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Putting British food back on the London map

Posted Feb 17, 2010

London is the next stop for the touring fashionistas of F/W 10; rather than focus on the quirky and cool new places (many) why not enjoy this fashion week in an altogether different way by showing a little appreciation for the often underrated British cuisine.

 London is a fashion mecca for many reasons: incomparable shopping, inspiring streetstyle and avant-garde designers.  This upcoming fashion week  however is your chance to do the London thing with a bit of a twist: ditch one of your fashion parties of the century (has any fashion week party ever lived up to that name?), and go enjoy a little piece of British bliss instead (we mean food, not men). British food is often as disregarded as a female politician's fashion credentials but a certain of lack of knowledge might be to blame: in a city so cosmopolitan it hardly feels British it is easy to get distracted by fast foods and the billion foreign and fusion restaurants. So have a go, tuck in the trusted steak and kidney pudding  - possibly the most exotic food on this London map.

While a good pie may actually be easier to find in London than a friendly bus driver, Swide rounded up a few of those stylish but earnest eateries to feed that bangers craving.

 

Harwood Arms

The classic country pub taken to an elegant London suburb by chef Mike Robinson.

Go for: true British-style starters (oh to eat a scotch egg for the first time' and sticky toffee ice-cream.

Bumpkin

A country farmhouse + a prime Notting Hill location = much irony guests shall enjoy almost as much as the traditional food.

Go for: classic Sunday roast and gourmet fish and chips.

Rhodes 24

This pub food has moved to the 24th floor (and happens to be opposite the Gherkin, think they call that a view) and gone all posh but then for some a steep bill is half the fun of dining out. The fact it is Gary Rhodes' means the food remains mouth-wateringly unpretentious.

Go for: good old British beef and the best of British cheese. 

St John

The best in proper British cuisine according to many; Fergus Henderson heads this minimalist (fashion kudos) establishment where every tomorrow is another day, with an everchanging menu to satisfy even the most easily bored fashion crowd!

Go for: game (venison, hare and pheasant) and some classic bread & butter pudding.

 

Aurelie Bellavigna

 

Source and credits: Various

 

TAGS: british food london fashion week london restaurants gary rhodes st john

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