Eusebi Deli, Glasgow G4 – restaurant review | Marina O’Loughlin
‘Eusebis happily wanders all over Italy’s boot for its plunder, not bothering with any of this modern “We’re Puglian/Ligurian/Calabrian” posturing’It’s been a long gestation – a rumoured seven years–...
View ArticleThe Peat Inn: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
It won Scotland’s first ever Michelin star back in the 80s, and the Peat Inn is showing no sign of losing its glitterThe Peat Inn, near St Andrews, Fife (01334 840 206). Lunch for two: £75-£110. Dinner...
View ArticleOn my radar: Lianne La Havas’s cultural highlights
The singer on her devotion to Christopher Hitchens, the magic of Alexander McQueen, great Indian food and her new favourite crooner, Keenan O’MearaLianne La Havas grew up in south London, where her...
View ArticleLet's not whinge at waiters
Time was when the British never complained about a meal. Now we’re in danger of turning it into a particularly grotesque art formThe other evening at a very good restaurant in the north of England – I...
View Article10 of the best hidden bars and restaurants in New York
From an original speakeasy to a much-loved hole-in-the-wall bodega, we pick 10 ‘secret’ places from a new book on New York’s eating and drinking sceneContinue reading...
View ArticleMore than half of UK's family restaurant chains serving unsustainable seafood
Wagamama and Bella Italia among restaurants using seafood from overfished areas or failing on transparency, survey finds More than half of the UK’s biggest restaurant chains are using seafood from...
View ArticleHow to choose a great restaurant from reading the menu
Beware pompous language, a plethora of choice or breaded brie. An anonymous inspector for restaurant guidebooks explains how to tell a good kitchen without going through the doorBritain’s love affair...
View ArticleWhy is there no Indian food version of Pizza Express or Wagamama?
Readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific conceptsIt is probably a good thing, but why are there no Indian food equivalents of...
View ArticleHotel Chantelle, London W1 – restaurant review
‘If the performance were flawless, you could opt for a kind of appalled fascination’Not that long ago, in the deepest Florida boondocks, I fell into conversation with locals. “You’re from Scotland?”...
View ArticleChipotle shares fall as three more states report E coli infections
The new outbreak reports came from California, Ohio and New York, the CDC said, bringing to six the number of states affected The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday that...
View ArticleTycoon owner of The Ivy and Annabel’s hands Tories £290,000
Restaurateur and club owner Richard Caring is the party’s biggest backer in the last quarterHe is reputedly worth more than £800m, sports a perma-tan and is a non-dom who uses tax havens. Meet Richard...
View ArticleThe Seafood Restaurant: restaurant review
After the joy of East Pier Smokehouse at St Monans, Jay is all at sea among the well-heeled folk of St Andrews The Seafood Restaurant, St Andrews, Fife (01334 479 475). Meal for two: £140Lunchtime on a...
View ArticleBernardi’s, London W1, and Canto Corvino, London E1: ‘Both of these...
‘Burrata and anchovies on toast is the rudest thing done to purity since Michael Hutchence seduced Kylie’Restaurants come in collective waves, attuned by some kind of sonic whistle the rest of us are...
View ArticleSexy Fish: what to wear to London's most fashionable restaurant
Sexy Fish is the new Chiltern Firehouse (which was the new Nobu, which was the new Ivy, which was the new San Lorenzo, and so on in restaurants’ absurd infinity mirror of hipness). Question is, what...
View ArticlePiquet: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
If you like classic French food at fair prices – and Jay really does – then Piquet is a place you’ll want to visitPiquet, 92-94 Newman Street, London W1 (020 3826 4500). Meal for two, including drinks...
View ArticleOn my radar: Gemma Cairney’s cultural highlights
The multi-talented presenter on her favourite cry-laughing comedian, her love of men’s tailoring and her admiration for rapper Little SimzBirmingham-born Brit School graduate Gemma Cairney began her...
View ArticleTheir lordships rouse themselves to make a meal of tipping debate
In between snoozing and stumbling over protocol, meaningless deliberations on restaurant service go staleLord Rennard has more time on his hands than he would like right now, having jumped before he...
View ArticleTiny Tokyo noodle shop becomes first ramen bar to get Michelin star
Tsuta, a nine-seat noodle bar, gets star as Japanese city also keeps title as world’s culinary capital with 217 Michelin-starred restaurantsA tiny Tokyo noodle shop has joined the ranks of the world’s...
View ArticleThe Beijing bar where the beer gets cheaper as the smog gets worse
A look at the Beijing businesses turning the city’s heavy pollution to their advantage: from from bars offering air purifiers and cheap beer to companies selling ‘pollution fighting’ juicesSaturday...
View ArticleWelcome to flavor country: why New York City's salt warning is a good thing
Think attempting to limit people’s salt intake will ruin the flavor of everything? The hard science says otherwise. Get ready to taste the rainbow, New YorkTuesday begins the next phase of New York...
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