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Quilon. Still a Michelin masterclass of Indian fine dining.

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The Vineyard Hotel. Discover the impressive Judgement of Paris Tasting Menu

Tucked away in a corner of prime Berkshire countryside may be a strange location to remember an incident that literally rocked the wine industry. Yet when you consider The Vineyard Hotel in Stockcross is pretty much all about the fruit of the vine, then it all makes sense.

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Steak frites Bearnaise at Petits Pois restaurant

Petits Pois Restaurant. A magnificent place to discover fine food.

In these days of clean eating, a restaurant in right-on Shoreditch actually pushing meat is a rare treat  indeed. And the deceptively-named Petits Pois, which offers that other rarely-found treat in Britain, a perfectly-cooked steak frites Bearnaise, is making the first Sunday of every month particularly attractive for carnivores, with a few extra treats some would consider beyond the pale.

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Northall Restaurant. The Best of British Food at the Corinthia Hotel

Northall Restaurant is a triumphant celebration of British cuisine and deserves its status as the Corinthian London’s flagship restaurant. It’s no wonder

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Quaglino’s. London’s legendary restaurant.

Quaglino’s has been a royal favourite for more than 80 years, and with Hollywood royalty frequenting too in its heyday the name has become the stuff of London legend.

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Op Het Dak Restaurant. Discover Rotterdam’s unique fine dining Resto.

Had I had the chance to peruse the menu at Rotterdam’s indoors-outdoors rooftop Op Het Dak (On the Roof), I would probably have super-demurred. 

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Lee’s Fried Chicken and Donuts. Extraordinary Fast food fine dinng.

Lee’s Fried Chicken and Donuts serving the fast food equivalent of fine dining, if I lived in Houston I’d never eat at home. And if you’ve never had fried chicken stuffed in a donut and dipped in bacon jam then, believe me, you haven’t lived.

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