There are cocktails and then there are cocktails. The former are vast ice-filled tumblers, with a cheap spirit and a flat mixer, shaken to within an inch of their life. The latter are well crafted drinks, created by people who understand balance, taste and the use of subtle flavours.

Great Vietnames street food with a twist just round the corner

Streatham is getting trendy, it’s official. I’ve seen the bearded youths in the corner shops and heard the oncoming whirr of a single gear bike. You don’t believe it? Wake up and smell the upmarket burgers.

Like its name, the Hackney Pearl is a welcome jewel hidden in the damp folds of canalside Hackney. The café bar blazes with warmth in an industrial landscape slowly being pollinated by Dalston’s hipsters from down the roa

Amy finds her irrational fear of pickles cured when she eats at this new chicken shack serving an old favourite with freshness.

Ethos is a good addition to a street loaded with chains. Ignore the vegetarian focus, stack your plate with a healthy base of vegetables and open your eyes to the novel and interesting dishes on offer.

Quite simply this fine dining done without pretension and with a love of ingredients, not love of fussiness. Each dish is visually exciting, each taste something new and stimulating. Grown up kind of dining that’s a treat to indulge in

Emma braves the mean media streets of Fitzrovia to see a former Arbutus and Wild Honey trio’s culinary art at Picture.

Emma tests her sugar tolerance with a review of Paul A. Young’s salted caramel afternoon tea.

Emma pays Homage to Homage’s new menu at The Strands Waldorf Hilton Hotel