Winter comfort food, Mexican style I’ve been going to Wahaca at least several times a year since its first-ever restaurant in Covent Garden opened in 2007. The food has always been reliably good and well-priced, and their margaritas are excellent. So I was looking forward to trying the new winter menu, which promises to “bring […]
Soom – More than just another Korean BBQ joint
Soom in London’s Covent Garden offers more than the classic Korean BBQ. It brings Korean home cooking into a refined London setting. With standout seafood dishes, creative vegetarian plates and a serene, design-led space, it’s an exciting new Korean dining experience.
Liu Xiaomian at The Stranded
Come for the beer, stay for the noodles. You can’t lose with noodles. A reliable staple across the world, whether hand-pulled, knife-cut, or extruded, slurping down a hearty bowl of noodle soup is scientifically proven to be good for the soul (well, it must be, mustn’t it?). New pub The Stranded is serving up the […]
St John’s Tavern, Archway
Stylish gastropub fare in North London In the heart of north London’s Archway, St John’s Tavern has, since the Victorian era, been a staple of the area, popular amongst both locals and other punters travelling from across the city. Earlier this year, St John’s Tavern closed its door – but not for long, as it […]
Wiltons – London’s Finest Seafood and Game
Inside Wiltons’ Seafood Legacy: How a London Institution Keeps Its Edge Wiltons is a restaurant with a past so long and steady that it feels less like a business and more like a living narrative of London. Its history goes back to 1742, when George William Wilton sold oysters on the streets before moving into […]
Supperclub.Tube at Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum
London’s most memorable immersive dining experience in a decommissioned Victoria Line tube train carriage It’s uncanny. On the one hand, we are in a reassuringly worn tube carriage; on the other, we’re in a smart restaurant bedecked with starched white linens and fine silverware. The nostalgic buffet car ambience, enhanced by low-level table lamps, lends […]
The Sussex, Soho Beef Wellington Experience
How to Make (and Eat) a Beef Wellington For me, eating red meat is a bit like eating chocolate. I love both. I’m well aware that large quantities of either might not be a good idea. So, I pick my occasions and try to enjoy less but better. An invitation to learn how to make […]
Inside Bar Encore – London’s Stylish New Listening Bar Hiding Beneath TOUM
Experience Toum and Bar Encore in Mayfair – a modern Lebanese-French dining destination, brasserie style, for standout rotisserie chicken and a vinyl-focused listening bar with innovative cocktails.
Mele e Pere Soho
It’s hard to believe this was my first visit to Mele e Pere, a Soho fixture on Brewer Street for 15 years. Still run by the same three brothers and their friend who founded it, the restaurant captures the warmth and authenticity of a family-run trattoria from northern Italy.
The Lansdowne Club Cookery Masterclass
An intimate affair with white truffles at the Lansdowne Club London’s members’ clubs are grand yet discreet enclaves of polished manners and quiet privilege that seem to exist in a time warp of elegance and latter-day etiquette. Part of a secret London seldom mentioned in tourist guides, they offer a glimpse into a world that […]