This was the year when the restaurant scene roared back after two years of disruption. To celebrate, here is O’s year in review: the trends, dishes and restaurants we loved, and the people making them happen. Whatever the world throws at it, hospitality endures.
Mexican wave
At London’s unique KOL (British ingredients, Mexican flavours; kolrestaurant.com) and Cavita (cavitarestaurant.com) or Durham’s La Mesa (lamesadurham.com), not to mention street food spots such as Borough’s Tacos Padre (Instagram @tacospadre) or Enrique Martinez’s Manchester classic Pancho’s Burrito (panchosburritos.co.uk), our Mexican food crush is getting serious.
Delicious destinations
UK cooking talent is increasingly dispersed, as demonstrated by the rise of south Somerset: home of foodie Bruton and acclaimed (), Margot () and Larry’s spin-offin South Petherton (). Barry, in South Wales, is likewise coming in strong, thanks to new live-fire restaurant,(, talented chocolatier(), and Goodsheds’ shipping container stars, such as , and the parmesan fried chicken aces,().in Lancashire, home of Moor Hall and sister venue,(three Michelin stars between them;), and chef Tim Allen’s ambitious (), was, this year, dubbed, the “UK’s hottest culinary destination” by. London is not the world.
