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The honeymoon is finally over for Gordon Ramsay, the much-lauded soccer player turned superchef. While fine diners still appreciate Ramsay for the brilliant and entrepreneurial restaurateur that he is (his foray into gastropubs has been less well received), media saturation and high prices have pushed many a fan into the arms of another. And that other is Alan Yau, whose latest ventures are polar opposites. Sake No Hana is expensive Japanese with a sake menu nonpareil, while Cha Cha Moon is the perfect credit-crunch Chinese (15–21 Ganton St., W1F 9BN; 44-20-7297-9800). Elsewhere, that great British staple fish-and-chips is making a funky comeback thanks to Tom Aikens, who has opened Tom's Place with his twin brother, Robert (1 Cale St., SW3 3QT; 44-20-7351-1806). At the other end of the price spectrum, hotel restaurants (and bars) are in vogue, with Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester, Hélène Darroze at the newly reopened Connaught, Ramsay at Claridge's and the Marriott, and Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley. Pubs—gastro and otherwise—continue to thrive, and, of course, there is always a plentiful supply of curry houses and noodle bars.
While Scott's, The Ivy, and Le Caprice favor diners with perseverance or a famous name, J. Sheekey, the fourth in the best-known quartet of restaurants in...more
Recipient of a Michelin star in 2006, the Ledbury brings unprecedented polish, panache, and amuse-bouches to Notting Hill, taking this postal code to new levels...more
What could be more blissful than a meal on the terrace of this perpetually booked, much-imitated Italian-style gastro-temple opened in 1987 by Rose Gray and...more
Once you've found Sake No Hana—no mean feat, since there's no sign outside—the lighting, or lack of it, will further impede your progress upstairs....more
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