On my radar: Susan Wokoma’s cultural highlights
The Crazyhead and Chewing Gum actor on a podcast about grief, some mind-blowing electronica, and the perfect pre-theatre venueBorn in Southwark, south London, Susan Wokoma made her acting debut aged 18...
View ArticleThe India Club, London WC2: ‘I go back again and again'
I love it in the same way I’m drawn to the novels of Anita Brookner or EM ForsterUp two flights of what look like flophouse stairs, accessed via an easily missed entrance at the Aldwych end of The...
View ArticleInside a chef's kitchen: the Sams of Moro | A cook’s kitchen
Sam and Samantha Clark of Moro hoard many an intriguing curio – a giant oven, a stone mill – and what exactly is a chekich?We did the kitchen before we moved in to this house. It’s been 10 years...
View ArticleJean-Georges at the Connaught, London restaurant review
Jean-Georges Vongerichten marries classic French and Asian flavours like no one else – but hits you hard in the walletJean-Georges at the Connaught, Carlos Place, London W1K 2AL (020 7107 8861). Full...
View ArticleHail seitan! How vegan food got down’n’dirty
Jeremy Corbyn has pledged to eat more vegan food – and he has chosen a great time to do it. No longer pasty and bland, the animal-free diet is in the midst of a junk-food revolutionIt will come as a...
View ArticleSupersize us: upselling is fuelling the obesity epidemic, warns report
Consumers persuaded to scale up a meal or drink take on an extra 55% more calories on average – and a big annual weight gain, experts revealOne in three people buys a larger coffee, more fries or added...
View ArticleThe Pointer, Brill, Buckinghamshire: hotel review
This pub has long had a reputation for its excellent food – much of it grown on its own farm. Four lovely new rooms mean guests can now stay the night in the ‘ridiculously pretty’ villageThe Pointer...
View ArticleOktopus, Liverpool L1: ‘It’s enormous fun’
‘Even after drinking quantities of wine and beer, and eating virtually every dish on the menu, the bill still comes as caress rather than headbutt’Perfection is so overrated: flawless beauty is often...
View ArticleCurry house immigration raids ‘unfair’, say restaurant owners
Home Office defends measures which have resulted in arrests and fines across the countryOwners of Britain’s curry houses say they are being unfairly targeted by the Home Office, which has launched a...
View ArticleThe Straight and Narrow, London: ‘Jazz was born in places like this’
The music creates a great atmosphere, but the food hits the right notes, tooThe Straight and Narrow, 45 Narrow Street, London E14 (020 3745 8345). Meal for two, including drinks and service: £70-...
View ArticleMelur, London W2: ‘There are treasures here’ – restaurant review
Forget kerb appeal – this Malaysian restaurant seems almost calculated to repel. But persevere…When I walk into a restaurant and one of the other diners is Kalpana Sugendran Sugendran, it’s as if all...
View ArticleDa Maria: ‘The kind of place that keeps London human’ – restaurant review
This tiny outpost of Naples is the pride and joy of Notting Hill. Now comes the terrible news that it is under threatDa Maria, 87B Notting Hill Gate, London W11 3JZ (020 7792 4491). Meal for two,...
View ArticleDarjeeling Express: the amateur cooks turned professional chefs
The kitchen at London’s Darjeeling Express is unlike any other. It’s home to a remarkable team of women who have never cooked professionally“Some people come for the food, some people come for the...
View ArticleDo couples that cook together, stay together?
Are a couple’s eating habits a guide to the strength of their relationship? Novelist Kathleen Alcott reflects on lessons learned at the dinner tableThere is perhaps no clearer a sign that a man does...
View ArticleAcclaimed French chef asks to be stripped of three Michelin stars
Sébastien Bras, who runs Le Suquet restaurant in Laguiole, requests removal from rankings of gastronomic bibleOne of France’s most celebrated chefs, whose restaurant has been honoured with three stars...
View ArticleListen up, Australians: it’s time to turn down the volume | Johanna Leggatt
Australians are often referred to as a laconic bunch. But let’s add another descriptor to our suite of national characteristics: loud as hell I was in a Paris restaurant a few years back, one of those...
View ArticleMeet your new workplace role model: the chef giving up his Michelin stars |...
A celebrated French chef wants to cook food without constant scrutiny and performance review. Managers and workers, take noteMaybe life is too short to stuff a mushroom after all. That is one...
View ArticleThe Wigmore, London W1: ‘Silly? A bit. Delicious? Oh yes’ – restaurant review...
‘It says it’s a pub, but it’s as far removed from Wetherspoons as it’s possible to be’What even is a pub, anyway? I recently wrote elsewhere about my dislike of the classic, old-geezer, sticky-carpeted...
View ArticleSeoul Kimchi: ‘The soup should be offered on prescription’ – review
This tiny restaurant is as uncomfortable as it gets, but the Korean cooking makes it all worthwhileSeoul Kimchi, 275 Upper Brook Street, Manchester M13 0HR (0161 273 5556). Meal for two, excluding...
View ArticleSpin cities: a brief history of revolving restaurants – in pictures
From Seattle’s Space Needle to London’s old Post Office Tower, via Liverpool, Dallas and Jaipur, restaurants have rotated at the top of spaceship-like buildings since the 1960sHow the 1970s could...
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