European restaurants in England
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Hoxton Apprentice
Both professionals and apprentices work the kitchen in this restaurant, under the auspices of the Training For Life charity. Appropriately enough, it's housed in a Victorian school building.
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Perry's
Effortlessly stylish, but also relaxed, this Georgian town house is a study of snowy white tablecloths and flashes of pink. The local seafood is irresistible: seabass with crushed saffron potatoes, and spiced tian of Portland crab. The cognoscenti book the 1st-floor window table (complete with fabulous harbour view) for a two-course lunch – a bargain at £15.
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Lime Tree
With a relaxed town-house setting and cosy front-room atmosphere, dining at the Lime Tree feels like having supper at a friend's house - assuming your friend is a gourmet chef with a passion for global cuisine. Cornish duck breast, sea bass and John Dory fillet for mains, chased down by homemade bread and vanilla crème brûlée.
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Wapping Food
We've all seen converted factories masquerading as restaurants but nothing compares with this erstwhile power station (and now restaurant/gallery/performance space), which has chosen to let all of its hydraulic equipment hang out. The food is modern European bending towards the Mediterranean, the wine list all-Australian and the staff pleasant.
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Chelsea Kitchen
This spartan place - part of the Stockpot empire which has branches all around town - has some of the cheapest food in London and is almost like eating out at a restaurant. Sturdy staples include the likes of French onion soup, spaghetti bolognese, lasagne and steak. Nothing too inventive, just good, hot grub.
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Orange Tree
This award-winning brasserie adds a dash of Continental flair to local fish, meat and game. Try to resist the Brixham crab lasagne with crab bisque or the south Devon steak with a rich blue cheese sauce. Then succumb to Chocolate Temptation, a brownie, mousse and parfait combo.
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Harry's
Harry's is the kind of welcoming neighbourhood bistro you wish was on your own doorstep but rarely is. The decor is all wooden chairs, blackboards and gilt mirrors; the food includes seared tuna, Spanish ham with marinated figs, and a hearty three bean chilli.
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Sienna
Dorchester's Michelin-starred eatery is rich in seasonal produce; look out for wild garlic and pungent white truffles; partridge might be teamed with spiced pear. The cheeseboard bears the best of the west, served with fig chutney and Bath Oliver biscuits. Booking is required.
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Riverford Field Kitchen
At this futuristic farm bistro vegetables are plucked to order from the fields in front of you and the meats are organic and locally sourced. Eating is a convivial affair – diners sit at trestle tables and platters laden with food are passed around. Rich flavours and imaginative treatments might include marinated, grilled Moroccan lamb and British veg transformed by cumin or saffron. Planning laws require you to book, and take a free tour of the fields. The farm is 3 miles west of Totnes.
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Elephant Brasserie
The setting may be less formal, but the bistro below Torquay's Michelin-starred Room in the Elephant is still super-stylish. Treatments include lemon sole with shellfish ragout and Noilly Prat cream, and Devon duckling with spiced honey jus.
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Egan's
The wooden tables here are highly polished and so is the food. Rich local ingredients are transformed by well-travelled flavours: marinated salmon combines with vodka; lobster with shellfish bisque; and beef with basil.
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Basilica
The menu tours more Mediterranean countries than your average InterRailer – expect mezze, Parma ham parcels, grilled haloumi and pasta with chorizo.
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11 The Quay
Full of Chelsea chic, this distinctive eatery is owned by the artist Damien Hirst, a man famous for exhibiting preserved dead cows and sharks. The menu's less controversial; sample cured ham with pickled garlic or lobster risotto with chives while admiring Hirst's artwork. It includes his Pharmacy installation and, with delicious irony, fish in formaldehyde. The bistro is open for lunch and dinner with snacks served all day.
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