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Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant reviewers were writing about in the week up to 22nd September 2024 The Guardian Köd, Soho Grace Dent has seen the future of dining out – “once the AI robots rule the Earth and we’re down to bugs, dust and 3D-printed gateaux”. And, following her visit to the […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant reviewers were writing about in the week up to 15th September 2024 The Evening Standard Exit Jimi Famurewa The week was dominated by the ending of Jimi Famurewa’s tenure as the Evening Standard’s chief restaurant reviewer – a role made famous by his illustrious predecessor Fay Maschler, who became […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 8th September 2024 The Evening Standard Ambassadors Club House, Mayfair Jimi Famurewa was the first critic to the latest opening from all-conquering JKS Restaurants – this one a “typically fine-drawn love letter to the princely flavours and riotous drinking traditions […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 1st September 2024 Evening Standard Mauby, Brockley Jimi Famurewa was very taken by “this immensely likeable slice of British-Caribbean cool” from married couple Daniel and Heleena Maynard, who previously operated Deptford’s Jerk Off BBQ and showcase the Jamaican and […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 19th August 2024 Evening Standard Miga, Hackney Jimi Famurewa visited a new Korean restaurant “like no other in the capital” – a two-generational father-and-sons project combining old school and new school in a minimalist modern shoebox of a setting. “There […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 11th August 2024 Evening Standard Mamapen at The Sun & 13 Cantons, Soho Jimi Famurewa gave a warm welcome to what it is “incredibly, London’s only Cambodian restaurant” – a residency at the foodie Soho pub that served as a […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 28th July 2024 Evening Standard Henri, Covent Garden David Ellis headed to what he calculated was Jackson Boxer’s sixth restaurant on the go, “a Paris-inspired bistro — wanting to be ooh la la, va va voom On-ree, not claret-at-the-golf-club […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 21st July 2024 Evening Standard Lucia, Hackney Wick Jimi Famurewa brushed aside the social-media hype attending so many launches to draw attention to a new Mexican spot in east London whose Instagram account has yet to post a single […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 14th July 2024 Evening Standard Tollington’s, Finsbury Park Jimi Famurewa hailed the Spanish-accented makeover of a derelict chippy, by Four Legs chef Ed McIroy (Plimsoll and the Compton Arms), as “both a justified candidate for opening of the year and […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 23rd June 2024 Evening Standard Café Britaly, Peckham When this restaurant’s purist-baiting pitch first came to his notice, Jim Famurewa dismissed the whole enterprise as clickbait – “winking Britalian camp” and “a silly play for virality”. But when he […]
