Europe and Middle East

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Lorenzo and Kakalamba Restaurant Belgrade

03/07/2017 by .
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Tucked away in a non-descript side street of Belgrade is an alternate universe. A place where nothing is what it seems to be. A place where you can leave your woes and stresses at the door and enter a world of bohemian bizarre or traditional Tuscan depending on which side of the fence you sit.

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Bluespoon Andaz Amsterdam

21/06/2017 by .
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Amsterdam is almost unique in hiding so many of its top restaurants within hotels.  But exquisite canalside locations must be fully exploited, especially the loveliest of them, Prinsengracht, and are bound to inspire the kind of rarefied culinary experience Bluespoon delivers on the ground floor of the Andaz Amsterdam.

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Amass Restaurant

16/05/2017 by .
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Amass is the very essence of today’s trending Copenhagen restaurants, serving up inspired local fare in a stripped-back yet sumptuous space deep within a far-flung neighbourhood changing so fast that by 2018 it will be the hottest place to dine in town.

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The Jones Family Project

02/03/2017 by .
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A 70s-style bar awash in greenery portrays The Jones Family Project as a probable purveyor of right-on clean eating.   But appearances deceive; huge hunks of prime rib, rumps of hoggett and primeval pork tomahawks are what drive  traffic to this serious Shoreditch steakhouse after sundown.

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Glorious Galvin At The Athenaeum

01/03/2017 by .

Restaurant Noble. Michelin Star eating in Den Bosch.

28/02/2017 by .

The Jugged Hare. A wonderful City of London Institution

09/01/2017 by .
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The Jugged Hare, a City of London institution at any time of year, really comes into its own during game season.

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Lotus Indian restaurant – Now Closed

16/12/2016 by .
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Lotus Indian restaurant , two minutes from Charing Cross, breaks the rule which says an ethnic restaurant close to a mainline station is likely be inauthentic at best, a tourist trap at worst.   In fact this multi-award-winning eatery is up there with the best Indian restaurants in London, as good as the several with a Michelin star this reviewer has dined at.

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Eneko at One Aldwych

30/11/2016 by .
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Eneko at One Aldwych is a restaurant whose arrival should have been heralded with trumpets.   Here’s a chef who not only boasts three Michelin stars, but has been soaring steadily up the list of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants for the past three years. 

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Brasserie Blanc. St. Albans

08/11/2016 by .
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The good people of St. Albans should know a thing or two about fine food, after all, the High Street is awash with well known upscale restaurants. So when my waiter at Brasserie Blanc tells me “50% of our customers are regulars” I think to myself, “if that isn’t a sign of approval, I don’t know what is.”

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