Summer

• Free ice-creams and giant watermelon margaritas help Londoners cope with the heatwave

  

  As London girds its loins and prepares to do battle with temperatures predicted to hit 37 degrees tomorrow, there are a number of ways you can cool down that are a lot more fun that standing in front of your open fridge.

  On Thursday, folk using the Central Line will be met by Deliveroo riders handing out free Judes and Oppo Ice Creams. You can find them at 12pm at Bank, Tottenham Court Road and Bond Street stations.

  If you're further east, then maybe

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• Somerset House gets a taste of Spain with their summer San Miguel terrace

  

  Stuck in London while everyone else is off on their hols? At least if you head to Somerset House over the coming months you can at least pretend you're in Spain.

  They've just launched a terrace in partnership with San Miguel. Yes, you're looking over the Thames rather then the Med, but with a chilled beer in your hand and a range of Spanish snacks to choose from, things could be a whole lot worse.

  Open daily from lunchtime the bar will serve up a

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• Taste of London reveals exclusive dishes for 2019 plus the chance to join the judge's panel

  

  Updated 4/6/19 with full list of restaurants and dishes

  If your idea of heaven is spending hours roaming Taste of London with a free pass to eat all the food in sight, then we have good news for you. For this year's festival, they're offering one lucky London foodie the chance to do just that, becoming one of the Best in Taste Awards tasters.

  The winner of the competition will get a chance to

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• My Million Pound Menu's BBQ Dreamz take to the rooftop at John Lewis on Oxford Street

  

  Despite the recent chill, London's summer plans are well underway and the latest spot to reveal their colours for the season are John Lewis. They're bringing in My Million Pound Menu winners BBQ Dreamz for their rooftop space this summer. The newly titled Filipino concept, Bong Bong’s Manila Kanteen will serve up all manner of treats. Here's the menu: 

  • Lechon Kawali - Crispy fragrant pork belly, with pickled papaya salad and a Filipino lechon
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• The Prince's summer line-up features Jefferies - a new chicken concept from Patty and Bun

  

  Over in West London, The Prince is gearing up for its summer season and they're going BIG. Not content with managing to install a retractable electric roof over London's biggest pub garden making it - at a click of a button - British weatherproof, they're also the first to showcase an entirely new concept from the folks at Patty & Bun.

  The summer season kicks off on 25 April and,

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• Harrods unveil their summer Perrier-Jouet Champagne Terrace

  

  There's no surer sign that summer's on its way than when terraces, all across town, begin to be unveiled in their new plumage.

  Top of your to-try list has to be the new Perrier-Jouet terrace at Harrods which launched to a celeb crowd last week. The fourth floor terrace (we honestly didn't even know it was there) is apparently a sunny spot facing due south west - perfect to sit and sip Champagne in. And when the weather properly bucks up there's an

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• 10 super summery dishes to order in London restaurants

  Now that we're slowly settling into this proper summer weather lark, it's time to start eating like our continental friends. We pick out some of the best sunshine food we've spotted London restaurants sharing on our Insta feed recently.

• New London restaurant openings to look forward to this Summer

  We've rounded up the key restaurants you need to have on your restaurant radar this summer - all of which will make staying in town over the summer a total delight.  

• All the crayfish at Mayfair's The Harcourt's Nordic summer party menu

  Crayfish and aquavit go on the menu in Mayfair for a spot of Nordic late summer fun

• London's summer pop-up bars

  Summer has arrived and while we’re cautiously optimistic that it’s here to stay, London’s restaurants and bars are shaping up to launch a series of summer bars

• Pierre Herme and Hong Kong's Duddell's head up international roster for Taste of London 2017

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  If you can believe it, London which is about to see its 14th Taste of London festival hitting Regent's Park for the summer! The event is a celebration of the London restaurant scene. But it's also a massive draw for visitors and for visiting chefs.

  This year there are two international chefs in particular that you should make a beeline for at the festival.

  First is Pierre Herme, named

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• Coppa Club's igloos have been replaced by floral cabanas

  

  Remember those rather marvellous looking igloos along the side of the Thames? Blessed with an amazing riverside terrace Coppa Club has decided to swap them out for the summer. They're replacing them with beautiful, flower strewn cabanas with wisteria and roses growing up them.

  There are seven to choose from - three can be reserved and booked ahead for for 8-10 people while a further two can be booked with smaller tables for groups of 2-6. The remaining two are

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• Top chef alfresco action at Serpentine Sackler gallery's Park Table

  

  So this sounds like a must-have ticket come the summer. Take an iconic London building (in this case the Serpentine Sackler gallery), set up a huge outside table and invite some of London's best chefs to turn up and cook an amazing alfresco feast.

  That's the plan for a series of dinners at the late Zaha Hadid-designed Magazine restaurant. The Park Table will be one long curving table seating 50 diners. The organisers were inspired by the American Oustanding in the

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• Maze Grill puts doughnut ice-cream sliders on the menu for July

  

  Apparently July is National Icecream Month, which may be a slightly spurious PR scheme, but is proving a rather excellent source of inspiration to London chefs it seems.

  These rather wonderful looking creations are the clotted ice-cream and raspberry ripple doughnut sliders currently being served up at maze Grill Park Walk and maze Grill Royal Hospital Road. They cost £8 and come with toasted pistachios and chocolate sauce, as a special addition to

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• Supper Tub brings cocktail, canapes and hot tubs canalside in Hackney

  

  We can't begin to tell you how much money we'd need to spend our evening with complete strangers in a hot tub sipping cocktails in our swimming cossies. But, on the offchance that some Hot Dinners readers will think "Hey that sounds right up my street", here's what you need to know about Supper Tub.

  As the name suggests, it's a hot tub popup taking place in Hackney. Either book a tub for you and 7 mates or take pot luck with a pair of tickets. Then

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