You might not be able to snag a table at Le Gavroche before it closes in January, but if a dose of lavish formality and classical French cuisine is the order of the day, here are some iconic alternatives to scratch the itch.
Park Lane, the second-most expensive square of the Monopoly board, might not be where one comes for a cheap-eat, but even by Mayfair standards, this Japanese newcomer has raised eyebrows.
It is worth remembering that when Albert and Michel Roux opened Le Gavroche in 1967 – decamping from Lower Sloane Street to Upper Brook Street in 1981 – they introduced top-class gastronomy to the UK.
We may be familiar with regional Indian cooking and South East Asian food, but Nepalese cuisine is relatively unknown to many of us. We asked Zeren Wilson of John Dory wine bar, restaurant site Bitten & Written, and Folkestone local to delve into the town’s astonishing collection of Nepalese restaurants.
