As a North London lass, asking me to travel to Clapham for an Indian meal’s pretty much like inviting me to Chennai for a spot of supper. But on hearing of a brand-new venue claiming to celebrate the little-represented cuisine of Purab, I booked a flight – ahem, jumped on a tube – faster than you can say Jack Robinson. Or, perhaps more aptly,’Shah Rukh Khan’.

Naamyaa Café is a relatively new Bangkok Café by Wagamama fonder Alan Yau.

Nadia Alkahzrajie dines in the shaddow of Mount Etna at the Grand Hotel Timeo.

Poppy Laking scoffs her way through the new Autumn menu at Bumpkin and ponders the lack of seasonal songs about London.

A restaurant so warm and inviting, Janet decides to sleep there. Luckily they have rooms so it wasn’t under the table

Osteria Francescana clearly isn’t somewhere you would eat everyday says Joel Porter; it’s a magnificent, once-in-a-lifetime experience of sublime cooking from a truly special chef. A rare treat.

You either get Joe Allen’s or you don’t. It’s not trying to be anything hip or pimp itself on social media, it is a genuinely social place where old friends meet, deals are discussed and the odd tourist in the know slips in to feel like a real Londoner.

Culinary skills abound! Janet Watson reviews Michael Neave’s Kitchen and Whiskey Bar.

The most creative bar we’ve seen so far in Birmingham…cocktails in mini watering cans, a gin parlour and good food.