The Lake of Menteith hotel in Perthshire has welcomed new head chef Graham Campbell to the fold, whose simple, quality-driven menu is already wowing the locals. Olivia Greenway reports.
Browns Hotel in Mayfair – think Lady Bracknell meets Paris Hilton – won the Best Tea award from the Tea Council in 2009; as a consequence, you may need to book a slot some weeks, or even months in advance to take tea in the afternoon, a quintessentially English tradition. An endless supply of
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If you want a taste of real India then a visit to the Mavalli Tiffin rooms is not to be missed. After a short escape from the traffic noise by strolling through Lal Bagh park, exit at the northern end. Praying to whoever is your God, take care when crossing the road and head for
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Conveniently placed in Covent Garden, Moti Mahal Restaurant, as well as being a possible choice for lunchtime meet-ups, is also an ideal option for a theatre supper. This smart, modern restaurant is five years old and the London outpost of its big older brother established in Delhi in 1959. I like restaurants with
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Mr Thomas’s Chop House claims to be the oldest Victorian example of a restaurant (or chop house) in Manchester and certainly the interior appearance of dark wooden settles, green tiled walls, attractive black and white chequerboard floor and glass hanging light shades, does little to cast doubt on this. So many of these “themed”
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Overlooking the rear gardens of the Taj West End Hotel in Bangalore and based in the main building, the contemporary Masala Klub could not be more different from your average Indian restaurant. Forget chicken tikka masala and heavy, greasy food; here one can enjoy intense flavours without the calories that normally accompany them. 1930’s-style
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Northcote Manor hotel, near Blackburn is a lovely surprise. Country House makes it sound posh and pretentious; it’s not. It’s a small privately run hotel in an unfashionable part of Lancashire, set in beautiful countryside. Walk in on a cold winter’s day, just before Christmas, and you will be greeted with a brightly lit
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