Contrasting English and French attitudes to children in restaurants | Letters
Eating in restaurants with young children is often a pain in the neck in the UK for precisely the reasons that Stuart Heritage lists as strategies for coping (10 rules for eating in restaurants with...
View ArticleHow to eat out if you're vegan
Which are the best cuisines for vegans? Our chefs and writers’ tips on what to order, what to avoid and what to ask. Plus, the best vegan-friendly restaurants around the country and where to eat on the...
View ArticleRestaurants have a huge food waste problem; could an app help?
Smart tech from startup Winnow has already helped Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall restaurant reduce waste by a thirdOne third of all food produced for human consumption isn’t eaten, and the hospitality...
View ArticleThe smart tech startup helping restaurants cut food waste by 50%
Winnow’s smart meters identify what foods are being thrown away to help restaurants track where most waste is producedClosing time approaches, waiting staff collect plates littered with leftovers and...
View ArticleA Casa Mia, Herne Bay, Kent: ‘I pine for more as soon as the last mouthful...
I’m satisfied and happy, not bloated with the cheap carbs and self-loathing that lesser pizzas trail in their wake A while back, on a trip sponsored by the Neapolitan tourist board, I was compelled to...
View ArticleThe Garden House Inn, Durham: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
Korean pork belly, Anglo-Indian lamb, lobster sandwiches… Jay relishes big flavours and huge portions in DurhamThe Garden House Inn, Framwellgate, Peth, Durham DH1 4NQ (0191 386 3395). Meal for two,...
View ArticleThe secret life of a fast-food worker: ‘‘I’ve got used to everything being...
I could do without the cocky customers and the tedium. But I’ve learned so many crucial life lessons – and I still love the foodYou wouldn’t believe some of the stuff customers complain about. I’ve...
View ArticleGordon Ramsay eyes first UK restaurants outside London
Celebrity chef’s firm is considering sites in Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham, and is also set to open three new US venturesGordon Ramsay is looking to open his first UK restaurants outside London for...
View ArticleThe whole restaurant's a stage in the world of immersive dining
Fancy hunting for your dinner in a forest, or eating at Twin Peaks’ Double R Diner? Immersive dining’s mix of theatre and innovative cooking could be for youIn east London, a sniffy butler is welcoming...
View ArticleBulrush, Bristol: ‘It’s the kind of thing I’d happily eat by the fistful’ –...
Eating this is like waking from a dream of taste and texture: sweet, salty, sour; suave, crystalline, crisp. Blissful Everyone has their own idea of what constitutes the perfect restaurant, from giant,...
View ArticleFrom taxis to takeaways: Uber drives in to UK food delivery market
Launch of UberEATS, which will compete with Deliveroo, comes as the firm prepares a major British advertising campaignUber is recruiting an army of delivery drivers as it prepares to go to war with...
View ArticleTheo’s Simple Italian, London: restaurant review
Theo Randall is the master of faux peasant food that’s fit for a king. But, says Jay, his latest venture could cost him his crownTheo’s Simple Italian, 34-44 Barkstone Gardens, London SW5 0EW (020 7370...
View ArticleTop 10 southern barbecue joints in the US
A road trip around the American south led Sam Evans and Shauna Guinn to open a BBQ restaurant in the UK in homage. Here are their favourite US smokersWe fell in love with the southern states and their...
View ArticleHow to get bums on seats at London's first naked restaurant
What’s the protocol if you’re serving up food to customers in the buff? It’s really not that different from normal – just make sure your soups are coldWe may be used to the idea of the Naked Chef...
View ArticleLet’s hear it for some quiet in restaurants | Letters
I’m delighted M&S has agreed to turn off the music in its stores (Report, 7 June). I am a lipreading tutor and one of the things my students always complain about is noisy restaurants; many of them...
View ArticleCasting more light on Tristan and Isolde | Brief letters
Noisy restaurants | ENO lighting | Letter published at 92 | Booling your tansad | Sturm in Drang | A twitchellAs we both have hearing problems, my wife and I endorse everything said by your...
View ArticleNoma: My Perfect Storm review – slathered in coulis of cloying voiceover
This in-house study of totemic Copenhagen restaurant Noma looks finger-licking, but lacks much nutritious insightLike so many Danish documentaries, this study of the Copenhagen restaurant Noma...
View ArticleTakahashi, London: ‘We get nigiri of absolute luxury’ – restaurant review |...
The pal, who’s had more hot dinners than even I’ve had hot dinners, says, ‘This might be the nicest thing I’ve ever eaten’I once found a Japanese restaurant so good, I hugged it to myself like a...
View ArticleLace Market Hotel, Nottingham: review
From the grand decor to the young head chef’s faultless food, this new hotel gets almost everything right … so where is everyone?Besides having a notorious eye for the ladies (and occasionally the...
View ArticleCorkage: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
You don’t need to be a wine expert to enjoy well-chosen bottles by the glass at this friendly wine bar with foodCorkage, 132a Walcot Street, Bath BA1 5BG (01225 422 577). Meal for two, including...
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