Rita's, London E8, and Brunswick House, London SW8 restaurant review | Marina...
'Rita's seems largely designed for people whose tastebuds haven't matured much beyond Year 5'Like so many entertaining scrapes I get into, it was social meeja what done it. I had been to Rita's in its...
View ArticlePavia Rosati: it was love at first soup at a new Melbourne restaurant
Its all about broth not bordellos at Brothl, a new Melbourne restaurant specialising in delicious slow-cooked soupsBrothl is not about hookers, though Im sure were expected to suppose that it is. Its...
View ArticleNorse (at Baltzersens): restaurant review
A group of young chefs have taken over an old coffee house in Harrogate and their message could not be clearer22 Oxford Street, Harrogate (01423 202 363). Meal for two, including drinks and service:...
View ArticleTop 10 Hong Kong restaurants for regional Chinese cuisine
Hong Kong has some of the best restaurants in China and theyre not all Cantonese. From Sichuan to Manchuria, Susan Jung picks 10 great regional Chinese cuisines and the best places to try them inHong...
View ArticleHow much should I tip? The etiquette of service charges and gratuities
Confused by tips, service charges, cover charge and gratuities? Youre not alone. Many customers are still uncertain how much to leave and who the money goes to. Kara Gammell finds outUnless youre in...
View ArticleSimple, sustainable and not 'superchef': the UK's first zero-waste restaurant
Silo in Brighton mills its own flour for bread, brews its own booze and recycles all food waste. The chef and founder explains why it dares to be differentVideo: How to combat food waste in a food...
View ArticleSiam Smiles, Manchester restaurant review | Marina O'Loughlin
'I can't stop eating, even though the heat is causing my heart to beat worryingly fast''That," says the pal, "was the best meal I've ever had in Manchester." Big statement. But we're not at some glossy...
View ArticleOn my radar: Jake Buggs cultural highlights
The singer-songwriter on Cloud Atlas, medieval Japanese literature, Fifa 15 and the magic of MalibuTwenty-year-old singer-songwriter Jake Bugg grew up on the Clifton council estate in Nottingham. He...
View ArticleStar Inn The City: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
Annoying wordplay and stupid conceits make Yorks Star Inn The City an intensely irritating place to eatMuseum Street, York (01904 619208). Meal for two, including drinks and service: £120We all of us...
View ArticleFrom Bradley Cooper to Jon Favreau: why stars are lining up to play chefs
Bradley Cooper is in London playing a chef in a movie that follows a spate of documentaries starring some of gastronomys most esteemed avatarsThe tabloids became very excited recently when a hot chef...
View ArticleBristol restaurant opts for ingredients plucked from supermarket skips
Not-for-profit Skipchens teams of volunteers intercept foodstuffs thrown out after best-before dates to create eclectic dishesThe menu was certainly eclectic, ranging from Orkney crab and king prawn...
View ArticleHas Britains street food revolution run out of road?
Street food has come a long way since anarchic vendors such as Meat Liquor began popping up in car parks. The movement may still trade on realness and authenticity, but big business is moving it both...
View ArticleAt your convenience: converted public toilets in pictures
With spiralling land prices in London, the citys 19th-century public toilets are being reinvented as restaurants, cafes and boutiques. Meanwhile, the number of public toilets is in steady decline....
View ArticleOlive Garden menu changes likely with board turnover
An activist investor on Friday succeeded in its bid to take control of the board of the parent company, Darden RestaurantsSome changes could be in store for Olive Garden, including how the restaurant...
View ArticleEelbrook, London SW6 restaurant review | Marina O'Loughlin
'The food could have been crocheted from unicorn tears, and it would still be a lousy experience'It's the fag end of summer when I visit and bloated, woozy wasps bombard the unwary al fresco diner. So...
View ArticleThe Palomar: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
The Palomar will treat you not only to great food from the Mediterranean fringes but a percussion solo, too34 Rupert Street, London W1 ( 020 7439 8777). Meal for two, with drinks and service £100We...
View ArticleSpain gets taste for greens as vegans, vegetarians and vegivores flourish
Spanish people have a reputation as diehard meat eaters. But in recent years, as the number of vegan or vegetarian restaurants in Spain has doubled, there are signs of changeThe Smiths Meat Is Murder...
View ArticleWomen chefs can handle the heat in the kitchen but have no appetite for sexism
Blaming a lack of female chefs on archaic assumptions about their capabilities is as weak as perpetuating the excuses that allow certain chefs to behave so badly While women in the workplace are not...
View ArticleWhich fictional bars and restaurants would you like to visit?
As New York flocks to a pop-up replica of Friends Central Perk and another opens in Liverpool, Word of Mouth asks: which fictional hangouts from books and TV would you frequent?If you found Phoebes...
View Article'I'm not on the menu': restaurant workers speak out against harassment
Advocates say by abolishing tipped minimum wage, US could help reduce sexual harassment in the food industryRestaurant industry rife with sexual harassmentMaria Fernandes and the crisis of part-time...
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