FOOD+DRINK

Recipes, reviews, farms and tables

The top of the city | Mikla, Istanbul

The top of the city | Mikla, Istanbul

by David J Constable

David J Constable on chef Mehmet Gürs and a restaurant with a unique perspective

Three things in London I’m eating right now

Three things in London I’m eating right now

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"One recurrent comment has been: 'Truffle and fontina pizza for £29!? WTF!??'"

Everyone else loves Páteo at Bairro do Avillez in Lisbon … did I go to the same restaurant!?

Everyone else loves Páteo at Bairro do Avillez in Lisbon … did I go to the same restaurant!?

by Neil D.A. Stewart

"When I go to the toilet, I happen upon a waitress spraying copious amounts of stain remover upon the man whose chinos she has spilled food all down"

Review: Il Palagio at Four Seasons Firenze

Review: Il Palagio at Four Seasons Firenze

by Neil D.A. Stewart

"'That’s Tommy Hilfiger!' my companion stage-whispers"

Party o’three review: Kaspar’s at The Savoy

Party o’three review: Kaspar’s at The Savoy

by Civilian London

"I had my last honeymoon here at The Savoy. We had to get the dealer out at 3am …"

Review: Masseria by Nicholas Stefanelli, Washington DC

Review: Masseria by Nicholas Stefanelli, Washington DC

by Derek Guthrie

"But when a friend who knows about these things asked me if I’d been to the sizzling hotspot, I had to consult a map. 4th Street north east?? Dear God. Where’s that?"

Goodbye Gaggan

Goodbye Gaggan

by David J Constable

Gaggan in Bangkok made it to number seven in The World's 50 Best Restaurants list 2017. So why is it closing?

Glasgow new, and old-new | Six by Nico and The Ubiquitous Chip

Glasgow new, and old-new | Six by Nico and The Ubiquitous Chip

by Derek Guthrie

"According to the preternaturally handsome maitre'd it was all his own choice. Hmmm, I demurred …"

Don’t answer back: Faymous last words

Don’t answer back: Faymous last words

by George Reynolds

"It’s a doozy, a murder by a million cuts so subtle that on first reading you can’t quite understand how a restaurant came to be lying in front of you in a puddle of its own viscera, twitching its last"

That’s your allotment | Review: Flat Three, London

That’s your allotment | Review: Flat Three, London

by David J Constable

"An insipid carrot sorbet with rhubarb, olive oil and bergamot is a timely cooling aid, but there's rarely ever much to be enjoyed from a carrot"