Lunch and luxe at Aiyanna Ibiza
AIYANNA Ibiza has finally arrived after a long awaited opening following the ongoing success of its older sister restaurant, Amante Ibiza. Located within the beautiful Cala Nova Bay, north Ibiza, the outdoor di...
Lay the table with Loewe
WE style ourselves in the latest fashion, so it’s about time we dress our table accordingly. Loewe are set to bring style to supper time as they prepare for the limited edition release of a table-cloth, place m...
Glass enjoys late night dining at Kaspar’s, The Savoy, London
KASPAR’S, The Savoy’s art deco seafood restaurant and oyster bar has recently taken the lead from it's popular neighbours Balthazar and Rules and extended their serving hours later into the evening. With last o...
Glass sits down for dinner at Treves & Hyde restaurant in Aldgate East
ALDGATEÂ East is a funny little spot, just on the edge of the hustle and bustle of Liverpool Street and the City but not part of the community of Whitechapel and Stepney. However, nestled down on Leman Street is...
Scrumdiddlumptious – Glass discovers new places to experience London’s food scene
THE ANGEL in Islington is a neighbourhood teeming with eateries and the appeal of another new restaurant there is diminished by the frequency of their appearance. Now they are beginning to colonize Essex Road b...
Glass reviews the new weekend menu at 45 Jermyn St.
REINVENTING restaurants is often a tall order but Fortnum & Mason has undergone a bright new facelift of late. October to be precise, so not so recently, and their ground floor restaurant, formerly The Foun...
Glass visits the recently opened Greek restaurant Suvlaki, Soho, London
IN Soho it’s hard to move for newly launched casual-dining ventures, with London’s culinary entrepreneurs rapidly moving us away from stuffy, bright-lit rooms towards bustling, vibey spaces serving up street-in...
Take your mother out – the Glass Mother’s Day Gift Guide
MOTHER’S Day, as it is now commonly known, traces its very earliest origins back to classical times where festivals to honour mother goddesses Rhea and Cybele were annually held. As Mothering Sunday draws ever ...
Glass takes a gastronomic tour of Hong Kong – Tartine
Hong Kong, a city of maximum convenience, and if that convenience happens to extend to a taste of one of Europe’s most hotly contested food capitals, France, so be it. Tartine brings a small but mighty taste of...
Glass takes a gastronomic tour of Hong Kong – 8½ Otto e Mezzo BOMBANA
In a city as business-minded as Hong Kong, it’s good to know that there are dedicated chefs provisioning this kind of professionalism in dining establishment form. The restaurant 8½ Otto e Mezzo BOMBANA is a fi...
Glass takes a gastronomic tour of Hong Kong – Momotaro
Having only recently opened recently there is still a distinct buzz of celebration at Hong Kong’s Momotaro, an establishment flying high on Hong Kong’s main skyline as one of the city’s premier sushi and sashim...
Spirit of Summer at Aqua Nueva
Created by the reigning global winner of World Class Bartender of the Year, Charles Joly, and Aqua London’s fabled house mixologist, Luca Missaglia, Aqua Nueva’s limited-edition Spirit Of Summer cocktail menu ...
Aqua Kyoto by Marios Schwab opens in London
This week saw the unveiling of the newly re-vamped rooftop terrace at Argyll Street venue Aqua Kyoto, designed in collaboration with Marios Schwab.Â
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One of the most stylish rooftop spots in the city, the ne...
Take a sophisticated break from January shopping at May Fair Kitchen
The dining area of the May Fair Kitchen has a pleasant old-fashioned look - no exposed heating ducts and bare white walls here – fronted by a  bar area where some very original cocktails, including a mildly fie...
Sweet perfection – Artist David Shrigley makes tea at Sketch, London
Sweet perfection – Artist David Shrigley makes tea at Sketch, London
Afternoon tea has been given a delicious twist by artist David Shrigley, as part of a two-year residency at Sketch. The Turner Prize-nomin...
10 years at Petersham Nurseries
This month the botanical treasure-trove that is Petersham Nurseries will be celebrating its 10th year. Overlooking the London Thames in Richmond, the garden centre had a humble start back in the 1970s before cl...
Glass attends the opening of Alain Ducasse’s Rivea in London
The French and Italian Rivieras have proven a romantic escape from reality for urbanites for decades. At Rivea, Alain Ducasse’s newest culinary endeavour, an hour or two of that same, hazy escapism can be enj...
Eastern Germany through a wine glass
Sometimes things just come together harmoniously. As I arrive at the stately Albrechtsberg manor house and vineyard  on the outskirts of Dresden, the sun suddenly breaks through the clouds to light up the s...
Beauty = Detail. Glass visits Denmark’s Det Glade Vanvid restaurant with its architect Sofie Ladefoged
Tucked away on the harbour of Aarhus, side by side with semi-industrial buildings and next to a fishmonger, the black painted timber-clad shed seems rather inconspicuous, anonymous even. Only its brass signage ...