From our kitchen and bar to the best of King's Cross, Bloomsbury and Euston: what to eat, what to drink and where to wander.
Inside King's Cross station, under a Platform 9¾ sign, a luggage trolley sits halfway through a brick wall. If it's on your London list, Fiena, our family-run Italian cafe, bar and restaurant at 4 Medway Court, Judd Street, London WC1H 9QX, is about 750 metres away, roughly a ...
Read the storyFew pasta dishes are as loved in Britain as spaghetti bolognese, and few cause as many arguments in Italy. It's on the main menu at Fiena, our family-run Ita...
Read the storyThree ingredients, no cooking, and nowhere to hide: the Caprese is one of the simplest dishes on any Italian menu, and one of the best tests of a kitchen's i...
Read the storyTucked beside Battlebridge Basin on the Regent's Canal, the London Canal Museum at 12–13 New Wharf Road, London N1 9RT, is one of King's Cross's smaller and ...
Read the storyEvery Italian pizza list has its classics, and the capricciosa is one of the most loaded of them: ham, mushrooms, olives and artichokes on a tomato and mozza...
Read the storySome of Italy's best-loved pasta dishes come from the coast, and few are as simple, or as easy to get wrong, as pasta with clams. Linguine vongole is on the ...
Read the storyThe British Museum on Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG, is one of the most visited places in the country, and a visit can easily fill a whole day. If yo...
Read the storyFew dishes say comfort quite like a lasagna: layers of pasta, meat sauce and béchamel, baked until the top turns golden. It's on the main menu at Fiena, our ...
Read the storyStand at any coffee counter in London and you'll hear the same small debate: is a flat white just a small latte? What actually makes a cappuccino a cappuccin...
Read the storyThe Charles Dickens Museum at 48 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LX, is the only one of Dickens's London homes still standing. If you're planning a visit and wa...
Read the storySome pasta is about the sauce. Ravioli are about what's inside. At Fiena, our family-run Italian cafe, bar and restaurant at 4 Medway Court, Judd Street, Lon...
Read the storyIf you only order one pizza in your life, it should probably be a Margherita. It's the simplest pizza on the list, and it's the one every pizzeria is judged ...
Read the storyMost people know Fiena for coffee, pasta and spritzes. Behind the bar, though, there's a short but serious list of spirits, from Japanese whisky to aged tequ...
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