At The Arb, we drink – ahem, research – tirelessly to discover the most fabulous cocktail clubs in London for you. We’ve finally stopped sipping – err, investigating – long enough to tell you what we’ve found. Take a tour with Qin Xie…
Alinea in Chicago is one of the world’s best restaurants. Marcus Wareing once told our Editor that he had “the best meal of my life” there. On hearing this anecdote, Jackie Lee couldn’t resist a hop across the Atlantic to see what the fuss is about…
This is not some sort of déjà vu-doo, The Arb has indeed visited, eaten and…
Estella Shardlow jumps on the Eurostar to Brussels to experience inventive rooftop dining at the latest, hippest and hottest gastro-pop-up restaurant on the international foodie scene, The Electrolux Cube.
A restaurant should do what it says on the tin. That makes me sound horribly…
Recalling her Portland food adventures, Jackie Lee chows down on red beans, fried okra and mac-n-cheese at The Delta Cafe, and waddles back to her college dorm like a southern fried glutton.
The discerning Miss Westin dines at Cassis Bistro in Brompton, surrounded by the chic locals of South Ken, eclectic modern art and blackboards of enticing Provencial fare.
Unabashed modern chaps Douglas Blyde and Jonesy indulge in the Mandeville Hotel’s Afternoon Tea for Men. Steak sandwiches, chicken satays, ‘masculine’ teacups…and whisky on standby for emergency machismo.
Our insatiable foodie and forager for London’s hottest restaurant openings, Mina Holland, meets visionary Vietnamese restaurateur Hugh Trung Bui at his Hoxton flagship Cây Tre, which he’s taking to Soho this summer.
A young woman sits alone at a candlelit table. She flicks somberly through a heavy leather-bound wine list; her eyes fall upon the dark ink of exotic promises, but the seat opposite remains vacant…
Dark Knight of the Gluttonous Table, Douglas Blyde, unsheathes his rapier tongue and ventures into the badlands of Soho to chomp and imbibe in the environs of Bocca di Lupo. No plate is left unturned, no ice cream left unlicked.
The San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurant Awards will be announced on Monday night. Tom Harrow casts a glutton’s eye on London’s dining scene and muses over what it really means to be the best.