Friday, December 15, 2017

The Best of London Food and Beverage 2017

Here is my list of best of London food shops , restaurants and wine establishments for 2017.

Best Restaurant(s) in London : Hedone , The Square , Bonhams , The Greenhouse , The Clove Club ,Bibendum , The Ritz  and The Ledbury

Best Sourcing and Ingredients : Hedone

Best Restaurant Wine Lists : Social Tapas , Chez Bruce  , The Greenhouse , Noble Rot , Bonhams , MASH, Pitt Cue , Hedone and Taillevent 110

Best New Openings :  Koya Bar City , The Square ( Clement Leroy) , Bibendum (Claude Bosi), Core  ( Clare Smyth ) Rochelle Canteen at the ICA , Magpie, Darjeeling Express , Nuala , Londrino and Parsons

Best Argentinian : Zoilo

Best Italian Restaurant (Southern) :  Quattro Passi

Best Italian Restaurant (Northern) :  Novikov , Locanda Locatelli

Best Pan Italian :  , River Café  ,  Enoteca Turi , (Francesco Mazzei 's) Sartoria and L'Amorosa

Best Trattoria : Mele e Pere  , Radici and L'Amorosa

Best Indian : Jamvar

Best Casual Indian :  Chai Ki , Darjeeling Express

Best Indian delivery : Motu

Best Indian (Modern) : Roti Chai and Gymkhana

Best Pakistani :  Saloos 

Best Chinese : Hunan , Kai , Silk Road and A Wong

Best Dim Sum :  A Wong  and Royal China (Baker St)

Best Thai :   Som Sa

Best neo BBQ  : Pitt Cue

Best Fusion : Novikov 

Best Japanese : The Araki

Best Vietnamese : head to Paris or Vietnam

Best Lebanese/Syrian : Ishbilia  Knightsbridge

Best Israleli : Bala Baya

Best Greek : The Greek Larder , Opsos , Meraki and Horvada

Best "Politiki Kouzina " Peckham Bazaar 

Best Turkish : Cirrik 19 Numera Bos

Best Sushi : Sushi Tetsu 

Best French :  Gauthier Soho , Club Gascon, The Square , and The Greenhouse

Best Modern British/European : The Ledbury , Kitchen Table and The Clove Club

Best Spanish : Cambio de Tercio , Rambla and  Pizarro 

Best Tapas : Tendido Cedro , Rambla and José

Best English : St John's , Gillrays , The Guinea Grill , Parlour

Best Fish/Seafood : One - O - One , Knightsbridge 

Best Gastro Pub : Parlour , Harwood Arms , Anchor and Hope and Great Queen St

Best Service : Galvin's Windows and Cambio de Tercio

Best Sandwich : Kappacaseins Cheese Toastie

Best Pub : The Guinea and The Cleveland Arms

Best Selection of Craft Beer :  The Rake , Drafhouse ( various)

Best Wine Bar : 40 Maltby St , Antidote Wine Bar, 10 Cases and Noble Rot

Best Brasserie : Bob Bob Ricard

Best Neighbourhood Restaurants : L'Amorosa , Peckham Baazar and Chez Bruce

Best Mavericks : Brunswick House Café , Dock Kitchen , Morito Hackney Road , Pitt Cue and 40 Maltby St

Best French Bistro/Bourgeois Cooking :  Casse Croûte  

Best Burger :  Little Social 

Best "joint" Burger :  Patty & Bun and Meat Liquor 

Best Chain Burger : Patty & Bun

Best Steak : Gillrays  , Guinea Grill , Zelman Meats and Goodman

Best Steak Restaurants : Zelman Meats , Gillrays, Hawksmoor , Sophie's, MASH and Goodman

Best Pizza :  Santa Maria and Pizzicotto

Best Pizza Chain : Franco Manca

Best Street Food : Mr Falafel ( Shepherds Bush )

Best Value for money Wine List : MASH ,Noble Rot, Bonhams and Andrew Edmunds

Best Value for Money Restaurants : Koya Bar , Sophie's ,  Flatiron

Best Breakfast : Koya Bar and The Ritz

My best meals in London 2017 . Hedone . Gauthier Soho , The Ritz, Rochelle Canteen and Peckham Bazaar.

My best meals outside London in 2017 : The Sportsman (Kent) and The Crown Burchetts Green and The Walnut Tree Inn.

My best meals outside the UK in 2017 : Chez L'Ami Jean, Paris , Table , Paris ,  Le Calandre , Rubano , Trattoria Ai Due Platini , Parma. O Thalassaki , Tinos , Greece, Kantin, Istanbul .

Best Bakery/Bread :  Hedone

Best  Chocolatier : William Curley

Best Patisserie :  Hedone and Maitre Choux

Best Coffee : Prufrock Coffee

Best Coffee Roaster : Difference Coffee and Square Mile 

Best Croissants : Hedone

Best Gelato :  Oddono's 

Best Fishmonger : The Chelsea Fishmonger (Rex Goldsmith), Chelsea Green

Best Butchers : O'Shea's , Provenance and HG Walter.

Best Greengrocer : Andreas Veg , Chelsea .

Best Cheese Shops : La Fromagerie , Androuet , Buchanans and Neal's Yard 

Best Purveyor of French Charcuterie  : The Ham and Cheese Company

Best Purveyors of Italian Salumi : The Ham and Cheese Company 

Best Purveyor of British Chacuterie : Cannon and Cannon

Best Wine Merchants Retail : Lea and Sandeman,  , Bottle Apostle , Hansen Hayes and Clark and Handford

Best Wine Merchants Wholesale : Liberty , Fortyfive 10 , Aubert and Mascoli and Fields , Morris and Verdin

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