Regent Street launches the Limited Edition Food Safari, 1-15 March 2012

The internationally-renowned Regent Street Food Safari will be held from 1-15 March 2012 at specially selected restaurants, cafes and bars based along Regent Street, London W1.

The Regent Street Food Safari was created to introduce shoppers to the fantastic and diverse range of restaurants that Regent Street has to offer. Participating venues will create a selection of small plates showcasing delicious food, desserts and drinks. Diners can select whatever they may fancy, from a small taste of something savoury to an indulgent selection of desserts and drinks – anything goes!

Taking part in the 2012 Limited Edition Food Safari are Bentley’s, FishWorks, The Living Room, Sartoria, Freggo, Courthouse Doubletree by Hilton, Tsukiji Sushi at The Westbury, The East India Company and Rosalind’s Kitchen.

To experience the Regent Street Food Safari just visit regentstreetonline.com and plan your evening any way you want. If your thing is puddings, drinks or cocktails, your evening might kick off with a glass of champagne and oysters at Bentley’s followed by a trip to the Tsukiji Sushi at The Westbury for Yuzu Sorbet, a Japanese citrus sorbet served with strawberry compote and ideally accompanied with a glass of Sake. You could follow this with a Bison Lychee Martini and Tiramisu at Sartoria. Next could be The Living Room on Heddon Street for a chocolate brownie with raspberry compote and vanilla ice-cream accompanied by a glass of Newton Johnson Chenin Blanc dessert wine. A selection of Argentinean lemon, Malbec and berries ice creams at Freggo on Swallow Street would be a perfect end to a very special, unique evening.

Regent Street is home to over 50 international restaurants, cafés and bars and has two Food Quarters just off the main thoroughfare. The Heddon Street and Swallow Street Food Quarters offers a variety of international cuisine, from Italian to Indian, modern Japanese to Argentinean.

Regent Street is a globally recognised shopping and lifestyle destination attracting over 70 million visitors every year. Its reputation for delivering quality, heritage, style and success is supported by 75 UK and international flagship stores. Transport links are ideal, with Oxford Circus and Piccadilly Circus underground stations located at either end of the street. Regent Street is located in the heart of London’s West End and is the ultimate grand thoroughfare where fashionable people from all over the world come to shop, relax and enjoy themselves.

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Notes to Editors (I)

Regent Street Food Safari 1-15 March, 2012 menus:

Tsukiji Sushi

Yaki Foie Gras                                                          £6.80

Pan fried foie gras served with a spicy ponzu sauce.    

Gindara No Karaage                                           £6.50

Deep fried black cod belly with jalapeno salsa.

Grilled Aspara                                                         £6.50

Grilled asparagus served with spring onion, garlic and herb dressing.

Grilled Tako                                                             £6.00

Grilled octopus with a plum and miso sauce.

Tataki Salmon Maki                                             £4.50

Seared salmon with cream cheese.

Tataki O Toro Maki                                               £9.50

Seared tuna belly with caviar.

Tataki – Kanzuri Sauce

Three slices of sashimi served with cucumber and tomato in a chilli and citrus sauce.

Salmon                                                                        £6.00        

Chu Toro (medium fatty tuna)                      £10.50      

Tataki – Yuzu Ponzu

Two parmesan crisps topped with a sashimi slice and citrus jelly.

Salmon                                                                        £5.50        

Chu Toro (medium fatty tuna)                                       £9.00

Dessert

Yuzu Sorbet                                                               £6.50

Japanese citrus sorbet served with strawberry compote.

Drinks

Sake, Northern Skies, Junmai - Akita Brewery Subdued, understated and fairly mild, this is easy-drinking sake with hints of ripe white peach. Dry.

Glass (180ml)                                                                           £12.00

Champagne, Moet & Chandon, Brut Impérial NV

Glass   £11.00                     Bottle                                        £47.00

The Living Room

Dessert and a glass Newton Johnson Chenin Blanc dessert wine for £12 to choose from:

Chocolate and salted caramel tart.

Baked blueberry and raspberry Eton mess with cassis.

Chocolate brownie with raspberry compote and dairy vanilla ice-cream.

Bentley’s

Half a dozen oysters with a glass of Champagne - £20

FishWorks

South Coast Scallops with garlic butter and breadcrumbs with a glass of Albarino - £12.00

Crisp Fried Whitebait with aioli - £4.50

Bread and homemade taramasalata - £3.75

Homemade Smoked Mackerel Pate with toasted Bread - £4.50

Sartoria

£17 for a one course and a cocktail or £20 for 2 courses and a cocktail

Insalata di rucola, parmigiano reggiano

Rocket leaves, aged parmesan shavings

Bresaola, olio e limone

Sliced to order, homemade pickles

Spaghettini all` arrabiata

Fine spaghetti with tomato and chilli sauce

Calamari fritti, limone di amalfi

Deep fried squid, amalfi lemon

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Desserts

Gelato specialita della casa

Selection of homemade ice cream

Piccola pasticceria del giorno

Homemade pastries from the bar

Torrone semifreddo, frutto della passione

Sicilian ice parfait, passion fruit

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Cocktails

Bison Lychee Martini

Bellini

Chocolate Passion

Strawberry Limonata

Freggo

A two flavour cone featuring two sorbets to start the tour off. Lemon, Malbec and berries. A great palate cleanser - £2
 
A hot smoked ham with westcombe cheddar media luna; Argentina’s answer to the croissant - £2  
 
Alfajores are a classic Argentine biscuit filled with dulce de leche. Try two of Freggo’s specialties with the classic alfajores de maizena and alfajores de membrillo - £2

Courthouse Doubletree by Hilton

Afternoon Tea from 5pm to 7pm                                  £10.00

Selection of dainty finger cut sandwiches:

Smoked salmon and cream cheese

Cucumber and sour cream

Selection of pastries:

Mini Chocolate Opera

Cherry Clafoutis

Pound Cake

Plain and sultana Scones

Served with clotted cream and preserve

The East India Company

Complimentary chocolate Neapolitans with your purchase if you mention 'Food Safari'.

Rosalind’s Kitchen

Free cupcake on your first visit mentioning the Regent Street Food Safari.

Tasting salad bowl at the price                                     £3.50

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Notes to Editors (II)

Regent Street - Dates for the Diary

• Regent Street Food Safari, 2012 – 1-15 March, 2012
• RIBA, Regent Street Windows Project 2012– 16 April – 6 May, 2012
• Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II – 2-5 June, 2012
• A Taste of Spain – 1 July, 2012 (Traffic free event)
• Regent Street Festival – 1 & 2 September, 2012 (Traffic free event)
• Vogue Fashion’s Night Out – September 2012 - tbc
• Regent Street Motor Show – 3 November 2012 (Traffic free event)
• Regent Street Christmas Lights Switch On – November 2012 (Traffic free event)
• Shop West End VIP Day – 8 & 9 December, 2012 (Traffic free event)

Regent Street – History

Regent Street was designed and built by architect John Nash for the late Prince Regent

(George IV). In 1825 Regent Street was completed and become the first purpose built shopping thoroughfare of Europe (Regent Street is 186 yrs old). The original street layout survives today but the All Souls Church is the only existing building and most of the buildings we see today were rebuilt with final works finishing in 1928. Every building in Regent Street is protected and listed as at least Grade II. In 1954 Regent Street was the first shopping thoroughfare in Europe to illuminate Christmas decorations.

Regent Street has its own Historical Walking Tour App.

Regent Street – Shopping information

Regent Street has a dedicated consumer website, regentstreetonline.com that provides updates information on stores and restaurants opening hours and news and promotions. There is a Regent Street Shopping Guide that can be downloaded or order from the website. Regent Street’s social media channels, twitter.com/regentstonline and youtube.com/regentstreettv are being updated regularly.

Regent Street has over 75 UK and International Flagship stores, most of them offering limited edition products and exclusive collections throughout the year.

Many of the shops in Regent Street offer Personal Shopping services to their customers:

Liberty, Anthropologie, Armani Exchange, Austin Reed, Banana Republic, Coast, COS, Gant, Hackett, Hoss, Jaeger, Kirk Originals, Mamas and Papas, Reiss, Swarovski Crystallized, Massimo Dutti.

Regent Street – Restaurants, Cafés and Bars

Regent Street has two Food Quarters; Heddon Street and Swallow Street that connect directly onto the main thoroughfare and are home to 15 top quality restaurants and bars.

Heddon Street was originally made famous in 1972 by the album “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars”, recorded by David Bowie and is now home to a number of top quality restaurants and bars such as Momo, Aubaine, tibits, belowzero restaurant + lounge, The Living Room, Piccolino and the ICEBAR LONDON which is the UK's only permanent bar made of ice and is kept at minus 5 degrees all year round.

Swallow Street is home to 4 classic restaurants. Gaucho, has the world's largest Argentine wine selection outside of Argentina with 250 bottles on sale. Bentley’s Oyster Bar and Grill has been serving the very best British and Irish produce for nearly 100 years. FishWorks has its very own fresh fish counter for takeaway and Veeraswamy, Britain's oldest Indian Restaurant - established in 1926, has been named one of the 10 Best Destination Restaurants in the World by National Geographic.

Regent Street restaurants also include celebrated restaurant Aqua, two restaurants in one, Japanese and Spanish, both of which have amazing rooftop terraces. Roux Brothers at The Landau is located at The Langham, London where Afternoon Tea is a wonderful traditional experience. Exclusively for this Autumn/Winter 2011, a luxury Bijoux Afternoon Tea designed by Stephen Webster will be available at the Palm Court at The Langham. Regent Street also celebrates its latest restaurant opening, Senkai, which is London's first sustainably sourced modern Japanese-inspired restaurant.

Regent Street – Hotels

Regent Street has five luxury hotels: The Langham, London, Le Meridien Piccadilly,

The Courthouse Doubletree by Hilton, The Westbury and The Sofitel St James’s.

The Langham, London has one of the finest suites in the world, at 236 square metres; the Infinity Suite is also amongst the largest in London. This is an ultra deep bath, which constantly overflows, creating the sound of cascading water.

The Courthouse Doubletree by Hilton, located within a former magistrate's court, has its bar set in the original holding cells where one can even reserve a VIP 'jail cell’. The hotel also has a private screening room ‘Release’ where they hold a regular Saturday night film at 8pm.

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