Pascor, London: ‘Food that demands you have a good time’ – restaurant review
With sizzling good food at affordable prices, this neighbourhood joint in Kensington is full of welcome surprisesPascor, 221 Kensington High Street, London W8 6SG (020 7937 3003, pascor.co.uk). All...
View ArticleStaff shortages see UK restaurants struggle to cope with Christmas season
Businesses are having to turn down bookings as employee numbers remain low following the pandemic and BrexitTurning down party bookings over the Christmas period is the last thing a restaurant owner...
View ArticleWant a better restaurant table? Well, so does everyone else, buddy, you will...
A new app allows users to upgrade where they sit – for a price. It is just another case of inequality being rubbed in your faceIt looks like the airline experience you know and hate may be coming to a...
View ArticlePubs and restaurants expect rail strikes to hit third of Christmas bookings
Action ‘could cost hospitality sector £1.5bn in lost sales’ in peak season as it continues to struggle with rising costsHotels, restaurants and pubs expect more than a third of their bookings to be...
View ArticleFork, Lewes, East Sussex: ‘The sort of place I dearly want to succeed’ –...
A small neighbourhood restaurant with a heart that is bursting with ambitionLewes, where Fork lives, had evaded my attention until now. Perhaps, like me, you’ve got as far as Brighton and then,...
View ArticleMonica Galetti: ‘Serving Albert Roux the wrong dinner was a real kitchen...
The chef, 47, on her childhood in Samoa, controlling her temper, meeting the Queen and forgetting to curtseyI was raised in a large family community – I was always one of a pack. My earliest memory is...
View ArticleTsiakkos & Charcoal, London: ‘It’s just so damn lovely’ – restaurant review
There’s nothing new about this wonderful Greek restaurant in west London, but that’s exactly the pointTsiakkos & Charcoal, 5a Marylands Road, London W9 2DU (020 7286 7896). Starters and sides...
View ArticleFrom tomato salad in Spain to pumpkin rice: chefs and writers on the best...
Riaz Phillips had jollof rice in east London, while Stephen Toman ate fish and chips on the Northern Irish coast – 15 chefs and food writers share their most memorable meal of the yearChet Sharma,...
View ArticleThe Barley Mow, London: ‘Infuriatingly nice’ – restaurant review
It’s in Mayfair, so obviously not cheap, but the food on offer is butch and beguilingThe Barley Mow, 82 Duke Street, London W1K 6JG (020 4553 1414). Bar snacks and starters £8-£18, mains £19-£36,...
View ArticleFifa investigating how chef Salt Bae got on to World Cup final pitch
Influencer and restaurateur Nusret Gökçe seen kissing trophy and celebrating with Argentina in defiance of strict rules on accessFifa has launched an investigation into how social media influencer chef...
View ArticlePentonbridge Inn, Penton, Cumbria: ‘The sort of food that makes me giddy' –...
Why are more people not extolling this chef’s genius? And where are his Michelin stars?According to my mother, my ancestors once ran Pentonbridge Inn, close to the Scottish border. We’re talking a...
View ArticleBan on single-use restaurant tableware hailed as fast-food ‘revolution’ in...
McDonald’s and other chains race to replace throwaway wrappers with reusable cutlery and plates before dining deadlineFast-food chains in France are preparing for one of the biggest changes to their...
View Article‘At first we thought, we can’t possibly sell this’: how one couple got...
Eight years after first asking people to go meat-free for a month, the couple behind the campaign say there is still work to doWhen the first Veganuary began in 2014, the estimated 150,000 vegans in...
View ArticleJay Rayner's review of the year: ‘I was privileged to eat stupidly well in 2022’
It was a challenging year, but the best places led by shining exampleWouldn’t it be lovely if a look back at a year’s restaurant-going could get stuck into the good stuff straight away? If I could,...
View Article‘Not for the human palate’: the fine dining cafe where dogs eat like royalty
Dogue – pronounced like vogue – is a San Francisco eatery just for dogs. And on Sundays, it offers a $75 tasting menuIt looked like a scene from Lady and the Tramp.The dogs reclined along the...
View ArticleUK pubs and restaurants cut winter hours to weather ‘perfect storm’ in 2023
Some firms cut capacity by 20% to match supply and demand as custom fades, bills rise and government support dwindlesPubs and restaurants face a “perfect storm” of challenges this year as cash-strapped...
View ArticleMandarin Kitchen, London: ‘Seriously good’ – restaurant review
The superb cooking and friendly service at the Mandarin will inspire you to start a new family traditionMandarin Kitchen, 14-16 Queensway, London W2 3RX (020 7727 9012; mandarin.kitchen). Starters and...
View ArticleCarb heaven! 21 loaded fries recipes to try at home – from kimchi to spicy...
Forget salt and vinegar: today’s chips are piled high with chutney, tofu, lasagne and even ice-cream. Here’s how to recreate chefs’ most comforting dishesFrench fries transcend fashion. Food trends...
View ArticleRevered Danish restaurant Noma to close for reinvention at end of 2024
Copenhagen eatery, regularly ranked as one of world’s best, will become a test kitchen, billed as a food laboratoryThe Copenhagen restaurant Noma, one of the world’s top eateries, with three Michelin...
View ArticleThe Sioux Chef’s Owamni restaurant wows critics – and decolonizes cuisine
‘We need to reclaim our Indigenous foods,’ says Sean Sherman, the founding chef and co-owner of the award-winning Minneapolis eaterySean Sherman, better known to his fans as “the Sioux Chef”, began...
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