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Food and Drink— — Food and Drink F London London 2 F Food and drink— — Food and drink F Restaurants 2 Where to eat Riding House Café, Fitzrovia ling fr London classics e es e h Food and Best for brunch F — Fish is 01 Le Caprice, Piccadilly: Fitzrovia hasn’t always been blessed sourced from Richard Caring bought drink with destination restaurants so Devon and this old gem in 2005 — The art eyebrows were raised when Riding Cornwall along with its sister House Café opened in 2011 in a The Ivy (see below) and of dining converted 1950s office block. But overnight became the king the diner became a hit with locals of London’s established for its varied offerings, from brunch dining scene. This is white to cocktails (it’s open until midnight tablecloth and gleaming on Fridays and Saturdays). The wine glass territory but menu is modern brasserie, heavy oddly cosy, serving on steaks and with an extensive timeless dishes from small-plate offering. An added Europe and the US. pleasure is spotting bbc execs from le-caprice.co.uk nearby New Broadcasting House 02 The Ivy, Covent Garden: schmoozing the talent. In its heyday this was the 43-51 Great Titchfield Street, most difficult table in town W1W 7PQ to secure but recently 144 (0)20 7927 0840 the Ivy’s iconic diamond ridinghousecafe.co.uk mullioned windows have seemed a little less opaque and booking has London’s magnetic pull become a less laughable has tempted some of the affair. It’s still a great place world’s most promising for a stately steak tartare. chefs and restaurateurs the-ivy.co.uk to the British capital. But 03 Scott’s, Mayfair: A it’s not the high-profile seafood restaurant with an elegant olde-worlde crowd-pullers or big- 1 charm. Irish head chef brand openings that fill Rochelle Canteen, Shoreditch Dave McCarthy serves our culinary hitlist. Instead New-school hideaway impeccable shellfish. The we have hand-picked the mouthwatering selection best independent and Rochelle Canteen served simple of oysters is best eaten unique venues for differ- lunches to Shoreditch creatives under the famous black ent occasions: from client long before it was considered hip awning outside, weather dinners to must-impress to do so. The little sister of Soho permitting. watering hole The French House 3 scotts-restaurant.com lunches and cosy cran- and neighbour to the offices of Prawn on the Lawn, Islington 04 Wiltons, Piccadilly: After nies for dinner à deux. Frieze – the talented souls behind Super seafood a humble start as an oyster For an added treat we’ve the magazine and art fair of the stall in 1742, Wilton’s included an idiosyncratic same name – the canteen started as Perched at the rear of St Paul’s has grown up to become Indian venue, Polish fare a catering firm in 1995. In 2007 its Road is the splendidly named part of the establishment, with flair and a Greek glass concertina doors opened for Prawn on the Lawn. This humble known and favoured by restaurant that the locals daytime service. restaurant is an unfussy affair that aristocracy and Whitehall mandarins alike. would rather we kept Located in a converted Victorian operates as a fishmonger by day school close to a pioneering before pulling out a few seats and wiltons.co.uk quiet about. social-housing project from 1896 firing up the hob by night. The fish 05 Oslo Court, The vogueish global – London’s first – the canteen is as fresh as it gets (in landlocked St John’s Wood: Oslo obsession with filament features a secluded courtyard that London at least), delivered daily Court is like a journey bulbs and exposed offers a laidback retreat from the from the UK’s southwest coast. back in time with a menu brick walls may be well East End buzz. The menu changes Scallop ceviche, monkfish-and- to match. Expect steak accounted for in London daily as the chefs favour market- chorizo stew and split langoustine Diane, veal schnitzel but it’s the variety of fresh ingredients and experiment are some of the highlights of the Holstein and crab à La with new recipes, all simply ever-changing menu – paired Rochelle. utterly unique restaurants executed with French elegance. with homemade soda bread and oslocourtrestaurant.co.uk and passionate purveyors Rochelle School, Arnold Circus (just a manzanilla sherry, of course. that show the city in its off Club Row), E2 7ES 220 St Paul’s Road, N1 2LL best light. 144 (0)20 7729 5677 144 (0)20 3302 8668 arnoldandhenderson.com prawnonthelawn.com 028 029 London London 2 F Food and drink— — Food and drink F 4 6 Dinings, Marylebone Koya, Soho Cosy Japanese Udon utopia Fresh European produce and well- This Japanese udonya run by honed Japanese dishes make this head chef Junya Yamasaki has unassuming Edwardian townhouse made a splash with a repertoire an unmissable destination for an that goes beyond its springy intimate dinner. It was founded in signature ingredient. Yamasaki 2006 by former Nobu colleagues uses British produce to compile Tomonari Chiba, Keiji Fuku, an innovative Japanese menu. Masaki Sugisaki and Nick Taylor- Choose from the specials: they Guy and getting a table can be an change daily, chalked up on the Chocolate shops issue at the 28-seat stop. If you’re blackboard where Yamasaki’s lucky enough to grab a perch on team presents seasonal dishes. 01 Paul A Young, citywide: the benches, the Tar-Tar chips – Expect wild-rabbit confit with Award-winning British crisp potato creations served with carrot, red turnip and broad-bean chocolatier Young and a choice of vegetable, fish or meat salad; there’s also skate-wing-and- his team make the city’s fillings – are an apt introduction to cucumber-leaf tempura or stout- finest sea-salt caramel- its sophisticated tapas-style dishes. and-honey-braised pork belly. filled chocolate. 22 Harcourt Street, W1H 4HH 49 Frith Street, W1D 4SG paulayoung.co.uk 144 (0)20 7723 0666 144 (0)20 7434 4463 02 Rococo, citywide: dinings.co.uk koya.co.uk Chantal Coady’s shop is an artistically put-together 5 space. Try the delicious Khan’s, Notting Hill house truffles. An Indian fantasia rococochocolates.com 03 Mast Brothers, Gone are the hedonistic nights of Shoreditch: This this west London fixture – once Brooklyn chocolatier has beloved of expense-account the first commercial bean- entertainers hollering for endless to-bar chocolate factory trays of cheap pints and big in London plus a café and curries – but all is not lost. The a shop. Chocolate bars trompe l’oeil walls are all Raj are all made on the spot. perfection (as painted by numbers mastbrothers.com by a nine-year-old), the palm-tree pillars have been regilded and the butter chicken remains the best in London. It will have to be washed down by a mocktail rather than a 7 cheap lager now the joint no longer La Famiglia, Chelsea serves alcohol but the expertly Leisurely lunch spiced curry is still great value. 13-15 Westbourne Grove, W2 4UA Opened in 1966 by the late 144 (0)20 7727 5420 Alvaro Maccioni, this family-run khansrestaurant.com institution in southwest London’s well-heeled Chelsea is still going Curry strong. Located on a quiet street cravings off the King’s Road, La Famiglia — has a top-notch menu of Tuscan- Since London’s first influenced delights. Food-wise it’s Indian restaurant opened in a no-tricks, few-frills kind of place 1810, the Brits have been but that’s what you want from curry mad. So much so that an Italian: great quality and an many people view chicken atmosphere to boot. It’s a good spot tikka masala (with pilau for lunch but comes alive at night, rice and a soft naan, of especially when the patio is opened course) as Britain’s rightful to diners during the summer. national dish. 7 Langton Street, The World’s End, SW10 0JL 144 (0)20 7351 0761 lafamiglia.co.uk 030 031 London London 2 F Food and drink— — Food and drink F 11 Ibérica, Farringdon Sublime Spanish cuisine If you don’t fancy an 05.00 rise for a glimpse of the impressive Smithfield meat market nearby, book a table at Ibérica to sample some of the tastiest examples of what these cuts can become. Located in Farringdon, the Spanish restaurant is perfect for sharing platters of jamón ibérico (cured for at least 45 months) and mini burgers stuffed with tender pork loin and piparra peppers. Take a perch on the high leather stools 9 in front of the ornate gold detailing Bonnie Gull Seafood Shack, of the bar for a taste of the menu Fitzrovia concocted by two-Michelin-starred Sea change chef Nacho Manzano. 89 Turnmill Street, EC1M 5QU Fish and chips may not have the 144 (0)20 7636 8650 culinary cachet of other more ibericarestaurants.com sophisticated national dishes but 10 the beer-battered North Sea I’ll probably haddock with dripping chips St John, Farringdon have that and mushy peas at the Bonnie Private-dining delight first Michelin Gull Seafood Shack could well star by the convince the doubters. What Twenty years on from its launch, time this is started in Islington as a temporary Fergus Henderson’s nose-to-tail cooked restaurant run by co-founder eating revolution still influences Alex Hunter and Danny Clancy chefs, menus and working practices 8 has blossomed into one of our across the UK and over the pond. The Palomar, Piccadilly favourite Fitzrovia stop-ins since The menu is a thing of simple Friendly service opening in early 2013.
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