Restaurants for Christmas shopping: the best places to eat in and around London's retail districts
Christmas shopping is fun for some, burdensome for others. For almost all, it is a combination thereof. Either way, chances are you'll need something to eat while perusing endless shelves.
A day’s endeavour seeking out decent socks and the right perfume is hungry work and though a Greggs festive bake might sometimes suffice, there are credible restaurants found in many of London’s shopping malls and department stores. Here are some of the best.
The Corner, Selfridges
The Corner is the newest restaurant at Selfridges, a place for experimental and seasonal cooking from Jackson Boxer, the chef behind Brunswick House in Vauxhall and purchases, include Din Tai Fung — purveyor of famous Taiwanese dumplings — and Brasserie of Light, one of Richard Caring’s failsafe operations that happens to feature a large Damien Hirst sculpture of a pegasus, hooves and all.
