LUX* prides itself on it’s specially chosen wine selection. Which is great, no one wants to sit and read a wine list so long that by the time you’re finished the puddings are being served. Even though we (may) all think of ourselves as elegant gastronomes, sometimes it’s nice to be offered less, but then [...]
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SECRETS IN A BOTTLE
The delight of discovery is one that never ceases to amaze, it feels a little bit naughty, should we? shouldn’t we? But of course at LUX* the answer is always, “yes, you should”
POPCORN PARTY
The sweet and salty smell of popcorn is a powerful lure, and one we all love munching while our minds are taken on a cinematic journey in the dark
HUMANS SHOULDN’T HAVE ALL THE FUN…
The fishbowl, for that is what it is, is a hand-blown glass domicile for goldfish and features a mountainous internal landscape. When water is added the ‘refraction of the light accentuates the topographical details.’
CAFE CREATIVES
Sat alone late in the evening as the rain drizzles down the window next to your table is fine food for the ‘noir’ story teller, and to be sipping fresh French coffee in a back street in Paris as the summer air wafts in and out with every new customer is a tipple for the romantic
THE CLIPPER IN THE SKY
With space tourism seemingly just a few years away it’s clear the architects of tomorrow’s prestige travel experiences have their eyes firmly fixed on the sky.
A CUP A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY
If you are one of the millions of gym fanatics out there researchers in Georgia USA have stated that drinking 2 cups of coffee per day can reduce post training aches and pains by up to 48 percent, great news for the post session blues.
A JAR OF IDEAS
Then in 1650 a small coffee house opened in Oxford, Britain and with that first sip came (partial) enlightenment
A CUP OF HISTORY
An estimated 400 billion cups of coffee are lifted, slurped and savoured over each year. Now that’s a lot of beans, and a lot of cups and mugs to wash.
A BELLY FULL OF CHRISTMAS
It’s no surprise that health clubs and gym memberships shoot up in the early weeks of January as people start to realise they have just spent the last week gorging on delicious chocolates, smokey red wines and fragrant cheeses
