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It's that time of year again, when you can play puntastic bingo (let's see just how many times the word "spooktacular" is used this year), fancy dress is an acceptable thing to have as a dress code for an event and restaurants all get a little ghoulish with their specials. So with that in mind, we've rounded up some of the best specials you'll be able to grab as Halloween approaches and a few ideas for a night out too...
Special dishes & drinks
Relic from the dead at Chino Latino
18 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TJ
Chino Latino is having a Day of the Dead blackout candlelit dinner. Tickets are £50 for a set menu that includes Jalapeno Maki Roll, Ceviche Mixto, Bacon-wrapped Dates and Churrasco Grande beef skewers and... this fantastic looking passion fruit dessert.
The Beeflejuice burger at Fat Hippo
Shoreditch and Soho
You can always rely on burger group Fat Hippo to come up with a good Halloween menu. This time it's all about their Beeflejuice burger - featuring two beef patties, American cheese and crispy bacon, served-up in a sesame-seeded luridly bright green bun. That goes alongside Hippo-ween hand-cut fries with garlic butter mayo, crispy onions and Parmesan and they've teamed up with Tiny Rebel Brew Co for a Beetl Juice 5.8% Watermelon Sour beer .
Petrifing patisserie at CORD Cafe
Holborn - 85 Fleet St, London EC4Y 1AE
The cafe attached to the Cordon Bleu Culinary Institute on Fleet Street has a frightful range of sweet treats on offer this Halloween. There's a pumpkin shaped coffee caramel entremets, a blood orange and charcoal croissant, mummified banoffee macarons and a spider's web maple pecan tart.
The Poison Apple at Novikov
50A Berkeley St, London W1J 8HA
Novikov in Mayfair has gone all out with their Halloween dessert creation this year. From 26-31 October diners can order the ‘Poison Apple’ dessert featuring a light caramel mousse finished with caramelised apple and apple frangipane. It's on offer in both Novikov's Asian and Italian restaurants.
The What the Cluck burger at SOUND
Great Cumberland Pl, London W1H 7DL
The SOUND cafe at The Cumberland Hotel in Marble Arch is serving up a ‘What the Cluck’ burger featuring a crispy buttermilk chicken with Buffalo hot sauce, blue cheese sauce, and red cabbage slaw plus "Phoenix Claws". Tell staff you're here for the "What The Cluck?!" challenge, finish the burger including the claws and you'll get a free Halloween cocktail.
The Samhain feast at Daffodil Mulligan
70-74 City Rd, London EC1Y 2BJ
Daffodil Mulligan is celebrating Samhain — the ancient Irish fire festival from which Halloween was born. To that end, they're holding a fiery feast with whole suckling pigs roasted over wood fire, served with black pudding and apple stuffing, grilled pumpkin, bitter greens, pear, and crispy roast potatoes. It's perfect for six to eight people and runs on both 31 October and 1 November.
Pumpkin mousse at Bamboo Mat
21-24 Victory Parade, East Village, London E20 1FS
At Bamboo Mat in Stratford, they've gone all out with a Halloween-themed menu and cocktails which includes pumpkin tempura and beef heart skewers. We particularly like the look of that pumpkin-shaped Chocolate Mousse.
Pumpkin cheesecake at Kova
South Ken, Chinatown, Aldgate East, Battersea, Soho
Japanese bakers Kova Patisserie are switching things up for Halloween with a Pumpkin Basque Cheesecake. This seasonal special mixes their classic Burnt Basque Cheesecake with Japanese Kabocha squash. On sale until at least the end of October.
Halloween afternoon tea at Royal Lancaster London
Lancaster Terrace, London W2 2TY
If you want to enjoy a kid-friendly Halloween outing that also suits your own sweet tooth, then the ghoulish-themed afternoon tea being served up by the Royal Lancaster London hotel should fit the bill. Their patisserie team has been very creative with the cake offering with a coffin-shaped chestnut opera gateaux and scull-topped cinnamon financier on the menu. Runs from 25 October to 3 November.
Skeleton biscuits at Gail's Bakery
Across London
Every year we have to dive into our nearest Gail's to order a batch of their seasonal Halloween cookies - they are just so moreish. Made with mixed spice and cinnamon, with each one hand-iced they're a great treat for kids (or keep them all to yourself). Gail's is also doing a pumpkin soup if you're after more of a savoury Halloween hit - their delica pumpkin and farro soup is made in partnership with Natoora.
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Special Halloween (and Day of the Dead) events
The Ivy West Street is hosting an immersive murder mystery experience in its restaurant. Diners will be asked to unravel a plot and solve the mystery of the “The West Street Murders”. Tickets are £120 and include a welcome glass of Champagne, canapés, a seasonal cocktail, and a three-course dinner.
Upstairs at Langan's is usually members-only but on Halloween they're holding a Dia de los Muertos celebration. Tickets are £65 and include a complimentary Casamigos cocktail on arrival. Dressing up is very much encouraged.
Hovarda in Canary Wharf is throwing a "Psycho in the city" party inspired by the cult classic American Psycho. They'll have music from YUCATAN, a late licence till 2am and it's walk-ins only.
The Dorchester’s Vesper Bar is hosting a Día de los Muertos event on Friday 1 November in collaboration with Mexico City’s Handshake Speakeasy (which just took the No 1 spot in the World's 50 Best Bars list) and Tequila Enemigo. Expect handcrafted cocktails and Mexican-inspired dishes along with a Mariachi band and DJ.
Honey & Co Daily are having a family-friendly Halloween Supper Club with dressing up encouraged. The menu includes devilled eyeball eggs, swamp dip, frogspawn pudding and more. It's £45 per person, or £20 for kids under 14.
Oblix at The Shard is hosting a Day of the Dead-themed Night evening brunch starting at 6pm and running till midnight. The menu is £62 per person and features the restaurant's Icon dishes, with a few Mexican twists, an exciting bespoke cocktail menu and bar takeover from Mexico City's Licoreria Limantour.
The Hound pub in Chiswick is holding a family Pumpkin Carving Workshop on 29 October, from 3pm to 5pm, for children aged 7-11. They're bringing in a professional fruit carving expert. Tickets are £10 with everything provided.
The Great Central Pub, by Matt Fletcher at the Landmark London is marking Day of the Dead with Mexican-inspired cocktails, nibbles, and entertainment. Guests can get their faces painted and there's a ‘Skelfie’ mirror adding a skull overlay to selfies.
Los Mochis City is putting on a rooftop fiesta for Día de los Muertos on Friday, 1 November featuring DJ sets by The Disciples, live Mariachi bands, UV skeleton performers, and exclusive themed menus.
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