My revised London restaurant recommendations list

Hedone (contemporary fine dining from the best ingredients; great techniques )
The Greenhouse (contemporary French fine dining; excellent new chef since last year)
Bibendum (contemporary French fine dining; love the roast and the Black Forest soufflé)
The Ledbury (classic fine dining, consistent quality since years)
The Clove Club (modern British fine dining)
Ikoyi (Nigerian inspired contemporary cooking)
Londrino (Portuguese inspired contemporary cooking)
Wiltons (old school seafood,one of the oldest restaurants in London)
Scott’s (seafood institution, take Dove sole)
Saint John (“Nose to tail”, traditional British)
Cut 45 Park Lane (favourite steak)
Zafferono (“comfort food” Italian; great saffron risotto)
River Café (Italian)
Aquavit (love their meat balls and herring selection is decent too)
La Petite Maison (decent Provençal food, go for the ambiance too)
Mari Vanna (Russian food fix; piroshki are very good)
Umu (Kaiseki inspired high end Japanese)
Yashin Ocean House (contemporary Japanese)
Dinings on Harcourt street (Japanese with a twist)
The Araki (top sushi, but the master is leaving back to Japan in March, so need to revisit once he is gone)
Koya (Udon noodles)
Yen (go for handmade soba only, the rest if just ok)
Atariya (Fish and Wagyu supplier of best Japanese restaurants in London. Go to their shops to get sashimi quality fish and other seafood.)
Wa (Japanese pastry,2 locations)
Minamoto Kitchoan (Japanese pastry and baumkuchens; outpost from Tokyo)
Happy Sky Bakery (Japanese bakery)
Ottolenghi(great bakeries and pastry shops around London)
Aux Merveilleux de Fred (meringue and chantilly pastries from Lille; two locations)
Maison Assouline (Most beautiful café in London)
Little Social (favourite burger)
Bleecker (another favourite burger)
A Wong (modern dim sum; go for lunch)
The Imperial Treasure (top dim sum and heared the duck is great too; opened last December)
Royal China Club (great dim sum)
Min Jiang (excellent Chinese with a view)
Xi’an Impression (Hand pulled noodles)
Chili cool (dan dan noodles)
Som Saa (old style Thai)
Gymkhana (favourite Indian)
Kutir (new opened excellent Indian)
Jamavar (another great Indian, but if to choose, would rather go back to Gymkhana)
Indian Accent (“fine dining” Indian,quite)
Dastaan (far from the Central London, but very good Indian)
Palomar (contemporary Israeli)
Ishbilia (Lebanese)
Hoppers (Sri Lankan, go to the original one in Soho)
Peckham Bazaar (mezze and Balkans food)
Harwood arms (go for Sunday roast only, the rest is just ok..)
Noble Rot (Wine bar/ bar snacks)
Monty’s deli (salt beef sandwich)
Kappacassein cheese toastie)
Towpath café (breakfast)
Granger and Co (breakfast)

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