Danielle visits the latest bar and restaurant venture to open its sleek glass doors in the regenerated area of N1C

A native New Yorker is on a mission to bring his award winning pizza to London? Tom heads to NY Fold for a slice of the action…

Occasionally, you do find somewhere that persuades you that maybe you could make a decent stab at being a restaurateur. Somewhere that serves tasty, well-made food without a lot of fuss.

400 Rabbits is a good pizzeria with above average pizzas but they need, in my view, just to finesse a bit more to have one of the top pizzerias in south London.

Rudie’s may have been named after Jamaican rude boys and girls but it’s anything but. This smart, new Jamaican restaurant and rum bar in London’s Dalston is polite and sophisticated 

The chestnut menu runs until the 15th November and I do urge you to try it, because apart from anything else £45 is a bargain for this kind of high quality cooking in a restaurant that is really very fine looking. You’d be nuts to miss it.

What fascinates me about Mr. S’s cigarette is that it’s never less than ¾Ã¢â‚¬Â in length. Is it a real cigarette? Does he smoke ¼ of an inch then light a new one? It’s a mystery that presents itself on each of my three visits to Le Bol de Saigon, where Mr. S takes our order on the tiny roadside terrace before retiring inside with his cigarette and large glass of red wine.

Bd Abdelkrim Khattabi, Marrakech, Morocco

What do you get when you combine the big, contrasting flavours of Spain and eastern Asia in a new tapas fusion venture? Kelly Smith and her Madrileña sidekick, Marta de Julían, find out.

Feeling mildly fragile, and majorly hungry, Tom visits the Ealing outpost of Meat & Shake for his second experience…

Newly opened on Haverstock Hill, a few minutes walk from Belsize Park tube, the Truscott Cellar is owned by Andrew and Mary-Jane Fishwick, who run the popular Truscott Arms in Maida Vale.