 20172 minUntitled, Three Sheets, Shep's, 31st OctoberAfter an experimental outing to Scout not too long ago, I found myself in another cocktail bar in East London that was positively exuding...