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Restaurant Reviews
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A trio of new London restaurant openings
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O Bontemps - oh, bliss!
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L’Autre Pied - but is it quite ‘autre’ enough?
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Le Café Anglais - a haven for Francophiles
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Sake no Hana - the new Nobu
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Hibiscus - Bosi is one of the two London chefs to watch this year, according to Michelin
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Le Bistro d’Alex - a real find in an unlikely location
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Fairyhill - a reminder of the virtues of the country house hotel
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Bord’eaux - misplaced apostrophe, misfiring food
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Le Temps au Temps - one of Paris’s chic-est new-wave bistros
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Alle Testiere - best restaurant in Venice or most over-hyped?
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The Butchers Arms - a Gloucestershire gem
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L’Anima - London’s latest Italian couldn’t be cooler
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Recent London restaurant openings
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Where to eat in and around Agde
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Tannery - has success spoiled this iconic Irish restaurant?
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The Modern Pantry - a long wait in this long-awaited new London restaurant
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Is Murano the real Angela Hartnett?
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Bristol’s Lido - a little touch of Moro-by-the-sea
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The Giaconda Dining Room - actually more of a caff but none the worse for that . . .
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Corrigan’s Mayfair - the Corrigan empire moves onwards and upwards
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Hélène Darroze: a case of the empress’s new clothes?
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High Timber
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Chateau du Port, Marseillan: chic mais cher
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Enoteca Pinchiorri: far from a credit crunch lunch
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Il Baretto - a stylish new central London hangout for wine lovers
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Why Le Champignon Sauvage is one of the best restaurants in Britain
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La Falaise, Cahuzac - brilliant cooking at a bargain price
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Hix has pulled it off again!
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Kitchen W8 - Michelin standard cooking at a bistro price
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Does St John deserve the hype?
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No skimping at the cut-price River Café
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The buzz around Bistrot Bruno
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So how does Gordon Ramsay's new Petrus stack up against Marcus Wareing?
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The (footballers') fantasy world of Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons
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So what's it like eating at Noma?
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Bar Boulud, London: as good as New York?
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Gauthier Soho: clever but a bit of a one-trick pony
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Viajante: London's new avant-garde hotspot
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Koffmann’s at The Berkeley: a taste of old France
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The Walnut Tree: resurrection of an icon
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Les Deux Salons - a very English French brasserie
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Late at the Tate: adventures in wine pairing with Hamish Anderson
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Cassis bistro: another Abela hit
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Brasserie Joel - great chef, great food, shame about the venue
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St John Hotel restaurant: cool but pricey
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Pollen Street Social: how Jason Atherton has moved on
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The romance of The Gilbert Scott
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Roganic - silly name, stunning food
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Hedone: not worth the detour (for me at any rate)
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Jeremy Lee at Quo Vadis, Soho
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Events
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Match of the Week
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Cave aged gruyere and dry oloroso
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Butternut squash and barrel-fermented Chardonnay
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Salmon and Pinot Noir
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Sloe gin and Stilton
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Thai fishcakes and witbier
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Foie gras and Sauternes
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Scrambled eggs and sparkling wine
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Thai beef salad and off-dry riesling
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Manzanilla and tapas
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Aubergine (eggplant) and Zinfandel
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Cheese fondue and Chasselas
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Sushi and Genmaicha (Japanese green tea with roasted rice)
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‘Meat fruit’ with Pacherenc du Vic Bilh ‘Larmes Célestes’ 2004
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Dark chocolate and Cherry Heering
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Savoury pancakes and sparkling cider
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Fairtrade chocolate brownies with Fairtrade black coffee
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Roast lamb with a Douro red
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Ham and Barossa semillon
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Pickled herrings with lager and akvavit
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Goats’ cheese and Sauvignon Blanc
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Prosecco and panettone
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Rabbit (or chicken) with spring vegetables and viognier
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Salade Niçoise and Rosé
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Pork pie and pale ale
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Charcuterie and Beaujolais
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Sparkling wine and spicy snacks
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Greco di Tufo with grilled seabass
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Bacchus and cucumber
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Calves' liver and Marcillac
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Normandy cider and creamy sauces
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Cherry beer and cheesecake
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Bardolino Chiaretto and seafood pasta
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Pastis and olives
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Red wine and peaches
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Chicken caesar salad and blonde ale
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Margaritas, tacos and tostadas
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Chicken, lemon and olive tagine with Rioja reserva
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Tuscan bean soup and Sangiovese
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Grouse and Chambolle-Musigny
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Chicken pot pie and perry
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Jerk chicken and rum punch
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Mackerel en escabeche with manzanilla sherry
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Godello and seafood
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Steak pie and strong ale
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Beetroot soup and British pinot noir
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Roast venison with tapenade and a modern Spanish red
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Filet ‘sliders’ and pinot noir
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Double IPA and pork belly
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Fonduta with truffles and Nebbiolo
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Les-Baux-de-Provence and civet de sanglier (wild boar stew)
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Chocolate and Cognac
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Chablis and Jambon à la Chablisienne
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Roast suckling pig and amber ale
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Pecan pie and Kingston Black apple aperitif
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Fish pie and chardonnay
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Braised pheasant with chestnuts and Vacqueyras
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Turron and sweet sherry
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Galette des Rois and Muscat de St-Jean-de-Minervois
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San Pellegrino and seafood
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Duck confit and Madiran
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A Viognier-dominated Languedoc white and a Chinese/Thai takeaway
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Kedgeree and Western Australia Semillon
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Apricot pancakes and apricot (or peach) beer
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Seared diver-caught scallops and mature white burgundy
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Wines - and other drinks - to match Delia’s new ‘cheat’ recipes
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Espresso and Hazelnut Cake and Fairtrade Coffee
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Salmon with leeks and Chardonnay
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Boiled bacon and cabbage with Irish stout
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Couscous and Languedoc rosé
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Simnel cake and Orange Pekoe tea
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Lamb tagine with dates, prunes and apricots and a very good Beaujolais
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Pasta with Stilton and onion sauce and a new wave Spanish red
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Chicken with sweet peppers and Tempranillo
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Seabass carpaccio and Grûner Veltliner
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Fritto misto + vino bianco
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Tiramisu and oxidised sweet wines
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Chicken salad and real apple juice
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Mushroom ‘caviar’ and Californian sparkling wine
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Gnocchi with fresh tomato sauce and Barbera d’Asti
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English sparkling wine and fresh crab sandwiches
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Wines to match the menu at Jamie’s Italian
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Lapin au vin and Au Bon Climat Pinot Noir
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Guava Collins and Singapore Noodles
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Gooseberry and saffron creme brulée with a southern French muscat
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Goats cheese and mature Alsace riesling
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Plaice with clams, girolles and mash with FMC Chenin
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Strawberries and elderflower cordial
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Pizza and chilled red wine
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Chicken and vegetable tagine with southern French rosé
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Spicy lamb stew with Coonawarra Cabernet
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Cold roast veal with herbs and St Chinian rosé
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Salmon ceviche and Soave
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Braised short ribs in red wine with Les Clos Perdus Corbières
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Smoked trout and artichoke linguini with a dry Pfalz riesling
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Boiled Ballycotton lobster and premier cru Chablis
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Figs, blue cheese and Maury
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Warm fig and almond pudding with Chateau Coutet Barsac 1996
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Wild boar and Monty’s French Red
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Tarte au citron with Helmut Lang Beerenauslese Chardonnay
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Macaroni cheese and Montagne-Saint-Emilion
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Mushroom risotto with Barbera
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Chocolate terrine with Brachetto d’Acqui 2007
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Roast suckling pig with Casa de Saima Bairrada Tinto
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Smoked, caramelised salmon with Disznókö Tokaji 6 puttonyos 1993
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Crayfish and Crab Cocktail with Bonny Doon Pacific Rim Riesling
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Chilli con carne and American brown ale
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Lemon and poppy seed cake with Tippy Yunan tea with ginger root
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Moqueca and Caiprinhas
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Roquefort and Loupiac
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Chicken with peanut sauce and Faugères rosé
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Game pie and Listrac
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A Birds Eye pea and truffle buttie with a glass of Meursault? It could only be Heston . . .
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Slow-roast lamb with garlic and rosemary and Rustenberg John X Merriman 2005
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Charcuterie and young Syrah
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Rocket and parmesan salad with dry amontillado sherry
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Ribs, bourbon and picklebacks
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Kylie Kwong’s roasted beef fillet with Cape Mentelle Cabernet Merlot
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Comté cheese and Languedoc Syrah
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Raspberry beer with chocolate and raspberries
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Gruner Veltliner and salt cod
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Pot-roast pigeon and Sangre de Toro
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Smoked eel, beetroot and Malbec
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Pairing Comté cheese and Chivite Coleccion 125 Reserva 2001
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Oyster rarebit and Guinness
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Citrus fizz and Mexican food
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Crisp duck salad with Fielding Estate riesling
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Cold roast pork with apple and Chardonnay
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Pear frangipane tart with Pacherenc de Vic Bilh
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Steak tartare and Côteaux du Languedoc
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Ceviche and Susana Balbo Torrontes
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Oxtail cooked in Priorat with prunes matched with 2004 Vall Llach Priorat
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7 hour leg of lamb with Cot (Malbec)
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Tuscan-style sausages and beans with Montepulciano
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Oysters and oyster stout
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Roast chicken with tarragon and asparagus and oaked white Bordeaux
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Lebanese mezze and Côtes de Provence rosé
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Gorwydd Caerphilly and white Burgundy
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Roast pigeon and Salice Salentino
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Anchoïade and Manzanilla
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Calf's kidney and Cote Rôtie
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Dorset Blue Vinney and Bristol Supreme Sweet Sherry
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Dark chocolate tart with 10 year old Tawny
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Duck paté, rillettes and red Anjou
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Steak tartare and Beaujolais
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Perry and a Ploughman’s
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Carrot and basil-infused slugs and Saumur Blanc
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Cahors and duck ‘parmentier’
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French apricot tart and Cérons
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Tête de veau and Côtes du Jura rouge
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Braised Manx Loaghtan mutton and Crozes Hermitage
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Pot roast pheasant with Saint-Chinian
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Chocolate and chilli cheesecake and Merlot
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Roast monkfish and chips with Tonnix
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Fresh walnut tart and Jurancon
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Faggots with onion gravy and Mas Belles Eaux Vieux Carignan
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Game terrine and sweet oloroso sherry
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Roast turbot with wild mushrooms and white Minervois
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New season’s olive oil and vino novo
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Smoked herring roes on toast and oyster stout
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Chicken with 40 cloves of garlic and Thierry Puzelat Pinot Noir
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Pigeon ‘tagine’ with Jaboulet Ainé Hermitage La Chapelle 1994
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Cheese and Chateau Bouscassé Vieilles Vignes 2000
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Macaroni cheese and Alsace Riesling
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Game terrine and London dry gin
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Roast goose with Nebbiolo
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Braised ox cheek and Lalande de Pomerol
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Cecina, potato and kale soup and Chateau Montus Madiran
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Sashimi and Koshu
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Haggis and Westmalle Dubbel
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Steak and Stilton pie with London Porter
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Pasta with pesto and Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi
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Pedro Ximenez and ice cream
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Bakewell tart and Liefmans Kriek
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Gladstone Pinot Noir and hare royale
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Semillon and seafood
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12 great South African food and wine pairings
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John Dory poached in red wine with Daniel Rion Nuits-St-Georges
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Braised brill with truffles and La Rocca Soave
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La Réserve de Léoville Barton with roast lamb and salsa verde
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Sea urchins, beurre blanc and Ruinart champagne
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Ceviche and pisco sour
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Lamb with coriander and the Garage Wine Co's Cabernet/Carignan
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British cheeses and cider
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Piggie burger and Pinot Noir
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Côte de Boeuf and Ridge Monte Bello 1999
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Cru classé Bordeaux and rack of lamb
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Montlouis Sec and crab
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Chocolate and roasted Oolong tea
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Fresh crab salad and 17 year old Muscadet (and yes, you did read that right!)
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Gazpacho and Rueda
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Cucumber fritters and Sancerre
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Grilled sardines and - eeek! - Sir Cliff’s Onda Nova Verdelho
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Vegetable Thali and Flying Dog Tire Bite Golden Ale
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Vietnamese sauce chicken wings and tamarind whiskey sour
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Laksa and riesling
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Lambs sweetbreads with girolles and Louis Roederer Rich champagne
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Scallop and crab risotto with inexpensive French Sauvignon
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Lager and jerk chicken
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Salt cod with chorizo and Cabernet - yes, Cabernet!
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Pork and beans with Pierre Gonon Saint-Joseph
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Parma ham and figs with Malvasia
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Apple tart and orange wine
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Smoked haddock and apple salad with New Zealand riesling
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Roast chestnuts and Bernache
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Palais Royal and Roquefort
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Epoisses and marc de Bourgogne
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Teroldego and Tapas
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Seared cod with red wine sauce and Premier Cru Santenay
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Manzanilla sherry and smoked dried beef with almonds
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Wild boar with cherry sauce and Karam Corpus Christi
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Smoked eel with crab remoulade and Slovakian Muller-Thurgau
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Jasnières, Gorwydd Caerphilly and apple pear and ginger jelly
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Roast duck and Bull’s Blood
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Catalan sausage and beans with southern French Syrah/Grenache
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Roast turkey and 2009 Beaujolais
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Fresh clementines and Jorge Ordonez Malaga Seleccion Especial
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Molten chocolate pudding and Bristol Beer Factory Ultimate Stout . . .
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Pork, chilli, coconut and gapi salad with Momo Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc
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Strong ale and haggis
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Raspberry cranachan and Black Tokyo Horizon
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Sauternes and rhubarb
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Braised saltmarsh lamb at Langford Fivehead
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Smoked duck and blood orange salad with Chilean gewurztraminer
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Scallops and dry muscat
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Cornish Blue and South African Muscat
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Truffled egg toast and Bianco di Custoza
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Apple tatin and sparkling perry
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Mezze and apple, mint and ginger lemonade
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Cozido and Cortello
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Anchovies and grenache gris
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Lemon roast chicken with spring vegetables and Brouilly
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Fruit kebabs and Moêt Ice Imperial
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Cauliflower tortellini with hazelnuts and 10 year old Muscadet
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Elderflower fritters and Moscato d’Asti
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White fish in cream sauce and Alsace riesling
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Cicheti and an Aperol Spritz
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Guineafowl with cherries and Beaujolais
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White peaches and muscat de Frontignan
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Lambrusco Grasparossa and pork
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Sushi and an oaked Luis Pato white
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Brown shrimps and cucumber with Corail Rosé 2010
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Olive oil vanilla and pistachio cake with Muscat de Rivesaltes
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Hawksmoor hot dog and Seven Barrels Red Rye IPA
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Mackerel pasty and Gusbourne Blanc de Blancs 2006
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Smoked trout and a Tricycle
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Langoustine cannellonis and citrus with Pacherenc de Vic Bilh
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Anchoïade and strong dry southern French rosé
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Apricot soufflé and Coteaux du Layon
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Lobster and sweetcorn with Allende rioja blanco
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Roquefort and Lagavulin
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Celeriac, celery and caerphilly soup with Coteau des Treilles Anjou blanc
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Joue de boeuf and a rich Roussillon red
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Robiola, chestnut honey and sweet vermouth
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Rabbit ballotine with Domaine Lucci Wildman Pinot Noir
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Tuna tartare with wasabi aioli and Prager Gruner Veltliner
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Pork scratchings and Nyetimber 2006
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Stichelton and onion quiche and Fleurie
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Wagyu beef steak and Vasse Felix Heytesbury Chardonnay
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South-east Asian seafood dishes and salads and aged Eden Valley riesling
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Duck with figs and Kooyong Ferrous Pinot Noir
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Stichelton (or Stilton) with Maury 1974 and Bristol Beer Factory Glenlivet-cask stout
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Roast turkey and Chivite Coleccion 125 reserva 2001
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10 year old tawny with bitter chocolate and malt tart with salted caramel ice cream
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Sea bass rillettes and Joseph Burrier Macon-Vergisson 2007
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Bacon, egg and claret
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Dim sum and champagne
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