Restaurant 92, Harrogate: ‘Takes admirable risks’ – restaurant review
Talented young chef Michael Carr’s cooking could warm your heart. If only his dining room wasn’t so chilly…Restaurant 92, 92 Station Parade, Harrogate HG1 1HQ (01423 503 027). A la carte (three...
View ArticleThe best thing I ate in 2018
Tacos in Philadelphia, doughnuts in Cleethorpes, grilled lamb in Istanbul – cooks and writers including Prue Leith, Nathan Outlaw and Clare Smyth pick their culinary highlightsFay Maschler, restaurant...
View ArticleI was barred from a restaurant – and now I can’t use my voucher
I’d asked for our favourite seats, but when we arrived other diners were sitting thereI have been going to an expensive French restaurant in central London for years. I always ask for a favourite...
View ArticleLetter: Peter Boizot obituary
From the mid-1980s, Kettner’s restaurant in Soho was presided over by Peter Boizot as a place for debate and indulgence. The food might have been from the Pizza Express menu but the tablecloths were...
View ArticleMarket Halls, London SW1: 'Let them eat avocado' – restaurant review | Grace...
Fancy noodles, posh kebabs and deluxe delis rub shoulders with chic cocktail bars (and a few duds) in this souped-up, soon-to-be nationwide food courtDuring all the brouhaha about millennials...
View ArticleCantor’s Food Store, Chorlton: ‘It’s all very Ottolenghi with a Manc accent’...
Cantor’s boasts quirky cocktails and live music, but it’s the food that will make you feel happyCantor’s Food Store, 72-74 Manchester Road, Chorlton, Manchester M21 9PQ (0161 862 0000). Sandwiches,...
View ArticleLennie and Jessie Ware on their kitchen nightmares: 'Quinoa? Grainy...
The singer and her mother talk about the pain of craving an iron-heavy diet, why vegans are tricky dinner guests and how Ottolenghi made vegetables sexyJessie Ware and her mother Lennie have...
View ArticleThe Little Chartroom, Leith: ‘It has sailed straight into my heart’ –...
Unique, delicious, risky and completely remarkableLeith is a mere amble away from the tourist bedlam of Edinburgh’s Princes Street. It is both two miles and a million miles from there. Turn left just...
View ArticleLino, London: ‘Dancing on the knife-edge of modernity’ – restaurant review
Own-baked bread and cultured butter are very 2018 – and put Lino among my top places of the year90 Bartholomew Close, London EC1A 7EB (linolondon.co.uk) Small plates £7 to £10; £14 - £19; desserts...
View ArticleTaste of liberty: New York restaurant serves up refugees' dishes from home
Emma’s Torch teaches those fleeing persecution skills for a career in the kitchen – and lets them show off their culinary cultureCulinary adventures are woven into the fabric of New York City. But in...
View ArticleDeep-fried prawn heads: greasy gimmick or the perfect bar snack?
One Japanese restaurant goes through hundreds of prawns a day – now it is serving the heads with beerThe heads arrive on a plate, John the Baptist-style, hot and crispy with a hint of grease. There are...
View ArticleDin Tai Fung, London WC2: ‘Here's the rub about hype’ – restaurant review |...
Would you queue up to five hours for a taste of some dumplings? Me, neitherHype is a vital pivot of the restaurant scene. I wish I could reveal something more wholesome, but hype will put more bums on...
View ArticleGridiron, London: ‘So nearly but not quite’ – restaurant review
It has a good chef and a promising menu, but Gridiron on Park Lane never escapes its settingGridiron, Como Metropolitan Hotel, 19 Old Park Lane, London W1K 1LB (020 7447 1080). Snacks, starters £7-£25;...
View ArticleOn my radar: Jade Anouka’s cultural highlights
The actor and poet on Janelle Monáe, David Attenborough and the best breakfast in LondonJade Anouka is a London-based actor and poet. Since graduating from the Guildford School of Acting, she has...
View ArticleNaked lunch: why diners couldn't stomach the Paris nudist restaurant
O’naturel’s eating in the buff failed to catch on and it’s closing after 15 months. Is this the end for novelty dining experiences?Paris’s nudist restaurant O’naturel is to close its doors next month,...
View ArticleBeetroot Sauvage, Edinburgh: ‘More Germaine Greer than Gwyneth Paltrow’ –...
Simple, nourishing vegan food served by people who may or may not have once played timpani in Chumbawamba‘Yoga and fondue,” said the flyer stuck to the door of Beetroot Sauvage on Ratcliffe Terrace,...
View ArticleGrace Dent on being a restaurant critic: 'It's the greatest job in the world...
The Guardian’s restaurant critic explains how a hot date nearly ruined naan for her, how she balances her career with veganism, and what she would choose as her desert island dishHow did you start...
View ArticleImperial Treasure, London: ‘deadens the soul’ – restaurant review
What’s worse than a £100 crispy duck in a smart new Chinese place? Half a duckImperial Treasure, 9 Waterloo Place, London SW1Y 4BE (020 3011 1328). Starters £12-£36. Main courses £18-£100+. Peking Duck...
View ArticleJust Eat under fire over allergens found in takeaway meals
Takeaways listed on the delivery app are selling food that could cause allergic reactions, investigation reveals A number of restaurants listed on Just Eat, the biggest online food delivery app in the...
View ArticleMcDonald's loses Big Mac trademark after legal battle with Irish chain
Supermac strips US food giant of trademark across Europe after landmark EU rulingPat McDonagh earned the nickname Supermac as an Irish teenager after a barnstorming performance in a Gaelic football...
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