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Full Japanese | The best ryokans in Japan

Full Japanese | The best ryokans in Japan

by Neil D.A. Stewart

From a fear of natto to abalone murder: the best ryokans in Japan
Fera | From Cartmel to Claridge’s

Fera | From Cartmel to Claridge’s

by Neil D.A. Stewart

Fine dining goes commando: Simon Rogan's return to London looks very different from his Cartmel operations. But, as Neil Stewart discovers, the taste of Fera is still very familiar. And there are still no tablecloths
Melbourne’s first dessert-themed hotel | Review: Adelphi Hotel, Melbourne

Melbourne’s first dessert-themed hotel | Review: Adelphi Hotel, Melbourne

by Neil D.A. Stewart

"Something was prickling at me as I went down for dinner after my dip. It was partly that, in a monumental lapse of taste, the Adelphi has christened its regenerated restaurant Om Nom, a name which causes my teeth to itch as I type it"
Bernard Malamud at 100

Bernard Malamud at 100

by Neil D.A. Stewart

2014 sees the centenary of the birth of the great American short story writer and novelist Bernard Malamud - both his UK and US publishers have produced new editions of his collected works to celebrate
Review: Toro, New York

Review: Toro, New York

by Neil D.A. Stewart

"Inside, you heave aside a heavy curtain and look on to a wedge-shaped space so filled with noise you can almost see it"
Turn it up to 11 | Eleven Madison Park

Turn it up to 11 | Eleven Madison Park

by Neil D.A. Stewart

New York's best restaurant is a Willy Wonka wonderful reboot of fine dining
Elnett and martinis|Review: The Mark, New York

Elnett and martinis|Review: The Mark, New York

by Neil D.A. Stewart

"A couple of the bar’s expertly mixed, super-sized drinks and you might start to hallucinate these taking fright and scampering away out onto 77th street, taking shelter as you order up another martini and wait out the end of the world"
Review: Flinders Lane, New York

Review: Flinders Lane, New York

by Neil D.A. Stewart

"I’m so over this pretence that offering meagre portions of food 'to share' is anything other than a way of maximising profit"
Dark star

Dark star

by Neil D.A. Stewart

"Beats falling like gigantic footsteps, noise seems to have overflowed from some subterranean otherwhere, surging up like black water" - Neil Stewart reviews The Haxan Cloak at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple
Review: <em>The Interestings</em> by Meg Wolitzer

Review: The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer

by Neil D.A. Stewart

Neil Stewart enjoys Meg Wolitzer’s novel of youthful comings of age, and the trials and consolations of maturity, among a group of creative types