Goodsway used to be one of the grimmest streets in London. Linking the road between King’s Cross and St Pancras stations to York Way, not a salu...

In the heart of one of the poshest areas of London, St James’s Street in SW1, about a five-minute walk from Buckingham Palace (and you can’...

The extensive redevelopment of Paddington Bear…sorry, Paddington Basin, close to the famous West London railway station of that name, has been o...

Last week saw the eighth annual Scotch Egg Challenge at The Canonbury gastropub, not far from where I live in North London. I can’t say that wil...

La Poule au Pot inhabits a quiet corner of London SW1 – not quite Belgravia, not quite Sloane Square, certainly not Victoria. It’s a tradi...

On holiday in France recently, we were obviously looking forward to the food. I mean, who doesn’t? Mostly we ate at home but there were a few tr...

Dock Kitchen is a terrific restaurant by Portobello Docks, just off the Grand Union Canal, in London w10, at the top end of Ladbroke Grove; in fact ab...

Last September 30, the London bakery scene got a new inhabitant. Dominique Ansel, a French-American chef who established his reputation at his eponymo...

The Ivy restaurant in London (West Street, WC2) is one of the most notable landmarks of the capital’s cuisine. It’s not that the food is a...