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Rating Appeals To Displaced Italians (especially those extra picky types with a particular taste for Italian coffee, or types of Italian cheeses that you can’t generally get in the UK) Bohemian individuals who like to discuss powerful ideas and/or ferment rebellions in Read More

The excellent people at Jumeirah Lowndes Hotel invited us down to preview this year’s run of their BBQ Masterclasses, taking place at The Terrace, Jumeirah Lowndes’ outdoor bar and kitchen.  Instantly sold by the prospect of a barbecue on a sunny terrace, off I Read More

Rating Cuisine British In A Word Graceful Suited to English Middle Ages architecture & history buffs People taking a retreat, people escaping London for a day or so &/or people escaping Stevenage (sorry Stevenage) People who like going rural but not too rural. The Read More

Rating Appeals To Those who appreciate geometric art and walls that have plant formations growing on them Those who seek a cuisine that’s somewhat reassuring, and consistent and that promises nothing  too unexpected. Is that what Modern European is? Anyone who really, Read More

Rating:    Cuisine: Moroccan & Lebanese… with a Brazilian twist  In A Word: ‘Amalgamating’  Suited To: People who observe a meat centric, Halal way of eating. Non Halal meat fiends who don’t care for pork. People who haven’t Read More

Rating: Cuisine: English food with with a few French touches. And GIN. Can gin be a cuisine?   Appeals to: Well, for the gin school – we’re thinking gin connoisseurs, along with juniper journeyers and tentatives of all stripes. The bar staff know wh Read More

Rating Cuisine Northern Italian / ‘Peasant Food’ Appeals To Polenta obsessives and pasta dismissives  Vegans and Vegetarians Very hip young types and people who want to get on the Polenta trend People seeking a filling, economical bite or two  ( £7 for a Read More

Rating Suited To: Sushi fans & Sushi fans looking for something with a little extra Carnivores (AKA humans who like to eat a lot of meat…sushivores?) People who want to drink some Pisco or eat some Quinoa (not so common) Fusion foodies (do you guys exist?) Up to date Read More

Rating Appeals To Anglophiles, fans of British cuisine & patriotic/semi-patriotic Brit foodies out to prove a point Steakhouse connoisseurs and mighty proud/shameless carnivores Those with pounds (financial) to burn and pounds (physiological) to gain, and who want to do this Read More

Rating   Cuisine: French, with Japanese touches? Appeals to: Flavour flâneurs and gustatory aesthetes Metropolitan diners and people opting for the high class version of the ‘Westminster experience’ Romancers of the stove or high powered business types Those who Read More