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Nick Lander – aka Mr Jancis Robinson – was the Financial Times restaurant critic from 1989 to 2022. Now, every Sunday, he writes about restaurants exclusively for us. To stay abreast of his reviews – which are free for everyone to read – sign up for our weekly newsletter

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Ballymaloe House May 2026
Nick on restaurants Ballymaloe's charms

An international institution in the southern Irish countryside. In 2011 I travelled to Ballymaloe House, a 40-minute drive from Cork, Ireland, to stay the night and to interview the late...

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Nick on restaurants A version of this article is published by The Financial Times. ThiTid Tassanakajohn, more easily known as Chef Ton, is...
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Nick on restaurants Their menus are quite similar. Two single sheets of paper, both typed in black ink, with the word Dinner on...
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Nick on restaurants Andrew Thomason is the 62-year-old managing director of Gravetye Manor, the 17-bedroom hotel with a Michelin starred restaurant attached, that...
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Nick on restaurants In my forthcoming book On The Menu (to be published 3 November 2016 by Unbound at £25) there is a...
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Nick on restaurants A version of this article is published in the Financial Times. As well as that described in A Japanese Sputnik...
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Nick on restaurants Just as our lunch had been served (far too early, such is the wont of airlines) as our plane made...
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Nick on restaurants A version of this article is also published by the Financial Times . As we walked out on to the...
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Nick on restaurants This Thursday, instead of reaching into our archives as we usually do, we share this tribute to one of the...
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Nick on restaurants The cooking of Shanghai should have particular appeal to anyone who enjoys this website. According to Wikipedia, ‘Shanghai dishes usually...
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Nick on restaurants A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. The tip off came from a restaurateur friend. Did...
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Nick on restaurants Had I been asked the question which one city would I most like to visit for its food, the answer...
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Nick on restaurants I left my third meal at The Fat Duck in Bray, Berkshire, somewhat the poorer financially but with such strong...
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Nick on restaurants Bilbao, capital of Basque country in north-western Spain, is a city I am particularly fond of. I was sent here...
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Nick on restaurants At the end of my second dinner at Noble Rot, the wine bar and restaurant on Lamb's Conduit Street in...
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Nick on restaurants There was probably not a more cosmopolitan table anywhere. Of the 22 gathered around us there were two sous chefs...
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Nick on restaurants A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Arnaud Lallement is the 41-year-old chef and proprietor of...
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