La La Land in London: How to live the LA life over here

Everyone's going La La over the new film with Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling. Here's where to get involved across the capital
Hit: La La Land is already sweeping up during awards season
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Frankie McCoy13 January 2017

Eat clean

Bel-Air

What could be more LA than pre-ordering your Mexican quinoa with avocado-lime mayo via an app for ease of collection? At the end of this month this “feel-good fast food” Cali takeaway is opening a bigger branch in Farringdon, with added chopped egg Fat Stack bagels.

Info: 54 Paul Street, EC2 and 12 New Fetter Lane, EC4, opens January 30, bel-air.co

Bo Drake

An East Asian/Mexican barbecue joint that fuses three of California’s favourite cuisines. That means Korean fried chicken, smoked pulled pork with spring onion oil, and kimchi everywhere.

Info: 6 Greek Street, W1, bodrake.co.uk

California dreaming: smoked pulled pork with kimchi at Bo Drake

Farmacy

Venice in LA is the militantly cleansed, vegan centre of the #wellness movement — at Butcher’s Daughter they proudly “treat fruit and veg as butchers would meat”, resulting in a whole menu section dedicated to avocado toast. Get the Venice vibes at Camilla Al Fayed’s veggie restaurant with cashew “cheese” or a spirulina hummus Earth Bowl.

Info: 74 Westbourne Grove, W2, farmacylondon.com

Pomona’s

A West Coast-inspired newbie in Notting Hill which collates classic LA food trends. Try Cobb salad (impossible not to say in a faux-Californian accent), sweet potato toast with avocado, coconut labneh and cilantro gremolata.

Info: 47 Hereford Road, W2, pomonas.co.uk

Burning up: Frame founders Joan Murphy and Pip Black

Train dirty

Afterburner at Third Space

If you’re in training for the next X-Men movie, it’s not enough to just burn calories during a HIIT workout: you need EPOC (excess post-exercise oxygen consumption) as promised in this new class. It will ensure your body is shedding fat even while you’re swigging your post-workout nut milk.

Info: Various locations, thirdspace.london

Surfset at Gymbox

LA loves a fusion workout as much as kimchi tacos, and the latest at Sandbox Fitness involves lunges and squats while balancing on a surfboard.

Info: 12 Leather Lane, EC1, gymbox.com

Black Light Burpees with The Viking Method

Nicole Scherzinger apparently uses this brutal class, and if it’s good enough for her... Prepare for a hardcore 60 minutes of jumps, planks, squats and crawling (very 2017).

Info: February 9, St Martin’s Lane, WC2, thewellscene.club

Barre

Perfecting your pliés is essential if you want to recreate La La Land scenes. Try it in LA temperatures at hot body barre at Paola’s Body Barre in Fulham or at flexi-space FRAME.

Where to watch: the Electric

Shake it off

The 606

Ryan Gosling’s character’s dream is to open a jazz club, much like The 606 in Battersea — it’s been going for 40 years.

Info: 90 Lots Road, SW10, 606club.co.uk

The Phoenix and The Electric

Were Gosling and Stone watching their film it wouldn’t be at a chain. Soak up that movie theatre magic at London’s oldest cinemas: the 105-year-old Phoenix in Finchley or the 107-year-old Electric in Notting Hill.

Info: 52 High Road, N2, phoenixcinema.co.uk; 191 Portobello Road, W11, electriccinema.co.uk

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