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Interviews with top chefs, food innovators, and producers. Discover ingredients, trends, and stories shaping the world of food and drink.
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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.
