Latest articles by Ben McCormack
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Oudh 1722 brings a forgotten Indian culinary tradition to LondonMichelin-starred chef Aktar Islam’s first London restaurant is rooted in the historic food culture of Awadh, northern India’s former royal province
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The new London restaurants to book nowNew London restaurant openings this month include Appalachia in Shoreditch, Buvette in Neal’s Yard and Zylia in Covent Garden
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Tilda Swinton is to perform a new live work at the Guggenheim Museum BilbaoThe performance, titled ‘House of Gestures’, centres on Swinton using physical movement and costume changes to evoke character, memory and place, in a collaboration with Dom Pérignon
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Auguste turns a former Hackney favourite into an atmospheric Abruzzese trattoriaIn London Fields, a self-funded new opening from the teams behind Elm and Bambi brings the flame-grilled flavours of Abruzzo to a theatrical, Hopper-esque dining room
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The best pubs in LondonThe Wallpaper* guide to pubs where the beer is as carefully curated as the wine list, and where the welcome is as warm at the bar as it is in the dining room
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East Tokyo comes to east London at this hot new restaurantAt Mitsu, smoky Japanese flavours meet karaoke, DJ sets and late-night dancing
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London's best tasting menusLondon’s tasting menus have evolved far beyond classical fine dining, with chefs drawing on global influences, hyper-seasonal produce and deeply personal narratives to create some of the most ambitious meals in the city
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In the historic London hall where Vivienne Westwood made her debut, Idalia dishes up fare that's dressed to impressThe first opening in the Olympia's £1.3 billion regeneration brings food, design and cultural history back under one roof
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The best Chinese restaurants in LondonDiscover our food critic’s picks of the best Chinese restaurants in London; those serving up a wealth of regional wonders in the chicest of surroundings
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This modern Egyptian restaurant is London’s fieriest opening of the yearChef Meedu Saad goes solo with Impala, a charcoal grill restaurant and love letter to North African flavours that has already conquered Soho
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London's best Italian restaurants for pizza and pasta aficionadosFrom four-course blow-outs to the perfect pizza , food critic Ben McCormack recommends London's best Italian restaurants to have on your radar
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Chef Sally Abé finds her own voice at Teal in HackneyTeal by Sally Abé is built on British produce, nostalgic flavours, and sisterhood
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Taste the Mediterranean sea at this new London restaurantGreek in instinct and grounded in British ingredients, Jul’s is set to conquer SW1
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Sale e Pepe Mare brings Italian coastal dining to The Langham LondonA seafood-focused spin-off of the Knightsbridge institution brings Riviera spirit and tableside theatre to Portland Place
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Colour has flavour at this new London cocktail barLocated in Covent Garden, Cato is a double act with New York soul and plenty of British spirit
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Osteria Vibrato, founded by a former opera singer, hits a high note in London's SohoThe latest project from tenor Charlie Mellor, this laid-back Italian joint offers elegance, ease and fresh-baked amaretti biscuits
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Rustic trattoria classics meet pub-like charm at Tiella in east LondonAn Italian restaurant takes over 160-year-old premises in Bethnal Green, where the characterful interiors include vintage finds
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DakaDaka brings 8,000 years of Georgian tradition to LondonA new London restaurant distils Georgian hearth cooking and qvevri wine into a design-driven contemporary dining experience
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Upgrade your fish and chips at Corenucopia by Clare SmythThe three-star chef brings her mastery of British classics to Belgravia, with lavish interiors, nostalgic flavours and a distinctly playful sense of excess
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Neo-Gothic grandeur and decadent martinis await at Hawksmoor St PancrasThe dining room at the St Pancras London hotel has proved to be a revolving door for big-name chefs; now, it's Hawksmoor’s time to shine
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French bistro restaurant Maset channels the ease of the Mediterranean in LondonThis Marylebone restaurant is shaped by the coastal flavours, materials and rhythms of southern France
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Poon’s returns in majestic form at Somerset HouseHome-style Chinese cooking refined through generations of the Poon family craft
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Enjoy a Kyoto-inspired menu with London attitude at this new restaurantAki London offers a serene counterpoint to Oxford Circus, where stately interiors and elevated Japanese cooking cross paths
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Chef Matt Abé steps out solo with Bonheur in MayfairA former fine-dining institution is transformed through a study of light, tone and materiality, courtesy of Russell Sage Studio
