FOOD+DRINK

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Review: Ministry of Crab, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Review: Ministry of Crab, Colombo, Sri Lanka

by David J Constable

"Lashings of butter has been added to temper the sting, but this is the Indian subcontinent, where they like their hearty fare hotter than the Gates of Hell"

MSG, OMG | Review: Mission Chinese, New York

MSG, OMG | Review: Mission Chinese, New York

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"I’d love to go back. But I never will"

The future of dining | Mathias Dahlgren

The future of dining | Mathias Dahlgren

by Mathias Dahlgren

Swedish superstar chef Mathias Dahlgren redefines luxury

“Rooms like this” | Bar Américain, Brasserie Zédel & Lorna Luft at The Crazy Coqs

“Rooms like this” | Bar Américain, Brasserie Zédel & Lorna Luft at The Crazy Coqs

by Corinna Tomrley

"Luxury, luscious food, topped off with Garland DNA: the cabaret act that evening was Judy’s daughter, Miss Lorna Luft"

G-whizz | Avenue G, Glasgow

G-whizz | Avenue G, Glasgow

by Karen Krizanovich

"Avenue G is, for me, that place in Glasgow: it’s like Cheers with coffee"

One more nail in the coffin | Review: Rex & Mariano, London

One more nail in the coffin | Review: Rex & Mariano, London

by Neil D.A. Stewart

"Once upon a time, Mr Marks and Mr Spencer operated a grocers’ stall together, but the eponymous Rex and Mariano are likelier to be two people who’ve favourited one another’s Twitter feeds but never actually met"

The new spirit of Beverly Hills | Review: Scarpetta, Los Angeles

The new spirit of Beverly Hills | Review: Scarpetta, Los Angeles

by Karen Krizanovich

"So it’s Beverly Hills, but not as you know it." Karen Krizanovich dines at Scarpetta

Steak in and out | Review: CUT, London

Steak in and out | Review: CUT, London

by Karen Krizanovich

"In America, steak is always some muscular animal of the plains. It may be hearty, heavy, manly and bloody, but it is never fancy or foreign"

It doesn’t, in fact, suck | Review: Quattro Passi, London

It doesn’t, in fact, suck | Review: Quattro Passi, London

by Karen Krizanovich

Karen Krizanovich thinks that critics are missing the point at Mayfair's Quattro Passi

Very few reservations | Review: Antidote, London

Very few reservations | Review: Antidote, London

by Rebecca Fortey

The upstairs restaurant at Antidote in Soho is serving flawless food, and same day reservations are a doddle. What’s going on?, asks Rebecca Fortey