Wun’s Tea Room, London: ‘I need this in my life‘– restaurant review
The Iberico char siu is bordering on the sublime at this new Cantonese in SohoWun’s Tea Room and Bar 23 Greek Street, London W1D 4DZ (020 8017 9888). Snacks and small plates £2.80-£9.80, larger dishes...
View ArticleChannel Islands named the UK's top gastronomic hotspot
Region boasts 16 restaurants in the Good Food Guide across Jersey, Guernsey and SarkMove over, Ludlow and Cumbria. They may involve a hop across the sea for most prospective diners, but that has not...
View Article10 Heddon St, London W1: ‘We'll never tire of exemplary pasta’ – restaurant...
Simple things done really, really well so often trump gimmicky eating experiences, and this knockout Italian-leaning pop-up does it better than mostI had set my eye on 10 Heddon St even before the...
View ArticleGrieving family’s call for allergy law gets cool response
Restaurant industry says change would be ‘incredibly challenging’A grieving family’s call for a law compelling restaurants to put full allergen information on menus has been coolly received by the body...
View ArticleOKN1, London: ‘These students are our future’ – restaurant review
The young learners working the kitchen at Hoxton’s OKN1 could teach seasoned pros a thing or twoOKN1, 40 Hoxton Street, London N1 6LR (020 7613 9590). Starters £6.50-£8, main courses £11-£15, desserts...
View Article‘A restaurant should be an old friend’: spreading the gospel of St John
Observer Food Monthly joins the influential London restaurant’s founders, Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver, in France on their way to the ‘best bar in the world’• Recipes from the new St John...
View ArticleMore than 1,400 UK restaurants close as casual dining crunch bites
Insolvencies in year to the end of June 2019 increased by 25% – the highest since at least 2014More than 1,400 UK restaurants collapsed in the year since June 2018 – underlining the scale of the...
View Article10 must-try ramen shops in Tokyo
Ramen is Japan’s national obsession – and there more than 10,000 shops to choose from in Tokyo alone. Three local experts choose their favourites‘Ramen doesn’t have rules the way many Japanese foods...
View ArticleRestaurateurs are leading the way in loan approvals – but they need a side of...
The industry has the highest approval rate thanks to funding from non-bank lenders, but it doesn’t receive the biggest loansThey say it’s the toughest type of business to start up, and it’s no wonder...
View ArticleThe Small Holding, Kilndown, Kent: ‘Joy, pace and mischief’ – restaurant...
Magic fine-dining without the pretension is a rarity, but this country pub-restaurant does it fabulouslySeveral restaurants that have recently popped up in rural locations do not merely cook you...
View ArticleLagom at Hackney Church Brew Co: ‘Dishes throbbing with flavour’ – restaurant...
Searingly good food, flames and fair prices at an east London brewery make one old man very happyLagom at Hackney Church Brew Co, 16-17 Bohemia Place, London E8 1DU (020 8986 2643). Small plates...
View Article'Gourmet Ghetto': the fight to rename Berkeley's historic foodie haven
Restaurateurs in the neighborhood – birthplace of Peet’s Coffee and home of Chez Panisse – want to shed a label they call offensiveIt comes up on Google Maps. It comes up on Yelp. It’s on neighborhood...
View ArticleFin-to-gill eating: how to cook fish without discarding a thing
When it comes to fish, in Britain we rarely eat anything other than fillets and discard everything else. Now a new breed of chefs is trying to encourage a more adventurous approachSweetmeats. Tripe....
View ArticleSiren, The Goring Hotel, London SW1 – restaurant review | Grace Dent
London’s grand Goring Hotel has taken a less stuffy turn with the arrival of a Nathan Outlaw fish restaurant, complete with a menu that’s more than a match for the majestic settingThe Goring Hotel,...
View ArticleThe Humble Bee Café, London: ‘A meal in a very happy place’ – restaurant review
The café at Stepney City Farm offers big, thoughtful dishes of good things – as well as games, animals, kids and smilesThe Humble Bee Café. Stepney City Farm, Stepney Way, London E1 3DG. No bookings....
View ArticleBottega Caruso, Margate, Kent: ‘Heroically wondrous’ – restaurant review
This tiny, family-run Campanian kitchen is proof, if any were needed, that independent Italians do it betterPre-lunch at Bottega Caruso, a tiny Campanian kitchen with just six or seven tables and...
View ArticleMoor Hall, Lancashire: ‘Just bring us the food’ – restaurant review
Some of the cooking here is exceptional, but the self-importance is hard to stomachMoor Hall, Prescot Road, Aughton, Lancashire (01695 572511). Four-course tasting menu £70, eight courses £140, wines...
View ArticleI was harassed at an In-N-Out bathroom for being a black trans woman
Ahead of a crucial supreme court decision, LeahAnn Mitchell writes about her experience with discrimination“Is there a man in the bathroom?”I was seated on the toilet in the stall of a women’s restroom...
View ArticleManchester restaurant Mana wins city’s first Michelin star in 40 years
Mana ends city’s ‘ludicrous’ exclusion from prestigious guide to eating outManchester has been awarded its first Michelin star in 40 years, bringing an end to a situation that has been denounced in...
View ArticleNeil Hunter obituary
My partner, Neil Hunter, who has died aged 86, was a hotelier and restaurateur dedicated to helping others.Born in Newcastle, he was the youngest of three children of Elsie (nee Stephens) and Richard,...
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