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items: Best restaurants in Birmingham: where to eat, drink and stay
items: Best burger restaurants across the UK
items: Pensons, Netherwood Estate, Herefordshire: restaurant review

Best restaurants in Birmingham: where to eat, drink and stay
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date: 2024-09-24T15:15:03.000Z
creator: Hannah Guinness
subject: West Midlands
subject: West Midlands travel
subject: Restaurants
subject: UK
subject: Travel
subject: Local city guides
description: Birmingham has long had a constellation of Michelin stars – and balti restaurants – but the city’s street food stalls, brunch spots and wine bars also shine
encoded: Check out the best restaurants in Birmingham and other places to eat and drink in the city with our local foodie guide, from the best pizza and burgers to Michelin-starred dining, cosy gastropubs and must-visit bakeries. We've also picked the best places to stay in Birmingham so you can make a foodie weekend of your trip. For more exciting restaurants and weekend ideas for food lovers, check out our best UK city breaks, the best restaurants in Bath, best restaurants in Manchester or the best restaurants in Edinburgh. Jump to: Best places to eat and drink in Birmingham Where to stay in Birmingham Best places to eat and drink in Birmingham Otto – best pizza Hip, utilitarian Jewellery Quarter space that serves some of the best Neapolitan-style pizza this side of Sorrento. From Otto’s lush, crushed tomato sauce to its homemade ham, or its pea and wild garlic pesto, every element of the menu has been lovingly honed. Fermented for at least 72 hours to create delicious flavour complexity, then blast-cooked to puffy, leopard-spotted perfection (in an imported wood-fired Gianni Acunto oven), Otto’s bases are thoughtfully topped with, for example, beef ragu, taleggio, braised red wine shallots and pecorino, or ‘nduja, honey and – Otto’s makes good use of British charcuterie, too – Wenlock Edge Farm chorizo. A relaxed buzzy vibe completes this attractive deal. ottopizza.uk Bonehead – best for fried chicken Tucked in behind New Street station, the black-clad Bonehead has a rock bar vibe (heavy metal memorabilia, street art, craft beers, cool, grungy-alternative music), and a stellar rep for its buttermilk fried chicken. Think: juicy poultry encased in crisp, light 'original' or 'Nashville hot' coatings, deftly layered with vibrant flavours. Tenders can be dipped in sauces from lime aioli to ranch dressing, while the chicken thigh burgers include various additions and glazes, such as bourbon BBQ or sriracha honey. Look out for one-off events and collaborations. This summer, thes…

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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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Pensons, Netherwood Estate, Herefordshire: restaurant review
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date: 2019-05-29T12:59:44.000Z
creator: Laura Rowe
subject: Restaurants
subject: West Midlands
description: Try cherry blossom cosmopolitans, sourdough with Marmite butter and Herefordshire Herdwick lamb at this bucolic escape
encoded: Looking for restaurants in Herefordshire? Read our review of new destination restaurant Pensons, and check out our foodie road trip guide to Herefordshire here. Pensons in a nutshell Pensons is a new destination restaurant for Herefordshire, that’s redefining the modern, rural fine-dining experience. Who's cooking? Last seen as the ground-breaking head chef of Bethnal Green’s Typing Room, Lee Westcott is back behind the pass of Pensons and making a big impression with locals. What's the vibe? Lots of restaurants talk a good talk about provenance but so integral is it to Pensons’ ethos that the (hyper) local sourcing begins right at the front door. Housed in a previously derelict 15th-century barn, the space has been dramatically restored and renovated using materials from its surrounds, the Netherwood Estate. The farm’s manger is now a lighting rig. Fabric made on a weaving mill on the estate, from Netherwood wool, forms the unique napkins. Striking bell-bottomed lampshades are made with estate-harvested willow. There are even excavated treasures, found in the surrounding fields, framed. You can find out more about the makers who helped shape the space, here. Lunchtime is worth a venture, just for the light, which pours through the stylish Crittal windows, or if you’ve a night-time booking it’s hard to resist the glow of the open kitchen. Either way you’re in for a good meal. What's the food like at Pensons? Fans of Lee’s food in London will be more than satisfied with the food at Pensons – which feels familiar yet future-looking. Ingredients lead the direction of the menus (there’s an à la carte lunch and dinner menu, alongside a five- or seven-course tasting menu) – whether they’re plucked from the kitchen garden, yards away from the pass, foraged or farmed from the estate. (There’s a pescatarian and vegetarian menu available, too, but not vegan.) On our visit there were new takes on recognisable signatures from Lee – including fish skin, crisp like pork crackling…

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