Meals of the year, 2025: 16 of my favourite dining experiences
I love restaurants. I know: I spend too much of my income eating and drinking. I approach gastronomy the way
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Restaurants
Restaurants: a near perfect lunch at Chez Bruce, Wandsworth Common, London
Website: https://www.chezbruce.co.uk/ What do you want from a restaurant experience? It really depends. Sometimes you want gastronomic challenge. Sometimes you
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10 Years of Rotters Towers, with food from Vantre (Paris) and lots of Beaujolais
Each year Noble Rot Lambs Conduit Street celebrate Beaujolais Nouveau day in style, inviting a guest chef or restaurant to
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Sifnos, the gastronomic Greek island (7) back to Cherinossos and Sifnos Stoneware
So the final day. We weren’t catching the ferry until 5 pm, so it was back to Cherinissos for the
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Sifnos, the gastronomic Greek island (5) Chrysopigi Tavern, Faros, Vathi Bay and Manolis
Day 4. Ferries cancelled because of winds. A couple in our accommodation were somewhat distraught because they were due to
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Sifnos, the gastronomic Greek island (4) Kastro and Cantina, Loggia reprise
The second day in Kastro. We walk into the village and then take a path down to view the famous
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Sifnos: a gastronomic journey through the coolest Greek island that you probably haven’t heard of
In his book The Greek House: the story of a painter’s love affair with the island of Sifnos, Christian Brechneff
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Sifnos, the gastronomic Greek island (3): lunch at Omega 3 and Loggia wine bar in Kastro
Day two began with an early morning swim, then we headed off to Platis (sometimes ‘Ptays’) Giallos, where we had
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Sifnos, the gastronomic Greek island (2) Cheronissos, the journey begins, with lunch at Fish Tavern Fyssas
Sifnos is a gem. In an age of over-tourism, here’s an island that still feels untouched, although I suspect anyone
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La Tour Melas, a Greek first growth: tasting the wines over lunch at Gaia, Mayfair
Website: https://www.latourmelas.com/ A winery that stemmed from a bet. Some time ago, Kyros Melas, a stockbroker, made a bet with
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