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Masala Zone - 2010 August

Masala Zone is the casual dining offshoot of the little restaurant empire than includes Amaya, Chutney Mary and Veerswamy. From the initial branch in Marshall Street the Masala

Masala Zone - 2001 May

Here are my more detailed notes on a meal at the first Masala Zone branch (Marshall Street) in May 2001. The Masala Zone is a brisk, lively restaurant serving authentic Indian

Maryam's Cafe - 2019 January

In May 2019 this restaurnt closed. Maryam’s Café opened on 31st December 2018, the first venture of food blogger and cookbook author Marayam Sinaiee, who was

Martin Berasategui - 2012 October

Martin Berasategui opened in 1993, gaining a third Michelin star in 2001. Mr Berasategui trained at cookery school in France in 1977, working over the next few years in several

Mark Jordan

How long have you been cooking professionally? I have been cooking professionally for 27 years. Due to a rather quick exit from school it forced me into getting a job and I opted

Marianne - 2013 September

I first experienced Marianne Lumb’s cooking at the quarterfinals stage of “Masterchef: The Professionals” in 2009, where she demonstrated culinary talent with

Mari Vanna

Given the considerable number of Russians living in Knightsbridge, it was not surprising that an upmarket Russian restaurant has opened here. Nearby Borscht n’ Tears is

Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley - 2011 September

Marcus Wareing finally has his own name over the door at his restaurant at The Berkeley, which opened in 2008. Prior to this he led the kitchen at Petrus for Gordon Ramsay on the

Marcus - 2014 December

The restaurant was rebranded simply as “Marcus” in 2014 along with a minor refurbishment. The aim was apparently for a slightly less formal ambience than previously

March 2012 - Kitchen W8

Kitchen W8 is a welcome revamp of the old 11 Abingdon Road premises, which has involved an improvement in the décor and, more importantly, in the kitchen. The place is now

Mantra - 2007 September

Austin Powers meets Hounslow. The decor of this "contemporary Indian" restaurant is surreal. The floor and tables are glass, as are the plates. The floor is back-lit in changing

Manthan - 2021 October

Manthan (“learn through reflection”) opened in September 2021, run by Rohit Ghai, who also runs Kutir and previously headed the kitchens of Gymkhana and Jamavar. This

Manteca - 2022 September

Manteca, named after a word meaning lard, opened in January 2022, following a four-month pop-up stage in Mayfair in 2019. It describes itself as a nose to tail Italian, doing its

Mantanah - April 2001

This simple restaurant delivers cooking well above the standard of the formulaic Thai places that are dotted around London. This gets beyond the clichéd dishes into

Manicomio - April 2007

Manicomio is situated in the redevelopment that was once the Chelsea Barracks. It is tucked away opposite Peter Jones near Sloane Square. It is a quite large venture, with outside

Mango & Silk - 2008

Udit Sarkhel used to run the excellent Sarkhels (and a couple of other places in south London) but after a divorce in 2007 he was forced to sell up, and initially left London

Mandalay - 2011 February

The Mandalay is a rarity in London, a Burmese restaurant. Burmese food is broadly speaking a cross between Chinese and Indian, with a bit of Thai thrown in. My experience of

Malt House - 2013 January

Editor's note. In February 2014 Marcus McGuiness left Malt House to become head chef of Auberge du Lac. The Malt House is a Fulham pub now taken over by Claude Bosi of Hibiscus

Malina - 2011 September

Malina opened in early 2011 in Brook Green (next to Kerbisher and Malt), serving Polish food in an area of London with such a large Polish population that bus-stop adverts in the

Malabar Beyond India - 2018 January

This restaurant is located in central Taupo in a little parade of other restaurants and businesses, in what in America would be called a strip mall. The owners are actually