
Ring the bell and someone will let you in

Signora Anna Carmela and her ‘zie’ serve excellent Apulian cucina povera in her homey dining room just outside the old town of Lecce

Delicious antipasti. Simple beans with young puntarelle shoots, grilled aubergine, cime di rappa and baked potatoes with seasonal carciofi
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Trattoria Le Zie – Cucina Casereccia
Via Colonnello Archimede Costadura, 19
Lecce, 73100
+39 (0)83 224 5178

The second restaurant is just around the corner from Kunitoraya

A beautiful place to enjoy a bowl of udon

Japanese tapas to start

‘Too pretty to eat’ onigiris

Sushi d’anguille à la vapeur, eel on perfectly cooked rice and a glass of sake
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Kunitoraya 2
5 rue Villédo
Paris, 75002
+33 (0)1 4703 0774

Just around the corner of South Kensington tube station

Roast duck, char siu pork and others usual suspects hanging in the window

The simple dining room

This is not the place to be experimental: stick with ‘roast duck & bbq pork on rice’
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Oriental Canteen
2 Exhibition Road
London, SW7 2HF
+44 (0)20 7581 8831

Sam & Sam strike again, Morito on Exmouth Market

Iberian bar counter, dos cervezas por favor
Venison fillet with piquillos, octopus salad and rabbit stew with chanterelle

Chili flakes and spices

Croquetas, butifarra sausage with white beans and aioli, quail eggs and jamon montaditos. To finish: vanilla ice cream with espresso
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Morito
32 Exmouth Market
London, EC1R 4QL
+44 (0)20 7278 7007

Sushi-Hiro opposite Ealing Common tube station

Prawn sushi

The chef’s special

The sushi counter
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Sushi-Hiro [NOW CLOSED]
1 Station Parade
London, W5 3LD
+44 (0)20 8896 3175

Exmouth market, Clerkenwell

Freshly baked bread, grilled chorizo, babaganoush, pimientos de padron, sardinas, spiced chickpeas and jamon iberico

The manager
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Moro
34-36 Exmouth Market
London, EC1R 4QE
+44 (0)20 7833 8336

Seafood on Polk & California

Kumamoto oysters and wine from the region

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Swan Oyster Depot
1517 Polk Street
San Francisco, California 94109
+1 (0) 415 6732757

Built in 1880’s, served as saloon, brothel, french steam laundry and now restaurant

Napkin clip

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The French Laundry
6640 Washington Street
Yountville, California 94599
+1 (0) 707 9442380

Dining room

Roasted bone marrow, smoked eel, langoustines

Fergus Henderson, proprietor of St John
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St John Restaurant
26 St. John Street
London, EC1M 4AY
+44 (0)20 72510848