ZSL London Zoo is this year hosting a very exciting summer series of events called Zoo Lates. Following the roaring (excuse the pun!) sell-out success of the event of the same name in 2010, event organisers at ZSL London Zoo have this year doubled the number of events so that it will be held every Friday night in June and July in 2011.
For the first time ever, ZSL London Zoo has teamed up with the Eat Street Collective – an organisation that celebrates street food vendors to bring a huge (and delicious) variety of cuisine to Zoo Lates. With food being cooked from scratch, with fresh ingredients and right in front of guests, the smells wafting from the food court yard were simply mouth watering. There were ten caterers at the first Zoo Lates and these included the Churros Bros, serving divine chocolate coated churros, and Bhangra Burger – who were dishing up Indian spiced burgers in wraps that went down a storm with Zoo Lates guests.
The over-18s event gives visitors a chance to return to their childhood days of visiting the Zoo, with a grown-up twist. Getting the chance to experience the Zoo in a whole new light, there’s evening animal feeds and demonstrations, as well as special entertainment in the form of an improvised comedy performance in the Aquarium, a burlesque inspired Twisted Cabaret and the hugely popular Silent Disco where Zoo Lates revellers can boogie next to the flamingos as the sun goes down.
Friday just gone saw the first of the Zoo Lates get off to a cracking start, with over 5,500 tickets sold and London’s big kids flocked to enjoy a night out with a difference in the Zoo.
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