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Tempus Hot List: January 2023
By Lauren O'Neill | 10 January 2023 | Culture, Food & Drink, Lifestyle
Kick off 2023 in style with our pick of seven things to do, see, and limited edition launches to get your hands on…
Each month, we'll be taking you through the seven best new luxury launches, openings, exhibitions and collaborations so you can be sure not to miss out. For this month, we'll show you how to get out there and beat those January blues with an array of cultural and gastronomic offerings. Happy new year!
Watch Babylon at The Cinema in The Power Station
Kicking off 2023 in style, the hotly-anticipated, star-studded Babylon hits screens in the UK on 20 January and there is no better place to see it than The Cinema at The Power Station. London's new design-led, luxury cinema, housed in the recently revamped Battersea Power Station, features two screening rooms, complete with plus reclining seats, each with their own individual brushed brass tables, and is the only independent cinema in Europe to boast Dolby Cinema technology.
Soon, the cinema will open its exclusive Members Club, as well as make bookable a number of VIP boxes to elevate your cinema experience even further.
3rd Floor, Turbine Hall B, Battersea Power Station SW11 8DD
thecinemainthepowerstation.com
Raise a glass of Hennessy Paradis for Chinese New Year
New Year celebrations are not quite over – with Chinese New Year approaching on 22 January, and to usher in the Year of the Rabbit, Maison Hennessy has created a limited edition one-litre Hennessy Paradis carafe to celebrate the occasion.
Hand decorated, the carafe’s artwork has been taken from Yan Pei-Ming’s La Grande Course, a monumental 6 x 3.5m painting commissioned by Hennessy, showing the rabbit within the extended family of the Chinese zodiac. Just 888 carafes have been produced, costing £8,000, and are numbered individually, presented in a beautifully crafted wooden box.
The carafe will be available to purchase from January 9 online here or at the Hennessy Rare Editions Boutique in Harrods
Go alcohol-free at Tayēr + Elementary
Opened in 2019 and currently sitting at No.2 on the coveted list of The World's Best Bars, Tayēr + Elementary in Shoreditch is best known for its cutting edge alcoholic concoctions, such as its signature one-sip martini, but you don't have to miss out just because you're not drinking.
This January, the bar is serving its ‘I’m not drinking… but make it delicious’ which is made with Everleaf, Bitter Orange, Paragon Timur Berry + Tayēr Soda Water – perfect for mid week, post work socialising without the hangover.
152 Old St, London EC1V 9BW
Ski in style with a pair of Gucci goggles
With ski season in full swing, the slopes are the perfect place to make a style statement. If you're looking to upgrade your kit, Gucci have you covered. In partnership with luxury Swedish sports eyewear brand, Yniq, and Olympic skier Lindsay Vonn who is part of Yniq's development team, Gucci will this month launch a high-fashion ski goggle capsule collection as part of its experimental concept store, Gucci Vault.
The striking goggles are available in two models – FOUR & NINE, retailing at €495 and €690 respectively, and come in four lens colour gradations: fading red/orange, silver, purple, and blue.
Created exclusively for Vault, the limited-edition collection will be available only online from the Gucci Vault from 11am GMT on January 9, 2023
Warm up with a luxe Sunday Roast at CUT 45 Park Lane
Wolfgang Puck's CUT restaurant at Mayfair's 45 Park Lane is known for its incredible steak, and now, for the first time, the restaurant is offering guests the ultimate Sunday roast. Executive chef Elliott Grover's roast (with beef of course) comes complete with roast grass-fed English beef sirloin, truffle roast potatoes, Wagyu dripping Yorkshire puddings, and all the trimmings – heritage baby carrots drizzled with Coworth Park honey; charred hispi cabbage; caramelised thyme roasted shallots; Keen’s cheddar cauliflower cheese; red wine beef gravy and horseradish sauce.
45 Park Lane, W1K 1PN
Sip from The Ancestral Cookbook at Lyaness
Another of the best bars in the world, award-winning Lyaness, has launched its fourth new menu ‘The Ancestral Cookbook’. The menu comprising 15 serves explores how food and drink has shaped our cultural outlooks over generations and splits into five core themes – Nature vs Nurture, Circularity, Taught History, Ceremony and Extreme Conditions – focusing on core natural ingredients that connect our shared ancestry.
For those partaking in dry January fear not as many of the cocktails are available ‘boozeless’, such as The Goldblum Whiptail, Third Space Shandy, Lightning Wife or Comma Chameleon.
20 Upper Ground, London SE1 9PD
Sample Crystal Sushi at Shiro
After the indulgence of the festive season, if you're looking for something a little lighter, head to London's latest contemporary Japanese restaurant, Shiro. Tokyo is having something of a moment this year, with a number of new openings including Bulgari Hotel Tokyo and Aman's Janu set for 2023 and, inspired by the buzzing dining culture of Tokyo's Ginza, Shiro brings a taste of the city to London.
The opening is the first new venture from from Aqua Restaurant Group (Shard, Kyoto and Hutong) in a decade and, under chef Ken Miyake, guests can experience authentic Tokyo cuisine such as Crystal Sushi – featuring layers of elegantly infused jelly, delicately laid on top of each sushi piece – Edomae Sushi, and Ramen.
Broadgate Circle, 100 Liverpool Street, London, EC2M 2QS