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Hutong London in the Shard Cheval Calico House is 5 minutes away from The Shard.  London has one of the most exciting restaurant scenes in the world right now. New restaurants are opening all the time and famous chefs have travelled to the capital to try their luck. London has it all.  This is John Gregory-Smith’s guide to the best high-end asian cuisine restaurants in London. Chinese at Hutong Step out of the lift and up the stairs to the 33rd floor of The Shard and into Hutong , which boasts panoramic views of the city through its floor to ceiling windows. The menu is classic Sichuan with other Northern Chinese dishes – The Peking duck is fantastic and the shredded chicken with Sichuan coriander and pepper dressing is tongue-numbingly good. Indian at Tamarind This subterranean Michelin starred Indian restaurant is one of London’s finest. The interior at Tamarind is chic and simple but the food is sublime. The chaat, a classic street food dish, is ...

The Gilbert Scott is a true British classic. Set in one of the most architecturally dramatic buildings in London, the dining room has an overwhelming sense of grandeur and occasion, yet manages to be elegantly casual at the same time. Although located in the same building as the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel at St Pancras International station, this is not a pit stop, a conduit or the start of a journey: this is a destination in itself. The Gilbert Scott is the second restaurant from celebrated chef Marcus Wareing, but don’t expect Michelin-style finesse and ceremony – this is a British brasserie, with a menu of historic and nostalgic British dishes. The starters include Brown and Forrest smoked salmon with oatmeal soda bread, crispy pig’s head with laverbread mayonnaise, pickled cockles, and sea herbs and venison terrine with Somerset cider chutney. Highlights from the main courses include an intensely flavoured braised oxtail and nutmeg mash, veal schnitzel with fr...

Cheval Hyde Park Gate is in the heart of London. L'Enclume in Cartmel took the top spot for the first time, beating Heston Blumenthal's The Fat Duck in Berkshire into second place. Editors of “The Good Food Guide” gave the restaurant in The Lake District’s Cartmel top honors in the 2014 edition of the restaurant review guide for using fresh, seasonal and organic ingredients plucked straight from its own six-acre farm. Chef Simon Rogan’s farm-to-table restaurant L’Enclume is set in a medieval village in the bucolic English countryside. The guide's consultant editor Elizabeth Carter said "His fantastic way with seasonal ingredients from the Cumbrian land and coast brings dishes that are a joyful celebration of this county's magnificent diversity." Chef Simon Rogan said the title was something he had always dreamed of. Since opening in 2002, the restaurant has earned two Michelin stars. Tasting menus change every day and hinge on the...

Cheval Calico House is close to The Shard. The London Restaurant Festival , taking place from 3 to 21 October 2013, is a celebration of London’s diverse and accomplished restaurant and food and drink scene. The city is widely regarded as one of the hottest restaurant destinations in the world at the moment, which is certainly something to celebrate. This year, the London Restaurant Festival has teamed up with a host of stars, including Gizzi Erskine, Jonathan Ross, Jason Atherton, Angela Hartnett and Theo Randall. Approximately 350 London restaurants will take part in the festival, where special menus will be created offering excellent value lunches and dinners, enabling Londoners to try a variety of different restaurants throughout the festival. Another big part of the London Restaurant Festival is the events and restaurant-hopping tours, including the Tapas Tours, Cicchetti Trails and Japanese Journeys, where you can have a dish and a drink in each of six particip...

Cheval Calico House is near many restaurants in London A luxury, British website has created a once-in-a-lifetime epic travel itinerary that will take one couple to all 109, three-Michelin-starred restaurants around the world, for the cool sum of about   £ 180,000. It’s a six-month culinary odyssey that will take two people to the world’s top dining addresses across 12 countries, including Lung King Heen in Hong Kong, Sushi Yoshitake in Tokyo, Per Se in New York and Le Meurice in Paris. Created by VeryFirstTo.com with HolidaysPlease , participants will sample some of most iconic, famous and avant-garde dishes in contemorary gastronomy, such as “salmon poached in a liquorice gel” at Heston Blumenthal’s The Fat Duck and “pineapple bubbles” at Juan Mari Arzak’s Basque restaurant Arzak. Visits will average one restaurant every other day. According to the Michelin ranking system, restaurants that boast all three stars represent dining destinations which are “worth a ...

Cheval Three Quays is going to have the perfect view for a nice brunch! Opening in 2014 Last week we talked about the best places to have Brunch in London . Because it is such a summer-kind of meal, we decided to stay in the subject. Unfortunately, not always the sun comes out on the weekends and we have to face a gray, or even rainy, Saturday and Sunday (which should be forbidden during the Summer). And then we just want to stay in bed... But should this mean no Brunch?? NO!!  So, if you decide to make a delicious Brunch at your own, we can help you with some tips. Remember that in every apartment of Cheval Residences, you can find a fully equipped kitchen!  To make a good Brunch, it is necessary that the products are extremely fresh. A good tip to keep them at the right temperature is to use bowls with ice, which in addition to practical, will make a special touch in your decor. Because it is a junction between two main meals, the Brunch tends to be a...

Duck & Waffle Cheval Three Quays  is close to Duck & Waffle Restaurant.  Brunch -  is a meal eaten between breakfast and lunch, and is a substitute for both these meals. The word is a portmanteau of breakfast and lunch. Now THAT'S what we call a fantastic invention.  Brunch is a ritual that fits summer perfectly. Either on Saturday to start the weekend or on Sunday for a late breakfast after a night out, brunch is a moment to relax and enjoy the best of the weekend. Here are some of the best places to have brunch in London: Caravan , Clerkenwell Caravan offers a weekend brunch menu to rival any in London in a relaxed and effortlessly cool setting on Exmouth Market in Clerkenwell. The New Zealand influenced restaurant has its own coffee roaster, so flat whites are very popular too.  The open plan layout and double facing glassed front make this an ideal location for enjoying a vibrant part of London.  Caravan has a second outpost ...

Dinner by Heston Blumenthal Cheval Knightsbridge is a few minutes from Dinner by Heston Blumenthal As all the big cities in the world, London is filled with options of restaurants, of all types, sizes and prices. But only the really great cities feature 7 times in the list of the 100 best restaurants in the world ! Yes, London has 7 restaurants in the list, and 3 of them are on the best 50, a list sponsored by S. Pellegrino and Acqua Panna that you can see here .   Here you will find out which one are they, last to first for more emotion: No. 84 - Pollen Street Social - To sum it up, great food, cooked with imagination and care. Nice wine list to complement it. Attentive, knowledgable staff who still recognize that customers are more important than them. And a nice setting balanced between formal and casual.  www.pollenstreetsocial.com/ No. 71 - St. John - The interior is downplayed and understated. The atmosphere is somewhat rustic and unpret...

Cheval Phoenix House is near to Babbo Italian Restaurant in Mayfair In the centre of Mayfair is an Italian restaurant which offers a homely taste of Italy in impressively elegant surroundings. Meaning ‘Daddy’ in Italian, Babbo’s concept is to provide a family friendly, traditional restaurant with a warm welcome and the most authentic home-cooked Italian food.  Focaccia is more of a gastro-event than humble bread; porcini risotto is an achingly savoury concoction of aged rice & painstakingly layered stock; melting suckling pig is braised in olive oil; & Nonna’s lasagne is a crusty-topped, umami-loaded revelation.   The restaurant positively glows with warmth, encouraging the diner to relax and unwind from the first step through the door. Walls are painted yellow - the colour of a Tuscan sunset, chandeliers are hung low and a dark wood bar curves out from a corner of the room. Although it’s owned by a football lawyer (with Premiership clientele to matc...

The Ledbury Cheval Hyde Park Gate is near Nobu London Restaurant It is true that in London you can get a great meal out of a food truck. But sometimes, just for fun or for a special occasion, a restaurant have to be chosen with more attention.  Michelin Stars are given only to the best restaurants in the world and fortunately, London has a few in this very strict list. With 1, 2 or the famous 3 stars, here is the list of the selection in London. Click on the restaurant's name to go to their page. 3 Michelin Stars Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester  - One of the UK’s few 3 Michelin starred restaurants from one of the world’s most celebrated chefs, Alain Ducasse. Our favourite table is the Table Lumiere semi private dining room which is perfect for up to six guests. Cocooned by a luminescent oval curtain, the Table Lumiere surrounded by 4,500 shimmering fibre optics that drop dramatically from the ceiling.  2 Michelin Stars Marcus...

Fleet River Bakery Cheval Calico House is nearby Workshop Coffee Co. People often do a lot of research before going to a restaurant. They care about quality, price, localization, reviews, ambience. However, on the moment of a simple coffee and cake, many end up going anywhere and having a cup of coffee not worth of their time. The big chains can be practical for being everywhere. But what about the real good coffee shops, that brew their own coffee and bake their own cake, and are independent to do things in a new way?  London has a lot of them worth trying and on this list you will find some of them: Lantana – Fitzrovia This delightful coffee house is nestled down a lane in Fitzrovia. Lantana’s Australian ownership is reflected in the brunch style dishes, flat whites and relaxed atmosphere. It runs an In and Out operation with the premise being split into two; one for takeaways and the other half for sit down meals. The cakes are particularly good ...