Harden’s regular round-up of the restaurant critics’ musings, from the week ending 19 May 2019. The Coconut Tree, Cheltenham “Eating well is an expression of normality.” Jay Rayner for The Observer was in the Cotswolds, seeking out normality in the form of Sri Lankan street food, as a way of re-establishing what’s good after the […]
The Clink Restaurant at HMP High Down in Sutton, South London, is celebrating its tenth anniversary. The restaurant was founded a decade ago by the Clink Charity and is this month marking ten years of “breaking new ground” in helping to rehabilitate prisoners and prevent re-offending. Founder Al Crisci said at an event last week […]
Indian-inspired street food concept Baba G’s is to open its first permanant site in Camden. Co-founders and partners (in both business and their personal life) Alec Owen and Liz Selway appeared on the last series of the Beeb’s restaurant show Million Pound Menu, and have finally found the backing to launch a fully fledged site. […]
The team behind Albert’s Schloss in Manchester is to launch a new site, Albert’s Schenke, in Liverpool later this year. Restaurant group Mission Mars have seen success at Schloss, which reporters describe as “epic fun at very reasonable prices”, a sentiment echoed by a glowing review by Jay Rayner a while back. Like the Manchester […]
Stork, a new west African restaurant from debutante restaurateurs Michael Adjovi Kalu and Nadina Grigoras, has opened in Mayfair. The restaurant is one of the more original-sounding openings so far this year, playing on its founders’ roots: “Stork is a fresh concept that puts the spotlight on fusion dining at its finest – modern British […]
Dinings SW3, the contemporary Japanese in Chelsea presided over by chef Masaki Sugisaki, will launch Kurabu, a bar and Izakaya space above the main dining room downstairs. The new menu will be conceived of “elevated Japanese-inspired street food and cocktails”, and will be as much a late bar as a restaurant. Kurabu translates as ‘club’ […]
Coqfighter, the fried chicken pop-up that has been operating at Boxpark in Shoreditch and Croydon, has secured a site in Soho and will be opening later this month. The street food traders will launch a permanant restaurant on the aptly named Beak Street, with space for 40 covers. Coqfighter will bring its fried chicken bao, […]
Harden’s regular round-up of the restaurant critics’ musings, from the week ending 12 May 2019. Scully, London SW1 Jay Rayner for The Observer was back in London this week after reviewing several remarkably low-priced restaurants across the UK. Scully is in direct contrast to those places – “the only way you can get out of […]
10th Year Anniversary lunch at The Harwood Arms Mike Robinson celebrated 10 years at The Harwood yesterday with a press lunch for journos and foodies, showcasing the 7-course anniversary menu specially designed by head chef Sally Abé which is launching at a public event on 20th May. With matching wines, we only stayed for 5 […]
Hollywood A-lister Mark Wahlberg hosted a celebrity-studded party to launch his first London burger restaurant last Saturday night. Wahlberg and family already has more than 30 Wahlburger branches in the US, which he set up with his two brothers, one of whom is a chef. This is the first branch outside of America. The actor’s […]
