Hampstead’s Rosslyn Hill has long been a magnet for trendy cafes and restaurants. Affluent local residents enjoy a local evening bite and a weekend hangout while tourists visiting Hampstead’s quaint narrow lanes and heath seek pit stops to re-energise.

One of the greatest culinary injustices of our times has been Spanish cuisine’s permanent “bridesmaid” relationship to its French equivalent.  Oh sure, we all get along with tapas and foodies know only too well the major influences of three-star Iberian  chefs such as Ferran Adria, Juan Mari Arzak and his daughter Elena, the Roca brothers and Eneko Atxa.

Anthea Gerrie takes afternoon tea at the Savoy and enjoys a mutli-course feast.

Friday night and the Holborn Dining Room is heaving. Not at all bad for High Holborn, an area traditionally reserved either for late night drinkers from the outer reaches of the legal profession or office workers heading for Holborn tube on the daily grind home.

Andy Mossack reviews Hankies Marble Arch, aomgst Georgian mews.

Andy Mossack eats at Moo Krata Thai BBQ and hot pot, in London’s theatre distrct.

Tucked away on London’s fashionable Old Brompton Road (some might even call it Chelsea)  just a short stroll from Earl’s Court station, Flora Indica is so introvert you might mistake it for one of those curious old book shops.