No sooner have we noted Londoners’ love affair with chicken, than another poultry place arrives on the scene. Bird, now open in Shoreditch, is billing itself as a ‘free range, fried chicken’ restaurant which takes inspiration from across the Pond, but this is, say the founders, a ‘distinctly British’, London version of local community restaurants found in Brooklyn […]

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The Editors’ review of Kurobuta The prices at this ‘relaxed’ Japanese tavern aren’t very informal, but the food is ruddy good   Blanchette knows how to please Jay Rayner  The Guardian critic eschews a pricier tasting menu spot for this down-to-earth, small plates affair (which we also gave a big thumbs up to)   Lee Westcott’s […]

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The Editors’ review of One Kensington Tamarind group’s latest offering is already firing on all cylinders.   Simon Rogan goes wild at Claridge’s The speculation is over, Rogan’s restaurant will be called Fera (wild in Latin).   The rise of ‘food porn’  Chefs rail against the fashion for photographing food.   Ramsay returns to his […]

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