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Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 26th May 2024 The Guardian Brett, Glasgow Grace Dent found “comfort food with the chef’s foot fully on the gas” at this modest-seeming wine bar – the younger sibling of feted Cal Bruich nearby – which “holds a fig leaf […]
A tasting-menu restaurant that combines three of the hottest cooking trends – hyper-localism, Japanese and Middle Eastern cuisine – has launched this summer in Lancaster under the name Now Or Never. Jeff Marshall, a former private and development chef, and his wife Nichola, a keen forager who acts as sommelier and runs the front of house, say […]
Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich, the Israeli foodie power couple behind Honey & Co, are to open a new daytime venue in Bloomsbury this September. Honey & Co Daily, in Store Street off Tottenham Court Road, will combine a deli and takeaway with a 40-seat dining room open during the day, which will operate as […]
A pair of former Palomar and Barbary chefs have opened a Middle Eastern-inspired take on a North American diner in London’s Camden Market. Epicurus, from Amir Kraus and Amir Batito, is a follow-up to their steakhouse The Black Cow, also in Camden. The menu ranges from a classic Canadian poutine and a grilled meat sharing […]
Imad’s Syrian Kitchen, the tiny West End restaurant founded by a refugee from war-torn Damascus, is expanding into bigger premises to offer a wider range of dishes. Imad Alarnab fled his home in 2015, leaving a flourishing restaurant business behind, and cooked for fellow refugees before rebuilding his career as a restaurateur in London. His […]
An upmarket Armenian restaurant is set to launch in Mayfair later this month. Lusin, meaning ‘moon’, opens its doors in Hay Hill on 31 October and will accommodate up to 100 diners on two floors. The restaurant originated in Riyadh in 2011, and now has three further branches in Saudi Arabia; this will be its […]
John Javier’s Middle Eastern-inspired restaurant The Tent (at the end of the universe) at members’ club 17 Little Portland Street in Fitzrovia will open to the public next Wednesday, 17th August. Ex-Noma chef John Javier launched the restaurant in February, serving tabbouleh, humus and taramasalata to guests sitting on low stools under canvas-hung ceilings, accompanied […]
Israeli-born Australian chef Roy Ner opened his first restaurant in Europe this week, Jeru in Berkeley Street, Mayfair, bringing his luxurious interpretation of Middle Eastern cuisine to London. The smart restaurant was designed by Melbourne’s Studio Y and has a downstairs cocktail bar, Layla, along with a bakery at the front producing such delicacies as […]
