10 London restaurants to look forward to in 2021
While London restaurants remain shuttered, we’ve rounded up 10 new openings we’re looking forward to this year, from seafood sanctum Manzi’s to the Batman-themed Park Row.


Restaurant fined for turning away blind customer
A court has ordered a Somerset restaurant to pay £2,000 after refusing entry to a blind man and calling his guide dog “unhygienic”.

Kim Jong-un drinks fine wine ‘like a fish’, claims regime insider
The North Korea leader is reportedly in the throws of a “midlife crisis”, and is imbibing fine wine and spirits liberally in addition to his copious cheese consumption.

London restaurant group D&D announces shock closures
D&D will permanently close the doors to four of its UK restaurants, the company revealed in a statement yesterday.

Could you fuel your delivery trucks on ramen fat?
Japanese companies are using biodiesel fuel made from discarded lard from cooking ramen noodles and tempura to power their vehicles.

Drink-driving chef says he had to ‘sample new wine list’
A chef caught driving home almost four times over the legal alcohol limit claimed he had been asked to “sample” new wines at work.

Jumilla sets its sights on gourmet chefs in 2023
DO Jumilla has conducted an intensive study into the huge pairing potential of wine from this Spanish region with fine cuisine, and is hitting up the world’s top chefs with its findings.

You can now take a sake train through Japan
East Japan Railway Company has launched a three-hour sake tasting experience that takes place on a train as it journeys through the Niigata Prefecture; the country’s biggest rice producing region.

Japan limbers up for the ‘Wagyu Olympics’
Japan’s largest Wagyu beef fair, held every five years and dubbed the ‘Wagyu Olympics,’ is due to take place from 6 -10 October.