Wild Garlic: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
A good restaurant not only serves good food, it makes the world a better place – and that’s what Jay neededI was a refugee from Planet Chaos. I had left home with the world in balance. Somewhere along...
View ArticleJamie's Italian Trattoria Parramatta – restaurant review
With seamless service and large servings of tasty 1990s favourites, lunch at Jamie Oliver’s latest offering was as familiar and comfortable as a rerun of Friends. But do we really want to keep watching...
View ArticleThe Richmond, London E8 – restaurant review | Marina O’Loughlin
‘The thick wodge of monkfish in seeded bun has the air of god’s own filet-o-fish’Why are the interesting restaurants moving farther and farther out of the centre of London? It doesn’t take a fiscal...
View ArticleBerber & Q: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
Berber & Q is a grill house that cooks veggie food as well as it does meat. Jay overlooks its hipsterness and gets in lineJosh Katz cooks in Technicolor. His food has the bash and enthusiasm that...
View ArticleHow to win at the wine list | Zeren Wilson
A survey says many British drinkers simply choose the second-cheapest bottle on the menu. Top sommelier Zeren Wilson reveals how to quaff with confidenceWhat’s in a wine list? A lot of unfathomable...
View ArticleIddu, London SW7 – restaurant review | Marina O’Loughlin
‘This lot may be properly Sicilian, but they lack their countrymen’s warm-hearted, unrestrained generosity’My aim is to bring you the good stuff. Yes, slamming it to the duffers is far more fun, and...
View ArticleLa Fosse, Dorset: hotel-restaurant review
Cranborne, an ancient village set amid a bucolic landscape, is host to a B&B and restaurant with decor that defies 21st-century norms but is ahead of the game with its modern menuWe accidentally...
View ArticleMr Cooper’s House & Garden: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
There’s all manner of unrelated food on offer at Mr Cooper’s, and eating there feels like playing ‘ingredient bingo’Midland Hotel, Peter Street, Manchester (0161 932 4128). Meal for two, including...
View ArticleOccupy Fine Dining! How the 99% is taking on gastronomy
The collective Occupy 50 Best has launched a campaign challenging the methods and transparency of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants listZoe Reyners is, appropriately, in a taxi on her way to lunch when...
View ArticleTallywackers is a Hooter's for gay men marketed to women. Let's cut the bull...
From Magic Mike to restaurants with beefcake waiters, marketers pander to the female gaze because the gay male gaze makes them uncomfortableThe funny thing about going to see the first Magic Mike in...
View ArticleAusterity bites: central London's £1 cafe enjoying a healthy start
Fitzrovia’s new Caffix cafe is drawing in Londoners looking for an affordable lunch option by charging just £1 for all items Office workers are queueing up for lunch at a new cafe tucked away in a...
View ArticleVDeep, Leith, Edinburgh – restaurant review | Marina O’Loughlin
‘Is Hardeep Singh Kohli’s restaurant venture a “new and exciting iteration of Indian food”, as the website claims? Maybe, but it is done with real affection and energy’Celebrities love opening...
View ArticleThe Porch House, Stow-on-the-Wold, the Cotswolds: hotel review
This 1,000-year-old inn is in an idyllic Cotswolds town beloved by American tourists and affluent down-from-Londoners, but it makes an effort to add excellent food and service to its perfect...
View ArticleHélène Darroze: life according to the world’s best female chef
Hélène Darroze talks about being a woman in an industry still dominated by menWhen Hélène Darroze was named the world’s best female chef last week, she chose her favourite way to celebrate: she took an...
View ArticleDuck & Rice: restaurant review
High prices and a peppercorn overload that makes your lips vibrate should be a deterrent. But Duck & Rice is a gem90 Berwick Street, London W1 (020 3327 7888). Meal for two, including drinks and...
View ArticleWorld's 50 Best Restaurants list and the changing geography of food
UK and France made up more than half of the 50 a decade ago but in 2015 they have just two and five respectively, in list whose outlook is becoming more globalIs France no longer the centre of global...
View ArticleSepia in Sydney restaurant review – the decor is serious, the food is amazing
It was one of only three Australian establishments to make it into last week’s list of the world’s hottest 100 restaurants. So does Sepia live up to the hype?Sepia is so hot it’s burning right now. It...
View ArticleCult food: the most incredible dishes to share this summer
From clay-baked duck, smashed open at the table, to the world’s best bacon sandwich, here is 2015’s must-eat – and must-Instagram – food. Some even have Nigella’s seal of approvalLift selfies, lobster...
View ArticlePiece of cake – we escaped corporate life to launch a fintech app
Two American corporate financiers launched their restaurant payment business Cake in London after becoming frustrated with waiting for the bill In 2013, Charlotte Kohlmann (ex-Deutsche Bank) and...
View ArticleVolta, Manchester – restaurant review | Marina O’Loughlin
‘Magnificent lamb chops wind up rammed into gurning faces like meaty muzzles’Last week, our restaurant was owned by a comedian. I recently noticed a curious subset of restaurateurs: former Glaswegian...
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