Knives out: why we love reading cruel restaurant reviews
As a food critic, I know that people love the negative reviews and that its more fun to read and write about the bad meals than the good onesWhere restaurant criticism is concerned it is hate that...
View ArticleLilys, Greater Manchester restaurant review
Its not pretty. Not pretty at all. But its wonderfully, heroically cheapBuoyed by the palate-startling fun I had at Siam Smiles, Im starting to think that perhaps the way to go with Manchester is away...
View ArticleOn my radar: Gemma Artertons cultural highlights
The actress on Katie Mitchells Cherry Orchard, favourite restaurants, Paris Photo and sleazy comedy crime drama Inherent ViceTwenty-eight-year-old actress Gemma Arterton grew up in Gravesend, Kent, and...
View ArticleLondons best new ramen places: restaurant reviews
An outbreak of ramen restaurants in London has taken noodle broth to new heights. Jay Rayner samples some of the bestShoryu Ramen 3 Denman St, London W1 (no booking). Meal for two £30. Sasuke 32 Great...
View ArticlePrezzo agrees £304m private equity deal but a number of analysts say reject...
Controlling Kaye family set to make £170m if deal to sell to US group TPG goes aheadRestaurant chain Prezzo has agreed to a £304m takeover offer from US private equity firm TPG, but a number of City...
View ArticlePulled pork: why were pigging out on US barbecue food
We cant get enough of pulled pork, from US-style barbecue joints to slow-cooked shoulder at home. But has the craze peaked with pulled pork ready meals and flavoured crisps?Will 2015 be the year of...
View ArticleSea Containers, London SE1 restaurant review | Marina OLoughlin
The wood-fired grill is the star of the open kitchen, a knowingly peasant touch among all this expensive urbanityWhy do you go out for dinner? What is it thats important to you? I, like many of my...
View ArticleLe Coq: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
The promise of really great roast chicken lures Jay to a new rotisserie. But will their version be as good as his own? 292-294 St Pauls Road, London N1 (020 7359 5055). Meal for two, with drinks and...
View ArticleThe foodie traveller in Fez, Morocco
Moroccos third city will play host this winter to a talented chef/sommelier duo from the Paris Popup, who will add their own twist to traditional cuisine and ingredientsIf youre in Fez in the next...
View ArticlePittsburgh restaurant receives death threats in 'anti-Israel messages' furore
Conflict Kitchen serves cuisine from countries in conflict with USPressure groups question grant from Heinz EndowmentsViolence spreads across Israel after Galilee shootingA Pittsburgh restaurant which...
View ArticleAlice Waters: supermarkets steal our language, but not our links with food
The woman who launched the US farmers market movement is in Australia to stir things up ahead of the G20, with supermarket monopolies, fancy chefs and school meals in her sightsFood is a political...
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...
View ArticleOx & Finch, Glasgow restaurant review | Marina OLoughlin
If you pride yourself on your ingredients, why would you cut corners on the chips?What I want to do is tell you how entirely brilliant this new addition to the chic-er bit of Sauchiehall Street is, to...
View ArticleMartin Morales on Bar Juanito, an iconic, bohemian hangout in Lima
The chef-owner of Londons Ceviche restaurant celebrates the survival of one of Limas most iconic barsI was born in Lima, Peru, and know it like the back of my hand. There are several bars I love, but...
View ArticleThe Ledbury: 'The ingredients are incredibly important. You can taste the...
Brett Graham is head chef at the Ledbury in Notting Hill, west London, winner of Observer Food Monthly's best restaurant award 2014. Here, he discusses overcoming hard times; why his staff are crucial...
View ArticleBeast: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
Beast is a steak and crab joint thats both deeply silly and ruinously pricey. But the owners are deadly serious Looking for something better? Whats the best restaurant in Britain?Beast, 3 Chapel Place,...
View ArticleOFM awards 2014 best cheap eats: Silk Road
This Camberwell restaurant brings the flavours of north-west China from lamb skewers to handmade noodles to south London, at just £10 a headRead the full list of runners-upThe family behind the winner...
View ArticleOFM awards 2014 best restaurant: the Ledbury
Brett Graham is obsessive about pleasing his customers. And OFM readers have returned the complimentRead the full list of runners-upThere is a small moment towards the end of my meal at the restaurant...
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