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Abajo by Humo - 2023 October

Humo (“smoke” in Spanish) is a grill restaurant that opened in February 2022. The main dining room is on the ground floor, with an open kitchen and flame grill to the

Aaya - 2008 July

Note that in January 2009 Aaya went into administration, after just seven months of operation. It has now been replace by Hix W1 The notes below are of historical interest

A. Wong - 2020 August

Andrew Wong took over the family restaurant Kyms, near Victoria station, back in December 2012. He has developed a modern style of Chinese cooking, a long way from the standard

A. Wong - 2018 March

Andrew Wong has completely transformed the Wilton Road restaurant that used to be Kym’s, since he took over the family business in 2013. The food that he cooks here explores

A. Wong - 2017 November

I often come to A. Wong at lunch for the terrific dim sum, and you can still get a selection of these at dinner. A trio of shrimp dumpling, prawn and pork dumpling and xiao long

A. Wong - 2017 May

A. Wong’s dim sum offering differs from the norms of Chinatown in a number of ways. For a start, you can order by the individual piece, so if you are dining by yourself or

A. Wong - 2014 February

Andrew Wong has an unusual background for a chef, having started studying chemistry at Oxford before deciding to go into cooking. He travelled and worked in China for some time

A. Wong - 2013 September

A Wong is taking a fresh approach to a number of Chinese dishes, and at this visit I had the chance to see what they could do with Peking Duck. This can be one of the

A. Wong - 2013 July

Andrew Wong has taken over the old Kyms premises in Wilton Road, opposite Sainsbury’s near Victoria station, and opening in December 2012. The dining room is quite smart in

A Wong - 2016 January

One very useful feature of the A. Wong menu is that you can order dim sum by the piece rather than the portion of three or four pieces that is the norm in most restaurants. If you

8 Hoxton Square - 2014 May

8 Hoxton Square is in the same ownership as 10 Greek Street, but unlike its sister restaurant it takes reservations. Its head chef is Australian Cameron Emirali, who formerly

7 Portes - 2019 March

This is part of the history of Barcelona, having opened its doors way back in 1836. The building was commissioned by a local businessman called Josep Xifre, who wanted something

64 Goodge Street - 2024 March

This is the sister of Quality Chop House, Portland and Clipstone, and opened in August 2023. The head chef is Stuart Andrew, who was previously head chef at Portland and before

6 Portland Road - 2016 May

The restaurant 6 Portland Road opened in March 2016, the creation of Oli Barker, formerly of Terroirs. The head chef is Pascal Wiedemann, who previously cooked at Soif and

500 2014 May

In a parade of shops on the Holloway Road is an Italian restaurant called 500. The name is a reference to the little Fiat Cinquecento car, pictures of which adorn the walls of the

50 Kalo di Ciro Salva London - 2018 October

The original pizzeria of this name opened in Naples in February 2014, though its owner Ciro Salvo is a third generation pizzaiolo of a family-run pizzeria near Naples. “50

197 Chiswick Fire Station - 2016 August

This restaurant, on the site of what used to be an All Bar One, opened in May 2016. It serves food all day, and is the fourth in a growing collection of restaurants from a

1947 London - 2020 January

The restaurant 1947 London opened in October 2019. The name is a reference to the year in which the former UK colony of India was partitioned into the independent states of India

1890 By Gordon Ramsay - 2024 April

The name of this restaurant is a reference to some culinary history, so a little background is in order. In the early 18th century Antonin Careme had risen from a humble

110 de Taillevent London - 2023 April

Les 110 de Taillevent, open since late 2015, is the sister of a restaurant of the same name in Paris, the casual offspring of Taillevent, the iconic Paris fine dining restaurant