Hints and tips:
...Zennström chooses to lunch at Roka, a Japanese robatayaki restaurant that promises to “wrap each diner in a cocoon of warmth, welcome and hospitality”, for both nostalgic and pragmatic reasons....
...Rufus and I were wild teenagers, and this was the after-hours diner we’d come to for beer and latkes at 3am....
...Most diners don’t have that option. Instead, we relocate. Spare a thought for the staff....
...On my visit, the guests and diners were young Madrileños and the atmosphere quiet and easy....
...At this full-house gig from alto saxophonist Rachael Cohen, a short first set came with diners’ chat. That subsided for a second half that was spiced by an American guest....
...You can exclude in a thousand tiny ways, from PR, through menu choices, the wine list or even the volume and type of music. It doesn’t even matter if you’re carefully selecting for “my kind of people”....
...To be served by an avatar in the diner, it’s necessary to book online in advance (generally at least two people, although they’re accepting solo diners in January)....
...The last music I downloaded was by Christine and the Queens, which I have on repeat. I’m quite mono with music. I have a collection of gold-hoop earrings....
...In that area and around Sheung Wan, you get a flavour of old Hong Kong, or you can go to North Point for the older cha chaan teng diners....
...Baba, where diners can enjoy a quick bite and a drink or an upscale omakase....
...There will be a “modern take” on the classic American diner on the ground floor, plus a cocktail bar and live music space in the basement....
...Tamarind trees, curry leaves, pepper and ginger grow wild, creating the flavours that Prashant Bangera, of Mangalorean descent, wanted to introduce to Japanese diners when he opened this restaurant in 2018...
...Sitting at the counter, diners are close to the produce and provenance and have a front-row seat to the action in the kitchen, hosted by the chefs themselves....
...And if the restaurant is full, the hubbub (thankfully) drowns out the background music....
...[MUSIC PLAYING]...
...A bewildering, maddening, magical mix of theatre, dance, video, music and, of course, food, it is not for everyone....
...He kind of like finds her at a diner. And then she, over the course of the film, falls in love with him or over the course of her life....
...Clyde’s is set in a modest truck-stop diner near Reading, Pennsylvania, where a handful of browbeaten employees slice, spread and serve under the eagle eye of their proprietor, Clyde — a woman whose attitude...
...When they arrive at the Brooklyn diner, they order some food. And as they’re sitting at the table, she takes out her phone and removes the battery....
...During the pandemic, she took a step away from Itamae and took a private chef job for the music producer Timbaland....
...The restaurant is filling up with lunchtime diners, and the noise level is rising....
...And that’s why live music is so important.” That certainly chimes with me. @alicelascelles...
...At the Goshen Country Fair 34 miles south-west of Philadelphia on Friday night, the dairy cattle show was in full swing, the fried Oreos were selling fast, there was live music and bingo....
...Slow classical music plays in the background as either champagne or sake are poured, and a few rice-free dishes are served including brill, sea bass and oysters, and monkfish liver with delicious pickled...
...It doubles as a restaurant in the vein of London’s Jazz Café and floor space is prioritised for diners, so booking in advance is advised....
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