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Turning back the clock at 1901 Food & Drink: Formerly Aurora in Conran's Great Eastern Hotel, 1901 is now Hyatt boutique brand Andaz. It's a truly beautiful room one of the few in London that can genuinely drop jaws crowned with a striking stained-glass cupola. More than a Flash in the pan Food & Drink: How much you care about pop-up, or guerrilla, restaurants probably depends on how shallow you are. Or should that be fashionable? 'The worst and most inedible food' Food & Drink: The food at Bel Canto is diabolical - overpriced and inedible - but the opera singers who accompany your meal, charm Metro's reviewer with their youth and beauty and enthusiasm in the face of overwhelmingly negative odds. Tendido Cuatro Food & Drink: South Ken's Cambio de Tercio and Tendido Cero are among the best Spanish restaurants in London so Fulham should be delighted with the arrival of stablemate Tendido Cuatro. Le Bouchon Breton's je ne sais quoi Food & Drink: Abouchon is native to Lyons, a dark, snug, smoky place well, until the ban that smells seductively of garlic, wine and roasting meats. Le Bouchon Breton is nothing of the sort. The River Cafe rises from the ashes Food & Drink: This is a restaurant that amply deserves its booked-out longevity. It's no exaggeration to contend that owners Ruth Rogers and Rose Gray dramatically changed the way Britain eats or, at least, thinks about eating while tucking into its M&S ready meal. Maldivian curry is the new sensation Food & Drink: Curry-heads take heed: it's National Curry Week and, with sales of spices at a record high now people are cooking from scratch, it's time to welcome the mas riha, a Maldivian curry to blow the taste buds. Its not love at first sight at Murano Food & Drink: Murano is good but I just can't get excited about it. As the Collins English Dictionary now puts it: meh. New Casa Brindisa is more than welcome Food & Drink: Even if it isnt an unmitigated wow, a new Brindisa is always mighty welcome. The irresistible Jiang to my yin Food & Drink: Min Jiang is a welcome addition to the scene: an upmarket, traditional Chinese delivering better food than China Tang and able to hold its head up among the Hakkasans and Hunans. Cook up a festive feast Food & Drink: Yikes! The glut-fest begins in two weeks. From a cut of fine meat to cheaper chocs, Chloe Scott reveals indispensable holiday meal-making tips. The dubious tastes of Charlies Dead Food & Drink: Charlie's Dead makes Metro's reviewer think of City boys unable to afford their daily snort not an appetising image. Expect a long wait at York & Albany Food & Drink: It might take weeks to book a table but it's fair to say this Camden newcomer is a roaring success. Whatever anyone might say about Ramsay and his cohorts, major kudos for saving this building, a previously mouldering Regency gem. Bar Trattoria Semplice Food & Drink: Located just beside the 'contemporary' incarnation of Spaghetti House, Trattoria Semplice shows that old warhorse how accessible Italian food should be done. Bransons Babylon revamp has no taste Food & Drink: When Richard Branson's Babylon restaurant opened way back when, it made me come over all starry-eyed. The view! The fact that it looks over the legendary Roof Gardens! The handsome waiters!