Takuya Watanabe swaps Paris for London with the launch of Taku London’s Japanese offering has soared considerably this year and, well, it’s happening again. This month (November 2022) sees the opening of Taku, an omakase restaurant headed up by Chef Takuya Watanabe, formerly of Jin, the first sushi omakase in Paris to receive a Michelin…
Well, yes. In the case of Marlow’s The Oarsman, that’s literally the case. Marlow is one of those British towns that punches way above its weight in culinary terms. Tom Kerridge has his Michelin-starred pub The Hand and Flowers there, not to mention his other Michelin-starred pub The Coach. And then, just over there, at…
York’s finest hotel, The Grand, opens a new fine dining restaurant. Over the years, York has been synonymous with a number of things. The famous Minster. The number of ghosts believed to reside there. THAT smell at the Jorvik Viking Centre. Outside of a Betty’s Tea Room though, or its place in chocolate history as…
Park Chinois launch their new brunch offering. It’s rather decadent. But then you probably guessed that. If you’ve ever been to Park Chinois, you’ll know that moderation is not their middle name. Their new brunch offering is then business as usual. Or, if you prefer, business as unusual… Launched at the beginning of October 2022,…
Sleek Scandi restaurant Aquavit launches a new series of tasting menus. Which, due to a typo, nearly came out as tasing menu, which sounds like something specialist offered in apartments in Soho. But we digress… Aquavit, the little slice of Scandinavia in London’s St James’s Market’s is launching a series of tasting menus on the…
St Lucia’s Cap Maison may just offer the best food on the island From the picturesque Pitons to the stunning scenery, from the soothing calm of the beaches to the electric energy of capital Castries, St Lucia is one of the Caribbean’s genuine jewels. It’s also home to some of the islands’ best food and,…
30 Weeks, 52 Stars, 25 Chefs Not to mention 30 years. VILA VITA Parc knows how to celebrate an anniversary. Anything that’s lasted 30 years deserves a party. At Portuguese clifftop resort VILA VITA Parc, they’ve just gone a little further than opening a bottle of champagne or booking a nice restaurant. They’ve organised some…
The Michelin-starred Northcote reopens its cooking school Lancashire’s Northcote stepped up to the (hot) plate during lockdown. Their gourmet boxes were among the best out there. Chef Lisa Goodwin-Allen popped up on various series of Great British Menu. And their reopening was cheered by fans of seriously good food across the UK. We’re not sure…
Until the end of May, the World’s Best Steak menu is available in London Lots of places claim to serve the world’s best steaks. For the rest of May 2022, London’s Heliot Steak House may just be delivering them. Executive chef Ioannis Grammenos – Heliot’s exec chef and, it says here, the world’s first Meatologist…
FIEND + R = two very special nights in West London. According to Giles Coren, a chef like Chris Denney “comes along only once or twice in a decade.” Some probably say the same about Ynyshir’s Gareth Ward and HIDE’s Ollie Dabbous, which makes the probability of the forthcoming Fiend & Friends evenings something that…