On corkage: should restaurants let you bring your own bottles, and if so, how much should they charge?
Restaurants hardly ever cellar wine these days (it’s far too expensive for most, although there are some noble exceptions). But
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Food and wine
Restaurants: Hunan, London
Hunan is a remarkable restaurant. It’s been a Pimlico institution since 1982, and is widely regarded to be one of
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Restaurants: Honey & Co Bloomsbury, London
Website: https://honeyandco.co.uk/places/honey-co/ Just opposite Noble Rot in Lambs Conduit Street, Honey & Co is a really good restaurant offering middle
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Restaurants: Arabica Borough Market, London
Website: https://www.arabicalondon.com/borough-market/ OK, it’s not fancy. But Arabica is just the sort of place I love eating at. It’s a
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Chianti Classico deep dive (5) dinner at Salefino Vino & Cucina in Siena
Website: https://salefino-siena.com/vino-e-cucina/ This was my first time in Siena, which is simply stunning. It’s almost entirely unspoiled, and is very
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Restaurants: Post and Pepper, Stellenbosch
Website: https://postandpepper.co.za/ This was one of the gastronomic highlights of a recent trip to South Africa, where we spent a
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Restaurants: Gymkhana, London
Restaurants: Gymkhana Website: https://gymkhanalondon.com/ I first visited Gymkhana back in September 2014, about a year after it opened. This was
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Restaurants: Plateau, Brighton
Website: https://www.plateaubrighton.co.uk/ Plateau is one of those restaurants that I love to eat at. A lunch today, on a bright
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Exploring Japanese wine (5) a wine-pairing lunch at Chi-Fu, Osaka
Website: https://chi-fu.jp/ This was a remarkable gastronomic experience. Chi-Fu is a Japanese-influenced Chinese restaurant in Osaka serving an amazing multicourse
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Exploring Japanese wine (4) a dinner with amazing wines at Shimanouchi Fujimaru Winery
Website: www.papilles.net This was a beautiful evening at Fujimaru Winery, which is a restaurant and urban winery in Osaka. This
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