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Quo Vadis.Still a brilliant Soho legend 100 years on

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Wiltons Restaurant has made eight moves since starting as a shellfish-mongers in 1742 in London’s Haymarket - a plenty swanky address in recent centuries, but back then, just that - a market selling hay.

Legendary Wiltons Restaurant. London

That first memory of peering into Wiltons interior never went away and now, almost 35 years later, I have finally ventured inside.

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Anthea Gerrie visits Hitching Post II to recreate a famous movie scene. Exterior credit Kirk IrwinII Images

 Hitching Post II. Memorable Southern California Wine Country.

Pinot noir is, understandably, the star of the wine list, since so many great versions of this difficult to make varietal have been created in this region. 

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Novikov Restaurant and Bar

Novikov Restaurant and Bar. London’s best spot to be seen in.

It’s a bit like a restaurant theme park, with a Pan-Asian occupying the front and an Italian at the back and that’s where I’m bound

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Andy Mossack reviewws Orient London in the capital's famous Chinatown

Orient London. Discover a Chinatown legend

Orient London offers up fresh and authentic Chinese dishes from comforting mainstays for the majority of us to an opportunity for diners feeling the need to delve deeper into the unusual and exotic.

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For what looks like an unassuming little restaurant in the depths of the Thanet hinterland, The Corner House in Minster has garnered a great deal of attention over the past five years.

The Corner House, Minster. Excellent foodie destination.

For what looks like an unassuming little restaurant in the depths of the Thanet hinterland, The Corner House in Minster has garnered a great deal of attention over the past five years.

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For Uformel Restaurant in Copenhagen, life’s too short to pickle elderflowers. Ants, ox marrow and tree bark won’t be on the menu either.

Uformel Restaurant. Discover unconventional culinary genius in Copenhagen

The Uformel chefs have seen the world, smelt the truffles, tasted the sun-dried tomatoes and even sprinkled pepper on their dishes

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