Joyce Molyneux obituary
Chef and restaurateur whose cooking at the Carved Angel, Dartmouth, was often described as heartwarmingThe chef and restaurateur Joyce Molyneux, who has died aged 91, enjoyed the near universal esteem...
View ArticleJinseon Korean BBQ Restaurant, Coventry: ‘Unalloyed enthusiasm’ – restaurant...
Release your inner cave-dweller at this great Korean barbecue dinerJinseon Korean BBQ Restaurant, Unit 5 Priory Place, Fairfax Street, Coventry CV1 5SQ. Small plates £6.55-£12.55, BBQ items...
View ArticleUK restaurant and coffee prices rise by up to 26% in two years
Many high street chains are putting up their menu prices as they struggle to heat premises, retain staff and pay for suppliesPrices of some of the most popular high street meals, snacks and drinks have...
View ArticleOn my radar: Lykke Li’s cultural highlights
The Swedish singer and songwriter on stalking Kendrick Lamar, brutalist food in Stockholm, and why she gravitates towards people and nudityBorn in Sweden in 1986, Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson is better...
View ArticleRoasta Preston, Preston: ‘Takes you far beyond comfort food’ – restaurant review
This cheerful Cantonese diner is a delight, and the menu is worth exploring in depthRoasta Preston, 43 Plungington Road, Preston PR1 7EP (01772 827 958). Most dishes £8-£12, sharing platters £12-£30....
View Article‘Y’all ready for this?’ Can Britain resist America’s fast food giants?
Southern fried chicken, taco supremes and doughnuts are on the menu as US companies eye the UK’s seemingly endless appetite for cheap meals. But will our health pay the price?At midnight on 1 October –...
View ArticlePrices at UK’s top restaurants ‘have doubled since Brexit’
Editor of Harden restaurant guides says prices of more than £200 a head at top eateries are ‘becoming the norm’The price of a meal at the UK’s best restaurants has more than doubled since Brexit from...
View ArticleA city that can’t save an institution like Simpson’s is no sort of city at...
A greedy London landlord threatens the centuries-old haunt frequented by Dickens and ThackerayDuring the pandemic, I made as many micro-donations to struggling restaurants as I did to theatres and...
View ArticleRestaurants are a glimpse of Britain in miniature | Rachel Cooke
The pioneering chef Joyce Molyneux ran a kitchen that was unpretentious and democratic – a far cry from some places I’ve eaten at recentlyJoyce Molyneux, who died last month at the age of 91, lived a...
View ArticleRestaurant Elis: ‘It was only fine, it wasn’t awful’ – review
A menu of Brazilian and Italian dishes had to be memorable. It was – but not for the right reasonsRestaurant Elis, Town Hall Hotel, 8 Patriot Square, London E2 9NF (020 7871 0460;...
View ArticleSharing menus on the rise at UK restaurants as customers cut back
Chefs are hoping the concept will tempt diners to spend a little more and fight the cost-of-living crisisLinden Stores, in the Cheshire village of Audlem, has started a whole sharing menu of modern...
View ArticleThe Dog & Gun, Skelton, Cumbria: ‘It has already won my 2022 Pudding of the...
Fine dining where no one even attempts to tell you the provenance of any ingredient, which is absolutely blissfulFinally, after five years of well-meant faffing, I reached The Dog & Gun Inn in...
View ArticleOn my radar: Jordan Gray’s cultural highlights
The comedian on her favourite thing on TV, Alan Partridge’s adventures in podcasting, and getting into the Christmas spirit on London’s South BankThe comedian Jordan Gray was born in Thurrock, Essex,...
View ArticleLeftfield, Edinburgh: ‘Just the place for a dark night’ – restaurant review
Classic dishes served with poise and elegance. There are so many reasons to linger at this bistroLeftfield, 12 Barclay Terrace, Edinburgh EH10 4HP (0131 229 1394, leftfieldedinburgh.co.uk). Starters...
View Article‘We are not even full for Christmas’ – England’s restaurants count their lost...
Cost of living crisis has deterred customers just as cost of food ingredients, energy, rent and wages surgeTime is running out for Pascal Aussignac, chef patron of the Michelin-starred Club Gascon, as...
View ArticleThe Black Bull Inn, Sedbergh: ‘We were properly fed and watered’ – restaurant...
It may be a classic Cumbrian pub, but the Black Bull knows how to please a far more diverse crowdThe Black Bull Inn, 44 Main Street, Sedbergh LA10 5BL (015396 20264, theblackbullsedbergh.co.uk). Snacks...
View Article‘Hummus is banned in my kitchen’: meet the chef bringing ‘the essence of...
Gourmet Fadi Kattan wants to give the UK capital an authentic taste of his homeland’s cuisine with a new restaurant venture Akub, also known as gundelia, is an unruly plant that blossoms across the...
View ArticleLife’s tough for small business owners, but forced tipping is a bad idea |...
There are many ways to tackle rising costs and a slowing economy – but automatic gratuity is not one of themA restaurant in Hyde Park, Ohio, called Dutch’s has this on its bills: “We offer living wages...
View ArticleRestaurant faces $1m fine for allegedly shortchanging young staff in...
Under Victoria’s wage theft laws the Macedon Lounge owner could be jailed if found guiltyFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or...
View ArticleFinding fufu: Australia’s growing appetite for West African food
Diners are embracing the joys of jollof, but chefs cooking West African food in Australia still have to make some creative substitutions In Australian cities, Ethiopian and Sudanese restaurants have...
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