The best tapas bars and restaurants in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain’s new...
Six brilliant places to eat serving the Andalucían specialities in Spain’s latest foodie hotspotSanluqueños may have occasional cares and worries, but you wouldn’t know it. The mood in the seaside town...
View ArticleThe new rules for post-pandemic restaurants
As lockdown becomes a distant memory, chefs and restaurateurs must look at a different way of providing hospitality to their customersFebruary 2020, Britain’s restaurants were reeling. EU-based staff...
View ArticleThirty years of Nando’s, Wagamama and a British food revolution
April 1992: the two chains open their first UK branches. Since then they’ve changed the restaurant industry and the way we eat out. How did they stay so fresh?In the mid-1990s, 4a Streatham Street in...
View Article‘The fruit really sings’: 10 mouth-watering mango recipes, from cocktails to...
Salads, sauces, pavlova, poke … With the alphonso mango coming into season, chefs and bartenders provide sweet and savoury inspirationSticky, juicy mangoes are a summer fruit favourite and, as early as...
View ArticleThe Alan, Manchester: ‘A truly delightful menu’ – restaurant review
With its friendly staff, fair prices and fine cooking, it’s a real puzzle why the Alan isn’t busierThe Alan, 18 Princess Street, Manchester M1 4LG (0161 236 8999). Snacks and small plates £3-£6.50,...
View ArticleNoMad London: ‘What price, beautiful food?’: restaurant review
Oscar Wilde spent a night in the cells at Bow Street – but today’s incarnation is taking no prisonersNoMad London, 28 Bow Street, London WC2E 7AW (020 3906 1600). Snacks and starters £9-£30, mains...
View ArticleIs New York’s restaurant sector ready to tackle its sexual harassment problem?
Celebrity chef Mario Batali was acquitted on indecent assault charges but the industry is a byword for workplace harassmentThe Spotted Pig, the 100-seat gastropub in New York’s trendy West Village, is...
View ArticleChef Crystal Wahpepah on the power of Indigenous cuisine: ‘Native foods are...
The game meat, corn and berries featured on the Indigenous chef’s menu have helped to launch her overnight successOut on the sunny patio at Wahpepah’s Kitchen, sizzling plates of bison and deer make...
View ArticleAcme Fire Cult, London: ‘A really engaging dinner’ – restaurant review
This temple to fire and smoke puts subtle flavours first, offering far more than just ‘dude food’Acme Fire Cult, Abbot Street, London E8 3DP. Snacks and small plates £3-£9, large plates £14-£24,...
View ArticleGrace Dent: ‘I eat like a wild animal’
The restaurant critic on being a part-time vegan, giving up drinking, and the simple joy of a bag of chips on a blustery British beachI have a job which often requires me to eat more than a human being...
View ArticleTable for one! Eating alone in public – in pictures
For three decades, New York photographer Nancy A Scherl has shot solo diners in fancy eateries, burger joints and even makeshift tents during the pandemic. What do her images say about loneliness,...
View ArticleOlia Hercules: ‘When Russia invaded Ukraine, I couldn’t cook for the first...
The chef on supporting her homeland, the power of broth and pining for Ukrainian wineWhen Russia invaded Ukraine,I couldn’t eat. And I definitely couldn’t cook for the first month and a half. It was...
View ArticleLes 2 Garçons, London: ‘Designed specifically to be your comfort zone’ –...
This is a classic French bistro guaranteed to spread delightLes 2 Garçons, 143b Crouch Hill, London N8 9QH (0208 347 9834). Starters £8.95-£12.50, mains £16-£30, desserts £8, wine from £25 a bottleAll...
View ArticleChips off the old block: the chefs teaching their kids to cook
Three chefs and their children tell us about food, family and helping in a professional kitchen, plus their favourite recipes to make togetherCooking professionally runs in the Byatt family. Adam,...
View ArticleAndrew Wong’s secret ingredient: fermented bean curd
The two-Michelin-star chef suggests using this salty-umami condiment in vegetarian dishes instead of oyster sauceFermented bean curd is about as close as we get to cheese in China. Basically, it’s tofu...
View ArticleThe greasy spoon chronicles: a day in the life of the Hope Workers Cafe
This traditional British caff is the beating heart of its north London community The first customer of the day pushes through the door a little after 7.30am. His name is Matthew. He is thin and pale...
View ArticleWelcome to May’s Observer Food Monthly
This month we have full English breakfasts, chefs cooking with their kids, and recipes for summer puddingsThe kitchen is starting to smell deeply of crisping pig and newly fried chips. It smells of all...
View ArticleToklas, London: ‘Serves fabulous chips’ – restaurant review
Simple food expertly cooked at Toklas will put you on a high – and that’s before you even get to the chipsToklas, 1 Surrey Street, London WC2R 2ND (020 2930 8592). Starters £8-£16, mains £17-£27,...
View ArticleFlambéed duck at the Ritz … John Carey’s best photograph
‘They’re making a French dish called Pressed Duck. The bird’s blood is squeezed out by that silver press, then used to make a sauce. I’ve tried it and it’s delicious’I’ve always enjoyed working with...
View ArticleBlack Salt, London: ‘A thrilling take on familiar dishes’ – restaurant review
Far more than just another suburban restaurant, Black Salt has real quality and classBlack Salt,505-507 Upper Richmond Road West, London SW14 7DE (020 4548 3327). Starters and tandoori grills...
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