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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, with occasional contributions from other food-obsessed members of the JancisRobinson.com team. 

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Alphonso mango cheesecake at Pali Hill
Nick on restaurants Nick loses his heart to an Alphonso mango cheesecake. This wretched pandemic has been so cruel in so many ways...
Partick Duck Club sign
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Deal beach and boats
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Michel Roux Jr outside Le Gavroche
Nick on restaurants As he is about to enter hospital for major gut surgery for the third time, our restaurant correspondent would like...
Sri Lankan loaf at The Dorchester
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Wright Bros restaurant in front of Battersea Power Station
Nick on restaurants What Henry Harris did next. Note Battersea Power Station in the background above. In 2002 brothers-in-law Ben Wright and Robin...
Vernon Mascarenhas with apples
Nick on restaurants Vernon Mascarenhas, seen above, can't wait for the meat-free and fish-free restaurant menus that seem to be heading our way...
Danny Meyer of Union Square Hospitality Group by Daniel Krieger
Nick on restaurants Some unlikely heroes have emerged in the pandemic. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Daniel...
Caravan Kings Cross outside dining area 30 April 2021
Nick on restaurants The English are revelling in eating out again, well wrapped up, but those serving them are a bit thin on...
Dusty Knuckle bakery
Nick on restaurants Nick discovers a group of people without whom restaurants would not exist in the UK. A version of this article...
Granger and Vinoteca KX, April 2021
Nick on restaurants Considerations we might not have thought of, as UK restaurants start to reopen, in a particularly limited way. Some time...
Willoughby at Vinoteca, getting ready to reopen April 2021
Nick on restaurants Nick's life story … in this plea for a change from our dining table. My late mother never let us...
Alice Waters of Chez Panisse at Viader Vineyards
Nick on restaurants Copies of Nick's book are on their way to New York, Birmingham, California, Belgium, Newcastle upon Tyne and Dorset. Alice...
Campari in a tumbler
Nick on restaurants Why a winter lockdown is better, or at least less awful, for chefs and their customers than a summer one...
Wontons and sauces on a table
Nick on restaurants Now Londoners can order delicious handmade pork dumplings delivered to their door. My article on Saturday 20 March that profiled...
On the Menu hardback on a table
Nick on restaurants 7 April 2021 The results, and the six winning entries! 27 March 2021 Nick would love to know reactions from...
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