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Nick on restaurants
Poon's – now of Somerset House
A daughter revives memories of her parents’ much-loved Chinese restaurants. The surname Poon has long associations with the world of hospitality and Chinese cooking. From a restaurant in Macau where...
Nick Lander
Sunday 7 December 2025
• 5 min read
Wine news in 5
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Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 9 August 2025
• 1 min read
Tasting articles
The latest trends in Chinese wine
Richard Hemming MW
Monday 7 July 2025
• 4 min read
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Austrian Lenz Moser set out to prove a point. See also this detailed account of his taste-off. A version of...
Tasting articles
LMM Projects is busy, busy, busy – not least with pitting its wine made at this 'chateau' in China against...
Nick on restaurants
An ambitious new Chinese restaurant on Trafalgar Square.
‘What’s important about restaurants in the West End’, my friend proclaimed shortly...
Nick on restaurants
How four restaurateurs defied their parents.
China is rarely out of the news. The source of COVID-19; the country on...
Tasting articles
On 22 January, a quarter of the world’s population will celebrate the Lunar New Year, right across the globe.
The...
Nick on restaurants
Here in the UK we seem to be enjoying spicier and spicier food. Nick investigates.
The evidence for this trend...
Nick on restaurants
A trip to Japan, China and Thailand without leaving London.
With travel to China currently impossible and likely to remain...
Nick on restaurants
A local need addressed. Partially. Photo above (by John T on Unsplash) of what washes down all that solid matter...
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So who's responsible for spiralling fine-wine prices? A version of this article is published by the Financial Times.
‘I’ve never...
Max on Oz
Not for the first time, Australia has an embarrassing wine surplus and would love to fill the gap left by...
Nick on restaurants
Nick catches up with London's most celebrated Chinese chef/restaurateur.
I first encountered the talented Andrew Wong in his restaurant A...
Nick on restaurants
Drink tap water at this ambitious new Chinese restaurant in Mayfair.
Below is a restaurant bill, from the recently opened...
Hemming in Asia
Richard surveys the latest news from the wine market in China.
My last review of the wine scene in China...
Nick on restaurants
Nick reprises a Friday tradition.
A ritual used to take place every Friday lunchtime around 2.30 pm during the 1980s...
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Here is someone who has already achieved glory as a taster in France and an educator in China. He currently...
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A version of this article is published by the Financial Times.
Aware of glass bottles’ heavy carbon footprint, Rosemary Cakebread...
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