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Weekend Guide
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We're beginning this weekend with a little quirky drinking at Fika – their new refurb means the bar is now Wes Anderson themed! – and eating the hotdog's newest rival, the scallop dog. Then we've got two brunches on the cards (one Jamaican, one Southern American), some experimental dining and an 80s themed Sunday at Daphne's. Otherwise, we're looking to Gothenburg, Frankfurt… and Hackney Wick.
 
This Weekend’s Picks
 
• FRI Fika • SAT Rum Brunch • SUN Daphne's
 
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NEWS
 
DARCEL DISAPPOINTS COLLABORATES WITH KATE SPADE
 
 
 
New York – we've had our fill food wise and now we are looking to accessorise, Big Apple style. Fashion blogger Darcel Disappoints (a regular collaborator with Colette) has teamed up with Kate Spade to NY-up our accessories. From wallets to jewellery, watches, bags and shoes, expect to be Darcelised – doughnut bangles and hot dog earrings, yes please!
 
Darcel x Kate Spade, from $25
 
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FRIDAY
 
 
 
 
 
EAT:
FISHBONE MENU AT KENSINGTON PLACE
  DRINK:
Fika
 
Junk food gets a heady dose of the sea life at neighbourhood hangout Kensington Place. The Notting Hill mainstay just launched its summer set menu, FISHbone. Forget your BBQed meats and instead feast on a decadent scallop hot dog with brown shrimp vierge between brioche buns, and spicy fried skate fillet "wings" (plus the customary triple cooked fries, plus fennel slaw). Dessert comes, quite fittingly, in the form of a Kraken rum coke float.   Now it's time to go… Wes. Fika has had a makeover à la Wes Anderson. Sit among Margot Tenenbaum's book collection and some Moonrise Kingdom love letters as you graze on a Tenenbaum's dinner: sliders with goat's cheese, the Beekeeping Society's Chicken, and – our favourite – the Foxy Doughnut, a homemade doughnut with chicken liver pâté and apple (trust us—it works). The cocktails are all about playtime. Order The Life Aquatic (dill vodka, elderflower and lemonade) or The Inventory (Cognac, chilli caramel, Absolut vanilla and cotton candy) served in interesting receptacles.
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12pm-3.30pm, 6.30pm-11pm
£25 for the set menu
201 Kensington Church Street,
W8 7LX

  12pm-12am
Mains from £9
161 Brick Lane,
E1 6SB
 
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INTERNATIONAL
 
Pret A Diner Frankfurt
 
 
 
The Pret A Diner pair just doesn't stop! Hot off their Ibiza event two weekends ago in a private villa comes their next party in Frankfurt. The Tree House 2.0 will be an urban jungle situated on the 25th floor of the NEXTOWER building, overlooking the city's "Main-hattan" in line with the International Automobile Exhibition. The Michelin-starred food will take inspiration from the simple European bar snack culture. Expect the usual striking art, music from Maxology… and plenty of fun parties. Prepare for the climb.
 
The Tree House 2.0 by Pret A Diner, September 8 – October 12, book tickets here
 
 
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SATURDAY
 
 
 
 
 
BRUNCH:
RUM BRUNCH
  EXPERIMENT:
EAT ENTO WITH GREY GOOSE
 
Ahead of carnival, Notting Hill fun spot The Rum Kitchen launches its new brunch menu this weekend. Head there from 12pm for traditional Jamaican breakfast – ackee, saltfish and plantain or pancakes with fruit, coconut shavings and syrup – or go for a twist on the classic fry-up, the "Jamaicanme" Breakfast (pulled pork and spicy sausage feature) while drinking as many rum Bloody Marys as you can handle – yes, they're bottomless. If you arrive later, go for a swordfish or jerk chicken sandwich, and bring some vinyls along for the BYO vinyl system.   There's little that surprises us gastronomically speaking in our fair capital. Until we heard about Eat Ento, the next installment from Grey Goose's Iconoclasts of Taste series, which looks at the newest movements in food and drink. Set up by four graduates from Imperial College and the Royal Academy of Art, Eat Ento challenges the cultural taboo of insects, attempting to introduce them as viable additions to the Western diet. Dine on insect canapés and a 4-course dinner (each accompanied by a Grey Goose cocktail). Honey caterpillers and grasshopper medallions, anyone?
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12pm-4pm
Brunch mains from £8
6-8 All Saints Road,
W11 1HH
  7pm-11pm
£75
Arch 4, 64a Newington Causeway,
SE1 6DD
 
 
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MIX
 
Millionhands at Skate King's Cross
 
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The new Friday night – it's all about lacing up your wheels and whizzing around the rink at Skate King's Cross to good DJs, followed by Americana-style food from Disco Bistro. This Friday, get down (or fall down) to record label Millionhands who are taking over the decks. Next Friday (August 23) it will be Hannah Holland 's turn to entertain rollers. To get in the mood, Millionhands have made this special funky disco mix. Enjoy!
 
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Skate King's Cross, until September 6, West Handyside Canopy, King's Cross, N1C
 
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SUNDAY
 
 
 
 
 
BRUNCH:
THE GOOD EGG SOUTHERN BRUNCH
  EXHIBITION:
DAPHNE'S 3-COURSE AND CLUB TO CATWALK AT V&A
 
From Jamaican to Southern American brunch (via Islington). The soul foodie, "Gospel" menu includes fluffy cornbread, classic gumbo, collard green and grits, paired with either sweet tea or a special concoction of "Southern Pimm's", created by mixologist Sebastian Guesdon. Hosted by Kitchenette, a food "incubator" for start-ups, expect more interesting events until the end of the month, such as an after hours brunch, a pintxos evening, piadina and prosecco night and a Chinese speakeasy, as well as a host of talks from London's best foodies.   To celebrate the V&A's newest exhibition, Club to Catwalk: London Fashion in the 1980s, the original 80s hangout Daphne's has launched a special three-course set menu that includes entry into the exhibition. Enjoy a Campari and soda before heading into the museum to see outfits from the style tribes of the era: "High Camp", "Glam Fetish" and "New Romantic". Then you could always go back to Daphne's for further refreshment. Offer must be pre-booked with guests quoting "Club to Catwalk" – call 020 7589 4257 or book online here.
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11am-2.30pm
£24.72
133B Upper Street,
N1 1QP
  12pm-10.30pm
3-course menu, drink and ticket entry for £30
Daphne's, 112 Draycott Avenue,
SW3 3AE
 
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RESERVED
 
Smokey Tails – SMOKING MEATS POP UP
 
 
 
The Container Yard, 119 Wallis Road, E9 5LN | @SmokeyTails
 
Location
Hipster hideaway, canal-side in Hackney Wick.
Vibe
It's casual, fun and outdoors. Think summertime air mixed with an "easy Sunday" feel - smokey barbeque staples, good tunes and frozen cocktails abound. The bar and tables buzz with a constant hipster footfall via the main entrance and boats (less St Tropez, more hipster jitney). Brought to you by DJ Seth Troxler, Ryan Crosson (Visionquest), Jo Vidler of Secret Garden Party and Wilderness and – finally – Ben Pound from Paradise Ibiza and Circo Loco – expect nothing short of a stellar party-eating-and-drinking hybrid.
 
 
Click here to read the full review
 
 
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FESTIVAL REVIEW
 
WAY OUT WEST – Gothenburg, Sweden
 
 
 
We've been off-roading a bit in the festival stakes this summer – we've said bye bye to the British contingent and hello to some lesser-known, Euro festivals. We hit up Worldwide in the South of France earlier this summer for our fill of dance music, and, last weekend, we headed for cooler climes up north for Sweden's biggest music festival, Way Out West, in Gothenburg. In a nutshell it was three days of brilliant live music, city exploring, mad after-parties… and a lot of Fjällräven rucksacks.
 
In a Sentence
They Say: A three-day, eco, city-festival situated in the heart of Gothenburg with emerging and established artists.

We Say: The cream of Sweden's cool crop unite for a three-day festival of incredible music and even better after parties.
The City: Gothenburg
Despite being Sweden's second-largest city, Gothenburg doesn't feel like a sprawling metropolis, instead it's accessible with a small-town charm. This is exactly what you want for a city festival too – you can split your time between the festival and the city as it's really easy to get around. There's a reliable tram system, which operates until a party-friendly 4am, and it's also easy to hail down cabs (their version of the black cab all take cards, too). The canal-side streets reminded us a bit of Germany, and a bit of Switzerland, all brown brick and pointed roofs, outdoor cafés and cobbled streets. If Stockholm is Sweden's London, Gothenburg is its Bristol. The music scene here clearly has the edge over the rest of the country – the underground music scene is wild, exciting and key to the success of Way Out West (more on this later).
The Festival
In terms of music, it was a well-curated line up. You had your fill of the big dogs (Rodriguez, Cat Power, Kendrick Lamar, Public Enemy), ones for the hipster contingent (Haim, Grimes, Angel Haze, Danny Brown) and some token, mainsteamers thrown in for good measure (Alicia Keys, Miguel). Gothenburg's musical natives were also in abundance: Junip, Goat, The Knife, El Perro del Mar and Håkan Hellström, a boy-band-like mania inducing solo artist (we still haven't been able to come up with a UK-equivalent, perhaps Harry Styles in 10 years?).
 
To read the full review and see more photos, click here
 
 
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