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The traditional hawker centres of Singapore are the inspiration behind several of the city's new eating out concepts A lasting memory to many visitors to Malaysia and Singapore, particularly those of a foodie persuasion, is the hawker centre. ...
After a trip to Malawi, Alex Renton ponders whether sub-Saharan food could really be the Next Big Thing I was just back from Malawi – an impoverished former British colony that's located, unhelpfully, between the even worseoff Zambia and ...
The Bell at Skenfrith Six years ago Janet and William Hutchings, wanting ;To create somewhere we would like to go; converted The Bell at Skenfrith in Monmouthshire – originally a 17th century coaching inn – into a restaurant ...
Alan Bacon, who is he? Partner, with Nick Hill, of the five-strong steak house company, Black & Blue, modelled on American steak houses but using British ingredients. Bacon and Hill also set up the Tootsies burger chain in 1973. They ran it until ...
Nobody wants to bar a customer, but if you feel there really isn't any choice, here are some ways of doing it right. Barring customers is an uncomfortable thing for most restaurateurs, and getting anyone to acknowledge that it happens is very ...
Iced coffee is a great summer drink with adult appeal, but there's only one way to make this refreshing classic Coffee-chains churn out gallons of the stuff during the hot weather. In fact, during the summer months, the major coffeehouses serve ...
Antony Worrall Thompson is to open a restaurant in Windsor at the beginning of September, making it his sixth restaurant under the AWT Restaurants banner. The Windsor Bar & Grill will open in the former Bar Meze site. Antony Worrall Thompson ...
Martel Smith, of No 3 York Place restaurant in Leeds, has bought The Dawnay Arms in Newton on Ouse near York for £500,000. Smith bought the pub with his partner, Kerry Ward, from auction. It dates back to 1772 and was a pub with rooms until two .
SEASIDE SPECIAL - Spiced Whitby Crab, Seaweed, Sesame and Sea Salt Crackers Obviously this uses local produce with the crab. We get the white meat then blitz the brown with spices, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco, celery salt, chopped tomatoes and a ...
BigHospitality discovers that offering free wireless coverage on your premises is no longer a luxury – it's a necessity if you want to keep your customers happy
The 1950s retro-styled flagship restaurant at the heart of the Royal Festival Hall's £91m refurbishment Surely the measure of a successful ‘restaurant with a view' is when it has you gazing out only intermittently at the river/ ...
WHO? - Financial director Suzanne Eske (ex Gruppo) and partner Toby Gawin introduce British restaurant, Stanza, to the Teatro site. Head chef is Stuart Tattersall, formerly of the Match Group and Brasserie 44 in Leeds. Members' club Teatro ...
Fine dining Nottingham favourite picks up top prize again World Service in Nottingham has reclaimed the title of Nottingham Restaurant of the Year in the 2007 awards. The restaurant, in Nottingham's Lace Market, won the award in three consecutive .
With his restaurant holding three Michelin stars and a listing in The S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants, Sergio Herman of Oud Sluis in Holland is not just another chef. And Sergio is not just another cookery book. Think White Heat meets ...