Derek Guthrie

Waiter – there’s a fire on my table! | Review: Restaurant Überfahrt, Bavaria

Waiter – there’s a fire on my table! | Review: Restaurant Überfahrt, Bavaria

by Derek Guthrie

The latest three star addition to Germany’s Michelin firmament – Christian Jurgens’s very different expression of Bavarian cuisine

Last of Soho’s summer wine | Bocca di Lupo, London

Last of Soho’s summer wine | Bocca di Lupo, London

by Derek Guthrie

"I’m quite happy that I won’t be around for the Soho of the next century"

What’s your Beef? Knowing your Kobe from your Kagoshima

What’s your Beef? Knowing your Kobe from your Kagoshima

by Derek Guthrie

"Kobe mythology, incidentally, has cows seduced by music and massaged with beer. The reality is somewhat different"

Vienna: You mean something to me | District 5

Vienna: You mean something to me | District 5

by Derek Guthrie

Derek Guthrie dodges the fancy dress, the Mozart and the tourists, and explores Vienna’s District 5

Pretty in Pink | Review: the Virgin Dreamliner – London (LHR) to Boston (BOS)

Pretty in Pink | Review: the Virgin Dreamliner – London (LHR) to Boston (BOS)

by Derek Guthrie

All aglow: flying the new Virgin Dreamliner, from London to Boston

Back to nature, fast | Aston Martin DB9 Carbon Edition

Back to nature, fast | Aston Martin DB9 Carbon Edition

by Derek Guthrie

"Not so much Bondmobile, more Batmobile, the DB9 Carbon Edition is jet black inside and out, finished off with a layer of testosterone"

A terminal case | 36 hours in… Newark Airport

A terminal case | 36 hours in… Newark Airport

by Derek Guthrie

"All those English schoolchildren practising their shouting, and those sports teams with their XXXL kitbags. And those krrrrazee Homeland Security Guys! Who could resist?"

Silent running | Review: The Audi A3 Sportback e-tron hybrid

Silent running | Review: The Audi A3 Sportback e-tron hybrid

by Derek Guthrie

"So what was it like to actually drive? A bit like London’s DLR or Edinburgh’s new tram: you know you’re moving, but it’s so quite that you're just not really sure why"

Jeremy and Chris and Jimmy | The Beaumont Hotel, London

Jeremy and Chris and Jimmy | The Beaumont Hotel, London

by Derek Guthrie

"Beaumont would have retired in the 1950s and sold out to Hilton, had he, er, ever existed."

Fore! | Review: Restaurant Andrew Fairlie at The Gleneagles Hotel

Fore! | Review: Restaurant Andrew Fairlie at The Gleneagles Hotel

by Derek Guthrie

To Derek Guthrie's considerable relief, Scotland's “best” restaurant has no connection with golf. Apart from the location