Time Out, 1 August
Jenni Muir visits Wild Honey

Sunday lunch is traditionally a time when chefs go out to eat “like normal people”. While today is no exception, it's not often you find people from Michelin-starred restaurants at both next-door tables. But then Wild Honey is the new branch of hit Soho restaurant Arbutus, the winner of Time Out's Best New Restaurant award and a place whose success many would like to emulate.

Wild Honey - Time Out review in full >>

Evening Standard, 30 July
Mark Bolland at Brompton Quarter Cafe

One of the books that terrified me as a child was The Day of the Triffids, a science fiction book about giant plants that take over the planet. Written by the underrated John Wyndham, a memorable chapter has the hero wandering around a deserted London where the familiar looks awfully strange. It's a long time since I read it, but I was reminded of it the other day, pondering how, at the end of July, familiar scenes in London begin to change. The reason is that we're all off on holiday (hope-fully to find some sun) and as we vacate our city, the tourists - rather than tall deadly plants lashing out with their stings - move in. Streets usually full of business people become deserted; while other places, normally quiet, throng with life.

Brompton Quarter Cafe - Evening Standard review in full >>

Bloomberg, 27 July
Richard Vines at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay

Restaurant Gordon Ramsay is one of the few in London with a dress code: Smart, with jackets preferred for gentlemen. Jeans, T-shirts or sportswear not accepted.
Enter the artist Mark Wallinger, best known for Ecce Homo, a life-size statue of Christ in Trafalgar Square, and for his installation celebrating an Iraq war protest. He's my guest and when we meet in his studio, he's in sandals and casual clothes. As we arrive at Royal Hospital Road, my heart sinks at the thought of disapproving looks. Instead, without a single downward glance, we're warmly greeted and shown to our table. Over three meals I have at London's only Michelin three-star restaurant, the service under Maitre d' Jean-Claude Breton has been flawless.

Restaurant Gordon Ramsay - Bloomberg review in full >>