‘It’s personally insulting’: 17 chefs on the customer antics that most enrage...
The diner is always right – only that isn’t true. From heavy petting to no-shows, restaurateurs share their biggest bugbearsChefs work under constant scrutiny. Everyone is a critic now, from the couple...
View Article10 great restaurants near stations in Europe: readers’ tips
From dumplings and sauerkraut to paella and pizza, superb meals can be had by walking a few minutes from the station … but allow for the waddle back to take a bit longerWith time to kill in Warsaw...
View ArticleThe Drumming Snipe, Surrey: ‘A very modern type of gastropub’ – restaurant...
This reinvented local has much to commend it – the menu is ambitious, the service cheerful – but some aspects may anchor it firmly in the category of ‘family pub’The Drumming Snipe sits on the...
View ArticleFour Seasons, London: 'An act of solidarity that also gets me roast duck’ –...
Chinese restaurants need your custom – no hard thing to give when the food is this goodFour Seasons, 12 Gerrard Street, London W1D 5PR (020 7494 0870). Starters £3.20-£12.80, roast duck portion £11.40,...
View ArticleWhat US food critics could learn from the UK (and vice versa, I guess …)
American and British restaurant reviews could hardly be more different in tone: on one hand respectful and august, on the other savage and irreverentIn October last year, a Japanese-Peruvian restaurant...
View ArticleWhat Noma did next: how the ‘New Nordic’ is reshaping the food world
In our time of climate crisis and inequality, as top chefs dream less of Michelin stars and more of changing the world, the New Nordic movement is reaching beyond haute cuisine into classrooms,...
View ArticleThe Melusine, London E1: ‘A small kitchen turning out magic’ – restaurant...
The phrase ‘small but perfectly formed’ might have been coined especially for this fish restaurant that shuns frills in favour of an honest and inspired menuThe Melusine is in St Katharine Docks, close...
View ArticleBristol River Cottage restaurant to close at end of March
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall says restaurant ‘cannot find a way to continue trading’Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is closing his Bristol restaurant next month as he becomes the latest celebrity chef to be...
View ArticleDavies and Brook, London: 'Some show-stopping dishes’ – restaurant review
Cooking that swings from the admirable to the impressive, but all at Mayfair pricesDavies and Brook, Claridge’s, Brook Street, London W1K 4HR (020 7107 8848). Four course à la carte: £98, wines from...
View ArticleKitchen continental: chefs on the 12 European dishes everyone should try
From waterzooi to zur, there are countless delights on offer across the continent. Chefs from Spain to Estonia tell us their best-kept food secretsAfter all these years of Swedes working in French...
View ArticleRon Gastrobar, Amsterdam: ‘Hilariously lopsided’ – restaurant review | Grace...
This self-declared ‘relaxed’ gastrobar can’t quite escape its fancy-pants past – the lasting memory is still one of quenelles, foams and minuscule portions“Oh, you British, always crying about Europe....
View ArticleYour Mum’s Kitchen, London: ‘Sweet and beguiling’ – restaurant review
For those in search of soothing Korean home cooking, head straight to this delightful caféYour Mum’s Kitchen, inside SK Mart, 17 Goldhurst Terrace, London NW6 3HX (020 3302 4390). Snacks and starters...
View ArticleMost vegan restaurant meals have high levels of salt, research finds
Action for Salt says 80% would attract a red traffic light label and some contain more than daily recommended intakeFour out of five “healthy sounding” plant-basedmeals served by major UK restaurant...
View ArticleWhat should you do if a customer leaves your employee a $4,500 tip? | Gene Marks
A customer at a Memphis Denny’s left an enormous tip – so the corporate office decided to hold on to the cash and make sure it wasn’t an errorWhat would you do if a customer left one of your employees...
View ArticleIt takes skill to work in a restaurant. Try telling that to the Home Office
The post-Brexit immigration system is a threat to the food industry – and a snobbish failure to understand the value of people who do jobs that benefit us allHave you ever watched a waiter take a dover...
View ArticleMichel Roux obituary
Chef and restaurateur who, with his brother, Albert, transformed the British dining experienceThe chef Michel Roux, who has died aged 78, was the younger half of the formidable partnership with his...
View ArticlePierre Koffmann: Michel Roux 'made British food what it is today'
The renowned Michelin-starred chef pays tribute to the French restaurateur who has died aged 78 Obituary: Michel RouxI’ve known Michel for 50 years. I started working at Le Gavroche, Michel and [his...
View ArticleMichel Roux Sr, chef who reshaped British cooking, dies aged 78
Tributes paid to ‘humble genius’ whose restaurant was first in UK to win three Michelin starsMichel Roux Sr, the French chef and restaurateur whose work profoundly reshaped British cooking, has died...
View ArticleThe Bull & Bear Manchester: ‘A little uninspiring‘ – restaurant review |...
The beautifully restored former stock exchange is now home to Tom Kerridge’s latest restaurant. The service is impeccable, but the food leaves a bit to be desired … and what’s with all the TVs?When...
View ArticleBastible, Dublin | Jay Rayner
In Dublin’s fair city, the tasting menu at Bastible is a pretty good reason for an Irish weekend breakBastible, 111 South Circular Road, Dublin D08 RW2K (+353 1 473 7409). A la carte, two courses €42;...
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