Blossom on the menu in Mayfair
Mayfair is not for the faint-hearted diner, where even a sandwich can punch a fist-sized hole in your wallet. But I was persuaded by a friend last week to have lunch at Sake no Hana, off the millionaire str...
A delicious secret from Japan and Peru
Sandals and socks, pizza and prawns, some partnerships should never see the light of day. But a new Japanese Peruvian restaurant proves two is sometimes better than one. Bijou and as yet unknown, Amaru i...
Sweet perfection – Artist David Shrigley makes tea at Sketch, London
Sweet perfection – Artist David Shrigley makes tea at Sketch, London Afternoon tea has been given a delicious twist by artist David Shrigley, as part of a two-year residency at Sketch. The Turner Prize-nomin...
Locatelli pizza pops up in Marylebone
Sometimes just a mouthful of what you can’t afford is enough, like Ralph Lauren socks or Stella McCartney underwear. It’s near enough to the real thing to feel its warmth without the burn of a huge bill. Now an...
Hoedown and meat up
Hoedown. Meat-up. Shoreditch has a new southern States restaurant and late night music spot, The Blues Kitchen. The spacious, saloon-style spot serves up filling Texan bbqs: piles of choice and your choice ...
Kurobuta pop-up stays up
London’s Little Beirut has a new resident, and it’s Japanese. The run of Middle Eastern restaurants and shisha cafes that stretches between Marble Arch and Paddington is now the permanent home for last year...
Breakfast at the Shard
Bed is the best place for breakfast, but eating it up the tallest building in western Europe with views across London could promise a close second. Aqua Shard, from Hong Kong’s Aqua Group, is a re...
Eat chicks for Easter
There’s a revolution happening in east London. A call for an end to the dude food movement of big meats and big potatoes, burgers the size of buildings and body parts so intimate it’s enough to ma...
Easter eggs from Nobu London
This Easter, Nobu London will give the classic chocolate egg a Michelin-star make-over. Executive head pastry chef Regis Cursan has created three Japanese designs in milk, white and dark chocolate, all from...
Style and substance
Few people who walk past HKK, the city branch of Hakkasan, will stop. There is no sign, just a softly lit door you could easily miss or mistake for a high-end stripclub. Once inside, you might, initially, t...
Modern Pantry: still tasty after all these years?
The Modern Pantry, the upmarket bistro in Farringdon, opened to such good reviews I forgot to go. It was a dead cert. Beautiful use of everyday ingredients influenced by global cuisines from the woman...
Perfectly formed 28-50 opens on Maddox Street
A new branch of 28˚-50˚ Wine Workshop and Kitchen has opened on Maddox Street, just off Regent Street. It’s a third for the team and a genius choice of location. The area is polarised into high street and high ...
Brixton gets le brasserie
The Prince of Wales pub, once a sticky-floored plan Z joint, has re-opened as a brasserie – and a really good one. Owners Simon Allen – Nell’s and Match in New York – and Wayne Saunders – Comedy Café Theatre in...
A new kid in Knightsbridge – Glass reviews the Brompton Asian Brasserie
There’s never been a good reason to turn left out of Harrods. The stretch of shops that joins Knightsbridge to South Kensington has historically only hosted overpriced kitchen shops or touri...
The World’s Best Bar
The Artesian Bar at London’s Langham Hotel has just followed up its 2012 award for World’s Best Bar by winning it again. Manager Alex Kratena and his team have created a menu creative enough and an ambience hos...
24-hour diner opens in Bloomsbury
Vq has just opened its second restaurant offering food and drinks 24 hours a day, near London's Tottenham Court Road. Brunch at lunch, a burger thirst at 2am or an all-day breakfast as the sun goes down, VQ has...
Boyish charm in the basement
. It’s been a while since I could say “I know this little place”, but now Coal Vaults has opened, I can. The new cellar bar, from the Harley Davidson driving Simo Simpson, is a warm urban hideaway that c...
Tom Aikens hotel package
The boutique myhotel Chelsea and Michelin-starred Tom Aikens Restaurant have partnered to offer a seven-course dinner and luxury suite for the night. Both are within walking distance of London’s King’s Road sho...
Afternoon tea at Momo
Until yesterday all I’d ever had at Momo, the opulent Moroccan restaurant just off Regent Street, was too many mojitos. We used to pack into its cellar bar for the live music and lounge around on the big velvet...