Brit Food Pleasing Our Middles

New York and London seem to be having a little bit of a culinary battle at the moment: Michelin produced their first ever guide for New York and gives the city more Mich stars than London (and one of those restaurants was a Brit style gastropub!); but Restaurant magazine released its annual survey of the top 50
restaurants in the world where 14 were British. Also, Gourmet magazine devoted an entire 180-page
issue to London. At the weekend, the Independent newspaper gave an interesting review of Britain’s culinary scene and says:

"[The British] have exquisitely at the top end, and heartily at the bottom end. It’s the
middle bit we’re bad at, and this is where the real movement has been
this year."

Alongside, the reviews of best this and best that the review of Best Flavours section made our mouth water:

* The earthy, grassy, nutty trofiette al pesto at Giardinetto.
* Steamy, stewy, oyster-laden Lancashire hotpot at Hind’s Head, Bray.
* The Ledbury’s tiny-tot Spring vegetable salad with truffles.
* Maze’s outrageously compatible beetroot with sheep’s milk ricotta.
* The glazed, gooey, gorgeous hot fig tart at Le Champignon Sauvage.

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