A county for taste: cycling around Rutland, England’s secret foodie heartland
The smallest county holds astonishing culinary variety: from prize-winning pubs and pastries to an England bowler’s grill school – plus a lovely bit of squirrel‘You can get a good meal for two out of...
View ArticleNoma wins world’s best restaurant as Denmark claims top two spots
Chef René Redzepi, famed for foraging techniques, claims first place for Copenhagen eateryCopenhagen has confirmed its reputation as the global dining destination of the moment after its top eateries...
View ArticleParklet life: eateries face off with local councils over outdoor dining spaces
As Sydney and Melbourne prepare to emerge from lockdown, councils move to reclaim car parks from businesses or charge fees for their useFollow our Covid live blog for the latest updatesNSW and Vic...
View ArticleFadiga, London: ‘The pasta is bloody lovely’ – restaurant review
Tiny Fadiga is a wonderful place to let your hair down in SohoFadiga, 71 Berwick Street, London W1F 8TB (020 3609 5536). Starters £8-£12, mains £9-£18, desserts £8-£9, wines from £25I knew there was a...
View ArticleUnder the table: Australia’s dazzlingly diverse home cooking underground
Social media and online marketplaces have facilitated a boom in Australian home cooking businesses – but many operate without regulationDuring the Sydney lockdown I ordered from a different home cook...
View ArticleLooking for the finest French restaurants? Go to London, not Paris | Jay Rayner
Not only that, but the Italian restaurants are better than Rome’s. Really, why bother going abroad? It was while I was scarfing down the blistered flat bread, laid with lardons, snails and shiny jewels...
View ArticleHospobilia: how repping your local’s merch became a fashion hit
Fashion has become a vital ‘side hustle’ for Australian bars and restaurants struggling through lockdown, as punters buy into the hyperlocal lookJoey Kellock’s journey from hometown dreamer to lasagne...
View ArticleHaugen, London E20: ‘A whole lot of yodelling and melted gruyere’ –...
It’s a ski-lodge-themed leisure space in the Olympic park, but does it deserve a medal?It is impossible to miss Haugen, a multi-floored, pagoda-shaped, alpine-themed fondue restaurant that’s appeared...
View ArticleEverything’s in short supply. The 1970s are looking better all the time…
Food bills are up, broccoli pickers are in short supply … and I can’t help thinking of our local butcher all those years agoA funny thing happens when I open a newspaper just lately. Gazing at the...
View ArticleKebab Kid, London: ‘Take-away as a cult’ – restaurant review
Rather than blowing £1,450 on a steak wrapped in gold leaf at Nusr-Et Steakhouse, enjoy a gorgeous Kebab Kid kebabKebab Kid, 90 New King’s Road, London SW6 4LU. Takeaway only, cash only, kebabs...
View ArticleDown in the woods with our top truffle dealer … and his dog
Zak Frost supplies England’s best restaurants. And he couldn’t do it without his truffle hound, StanleyMy train leaves Paddington and drones through the bleak industrial penumbra of London. I’m on my...
View ArticleAll you can eat? I take those words as a promise – and a challenge | Adrian...
With booze, I have a functioning off-switch. With food I have no off-switch at all, as I learned one gluttonous evening in Salt Lake CityThere’s a Twitter account called Fake Showbiz News that is...
View Article‘The cusp of a reuse revolution’: startups take the waste out of takeout
More than 70% of Americans report ordering takeout or delivery one to three times a week – resulting in hundreds of billions of single-use productsThe first question Lauren Sweeney set out to answer...
View ArticleChakana, Birmingham: ‘It’s all kinds of fabulous’ – restaurant review
Built in an old bank in Birmingham, this Peruvian restaurant has an interest rate that’s sky highChakana, 140 Alcester Road, Moseley, Birmingham B13 8HT (0121 448 9880). Starters £8-£10, mains £14-£22,...
View Article‘Long hours, gruelling work’: Gourmet Traveller’s restaurant award winner...
Back after a two-year break, the accolades acknowledge an industry in a state of fluxTedesca Osteria has won restaurant of the year at Gourmet Traveller’s awards night, which has made an online return...
View ArticleThe Seafood Bar, London: ‘The platters for one are enough to feed two’ –...
Sustainable, fresh and offering huge portions… Soho’s new seafood place will soon have you hookedThe Seafood Bar, 77 Dean Street, London W1D 3SH (020 4525 0733). Starters £9.50-£12.50, mains...
View ArticleEnd of the avocado: why chefs are ditching the unsustainable fruit
Give peas a chance – as well as pistachios, fava beans and pumpkin seed paste. These are just some of the ingredients being used to replace one of the world’s most popular fruitsOn the one hand, they...
View ArticleRestaurant offers budget version of Salt Bae’s gold-covered steak
Dish that costs £850 at celebrity chef’s Knightsbridge steakhouse priced at £100 and feeds twoIf you have more money than sense, spending £850 on a gold-covered steak at a Knightsbridge restaurant is a...
View ArticleL’Artisan, Cheltenham: ‘They know what they are doing and they do it...
Lovely French L’Artisan sends the sweetest of billets-doux from the mid-80sL’Artisan, 30 Clarence Street, Cheltenham GL50 3NX (01242 571 257). Starters £6.95-£11.95, mains £12.95-£26.95, desserts...
View ArticleBe polite and don’t eat it first: the art of sending food back at restaurants
Chefs, waiters and hospitality professionals weigh in on the age-old conundrum: when is it OK to complain? And how can you do it nicely?Sometime before the last Sydney lockdown, I was in a local cafe,...
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