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Directly from nature
We feature a new Helsinki restaurant that’s pushing the boundaries in sourcing local ingredients and a UK initiative supporting hospitality entrepreneurs. Plus: what’s bubbling on Poland’s food and restaurant scene.
Food Neighbourhoods 171: Bangalore, Central Business District
Monocle’s Tiya Thomas-Alexander takes us to one of South India’s most populated cities for a tour of its top food and drink discoveries.
Filipino food’s new direction
How chef Budgie Montoya is reinventing Filipino food in London. Plus: Lisbon’s rising culinary talent, João Sá, and what’s new on Zürich’s restaurant scene.
Food Neighbourhoods 170: Murmansk
We visit the largest city in the Arctic Circle, where the local cuisine bursts with flavour, despite the harsh conditions.
The perfect match
How a new London initiative aims to match vacant restaurant spaces with young culinary talent, a J-pop star’s campaign to boost the popularity of sake in Japan, plus Maggie Beer’s campaign for better food in Australia.
Food Neighbourhoods 169: Vientiane
Monocle’s Nicholas Toomey takes us on a culinary tour around the capital of Laos.
Supplying the world’s best chefs
How Franco Fubini’s Natoora supplies fine European produce to the world’s best chefs. Plus: the son of Salvatore Ferragamo tastes success in the wine industry and why some of Japan’s top chefs will be cooking in Europe.
Food Neighbourhoods 168: São Paulo
Monocle's Fernando Augusto Pacheco returns to his home city to revisit some old favourite restaurants – and to sample some new ones too.
The rise of Portuguese gastronomy
How Bar Douro gave Portuguese food the recognition it deserves in London. Plus: drinks writer Fiona Beckett on getting the most out of non-alcoholic drinking.
Food Neighbourhoods 167: Tobago, Windward Road
A trip down Windward Road on the island of Tobago, the location of some of the best food and drink in the Caribbean.
Food discoveries from the Baltics
Top dishes from the Baltic countries that the world still hasn’t discovered and the success story of Hong Kong’s Feather & Bone, which grew from a butcher shop into a beloved restaurant and delicatessen.
Food Neighbourhoods 166: Moscow, Depo market
We visit one of the Russian capital’s top culinary destinations – a market that claims to be the biggest food hall in Europe.
Food Neighbourhoods: best of 2019
A round-up of the best food tours of 2019 from Los Angeles, Baghdad, Stockholm and Turin.
Best of 2019
Markus Hippi recaps the best interviews and reports from 2019, with top chefs such as Kobus van der Merwe, Ana Roš and Jason Atherton.
Darina Allen’s food philosophy
Ireland’s best-known cook Darina Allen on how we still need to change the way we think about food. Plus: how one couple turned Portugal’s economic downturn into a gastronomic opportunity and why some of the world’s best…
