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FOOD NEWS
The Valentine’s food and drink special
The Artful Dodger Brixton Brunch
Melange Chocolate By Cara cummings If your idea of true romance is supping cocktails created in honour of Pat Butcher, Roy Walker and Cilla Black, head down to Deptford kitsch palace Little Nan’s for a Valentines-themed bottomless brunch or afternoon tea. It’s not drinking-drinking if it involves a vintage teapot.
Whisk a love interest - or a loyal pal - to a Mates &
Dates special at the Prince of Peckham,
where you can share two Caribbeaninspired buns and fries from the White Men Can’t Jerk kitchen team for just £15.
Cask
11 February, 4-9.30pm, 1 Clayton Road.
Arches 13-15, Deptford Market Yard, SE8 4BX. £33pp.
Chic Sydenham Hill boozer The Wood House will be laying on a special Valentine’s menu on the 14th - including an oyster bar - from 5pm. Perfect for dinner à deux after a romantic stroll in nearby Dulwich Woods.
What’s more romantic than a glass of fizz? Two hours of the stuff. Sweep your beloved off their feet with 120 minutes of bottomless - quantity, not service - bubbly and a two-course meal at Clapham’s @Bar Laurent Perrier Brunch.
39, Sydenham Hill, SE26 6RS.
14 February, 6-8pm or 8-10pm sessions, 165 Clapham High Street. From £25.
Garage royalty and fried chicken combine at The Artful Dodger Brixton Brunch on 1 February. With food available from just £5, bottomless winter cocktails and the biggest names in UK garage performing under one roof, you and bae can kickstart Valentine’s early.
If music be the food of love, then French is definitely it’s language - and cheese it’s favourite nibble. Go tres Francais this V Day with afternoon tea at Champagne + Fromage and enjoy a cheese board, macaroons and biscuit roses to boot. Very gouda.
Midday-5pm, Brixton Jamm, 261 Brixton Road. From £11.25; over-18s only.
Treat the beer lover in your life to a Cask ticket, as the festival of all-things-keg comes to Peckham for its biggest celebration yet. 30 breweries will pop up at Copeland Park - including London favourites Howling Hops, Anspach & Hobday and Pressure Drop - along with the capital’s best food vendors. Cheers! 21-23 February. £35 (ticket includes all beer).
@Bar Laurent Perrier Brunch
3-5pm daily, Unit 10-11 Brixton Village. £27pp.
As the ol’ saying goes: chocolate and wine go together like… well, like nothing better. Deep dive into this dreamy partnership at a pairing workshop courtesy of Melange Chocolate on 13 February and start Valentine’s as you mean to go on.
8pm, 2 Maxted Road, Peckham. £40; email info@themelange.com to book.
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