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Thai Lords

Thai cuisine is on the verge of a re-appraisal in the UK, with new restaurants cooking regional dishes that really highlight the depth and diversity of the food. Zeren Wilson reports…

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Verden

E5   Clapton. The new Dalston. The old Shoreditch. The next Hoxton. The ex-Hackney. The future of Not Yet There Walthamstow. Whatever Clapton really is, it’s certainly having something of…

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Wine Zen

Côtes du Jura 2012, Domaine Macle, France Four barrels made of this 100% Chardonnay grown on limestone-clay soils. A lick of salty minerals, a flash of nutty almond, a wine…

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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…

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Pitt Cue

      The New Era From the ashes of a metal trailer on the blustery Southbank beside The Thames, Pitt Cue will emerge to send smoke signals from a…

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Quo Vadis

  Enter Jeremy Lee…       Jeremy. Dear Jeremy. Darling Jeremy. The biggest transfer of the season is that of Jeremy Lee from Blueprint Café to Quo Vadis, the…

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One Leicester Street

    “I see a white door and I want it painted grey…”   St John Hotel crashed and burned on the site of One Leicester Street in quite spectacular…

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Eyre Brothers

Something In The Eyre? Big Dog. Stalwart. Old School. Maverick. Guru. Ground-breaker. David Eyre merits all of these tags and maybe a few more. He’s been grooving to his own…

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A. Wong

What’s the Story Dim Sum Glory? Dim sum can become a fetish. I reel off my favourites in a hypnotic mantra: Min Jiang, Pearl Liang, Yauatcha, Hakkasan, Princess Garden of…