AA Gill, the most-read restaurant critic of the current generation, died at the age of 62, his paper The Sunday Times announced last weekend, less than three weeks after he used a restaurant review to break the news of his cancer. Gill was almost certainly the only writer on food Britain has produced who could have been described as […]
Sam and Eddie Hart, the brothers behind the soaring Barrafina group, opened their latest venture this week, the Mexican-inspired El Pastor taqueria near Borough Market. “Al pastor“, or shepherd-style, is where the taco meets the kebab – a Mexico City staple with its origins in the Arab shawarma. Sam Hart acquired a taste for the style while […]
Mitch Tonks opens Rockfish Exmouth this week, the fifth venue in the mini-chain of superior fish’n’chip shops he has built in south Devon with business partner Mat Prowse. Set beside the slipway on the seafront at Exmouth, it has spectacular sea views. The flagship Rockfish at Dartmouth is hailed by the Harden’s Survey for its “fish ‘n’ chips to […]
Tom Kerridge, the Marlow-based maestro of pub food, has revealed his next move – a restaurant in a five-star Belgravia hotel. His first restaurant – and his first professional foray into London – will open next year at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower, a luxury hotel overlooking Hyde Park and aimed squarely at the international market. The […]
It’s the vaunted Northern Powerhouse in action: Bundobust, an Indian veggie street food and craft beer concept that launched in Leeds two years ago, has crossed the Pennines to Manchester. The new branch is significantly bigger than the Leeds original, and opens on December 14 near another new arrival, Shoryu Ramen, in the fast-growing Piccadilly Gardens food hub […]
⦿ The Observer’s Jay Rayner found himself in heaven at Temper, barbecue specialist Neil Rankin’s “shot at the big time in Soho, with big London money, and bravado and punch“. “Temper is brilliant. I love the fact that you can smell the wood smoke and the rendering meat from the door. I love the way that smell […]
The Shoryu chain of ramen bars has opened its first branch outside London, in Manchester’s Piccadilly. Shoryu specialises in tonkotsu ramen based on a 12-hour pork broth, a style developed in the Hakata district of Fukuoka city on the southwest Japanese island of Kyushu. Founder Tak Tokumine, a native of Fukuoka, made his first mark […]
Glasgow restaurateurs Rusk and Rusk have opened their third venue, the Spanish Butcher, in the Merchant City district. As the name suggests, the new outfit adds a Spanish element in the form of whole turbot, grilled octopus, salt-cured Iberico jamon and Galician beef to the Scotch beef that is the mainstay of their menus at […]
Chef Jun Tanaka has been crowned London’s Gourmet Pizza Challenge champion, notching up more sales than his rivals in a month-long competition hosted by Pizzicotto in High Street Kensington. Vivek Singh of the Cinnamon Club, Pascal Aussignac of Club Gascon and Anna Hansen of the Modern Pantry were among the big-name chefs who entered their recipes for pizza […]
The team behind the tiny Hackney restaurant Pidgin, one of the new stars of east London dining, has opened an even smaller wine bar three minutes’ walk away. Enfant Terrible is billed as “a gonzo take on the tiny wine bars of Paris”, serving elevated snacks such as mutton tartare with roasted rice, brown butter and […]
