Bamboo Mat, London E10: ‘I can’t replicate this food at home, so I’ll have to go back’ – restaurant review

It’s impossible not to want this place to succeed

Toklas, London: ‘Serves fabulous chips’ – restaurant review

Simple food expertly cooked at Toklas will put you on a high – and that’s before you even get to the chips, says Jay Rayner

‘Though there are meat dishes, too, we didn’t order them because the vegetable offerings just felt instinctively better’

The artist’s new project is a restaurant in Stockholm, with strict, brutalist rules. Just don’t ask for ketchup

Gobi tamatar, beetroot-marinated salmon, pork chops with rhubarb – perfect dishes to make when there’s more than four of you around the table

The two-Michelin-star chef suggests using this salty-umami condiment in vegetarian dishes instead of oyster sauce

This traditional British caff is the beating heart of its north London community

Three chefs and their children tell us about food, family and helping in a professional kitchen, plus their favourite recipes to make together

This is a classic French bistro guaranteed to spread delight, says Jay Rayner

The chef on supporting her homeland, the power of broth and pining for Ukrainian wine

Don’t expect pasta by mamma and Titians: this is Italy shrinkwrapped and at a premium compared with normal supermarkets

The simple solution to food inflation is to grow more of our own produce. Just don’t expect the government to support that

This temple to fire and smoke puts subtle flavours first, offering far more than just ‘dude food’, says Jay Rayner

If a woman eats an £11.50 shiitake bao in a fake Chinese courtyard, but there is nothing on Instagram to prove it, did it really happen?