Eating Out

How Britain really eats

Lisa Hilton enjoys a Thai feast that shows that fiery and exotic has now become mainstream

Miserable minimalism

Lisa Hilton says a prime spot near the kitchen is no compensation for a bewilderingly bad evening

Shots with everything

Lisa Hilton tries indigestible mac ’n’ cheese at a venue that should have gone the way of the tzars

The Piedmontese job

Enjoying the silky and lean Italian Fassona beef in Turin and Kensington

Disdain on a plate

Enduring pale, greasy salmon in the spiritual home of the trout pout

Friggitelli with Rosie

Lisa Hilton falls for the rustic charms and continental cuisine of a perfect English pub

Thanks for not sharing

Lisa Hilton says tapas are over-hyped, over-priced and have overstayed their welcome

The fine art of beetroot

Lisa Hilton swoons over postmodern but pricy three-star brilliance in Paris

Primary sauces

Lisa Hilton savours a timeless French bistro in Pimlico that displays no timidity with the ladle

Pleasures of the plague year

Lisa Hilton welcomes the locals back to Venice and enjoys a spicy nod to the city’s vibrant past