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Enoteca Turi SW1 Valentine’s Menu: 3 courses £52.50 This Valentine’s Day pay a visit to Giuseppi and Pamela Turi’s Pimlico venture which “has magnificently managed the tumultuous move from Putney to near Sloane Square”, and offers Sig. Turi’s “wonderful wine list, embellished by his own personal remarks”, alongside a “trusty northern Italian menu”. The Turi’s special Valentine’s […]
Jay Rayner in The Observer falls head over heels for Bertha at Edo, a new restaurant from former Ramsay protégé Jonny Elliot which opened discreetly in Belfast last year. To clarify, Bertha is the name of their wood-fired oven. You weren’t expecting her to be the waitress were you? “One of the issues with somewhere like […]
London’s queen of Korean cuisine Linda Lee (of On the Bab and Mee Market) launches her seventh restaurant in Covent Garden on 2 February. On the Dak (Dak is Korean for chicken) will feature plenty of poultry with soups, noodles and rice, as well as fried chicken and dumplings to eat in and takeaway. On […]
Harden’s today (26 January) unveils the first event in a new line-up of exclusive dinners for its 2018 Harden’s invites series. Throughout the year the restaurant guide and review site will present special culinary experiences at different, renowned UK dining destinations. First up, join Harden’s co-founder Peter Harden and Giorgio Locatelli on 26 February at the chef’s […]
Nieves Barragán Mohacho and José Etura, who met working at Barrafina, have announced their new venture Sabor will open on 1 February. The Spanish restaurant with additional bar and asador (wood-fired oven) arrives in Heddon Street, Mayfair, next month. Sabor will stagger its opening dates with the restaurant and bar launching at lunchtime on Thursday 1 February, […]
Leela Palace’s “stunning” Jamavar in Mayfair (winner of Top Newcomer at the 2017 Harden’s London Restaurant Awards) will host five guest chefs – Claude Bosi, Aggi Sverrisson, Sat Bains, Robin Gill and Judy Joo – who will go head to head and put their stamp on the kulcha, a classic Indian stuffed bread. In light of Rohit […]
The Stafford London – a “very comfortable, discreet luxury hotel, hidden away in St James’s” – has appointed ex-Salt Yard chef Ben Tish as culinary director, overseeing the entire food offering, including The Game Bird restaurant, the celebrated American Bar, Wine Cellars, private dining, suites and in-room dining. Ben was previously chef director at Salt […]
Jay Rayner in The Observer is more than able for Soho institution L’Escargot – seeing as he “bloody loves a snail” and all. It is the critic’s first article as part of the launch of Observer’s new magazine… “L’Escargot is your stylish auntie, the one who knows how to grow old gracefully. Oh, and it does snails, […]
Last year Harden’s asked the question: “Has London’s dining scene reached tipping point?” after recording a decrease in the capital’s openings and increase in closures in our most recent guide. If the start of this year is any indication of what’s to come in 2018, then the answer may well be an emphatic yes. This […]
One of London’s most high profile openings of 2017, Ikoyi, is introducing quite a sea change (geddit?!) for the new year. The West African-influenced restaurant has announced an entire new menu that is almost completely dedicated to seafood. Retaining the restaurant’s essence, the new dishes are born from creativity inspired by West African ingredients applied to […]
