CUT at 45 Park Lane
Steak is a powerful and composite entity – a steak is never just a piece of meat. I can think of few other foodstuffs that carry so much baggage, that have so much emotion and meaning coiled around them.
Browsing: The Foodie
Pret a Diner
I’m in an empty hallway with soaring ceilings. In front of me, a staircase lined…
The Asprey Diamond Jubilee Afternoon Tea
“I chuckled to read everything on the menu, from the selection of speciality teas to the sandwiches – described as ‘Uber’ – but I reluctantly concede that if anything is ever Uber then this tea is.”
East Street
Street food fever is upon us, and with good reason. Both quick and cheap, the…
Le Gavroche
“If I concentrate, I can see it all in my mind’s eye. It’s the early eighties – 1982 perhaps – that apocryphal year for the finest Clarets. I’d say it’s November and wintry, cold and grey outside…”
Dickensian Dining with the Young Turks
A Dickensian feast taking place above a pub and being catered by a gastro-collective called…
The Quilon
Jonesy revisits the Michelin-starred Indian restaurant Quilon at Buckingham Gate, where “flavours dance in harmony on the tongue while the stomach eagerly awaits their company”.
Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons
“’Tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all’. Really, Tennyson? I’m not so sure.” Gabrielle falls for Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons; her life will never be the same again…
The Real Wine Fair: Tickets Giveaway
We’re pleased to offer our readers the chance to win tickets to the inaugural Real…
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards 2012
It is not usual to see men sporting horn-rimmed glasses and unruly beards in the…
A Cigar Dinner at The Montague
“Linen-draped table, sparkling glasses, bottles of inky wine, a pastoral outlook and a full humidor. That’s a recipe for success.” Nick ‘Monty Cristo’ Hammond dines and puffs at The Montague on the Gardens.