Restaurant review: L’Arpège, Paris
The house of faith for vegetables. Probably the most divisive restaurant, L’Arpège is a place where you’d either love or hate, no in-between. As a loyal fan of the popular series Chef’s Table I came…
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I’m hatin’ it: Poo and possible lethal bacteria found on McDonald’s touchscreens in the UK
An investigation led by Metro together with London Metropolitan University has discovered signs of faecal matter on touchscreens in eight different McDonald’s restaurants in London and Birmingham. All of the tested displays showed signs of…
High street food and coffee chains provide wrong allergy advice
Five of the biggest high street restaurants and coffee shop chains gave out false or misleading information on potentially deadly allergens to BBC undercover reporters. The BBC Watchdog team visited 30 restaurant and coffee chains,…
Every day is Espresso Day in the UK
We’re drinking 95 million cups of coffee a day — and there’s definitely a catch. It keeps us from tearing out our hair on our morning commutes and can help us live longer. While most…
Hungry Britain or nah?
Is there a threat to the food supplies if UK crashes out of the EU without a deal? With only 128 days to go until Britain leaves the European Union, the proposed Brexit deal still…
Junk Food Ads are Leaving the Station
Junk food adverts are set to be banned from Tube stations and bus stops in London to confront the rising rates of childhood obesity. Draft plans are expected to be formally approved this coming week,…
What the freak is wrong with FreakShakes?
We may lose freak shakes this Sugar Awareness week (12th-18th November). During the week charity ‘Action on Sugar’ discussed the future of sugar and calorie reduction. As this year’s theme is ‘Eating out’, their first…
Free doughnuts in central London today
Friday night treat anyone? Well, you can pick up a free doughnut on your way home today. Doughnut Time and Deliveroo are giving away thousands of the sweet treats from 5pm outside Euston, Waterloo and…
Are fast food burgers really immortal?
The Internet is filled with photos and videos of burgers which seem to never go bad. Tweets of McDonald’s burgers (also known as ‘immortal burgers’), in particular, not showing any signs of mould after being left…
Make your own burger or pay the price
According to a global study by Mercer, London is officially in top 20 most expensive cities in the world for expats to live in. How does this fit in the busy life of a student?…