TRAVEL: London's Secret Supper Clubs

It’s a bit clandestine. A little bit thrilling. And a whole lot of fun. Forget Buckingham Palace, Harrods. Madam Tussauds and the London Eye. The must-do in London these days is to visit one of the city’s secret supper clubs. Intrigued? The Holiday Goddesses put on their trench coats and headed out into the night …

They call it the Super Secret Supper Scene in London. Essentially it’s amateur chefs cooking for crowds in their own homes – at far less than you’ll pay in a restaurant.

We’ve been popping into secret restaurants in London for a couple of years now at Holiday Goddess. It’s always fun to eat in a stranger’s dining room, and to take your chances with food from an amateur chef (or a professional chef who wants to moonlight). The bill is usually tiny and it’s all done through Facebook and Twitter: simple. Depending on the creativity of the organisers you may be treated to entertainment, or left in candelight looking at other people’s china.

Gingerline is probably the best-known of the secret restaurants to date, as it made its name in the Brunel Museum with a special event last November involving a Victorian banquet and pop-up entertainment. You can find Gingerline at gingerline.org.uk.

How do you find these other hush-hush places, though?

• La Mochila Clandestina is run from a Brixton flat. Visit supperclubfangroup.ning.com
• The Secret Larder exists at thelarderlout@hotmail.com
• Stolen Chow is in Notting Hill at www.stolen.it
• Pistachio and Pickle is in East London info@pistachioandpickle.com
• Francesca’s Secret Kitchen is at francescassecretkitchen.com
• Sunday roast in the Angel? Yes please. Try www.housebites.com

This story appears courtesy of Holiday Goddess