FOOD+DRINK

Recipes, reviews, farms and tables

Ahead of the curve | Oliver Peyton

Ahead of the curve | Oliver Peyton

by Civilian London

"I don’t understand why people queue up for two hours for fast food. It’s stupid"

Chow down, nosh off

Chow down, nosh off

by Tatty Good

Nosh and Chow is the new restaurant in a four storey Stockholm townhouse from the people behind Berns Hotel. Tatty Good finds it visually bonkers, with a menu that's all over the place

Omotesando Koffee

Omotesando Koffee

by Kate Deerfield

Smaller than small, but perfectly formed - this tiny café serves some of the best coffee in Tokyo, in the backstreets of the city's most fashion-forward area

The San Sebastián All Stars

The San Sebastián All Stars

by Sudi Pigott

One town, 16 Michelin stars, mountains of molecular pintxos

The queue at The Breakfast Club

The queue at The Breakfast Club

by Stephen Unwin

"But can’t you just imagine the chatter in that queue? All that talk of Twerking and FitFlops, hair and make-up, ketchup or HP? It must be like the round table at The Algonquin"

Playing with samphire | Titchwell Manor, Norfolk

Playing with samphire | Titchwell Manor, Norfolk

by Derek Guthrie

"All the pubs have been gastrofied; you have to book, trousers must be red corduroy, and flawlessly restored villages sit beside some of the finest beaches and seascapes England has to offer"

Review: Northbank, London

Review: Northbank, London

by Monisha Rajesh

"Bang opposite Tate Modern, with a twinkly, please-kiss-me-on-the-bridge view of the city, Northbank markets itself as a sort of Cornwall-on-Thames restaurant"

Foie gras <em>sans</em> baguette | Dining in Tahiti

Foie gras sans baguette | Dining in Tahiti

by David J Constable

"The French can't stop drumming in their culinary influence wherever they go; and now the baguette has become so intertwined with Tahitian national identity, that they're stuffing them full of fresh fish or Chinese noodles"

Review: Hoi Polloi, London

Review: Hoi Polloi, London

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"Refreshingly, there isn’t the 'of the moment' style of service that’s been fed through several filters of irony and the cod bonhomie of neighbourhood bars situated within two blocks of any L train stop in Brooklyn"

Pierre Gagnaire Paris | The gastronomic mothership

Pierre Gagnaire Paris | The gastronomic mothership

by Civilian Paris

"This is where to come to see waiters on all fours, picking up bits of hay from the floor with huge silver spoons – remnants from some particularly conceptual dish that has shed a few strands of its presentation while sizzling on the way to its table"