28 worldtravellermagazine.comTHE TOP TABLES
Tom Kerridge, Albert Adrià, and Endo Kazutoshi are some of the
big-name chefs to have served up somewhere new. These culinary
hotspots have 'em clamouring for a tableDIN TAI FUNG
Go for: The hottest dumplings in town.
On Saturdays, Din Tai Fung’s flagship
restaurant in Taipei 101 serves upwards
of 10,000 hand-folded dumplings –
and, judging by the clamour for tables
at its new Covent Garden outpost,
its London chefs need to be pretty
fast-fingered too. The plump xiao long
bao, with their intricate origami twists,
taste just like Shanghai’s real deal.KUTIR
Go for: Inventive Indian dishes.
Not content with having three
Michelin-accredited restaurants
under his belt already, chef Rohit
Ghai is aiming for yet more stars
with his latest project – Kutir, in
Chelsea. Expect authentic flavours
with an international twist, such as
Gressingham duck korma and jackfruit
kofta dumplings. The six-course
‘expedition’ tasting menus are superb.CAKES AND BUBBLES
Go for: Edible art.
Feast your eyes on Albert Adrià’s
sweet masterpieces: flowers hand-
crafted from chocolate and coconut,
crispy ‘air pancakes’ filled with maple
syrup butter, and the signature
cheesecakes that put his Barcelona
restaurant – Tickets – on the map.
Adrià refined his craft at Michelin-
starred El Bulli (Ferran is his brother),
so expect great things from this
restaurant in Soho’s Hotel Café Royal.IMPERIAL TREASURE FINE
CHINESE CUISINE
Go for: Truly decadent duck.
While we could wax lyrical about
Imperial Treasure’s succulent seafood
and exquisite dim sum, one dish at this
Waterloo restaurant always steals the
limelight: the £100 Signature Peking
Duck. After a first course of tender
meat and crispy trimmings, a secondserving – stir fried, with a variety of
sauces – makes this a feast you’ll
rightly return for.ENDO AT THE ROTUNDA
Go for: London’s best bite?
Endo Kazutoshi’s hotly-anticipated
sushi restaurant at White City House
has whipped London’s top food
writers into a frenzy – and already
welcomed the King of Jordan. With
just 15 seats, you’ll need to book
months ahead, but in the words of
Times restaurant critic Giles Coren:
‘It was probably the most perfect
meal I have eaten in a restaurant’.
High praise indeed.BANCONE
Go for: A quick bite between
sightseeing.
It comes as little surprise to learn that
Bancone’s founder and head chef,
Louis Korovilas, is Locanda LocatelliCakes and Bubbles Berenjak
Jean-Georges at The
Connaught