Dining - The Glass Magazine

Three’s a charm – José Pizarro launches City restaurant

June 7, 2015

Each of José Pizarro’s restaurants has a distinct personality. For José, the bustling tapas bar on Bermondsey Street, it’s an informal one – people knock elbows as they scan chalk boards of always delicious, ...

A 10-course taste of Singapore

Becky Zanker

May 31, 2015

Dining, Feature

Gentrified street food is something to be approached with caution – it’s street food for a reason. Spice Market’s Peter Lloyd has done his research, though, having travelled Asia extensively, and his Singap...

Martell Cognac Celebrates Their Tricentenaire

Livia Feltham

May 29, 2015

Culture, Dining, News

This month in France premium brandy powerhouse Martell Cognac consummated their 300th anniversary with a landmark celebration hosted at the Palace of Versailles. Glass was in attendance to experience Martell’s ...

Aqua Kyoto by Marios Schwab opens in London

Roberta Lister

May 25, 2015

Dining, Europe, London, News

This week saw the unveiling of the newly re-vamped rooftop terrace at Argyll Street venue Aqua Kyoto, designed in collaboration with Marios Schwab. One of the most stylish rooftop spots in the city, the ne...

Burgers for the discerning diner

Becky Zanker

May 25, 2015

Dining, Feature

Tommi’s is a burger-lovers burger joint, with two London locations from which it serves its succinct, American-retro menu: Marylebone and King’s Road. We visited the former on a Friday evening and, as one mig...

Blossom on the menu in Mayfair

Vicky Paterson

May 20, 2015

Dining, Feature

Mayfair is not for the faint-hearted diner, where even a sandwich can punch a fist-sized hole in your wallet. But I was persuaded by a friend last week to have lunch at Sake no Hana, off the millionaire str...

Asia de Cuba: The Relaunch – Glass feasts on fusion food at the newly relaunched Asia de Cuba in Covent Garden’s St Martins Lane Hotel

Becky Zanker

May 13, 2015

Dining, Feature

Perhaps fusing the cuisines of Asia and Cuba seems a strange concept – the former so often focused on precision and delicacy, the latter an endeavour in vibrancy and dramatic taste. But, at Asia de C...

Tables with a view

Sean Sheehan

May 11, 2015

Dining, Feature, London

Londoners are getting high like never before, dining and wining with aplomb at the top of skyscrapers, experiencing their city like never before. Until very recently Londoners of all classes associated suc...

Sofitel Bangkok Sukhumvit reinvents lobby

Amanda Bernstein

May 8, 2015

Art, Avant Art, Culture, Design, Dining, Feature, Food & Drink, News, Photography, Thailand, Travel

Sofitel Bangkok Sukhumvit is making quite a name for itself by reinventing the use of its lobby by installing an S Gallery, the first art gallery inside a hotel in Bangkok. Displayed along the upper concours...

Experimental dining experience The Waldorf Project returns with Chapter Three/FUTURO

Stephanie Clair

May 8, 2015

Avant Art, Dining, News

Developing and converging the genres of gastronomy, art and performance, The Waldorf Project directed by British artist Sean Rogg is set to return for a third course in London next week, Experimental Research L...

A weekend in Istanbul

Amanda Bernstein

May 7, 2015

Culture, Dining, Europe, Feature, Travel, Turkey

It’s always exciting visiting a city for the first time. It could be somewhere you have always wanted to explore but have just never got around to it, or perhaps a business trip has taken you to an unknown terr...

Glass previews Peugeot’s new state-of-the-art food truck

Becky Zanker

May 4, 2015

Culture, Dining, Feature

“Food, and products relating to food, are things we’ve been building since the business opened. It was a food business that started the Peugeot business.” said Design Lab head Cathal Loughnane whe...

The St Regis, Chendgu, offers guests a Shu fabric weaving experience

Amanda Bernstein

April 27, 2015

Asia, China, Culture, Dining, News, Travel

The newly opened St. Regis Chendgu Hotel is offering guests an intriguing insider experience featuring Shu brocade, one of China’s most ancient traditions, with a Shu fabric weaving experience. Chengdu has a ri...

Road trip – Portugal

Stephanie Clair

April 27, 2015

Archive, Culture, Dining, Feature, Food & Drink, News, Portugal, Travel

My journey exploring northern Portugal started with a short flight from London to Porto, picking up a local car from the airport and quickly adjusting to driving on the opposite side of the road – a d...

Observatory at One World Trade Center opens to the public

Emily Rae Pellerin

April 14, 2015

Culture, Culture of Commerce, Dining, New York, News

New York City’s got the Top of the Rock excursion at Rockefeller Center. It’s got the Empire State Building's Observation Deck. And now, it’s got the much-anticipated Observatory at One World Trade Center. T...

A tranquil haven in fashion heaven

Thea Macaulay

April 6, 2015

Design, Destination Spas, Dining, Drinks, Europe, Fashion, Feature, Food & Drink, Glass Design, Italy, News, Travel

The Four Seasons Milan is a hotel that makes a powerful first impression – but the exact nature of the impression will depend on what time you arrive. Turn up in the evening or early morning and you find yo...

A delicious secret from Japan and Peru

Vicky Paterson

March 24, 2015

Dining, Feature

Sandals and socks, pizza and prawns, some partnerships should never see the light of day. But a new Japanese Peruvian restaurant proves two is sometimes better than one. Bijou and as yet unknown, Amaru i...

The powder and the glory

Samantha Kuok Leese

March 23, 2015

Asia, Dining, Feature, Japan, Travel

The day begins with an explosion. Several, in fact, rumbling like thunder through the early morning snow. “Do you know what that is?” “If I had to guess, I’d say avalanche control.” “Very good gues...

La Vida Lanzarote

Viola Levy

March 16, 2015

Dining, Europe, Feature, Spain, Travel

Before visiting Lanzarote, I never thought I would get so excited over a potato. But the Spanish island’s traditional dish of papas arrugadas (Canarian wrinkled potatoes) has instilled in me a newfound enthusia...

Restaurant at the end of the world

Sean Sheehan

March 11, 2015

Dining, Feature, London

The top end of Kings Road may be a hike from Sloane Square but, being so close to Chelsea’s premiership football club, it’s hardly the end of the world and especially so now that The World’s End Market has open...

Glass celebrates its fifth anniversary during London Fashion Week

Livia Feltham

March 3, 2015

Archive, Culture, Culture of Commerce, Dining, Drinks, Feature, Food & Drink, Glass Celebrates, News

The climax of London Fashion Week this season saw Glass not only raising a perfectly prepared D1 London Gin cocktail to another successful season but also in celebration of our fifth anniversary as one of Londo...