Inside the cocktail experience where sight, sound and smells are used to enhance the taste of your drinks

Published on Metro.co.uk on 16th March 2018

Of all the ‘speakeasy’ places I’ve been to, Out Of The Blue at The Berkeley has to be the most secretive.

Housed behind locked doors – accessed via a keypad next to the sliding panels that disguise the real entrance – the intimate cocktail lounge opened late last year at the London hotel.

It’s not hard to find as such – there are no secret passwords and there’s definitely nothing illicit going on – but rather, guests are asked to keep tight-lipped about the ‘big reveal’.

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In Antwerp? Don’t miss these food and drink gems

Published on Yahoo Lifestyle UK & Ireland on 27th September 2013:

Graanmarkt 13, Antwerp, Belgium

The city of Antwerp is probably better known for its harbours and diamonds than its food and drink but there are definitely real foodie gems in this Belgian city.

Like other cities in Belgium, it’s an eclectic mix of the traditional and the modern. On the one hand it’s still producing the century-old Elixir d’Avers amidst a quiet residential street, on the other there’s avant garde Belgian cuisine being created at the likes of the Seppe Nobels restaurant at Graanmarkt 13.

So while you might be heading to the city for things other than the comestible, you must make time for these five stops:

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