Game of Clones
‘Clones’ 2010, Channing Daughters, Long Island, USA Bonkers blend of Chardonnay (ten different clones), Gewürztraminer, Friulano and Pinot Grigio. Chuck in a wild yeast ferment in French and Slovenian oak,…
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Kirazu
Takoyaki Juggling Yuya Kikuchi worked at Mitsukoshi restaurant on lower Regent Street for four years after arriving in the UK in 2007, having previously honed his cooking skills in Japanese…
Novikov
How Deep Is Your Bling? Arkady Novikov. Russian Big Dog and owner of over forty restaurants in Russia. Two restaurants in one behemoth of a site off Berkeley Square…
Pollen Street Social
Pulp Fiction in Mayfair His life-long dream, to own his own restaurant – a humble goal, that’s all he wanted. Now it’s happening, and within hours Jason Atherton has Thomas…
Lurra
Fat Of The Land The best damn prawn I ever ate was at Etxebarri. The famed Basque restaurant in the Atxondo valley, within striking distance of the magical eating Mecca…
Made In Camden
Cool for Katz Apple risotto. It’s a bold, swaggering, confident chef that has the temerity to think of putting it on his menu. Dishes like this are almost an unspoken…
Picture
The Frame Fits Picture this. Two Michelin Star experienced Head Chefs open their first solo gig, more casual, collars loosened, cooking the kind of food that…
Primeur
‘Newly produced wines which have recently become available…’ Peering at the blackboard of recently opened Primeur it quickly becomes clear that they give a damn…
Skewd
Anatolians with Attitude “What on earth are you doing in Cockfosters”, came the incredulous, softly mocking question. The knee-jerk response – had I offered it – would have run…
House Of Ho
Vietnamese Bobby Dazzler Chef and owner Bobby Chinn arrives in London with a background that exemplifies a ‘melting pot’ to end all melting pots, fusing a New Zealand birthplace, Chinese/Egyptian…
