There’s no shortage of fine restaurants in London, even around the more tourist-friendly areas of the city, so to find ourselves in the Arado restaurant inside the Melia White House hotel felt a little like we were cheating on the city’s thriving food scene.
You might expect Marco Pierre White to recommend a restaurant as a perfect place for a Mother’s Day treat, but there’s more to it than simple business.
Named after some of England’s finest strikers, past and present, Number Nine is a new member’s ‘club within a club’ offering an exclusive Wembley Stadium experience.
Eight centuries of history means the food and drink at Chateau de Mercues has a lot to live up to. We send Ben Thorpe over to find it’s matured to perfection.
Already had the best Spanish Tapas in London? A new menu makes Iberica Victoria worth revisiting. James Lawrence takes a look. Again.
“Don’t talk to me about sophistication, I’ve been to Leeds.” That famous line from a classic Harry Enfield sketch – involving an unsophisticated, boorish Yorkshireman – was referenced on more than one occasion during a recent trip to the county’s largest city to explore the Leeds food scene.
“Compromise is not about losing. It is about deciding that the other person has just as much right to be happy with the end result as you do,” observed author Donna Martini.
Roast Restaurant be thy name, in Borough Market they flock, give us rib-eye steak and Rioja, on earth as it is in heaven, for despite any financial meltdown, they will come. James Lawrence seeks comfort food in London.
The debate about the future of formalised experiences and fine dining is akin to Brexit; three commentators, four opinions. Many critics have stated repeatedly that several high-profile closures – including Claude Bosi’s Hibiscus in 2016 – combined with a general consensus that consumers prefer ‘casual dining’ is evidence enough thatContinue Reading