The Art of Dining

Author: Alice

  • Operation Red Rocket

    Operation Red Rocket

    Operation Red Rocket

    The year is 1965. The race to the moon has been won and now the members of the international space community are recruiting astronauts to form the first colony on Mars. The USA, Russia, India and China have each chosen a brave adventurer for this incredible quest, but the little known British National Space Laboratory have yet to make their choice. This, courageous diners, is where you come in.

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    The Art of Dining invite you to step back into the past for a glimpse of an imagined tomorrow. Check into the Operation Red Rocket research lab and meet your host, the world renowned space engineer Professor June Cavendish, who will guide you through an evening of rigorous scientific testing and an epic international five-course menu that is out of this world.

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    • Rose Lipman Building, 43 De Beauvoir Road, London, N1 5SQ.
    • £55 includes five courses, welcome drink and entertainment.
    • 26th – 29th April, 3rd – 6th May, 10th – 13th May
    • 7.30pm – 11.00pm.
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  • The Quest for the Ring

    The Quest for the Ring

    Do you love food? Are you curious about opera? Are you aged between 25 and 40? Then we’ve got some news about a very special event that you will love. We’ve teamed up with the lovely people at the Southbank Centre to create a four-course dining experience that will transport you into an incredible world of gold, gods and giants, a combination of food, music, theatre and set design inspired by Wager’s epic opera The Ring Cycle.

    Tickets cost £45 and include a four-course meal, a welcome cocktail, interactive elements and some special performances, plus a ticket to Opera North’s production of Götterdämmerung on Sunday July 3rd. The dinner will take place on the stage of the Royal Festival Hall, making this a truly unique event, and you will quest your way through The Ring Cycle with your fellow diners as you eat.

  • Fire & Feast

    Fire & Feast

    The Art of Dining and The London Dungeon are delighted to present Fire & Feast. Diners will journey through The Great Fire of London presented as a five course pop-up dining experience, combining food, theatre, music and design in the atmospheric setting of the London Dungeon.

    London. 1666. The capital is a disaster waiting to happen; timber houses packed cheek-by-jowl, just waiting for a spark to set the whole city ablaze. At the Dungeon Tavern, a feast is being held in honour of Sir Thomas Bludworth, the Lord Mayor of London. The evening is beset by rumours and worry about a fire that started the previous night and is said to be spreading to all areas of the city. Bludworth’s staff, at his behest, are trying to keep a lid on the creeping panic, but as the evening unfolds it becomes clear that this could be the guests’ last meal and they may not make it out alive…

    Guests will get an exclusive taste of the London Dungeon’s new ‘Escape The Great Fire’ show as well as sampling some special gallows humour courtesy of the London Dungeon’s Jester and the Plague Surgery, which is dealing with a nasty case of the Great Plague.

    They will then make their way to the Dungeon Tavern where they will be greeted by a welcome cocktail and seated for the feast. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience The Great Fire of London from the inside whilst enjoying The Art of Dining’s signature combination of delicious food and immersive ambience.

    The menu includes five delicious courses all themed around ‘fire’ elements such as ‘Smoke’ and ‘Ash’. Guests can start the meal with one of the signature cocktails such as Farriner’s Flame, before tucking in to dishes such as Sichuan style beef ribs in fire sauce and burnt butter cake served with burnt white chocolate and stewed gooseberries.

  • The 80’s Office Party

    The 80’s Office Party

    Back by extremely popular demand, The Art of Dining are inviting guests to their 80s-themed pop-up experience combining food, music, theatre and set design, all inspired by the classic office party. Step back in time to boardroom heaven: big hair, big ambition and even bigger shoulder pads.

    Amanda Bellingham, female powerhouse and boss of The Pickle Company Ltd, will be taking the night off from monitoring pickle production and hosting the annual celebration of the company’s birthday with you, her loyal staff members, as her guests. Having fun and joining in is mandatory, so expect team-building games, office-based antics and perhaps even a round of Pictionary on the overhead projector, with pay rises and promotions on offer for the most dedicated members of staff. Once dinner has been eaten, and Amanda is satisfied with your appraisals, you may even get a slow dance with the boss.

    The 80s Office Party will see set designer Alice Hodge take you back to the decade of geometric artwork and corporate colours, transforming The Rose Lipman Building into a classic office environment of overhead projectors and pinboards, filing cabinets and pot plants, complete with a refreshing lack of computers and the all important, and much abused, photocopier.

    Guests will be invited to grab a glass of punch from the water cooler and get ready to enjoy Moro-trained chef Ellen Parr’s five courses of office inspired food, presented with a contemporary twist that will take guests from the morning black coffee to the afternoon biscuits.

  • Forest Feast

    Forest Feast

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    In deepest, darkest Hackney there lies an enchanted forest, a mystical world of twisted fairy tales and fantastical stories. At the heart of the forest awaits a feast for wandering travellers just like you, more delicious than a gingerbread house and more tempting than a prince’s kiss. To reach the feast you must run the gauntlet of strange characters and terrifying beasts, who will try to trick you with riddles and clues, and lure you to a sticky end. But there are also friends in the forest; amiable spirits who will teach you how to pitch a tent or find a tree house and help you survive a night at the mercy of the wicked woods. Will you eat the poisoned apple? Will you follow a trail of breadcrumbs back to safety? Write your own story throughout the course of the evening and decide how it ends – you are the author of your own fate.

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    [su_column size=”1/2″][su_featurebox title=”Location” icon=”icon: map-marker” icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_alignment=”center” size=”40″]Oval Space, 29-32 The Oval, London, E2 9DU [/su_featurebox][/su_column]

    [su_column size=”1/2″][su_featurebox title=”Dates” icon=”icon: calendar” icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_alignment=”center” size=”40″]December 2015
    7.30pm – 12.00pm[/su_featurebox][/su_column]

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    Your party will be catered for by Moro-trained chef Ellen Parr, with three courses inspired by folk tales and fables. Expect wild boar pâté with poisoned toffee crab apples, kid stew with bread crumb trail served in a cauldron over an open fire, soup served in baby pumpkins, Rapunzel salad with crispy angel hair and much more. Whatever awaits you in the woods – friend or foe, wolf or woodcutter – it will be an experience you’ll never forget.

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    Enter an enchanted forest, a mystical world of twisted fairy tales and fantastical stories. Be immersed in the vast space and lose your senses. Detail and surprises are woven seamlessly into the enormous forest created. At the heart of the forest awaits a feast for wandering travellers just like you.

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  • The Engine Room

    The Engine Room

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    The Art of Dining is delighted to present The Engine Room – a celebration of the Victorian age of steam and innovation, presented as a five course pop-up dining experience. The evening will combine carefully curated food, theatre, music and set design for a stunning sensory experience in the London Museum of Water and Steam.

    Welcome to Victorian London: a polluted and crammed city, wrapped in swirling fog and lit by flickering gaslight, overwhelmed with people and their filth. Cholera haunts the water in the wells, making every drink a deadly game of chance. Never fear, for help is at hand in The Engine Room, a haven of gleaming machines and piston driven marvels that will save the city from its own excess- purifying your drink, if not your conscience.

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    [su_column size=”1/3″][su_featurebox title=”Location” icon=”icon: map-marker” icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_alignment=”center” size=”40″]The London Museum of Water and Steam,
    Green Dragon Lane, Brentford, London, TW8 0EN [/su_featurebox][/su_column]

    [su_column size=”1/3″][su_featurebox title=”Price” icon=”icon: gbp” icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_alignment=”center” size=”40″]£55 includes five courses, welcome drink and entertainment[/su_featurebox][/su_column]

    [su_column size=”1/3″][su_featurebox title=”Dates” icon=”icon: calendar” icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_alignment=”center” size=”40″]17th – 20th November
    25th – 27th November
    7.30pm – 11.00pm[/su_featurebox][/su_column]

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    Diners will be welcomed with a cocktail in the beam engine room, a cathedral commemoration of industry housing a pump engine so mind-boggling that Charles Dickens named it ‘a monster’. Here you will be greeted by the foreman, taken on a tour through the wonders of his mechanical menagerie, and seated at a five-course dinner that celebrates oil, smoke, steel and steam.

    Inspired by the sheer size and beauty of engines within the walls of The London Museum of Steam and Water, set designer Alice Hodge will take you back 160 years to a time of bold and functional beauty.

    Moro trained chef Ellen Parr is currently developing a range of dishes inspired by the industrial age, incorporating interactive elements and surprises that will elevate the dining experience to a full immersive event.

    Taking place over 7 nights in November at the hidden gem of a venue The London Museum of Water and Steam, The Engine Room will involve an exceptional mix of design, food and entertainment.

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    MENU

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    OIL
    Cuttlefish braised in ink, fennel & tomato with pickled green peppers and garlic toast

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    MINERAL
    Salt dough baked vegetables with pickled za’atar, date puree and labneh

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    STEAM
    Marinated steamed salmon with ginger, lemongrass and brussel tops

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    SMOKE
    Smoked lamb shoulder with whipped feta, kalamata olives and tomato salad

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    FIRE
    Spiced apple cake, burnt apple puree, clotted cream and charred white chocolate

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  • The Candlelit Supper

    The Candlelit Supper

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    As the massive refugee crisis continues to unfold in Syria and beyond, it is hard to know how to help the hundreds of thousands of people who have lost everything. In response to this crisis, The Art of Dining are joining forces with The Mill Co Project and Action Against Hunger to bring you a fundraising dinner.

    The generosity of staff, suppliers and the venue means that the Candlelit Supper will be produced at minimal cost, and all profit will go towards Action Against Hunger’s work in Syria.

     

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    [su_column size=”1/3″][su_featurebox title=”Location” icon=”icon: map-marker” icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_alignment=”center” size=”40″]Rose Lipman Building,
    43 De Beauvoir Road,
    London, N1 5SQ [/su_featurebox][/su_column]

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    [su_column size=”1/3″][su_featurebox title=”Dates” icon=”icon: calendar” icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_alignment=”center” size=”40″]28th October
    29th October
    7.30pm – 12.30am[/su_featurebox][/su_column]

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    For £45 a head, you can enjoy a cocktail and a four course interactive meal inspired by Syrian cuisine. Chef Ellen Parr trained at Moro, so has a background in Middle Eastern cookery. With careful research she has produced a menu that celebrates the food culture of Syria. Set designer Alice Hodge will create a spectacular environment for the meal, which will be served by candle light.

    Accompanying the meal will be a bar (with all profit going to the cause), a raffle with a range of exciting prizes followed by music after the dinner.

    To read more about Action Against Hunger’s work please visit www.actionagainsthunger.org.uk/middleeast/syria

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    SAMPLE MENU

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    Olives, za’atar flat breads, aubergine and yogurt dip,
    walnut muhammara and spiced courgette

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    Pomegranate, fennel, mint, crisp bread and cauliflower fattoush

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    Slow braised lamb shank with red bulgar plaif,
    strained yogurt and beewaz salad

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    Semolina and yogurt cake, rose rice pudding,
    grilled peaches and pistachio

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  • Abigail’s Party

    Abigail’s Party

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    The Art of Dining is delighted to present Abigail’s Party – a 70s themed, five course pop-up dining experience, combining food, theatre, music and set design. Inspired by Mike Leigh’s play of the same name, Abigail’s Party will see set designer Alice Hodge transform the iconic Rose Lipman Centre into a 70s living room, complete with lava lamps, hostess trolleys, shag-pile rugs, loud wallpaper, jazzy sofas, drinks cabinets and every shade of beige.

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    [su_column size=”1/3″][su_featurebox title=”Location” icon=”icon: map-marker” icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_alignment=”center” size=”40″]The Rose Lipman Building,
    43 De Beauvoir Road,
    London, N1 5SQ [/su_featurebox][/su_column]

    [su_column size=”1/3″][su_featurebox title=”Price” icon=”icon: gbp” icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_alignment=”center” size=”40″]£55 includes a five course meal and a welcome cocktail[/su_featurebox][/su_column]

    [su_column size=”1/3″][su_featurebox title=”Dates” icon=”icon: calendar” icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_alignment=”center” size=”40″]11th – 14th March
    18th – 21st March
    25th – 28th March
    1st – 4th April
    7.30pm – 11.00pm[/su_featurebox][/su_column]

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    Moro-trained chef Ellen Parr will present food classics from the era, but with a twist. Her take on a prawn cocktail may look like it’s come straight from Fanny Craddock’s fridge, but will tingle the taste buds with its subtle, infused Thai flavours. As you toy with a Twiglet while gazing at your companion over a half grapefruit spiked with cheese and pineapple chunks, prepare to re-discover the magic of mousse and the fun of fondue. Although the food may look retro, you can expect bold, zesty flavours and truly innovative cooking.

    So, shake out that dralon dress with the plunging neckline, slap on the eyeliner, press those flares, unbutton your shirt to the navel, slip on the heels and head to the Rose Lipman Centre (just a few minutes’ walk from Haggerston overground station) to be transported back to the 70s. As you thrill to the soaring tenor of Demis Roussos (RIP), you will experience some excruciating hosting and plenty of awkward moments, while a good, strong gin and tonic will get you in the mood.

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    MENU

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    PRAWN COCKTAIL
    Vietnamese style salad with crispy gem, sweet herbs and marinated prawns

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    FONDUE
    Italian style fondue with ciabatta, Italian pickles and spring veg

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    WALDORF SALAD
    Crispy pork belly with apple, celery and hazelnut salad

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    DUCK À L’ORANGE
    Confit duck, blood orange and chicory salad with sesame and soy

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    CHEESE & PINEAPPLE
    Lime cheesecake and caramelised pineapple

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  • Gone Camping

    Gone Camping

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    Put on your walking boots, pack your torch, fill up your hip flask and lets go on an adventure to find The Pickle Factory in East London. Each of the five courses designed by chef Ellen Parr will encapsulate the fun, experimental, sometimes charcoaled flavours of camping, taking you back in time to your family holidays.

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    [su_column size=”1/3″][su_featurebox title=”Location” icon=”icon: map-marker” icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_alignment=”center” size=”40″]The Pickle Factory, East London[/su_featurebox][/su_column]

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    [su_column size=”1/3″][su_featurebox title=”Dates” icon=”icon: calendar” icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_alignment=”center” size=”40″]7th – 11th of Jan
    13th – 18th of Jan
    20th – 22nd of Jan
    7.30pm – 11.30pm[/su_featurebox][/su_column]

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    Set designer Alice Hodge will transform the white walls of The Pickle Factory transporting you instantly to a campsite in the country side. Tents, nature, birds and campfires. There will be the opportunity in the evening to barter in the well stocked camping shop. Whilst outside courtyard hosts camp fires, benches, seagulls, and if you’re lucky a campfire sing song! The Art of Dining’s trademark interactive elements will feature throughout the meal, with bags of marshmallows, cooking your own food and sharing flasks.

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    MENU

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    SNACK
    Slow braised beef Khao Soi with crispy noodles and pickles

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    BREAKFAST
    Moroccan style eggs with date and cumin flat breads

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    LUNCH
    Flageolet bean, sweet herb and avocado salad with Mojama

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    DINNER
    Thai style BBQ with potato and aubergine salad and grilled gem

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    BEDTIME
    Hazelnut marshmallow and caramelised banana with hot chocolate

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  • The Colour Palate

    The Colour Palate

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    Green, red, yellow, white, black: every colour can spark off a range of different emotions. Colours can be soothing or stimulating, uplifting or sinister. But how often do we really focus on colour and experience the full intensity of its impact? For its next exciting pop-up event, The Art of Dining will stimulate your different senses – taste, vision, hearing, touch and smell – in an exploration of colour.  The dining room, your plate and your glass will be flooded with different colours as each course arrives and the music changes. Expect to be stimulated, amused and delighted by the setting for your meal, and to savour an eclectic mix of punchy tastes and delicious flavours.

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    [su_column size=”1/3″][su_featurebox title=”Location” icon=”icon: map-marker” icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_alignment=”center” size=”40″]Carousel, 71 Blandford Street, Marylebone, London, W1U 8AB[/su_featurebox][/su_column]

    [su_column size=”1/3″][su_featurebox title=”Price” icon=”icon: gbp” icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_alignment=”center” size=”40″]£50 includes a five course meal and a welcome drink[/su_featurebox][/su_column]

    [su_column size=”1/3″][su_featurebox title=”Dates” icon=”icon: calendar” icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_alignment=”center” size=”40″]20th – 23rd of Aug
    27th – 30th of Aug
    2nd – 6th of Sep
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    The gauntlet has been thrown for chef Ellen Parr, who formily trained at Moro. Choosing ingredients firstly for colour is not her usual starting point …. but a challenge she is rising to!

    Set designer Alice Hodge is using lighting, paper, glass and fabric to create an ever changing environment. Diners interact with courses to create thier own rainbow throughout the evening.

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    MENU

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    GREEN
    Quail wrapped in vine leaf wilted herb salad & freekeh

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    WHITE
    White bean & roasted garlic soup with lard & almonds

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    YELLOW
    Turmeric marinated bass, cumin chickpeas & saffron yoghurt

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    BLACK
    Soy aubergines with fermented garlic & black sesame

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    ORANGE
    Orange polenta cake with apricot & flowers

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