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La Sophia, Notting Hill

Long-winded sentimental introduction I love French food. It’s easily one of my favourite cuisines. Let’s put the history and technical stuff aside for a second (I don’t want to get into all of that, I’d only embarrass myself) and focus on what’s actually important – meat, and rich-as-hell sauces. What’s not to like about that?

L’Escargot, Soho

Oh dear. Marco, what have you done? I first went to L’Escargot quite some time ago, perhaps two years or so. I hadn’t been to that many nice restaurants at the time and didn’t really know good food that well. I was dazzled by the combination of Michelin star and celebrity chef (Marco Pierre White!