Rapper-turned-chef Rabah Ourrad’s food at Wormwood gives pause to The Observer’s critic-in-chief Jay Rayner His one caveat? “Some will find the Wormwood experience profoundly irritating. There is a breathiness to the service, an intensity in the way ingredients are pointed out before you’re allowed to eat them, which can be wearisome. And costs mount.” Zoe […]
Spanish food importer and restaurant group Brindisa Tapas Kitchens will add a fifth London outpost to its growing empire with the launch of Morada Brindisa Asador in Soho. Opening in March in Rupert Street, practically next door to the acclaimed Israeli newcomer The Palomar, the concept introduces a whole new Spanish dining tradition with which […]
Some “can’t see what all the fuss is about”, others go nuts for its “game-changing cuisine” – one things for sure, Ollie Dabbous’s Fitzrovia flagship doesn’t produce any tepid responses from our reporters. And now, love it or loathe it, it may actually be possible to get a reservation at chef’s eponymous restaurant as it […]
1701 was the first of its kind in London – a fine dining Kosher restaurant. But, just two years on, the dining spot is to close as it moves from its “lovely and historic” space next to the UK’s oldest synagogue Bevis Marks in the capital’s City. The owners told the Jewish Chronicle that the site […]
For anyone who thought the Tom Cruise movie Cocktail made bar-tending look like the coolest job in the world (and come on, who didn’t?!) here’s a Harden’s competition that’s sure to excite you. We’ve teamed up with City hangout The Alchemist to offer you the chance to win a mixology class for you and three […]
Gastronomes can often see London as the centre of the food universe. Just look at Giles Coren’s comments last week that Birmingham’s restaurants are “just a bit rubbish”, adding: “Honestly, if I’m going out of London to eat it’s more productive to leave the country.” But our UK survey is annual proof that there is restaurant […]
When the Belfast-born brothers behind Cereal Killer Cafe opened their shop on Brick Lane last year they had to defend themselves against the country’s media as the duo inadvertently became poster boys for the pros and cons urban gentrification. We’re sure the Porridge Cafe pop-up is hoping for a different outcome when they launch in Shoreditch’s Paul Street on […]
For the third year in a row Meatopia UK – a festival celebrating all things carnivorous – will land in London’s Tobacco Dock 19-20 September. Founded in the US, and curated in the UK by Richard H Turner (Turner & George and Hawksmoor), Meatopia is a festival of high quality, ethically sourced meat, all cooked over […]
Ottolenghi co-founder Noam Bar plans to launch a new Covent Garden venture serving food inspired by Middle Eastern market stalls and street food. Sesame opens in Garrick Street in April. On the menu: all the usual Mediterranean suspects like pittas and flat breads filled with grilled meats, veg and homemade tahini. In the grand tradition […]
Tyddyn Llan country house hotel in Llandrillo – which received Wales’s highest rating for cuisine in this year’s Harden’s survey – is holding a special St David’s Day dinner and room offer. Try Bryan and Susan Webb’s “lovely” and “remote” rural location with its “top-class” food and “superb wine list” for a fraction of the usual […]
