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items: Best restaurants in Hastings: where to eat and drink
items: Best restaurants in Brighton: where locals eat and drink in this vibrant city
items: Best burger restaurants across the UK
items: Ramsgate foodie guide: where locals eat and drink
items: The Pudding Stop, St Albans: review
items: Alsop and Walker artisan cheesemaker

Best restaurants in Hastings: where to eat and drink
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date: 2025-06-24T14:57:20.000Z
creator: Andy Lynes – Food writer
subject: South East
subject: UK
subject: Restaurants
subject: Travel
subject: Local city guides
description: The spacious, modern pier at Hastings is definitely worth a visit but, for us, the main attraction is the town’s thriving food scene – especially if you like fish. Read on for our recommended restaurants, cafes, ice cream parlours and places to stay
encoded: Looking for the best restaurants in Hastings? We've found the top places to eat in Hastings, a coastal town in East Sussex, for fish and chips, Italian gelato and plenty of artisan food and drink shops... For more food and drinks guides, check out the best restaurants in Cornwall, and best restaurants in Margate. Best places to eat and drink in Hastings coquina Venture up the stairs of the Hastings Contemporary art gallery and you’ll find coquina, a restaurant, café and wine bar with views out to sea. Sister restaurant to BAYTE in St Leonards, coqunia makes use of seasonality in a menu formulated with produce at the forefront. Use a sunny day to make use of the balcony’s sparkling coastal view, while sipping a glass of crisp Provençal rosé and sharing some of the best small plates we’ve ever had. Highlights included lightly smoked mackerel pâté on buttered sourdough, and perfectly fried ham hock croquettes topped with a slice of pickled walnut. coquinarestaurant.co.uk The Thai Café at Boulevard Books No trip to Hastings is complete without an amble down George Street. It links the Old Town to the seafront and is lined with independent coffee bars, sweet shops, vintage emporiums and quirky little restaurants including the Thai café at Boulevard Books, owned by husband-and-wife team Graham and Natthawan (aka June) Frost. During the day it’s a higgledy-piggledy secondhand bookshop, with creaking floorboards and a maze of narrow corridors. But come 6:30pm and those same corridors are crammed with tiny tables (the cosiest of which is in the ‘political books’ section), laden with Thai food cooked by June. Ingredients are imported from Thailand to create as genuine a menu as possible, and it’s great for vegetarians – you can substitute the meat for tofu in almost every dish. Plus they’ll even provide a cooler for your wine (it’s bring your own). thaicafeandbookshop.com Di Pola's Also on George Street is Hastings’ iconic ice cream parlour – Di Pola's. The Italian owners mak…

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Best restaurants in Brighton: where locals eat and drink in this vibrant city
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date: 2025-04-22T13:01:22.000Z
creator: Andy Lynes – Food writer
subject: Drink
subject: South East
subject: UK
subject: Restaurants
subject: Travel
subject: Local city guides
description: Discover where to eat in Brighton, from buzzy food halls to unique cocktail bars and special occasion fine dining restaurants, as chosen by a local expert
encoded: Looking for restaurants in Brighton? Want to know where to eat in the popular south coast town? Local expert Andy Lynes, a Brighton resident, shares his insider tips for the best restaurants, from the best seafood restaurants to fresh pasta, Japanese small plates, fine dining and much more. Plus, where to find the best brunches, bakeries and foodie markets. For more exciting restaurants and weekend ideas for food lovers, check out our best UK city breaks, best pubs with rooms and foodie day trips from London by train. Also discover more of the best restaurants in Cornwall, best restaurants in Bristol, best restaurants in Cambridge and best restaurants in Bournemouth. Jump to: Foodie neighbourhood spotlight: Kemptown Where to stay in Brighton Foodie day trips from Brighton Best restaurants in Brighton Maré – for modern fine dining Brazilian-Italian chef Rafael Cagali (owner of London’s two Michelin starred Da Terra) and his partner Charlie Lee have opened this ambitious high-end restaurant in Hove led by Rafael’s protégé, head chef Ewan Waller. With such credentials, expectations are high, and Ewan and his young team rise to meet them with an à la carte menu of masterfully balanced dishes, highlights of which include sharing mains of umami-rich, meltingly soft Freedown Hills wagyu picanha with chimichurri, and smoky lobster rice infused with ox tongue. Beautifully presented small plates and one-bites are exceptional, miniature crumpets with Dorset crab, lovage, radish and dill, and delicate yellowtail crudo with tomato, ajo blanco and cobnuts the standouts. Desserts are luxurious – we enjoyed the baba soaked with a hefty kick of cachaça and topped with silky chantilly cream – and the well-considered wine list is strong on small producers and English sparkling wines. Maré’s décor is warm yet refined, with an emphasis on natural shades and textures, and there’s attention to detail from the covetable tableware to the subtly sound-dampened walls taking the edge off the r…

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Best burger restaurants across the UK
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date: 2019-09-03T09:10:57.000Z
creator: Mark Taylor
subject: East England
subject: East Midlands
subject: London
subject: North East
subject: North West
subject: Northern Ireland
subject: Restaurants
subject: Scotland
subject: South East
subject: South West
subject: Wales
subject: West Midlands
subject: Yorkshire & Humber
description: Get your burger fix courtesy of Britain’s finest patty purveyors, from Korean brisket burgers in the North West, to beef short rib cheeseburgers in the capital
encoded: Looking for the best burger restaurants across the UK? Want to know where to find the best gourmet burgers? Read on for our restaurant guide, or check out our burger recipes here... Best burger restaurants in London… Buster's, Brixton A stone’s throw from Brixton station is potentially the best new burger in London. You’ll find it at Buster’s, effectively a hole in the wall joint, bar a few small tables, serving up delicious wagyu beef and fried chicken burgers. The London restaurant scene is full of spots trying to claim they do ‘simple things, executed perfectly’ but Buster’s is a spot that is actually nailing it. The wagyu cheeseburger is made up of tender meat, seasoned perfectly and cooked to a juicy medium. The green peppercorn dijonaise adds a welcome acidity, and the potato roll it is all sandwiched between is soft and bouncy. The chicken burger is equally excellent, crispy, juicy and served with plenty of pickles. The IPA cheese sauce is aerated and rich, perfect for dipping lots of hot, crispy fries in. We finished off the meal with a chocolate mousse, which was light but decadent. If you’re looking for a great burger south of the river, Buster’s is where it’s at. busterslondon.co.uk Supra Burger, Queen's Park Housed as a permanent pop-up in the cosy rotisserie restaurant Cocotte, Supra does smashed burgers and it does them well. The burger menu is short and the five burgers on offer are a variation on double stacked smashed cheeseburger, to which you can add bacon or salad, or change up the sauce to make it a Supra, truffle or barbecue burger. The burgers are generously portioned but without being too big to eat. There’s attention to detail in the preparation, along with the use of high-quality ingredients, resulting in burgers that are juicy, flavourful and smashed to perfection. The fries are crisp, golden and fresh from the fryer, and a side of chicken tenders were succulent from what we guessed must have been a wet brine. As well as a choice of six sa…

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Ramsgate foodie guide: where locals eat and drink
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date: 2018-06-27T14:23:09.000Z
subject: Restaurants
subject: South East
subject: South East travel
subject: Travel
subject: UK
description: Discover our pick of the best places to eat and drink in Ramsgate on the northeast coast of Kent
encoded: Looking for Ramsgate restaurants? This seaside town on the far northeast tip of Kent cashes in on old-world charm, offering hungry visitors much more than your standard beachside fish and chips. Here are our best places to eat and drink in Ramsgate... Arya – best small plates restaurant in Ramsgate To get to Arya, you have to go through The Ravensgate Arms – not exactly a hardship. Leave yourself time for a pre-dinner cocktail, the staff will happily add it to your restaurant bill, to be paid at the end. Enquiring glances follow you as you head up the stairs behind an unmarked door. At the top, a window into the kitchen gives you a glimpse of the action before you’re ushered into the small, six-table dining room decorated with local art, all of which is for sale. The menu is as petite as the dining room, but with three snacks, six small plates, three sharing plates and three desserts, there’s still plenty of choice – if, by some miracle, you’re not tempted to order one of everything. The larger sharing plates are simple but focused: baked Tunworth cheese with bread, whole bream with pink fir potatoes and Iberico pork with padron peppers. Read our full review of Arya here Vinyl Head – best vegan food in Ramsgate For a vinyl and vegan vibe, head to Vinyl Head café-cum-record store in Ramsgate’s Georgian heart. facebook.com/vinylheadramsgate The Albion – best place to stay in Ramsgate On the corner of grand Wellington Crescent, overlooking Ramsgate’s harbour, The Albion hotel is in prime position for sea-gazing, especially if you book the suite that comes with a wraparound terrace. The nine bedrooms at this Regency-style hotel are set around a beautiful circling staircase and come with fine bedlinen, plush carpets and an immaculate finish. The on-site restaurant and bar, Townley's, has just been renovated and covers most bases, from super-healthy salads to sliders, small plate sharing dishes to larger meat and fish dishes (try the whole chicken for two). If you visit a…

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The Pudding Stop, St Albans: review
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date: 2016-05-17T15:14:01.000Z
creator: Charlotte Morgan
subject: South East
subject: Restaurants
description: From 'pudmobile' to The Pudding Stop – read our review of Johnny Shepherd's pudding empire in St Albans. Just how gooey is the sticky toffee pudding? And is it true that Johnny makes the best donuts ever?
encoded: Read our review of The Pudding Stop, then also check out our guide to the best restaurants in St Albans. St Albans jumped for joy when Johnny Shepherd, an original Great British Bake Off contestant, decided to sell homemade puddings from a little van – the ‘pudmobile’ – outside the city station every weekday evening. It’s still there five years later, serving donuts, brownies, cheesecakes, treacle tarts and more to sugar-starved punters. As Johnny himself says, he does it to ‘reward the hard-working commuters arriving home from London’. But Albanians wanted more, and so Johnny opened the static version of his pudding business in 2013 – The Pudding Stop, a classy glass-fronted shop on Verulam Road. Half café, half bakery, it’s designed to give people something to do in the evenings that doesn’t necessarily involve alcohol. It’s open until 11pm Friday-Saturday (and 10pm, earliest, during the week) and Sunday nights are film nights, when a popular blockbuster is projected onto the back wall. It’s a clever idea, because The Pudding Stop suits so many occasions: grab a naughty breakfast on the way to work; pop in for elevensies and a cup of tea; skip dessert at the restaurant and eat it here instead; or send a loved one out for donuts when you’re all curled up on the sofa. You can even eat a whole dinner at The Pudding Stop: cheese for main (baked with chutney and toasts; or as a cheeseboard with oatcakes) and pudding for, well, pudding. The most popular dish from the eat-in menu has to be the sticky toffee pudding, a fat square of dark, treacly sponge drowned in a gooey sauce that tastes of muscovado. A scoop of banana ice cream (a nice match for such a rich pudding, because the flavour doesn’t overwhelm) balances on top. Fudgy banana loaf with warm butterscotch sauce came with mounds of milk ice cream; and a fried bramley apple pie (only served at weekends and from 8pm on weeknights) was crisp and warm, with proper chunks of sweet apple inside and cinnamon sugar sprink…

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Alsop and Walker artisan cheesemaker
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date: 2015-04-08T13:16:06.000Z
subject: Best ever
subject: Guides
subject: South East
subject: Restaurants
description: As part of our 'olive loves small-scale producers' season, we talk to the folk at Alsop and Walker, an artisan cheesemaker based in East Sussex.
encoded: While searching for premises to open a specialist beef restaurant in London, Nic Walker and Arthur Alsop stumbled upon a dairy for sale in the Sussex countryside. They bought it and began making cheeses. Their experience and backgrounds are varied, including the meat trade, farming and Arthur’s apprenticeship as a chef under Albert Roux. All this, along with dedication proved to be the perfect mix to become award- winning cheesemakers. The pair are motivated by the challenge of building the ultimate cheeseboard from their own range of cheeses. Arthur wanted to ‘create a selection of cheese large enough to cover an entire cheeseboard, with soft, hard and blue cheeses’. They were keen for the range to include something for the whole family; milder varieties for children and stronger flavours to please the more developed palate. Nic and Arthur are proud of their range of unusual, creative and innovative cheeses. The Mayfield is unique, the first whole cheese in the UK with natural eyes in it similar to Swiss cheese, with a soft and fruity flavour. Arthur’s Spice Road has the addition of cumin and cloves, while Nic’s Kitchen, has cracked black pepper running through it. Then there’s Sussex Crumble with its textured natural rind and soft, smooth fire ashes. ‘The last cheese we developed was the creamy semi-soft cows milk cheese Lord London, in time for the Olympics.’ It also appeared on the cheeseboard at the Royal wedding breakfast at The Goring. A true champion cheese, it won a silver medal in the World Cheese Awards. Managing constantly changing maturing conditions and differences in the milk supply, which vary month-to-month depending on changes in the weather and different feeds, they find they’re learning all the time. There’ll always be slight variations in the taste and texture of the cheeses and this, they believe, is what really keeps them apart from mass producers. alsopandwalker.co.uk

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