Some of us might be drinking kombucha and eating plangoes this year, but the rest might prefer a decent local chippy, a proper pie or a late-night sandwich shop. Here is one food writer’s new year wish list
By now, you will have read your fill of 2016 food predictions. Be it melon juice becoming a “thing” over at the Daily Mirror or analysts the Food People taking a bold punt on the influence of Filipino food, there is no shortage of opinions out there.
The London Evening Standard has, variously, tipped female chefs, restaurants that offer entertainment and Camden (the place, not an exotic new ingredient), to set the agenda this year. If William Hill offers odds on such things, however, stick your tenner on kombucha (a fizzy, fermented tea drink) and seaweed (as a seasoning, side dish or dried snack). There is such a consensus around those two that they feel like a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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