Olympic eatathon

Let the Games begin! Head east this summer for a new raft of one off supper clubs, foodie pop-ups and street food night markets
1 August 2012

If you are hungry for a piece of the Olympics but you didn’t click fast enough when the tickets went on sale, don’t panic. For east London is a hub of supper clubs, foodie pop-ups and street food night markets.

It begins today with Global Feast, a series of Olympic dinners held in Stratford and curated by Kirstin Rogers aka @msMarmiteLover – London’s original supper club queen. Each one will be four courses with nibbles and booze and chefs include the Modern Pantry’s Anna Hansen and Peruvian restaurant owner Martin Morales of Ceviche (until August 13, £55, Old Town Hall, 29 The Broadway, E15 globalfeast2012com). Thursday sees the third Jimmy’s Supper Club held just 100m from the park. Tomorrow there will be a £52 five-course wine tasting and pairing menu – but if you get hungry during the day try a light Linford’s Lunch instead (Unit 2, Hutchins Close, E15, annexeast.co.uk). Renowned supper club host Uyen Luu also hosts Vietnamese dinners (dates include this Friday, August 3/4/10/17/24, leluu.com).

For food on the go, wander into The Red Market, a new street food night market in an old car park decorated with Banksy murals (midday until 11pm daily until September 2, 288-299 Old Street EC1V, redmarketlondon.com). Meanwhile another night market, Street Feast, has landed in Dalston selling fried chicken, ice creams and homemade pizza (Fridays, 5pm-midnight, Thames House, Hartwell Street, E8, streetfeastlondon.com) and a food court, Urban Feasts, hawks Malay chicken satay and Turkish wraps in Canning Town (4.30pm-10pm on Wed/Thurs/Fri (or midday-9pm on weekends until September 30, urbanfeasts.co.uk)

Finally, are you a carnivore? Head to Flat Iron Upstairs At The Owl and the Pussycat, a collaboration between The London Cocktail Club and the New Craft Butchery selling one type of steak only (Open for five weeks at 34 Redchurch Street, E2 owlandthepussycatshoreditch.com). The Dead Dolls Club which sold stews over the winter will teach meat carving to live music in London Fields. (From Saturday throughout the summer, 370 Helmsley Place, E8, thedeaddollsclub.com). On the roof above Netil House by London Fields, Netil 360 (Netil House, 1 Westgate Street, E8, Netilhouse.com) hosts an opening ceremony party on Friday with a hot tub, cocktail bar, burgers, pulled pork, roasted mushrooms for £15.

Nearer Liverpool Street station is ForzaWin, a rooftop pop-up Italian supperclub hosted by street food pair the Pizza Pilgrims. (Thurs/Fri/Sat until end of September, £25 donation, forzawin.com).

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