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Falling sales end production of condiment created in 1828 – but London restaurant Simpson’s keeps it on the menu

I have often come across menus that read better than they deliver - full of interesting ingredients and clever techniques on paper but not l...

Batcombe

Surrey Quays

First of all, apologies - to Dover Street Counter and readers of this blog alike - for the atrocious state of the photos in this post. What'...

Sablé occupies the handsome 1930s public house that, most recently at least, was home to Neil Rankin's Smokehouse. I spent many happy times ...

This time last year, potential sites for an upcoming work lunch had been whittled down to a choice between Lita in Marylebone, or Dorian in ...

Hello! We are arranging some research and wanted to speak to decision makers to get your views and opinions on some new offerings within the Quick Service Restaurant industry. In the next few weeks,...

If it sometimes feels like Liverpool is short on quota of restaurants of sufficient quality befitting a city of its size (something that, fo...

In an ideal world this would be a post about the 'proper' upstairs restaurant at the Hart, a serious (though not by all accounts stuffy) din...

The tradition of exciting, regional SE Asian food appearing above or behind unassuming pubs in London is alive and well. The first time I en...

Lots of potentially very well-respected global cuisines have an unenviable, constant uphill battle against the enshittification of their bra...

It's often very difficult to stand out from the crowd in Restaurant London, especially when - as in Firestarter's case at least - you appear...

It's important to point out about Janda Diner that it's a very different restaurant at lunchtime than at dinner, and if that you only go for...

A family run Fish and chip shop has been in the business for close to 50 years and finally received its praises as the 'best in the north'

I spent most of this month in Spain (see previous post) and although I'm happy enough to be back in cold, wet London town (honest), as the e...

Cadaqués

We have finally found a site for Whole Beast, after years on the road, countless residencies & pop ups, we have a place to call home.

The comparisons with my last post won't be immediately obvious, but within the context of their own chosen cuisines Josephine Bouchon and D...