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Why we should all be drinking our coffee short and strong

Make me a cortado or pour me a piccolo — the best coffee is short, strong and easy on the milk, says Andrew Neather

Fay Maschler's week in food: Wahaca, Natural Kitchen and The Ship

This week cod with kohlrabi hit the spot at The Ship in Wandsworth and a lobster salad roll at the Newman Street Tavern was a little too mean on the lobster

Bones Daddies ramen bar founder Ross Shonhan: "I helped start the Japanese food boom ... but I have no sense of smell"

The man behind ramen bar Bone Daddies has had to find new ways of working as a chef after losing his sense of smell after multiple rugby injuries

Try world's most expensive restaurant... for £90: top chef behind £1,200-a-head Ibiza venue opens pop-up in London

The two Michelin starred chef behind the world’s most expensive restaurant is bringing his Spanish avant-garde food to London — at a fraction of the cost.

Food porn: if you haven't tried the crab doughnuts at Chiltern Firehouse then you are missing out

20 best London restaurant dishes to tick off your bucket list

You've finally got that reservation (or queued for two hours for a table) at one of London's hottest restaurants, but now what to order? Kate Lough gives you the lowdown on her bucket list

Engawa

4star

David Sexton savours the decadent taste of Kobe beef at this highly authentic Japanese restaurant

Portrait Restaurant at The National Portrait Gallery

3star

It hits the visitor attraction market with slightly disheartening accuracy, says David Sexton

Street Feast at Hawker House

Head to Haggerston for a lively, chilli-infused night of London's best street food with the return of the ever-popular Street Feast, says Pippa Bailey

Jemma Wilson of Crumbs and Doilies

The badass baker: how 'Cupcake Jemma' amassed nearly 250,000 YouTube subscribers

Thousands of fans online and a skill for sponge — meet the cake boss, says Victoria Stewart

Eat breakfast in bed... on Putney restaurant Brew’s outdoor terrace

Blankets, heaters and fire-pits ensure brunchers stay warm as they lounge on Bedouin-inspired double beds

Down with detox! 15 ways to pig out at London's restaurants this January

January shouldn't be about abstinence and healthy eating — Christmas is over, the weather's miserable, it's the perfect time to seek solace in comfort food: roasts, fondues and everything in enormous portions. Here's our guide to over-indulging in London

Hot Box

2star

Craft is lacking at this 'craft meats' restaurant, says Richard Godwin

Exclusive: Bao London to take Taiwanese buns off the street with new restaurant

London has gone Gua Bao crazy. Here Victoria Stewart meets the chefs taking Taiwanese treats off the street and into the kitchen

Hawksmoor Christmas burger

The Great Christmas Burger Crawl around London 2014

Two florists. 10 Christmas burgers. Five hours. Here's what happened when we made a pair of brave young men eat their way through east London's festive patties

Persepolis

4star

At this Peckham deli, you'll find the sort of home cooking you would expect if you were lucky enough to live with a top chef, says Susannah Butter

KERB at The Clubhouse review

Guerrilla street food marketers head east and indoors for a winter-long feast of top traders, cocktails and music

Akamaru Modern Ramen at Ippudo

Ippudo

3star

Don't faff around with side dishes at Ippudo — go for a bolstering bowl of ramen and be off again, says Victoria Stewart

Duke of Cambridge

Riverford at the Duke of Cambridge

3star

This new Islington offering is perhaps best understood as a temple rather than a pub, and eating there as a rite of belonging and respect rather than hoggish gratification, says David Sexton

Maria Tampakis at Heddon Street Kitchen

Heddon Street Kitchen

2star

There’s nothing hideously wrong with Gordon Ramsay's Heddon Street Kitchen — it just doesn’t feel original, says Rosamund Urwin

How to survive London's food sharing tribes

A generous spirit prevails in London’s restaurants and it’s taking bites out of your dinner. Susannah Butter serves up some rules

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