under20 Archive

  • Tweet Created by the people behind the highly regarded Thai restaurant group Patara, Suda takes a more specialised approach to their native cuisine by taking its influence from Siamese ‘rice...

    Suda, WC2

    Tweet Created by the people behind the highly regarded Thai restaurant group Patara, Suda takes a more specialised approach to their native cuisine by taking its influence from Siamese ‘rice...

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  • Tweet If I was going to put my money on London’s next big restaurant trend, it would have to be Vietnamese.   The scene has been bubbling away for a while,...

    Pho, Various Locations

    Tweet If I was going to put my money on London’s next big restaurant trend, it would have to be Vietnamese.   The scene has been bubbling away for a while,...

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  • Tweet Tapas bars have been a part of the UK dining scene for a couple of decades. Tapas chains have seen a certain degree of success and there are many...

    Tapas Revolution, W12

    Tweet Tapas bars have been a part of the UK dining scene for a couple of decades. Tapas chains have seen a certain degree of success and there are many...

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  • Tweet With its wall to wall line up of Asian restaurants, windows filled with luminous red hanging ducks and menus written in languages that I could only guess at, Chinatown...

    Leong’s Legends, W1 & W2

    Tweet With its wall to wall line up of Asian restaurants, windows filled with luminous red hanging ducks and menus written in languages that I could only guess at, Chinatown...

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  • Tweet Mention Mexican food, and most people think of rubbery, cheesy tortillas and over-seasoned chicken fajitas – so much potential, completely destroyed by Mexi-Brit chain restaurants.  But then came along...

    Wahaca, Various

    Tweet Mention Mexican food, and most people think of rubbery, cheesy tortillas and over-seasoned chicken fajitas – so much potential, completely destroyed by Mexi-Brit chain restaurants.  But then came along...

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  • Tweet From rootsy beginnings at Brixton Market, Franco Manca has expanded on its early success and since early 2010 have been firing trad Neapolitan sourdough pizzas in Chiswick too. The...

    Franco Manca – Chiswick

    Tweet From rootsy beginnings at Brixton Market, Franco Manca has expanded on its early success and since early 2010 have been firing trad Neapolitan sourdough pizzas in Chiswick too. The...

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  • Tweet Having taken inspiration from the ‘pizza al taglio’ (cut pizza) which is sold throughout Italy, Melito uses carefully sourced ingredients and traditional cooking techniques to offer simple, affordable and...

    Melito, W1

    Tweet Having taken inspiration from the ‘pizza al taglio’ (cut pizza) which is sold throughout Italy, Melito uses carefully sourced ingredients and traditional cooking techniques to offer simple, affordable and...

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  • Tweet So we all know that the Indian restaurant industry has successfully seen the evolution from kitsch Birmingham balti house to providing a more authentic representation of Indian food.  It...

    Dishoom, WC2

    Tweet So we all know that the Indian restaurant industry has successfully seen the evolution from kitsch Birmingham balti house to providing a more authentic representation of Indian food.  It...

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  • Tweet I often walk past Busaba Eathai on Wardour Street, look at the queue and wonder just what all the fuss is about. One Thursday as I sat in the...

    Busaba Eathai, various locations

    Tweet I often walk past Busaba Eathai on Wardour Street, look at the queue and wonder just what all the fuss is about. One Thursday as I sat in the...

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  • Tweet Japanese food… it’s just raw fish and soupy noodles isn’t it? Not quite. Because our palettes have become largely attuned to the culinary ‘delights’ originally championed by the likes...

    Bincho Yakitori, W1

    Tweet Japanese food… it’s just raw fish and soupy noodles isn’t it? Not quite. Because our palettes have become largely attuned to the culinary ‘delights’ originally championed by the likes...

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