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THE COLLECTION / 28 PLACES PERSONALLY CURATED

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Dining room at CORD by Le Cordon Bleu on Fleet Street, London
London · United Kingdom

CORD

CORD by Le Cordon Bleu occupies a listed building on Fleet Street. Its restaurant combines international culinary techniques with seasonal British ingredients, alongside a café and culinary institute.

Restaurant · ContemporaryVIEW DETAILS ↗
Chef’s counter at Evelyn’s Table beneath The Blue Posts, London
London · United Kingdom

Evelyn’s Table

A twelve-seat chef’s counter beneath The Blue Posts in Soho. The tasting-menu format brings together British ingredients and French and Asian cooking techniques in a shared counter setting.

Restaurant · ContemporaryVIEW DETAILS ↗
Garden terrace at Stein’s Berlin in Kensington, London
London · United Kingdom

Stein’s Berlin

Stein’s Berlin is a German restaurant in Kensington, occupying a listed building on Exhibition Road. The venue includes a dining room and a terrace overlooking Princes Gardens.

Restaurant · GermanVIEW DETAILS ↗
Vietnamese dish pictured on the Cây Tre Soho official menu page
London · United Kingdom

Cây Tre Soho

The Soho branch of Cây Tre serves Vietnamese cooking on Dean Street. Its menu includes phở, curries, summer rolls and salads, with seasonal ingredients and a Vietnamese-inspired cocktail selection.

Restaurant · VietnameseVIEW DETAILS ↗
Bar and dining space at Harry’s Knightsbridge, London
London · United Kingdom

Harry’s Knightsbridge

Harry’s Knightsbridge is an Italian restaurant on Basil Street, behind Harrods. It offers all-day dining in Venetian-inspired interiors, with Italian dishes and seasonal additions to the menu.

Restaurant · ItalianVIEW DETAILS ↗
Pasta photographed on a Pinna-branded plate at Pinna Mayfair
London · United Kingdom

Pinna

Pinna is an Italian restaurant on Curzon Street in Mayfair. Chef Achille Pinna’s menu draws on Sardinian cooking, with fresh fish and handmade pasta central to its offering.

Restaurant · ItalianVIEW DETAILS ↗
Dining room at Ognisko on Exhibition Road, London
London · United Kingdom

Ognisko Restaurant

Set within the Polish Hearth Club on Exhibition Road, Ognisko serves Polish and Central European cooking. The venue combines a restaurant, cocktail bar and garden-facing terrace in South Kensington.

Restaurant · PolishVIEW DETAILS ↗
Pasta dish from Bancone’s official brand photography; branch unspecified
London · United Kingdom

Bancone

Bancone is a London restaurant group centred on pasta made by hand. Its menus draw on Italian and wider European influences, with several locations across the city.

Restaurant · ItalianVIEW DETAILS ↗
Dining room at Da Paolo on Charlotte Place, London
London · United Kingdom

Da Paolo

Da Paolo is a neighbourhood Italian restaurant on pedestrianised Charlotte Place, near Goodge Street. It serves traditional Italian cooking and provides a private dining room for larger groups.

Restaurant · ItalianVIEW DETAILS ↗
Exterior of St. JOHN Marylebone at 98 Marylebone Lane, London
London · United KingdomPINK ABALO

St. JOHN Marylebone

The Marylebone location of St. JOHN sits on Marylebone Lane. The restaurant provides breakfast, lunch and dinner service, with separate bar and wine menus and dishes updated daily.

Restaurant · BritishVIEW DETAILS ↗
Shanghai · China

福1088 · Fu 1088

Fu 1088 serves Shanghainese cuisine in a townhouse on Zhenning Road. Its dining spaces occupy private rooms within the historic building, retaining architectural details associated with early twentieth-century Shanghai.

Restaurant · ShanghaineseVIEW DETAILS ↗
Shanghai · China

Lu Style(鲁采·黄浦)

Lu Style’s Huangpu restaurant serves Shandong cuisine at Uni Elite on South Huangpi Road. Its cooking centres on seafood, with produce sourced from the Weihai and Bohai Sea regions.

Restaurant · ShandongVIEW DETAILS ↗
Shanghai · China

Meet the Bund(遇外滩·新天地)

The Xintiandi branch of Meet the Bund presents Fujian cuisine in Shanghai’s Huangpu district. Its interior combines references to Fujian culture with the architectural character of the Xintiandi neighbourhood.

Restaurant · FujianVIEW DETAILS ↗
Hangzhou · China

Hang’s Delicacy(叶马·西湖)

Hang’s Delicacy serves Hangzhou cuisine on Zhijiang Road in the West Lake district. The restaurant is situated near the Qiantang River and Liuhe Pagoda, with a menu of regional dishes.

Restaurant · HangzhouVIEW DETAILS ↗
Dish photographed for Jiangnan Wok at Shangri-La Nanjing
Nanjing · China

Jiangnan Wok(江南灶)

Jiangnan Wok is the Chinese restaurant on the first floor of Shangri-La Nanjing. Its menu focuses on Huaiyang cooking and regional flavours at the hotel’s Central Road address.

Restaurant · HuaiyangVIEW DETAILS ↗
Guangzhou · China

惠食佳(海珠)· Wisca

Wisca’s Haizhu restaurant serves Cantonese cuisine on Binjiang West Road in Guangzhou. Its menu includes traditional preparations and claypot cooking, within the Haizhu location of the restaurant group.

Restaurant · CantoneseVIEW DETAILS ↗
Guangzhou · China

炳胜品味 · Guangzhou

BingSheng Pinwei is the Cantonese dining brand of BingSheng Group, rooted in Lingnan culinary traditions. This Guangzhou entry covers the brand at city level, without selecting an individual branch.

Restaurant · CantoneseVIEW DETAILS ↗
Shenzhen · China

炳胜品味 · Shenzhen

BingSheng Pinwei is the Cantonese dining brand of BingSheng Group, rooted in Lingnan culinary traditions. This Shenzhen entry covers the brand at city level, without selecting an individual branch.

Restaurant · CantoneseVIEW DETAILS ↗
Shenzhen · China

P3 by pLeace(必乐时·福田)

P3 by pLeace is a restaurant in the first phase of Futian COCO Park. This Shenzhen location occupies the B1 level of the shopping centre on Fuhua Third Road.

Restaurant · International FusionVIEW DETAILS ↗
Shenzhen · ChinaPINK ABALO

七月柿·邻里小馆(欢乐时光)

七月柿·邻里小馆 is a neighbourhood restaurant at OCT PARK Happy Hour in Shenzhen. The confirmed location is shop 023 on level one of the shopping centre in Nanshan.

RestaurantVIEW DETAILS ↗
Interior of Connaught Bar at The Connaught in Mayfair, London
London · United Kingdom

Connaught Bar

Connaught Bar is located at The Connaught in London’s Mayfair. Its drinks programme combines classic cocktails, seasonal creations and a selection of wines and spirits, with a dedicated martini trolley.

Bar · Cocktail BarVIEW DETAILS ↗
Guests and cocktails pictured on Bar Leone Hong Kong’s official website
Hong Kong · China

Bar Leone

Bar Leone is a neighbourhood cocktail bar on Bridges Street in Hong Kong’s Central district. Its Italian-inspired approach centres on classic cocktails, with a drinks programme framed as cocktail popolari.

Bar · Cocktail BarVIEW DETAILS ↗
Agave display and interior detail at COA Hong Kong
Hong Kong · China

COA

COA is a Mexican-inspired cocktail bar in Hong Kong. Its drinks programme focuses on agave spirits, including tequila and mezcal, alongside cocktails drawing on Mexican ingredients and flavours.

Bar · Cocktail BarVIEW DETAILS ↗
Shenzhen · China

RMK · 深业上城

RMK is a cocktail bar at UpperHills in Shenzhen’s Futian district. The venue is listed on level three of the development, at shop T3093 on Huanggang Road.

Bar · Cocktail BarVIEW DETAILS ↗
Shanghai · China

naive理想国 · Shanghai

naive理想国 combines books, coffee and cocktails in a cultural space associated with the Imaginist publishing brand. Its Shanghai location occupies the Anren Building on Huqiu Road in the Rockbund neighbourhood.

Bar · Coffee & Cocktail BarVIEW DETAILS ↗
Shenzhen · China

BAR MOOD(吧沐·深圳)

BAR MOOD’s Shenzhen venue is a cocktail bar in the OCT area of Nanshan. The confirmed location occupies unit G-04B on the ground floor of Qiaocheng One Plaza.

Bar · Cocktail BarVIEW DETAILS ↗
Cocktail preparation equipment at Hope & Sesame Guangzhou
Guangzhou · ChinaPINK ABALO

庙前冰室 · Hope & Sesame

Hope & Sesame is a cocktail bar behind a Cantonese storefront in Guangzhou’s Dongshankou neighbourhood. Its drinks explore Cantonese flavours and contemporary cocktail techniques at the Miao Qian West Street location.

Bar · Cocktail BarVIEW DETAILS ↗
Interior of Bar SanYou Shenzhen, from its official venue page
Shenzhen · ChinaPINK ABALO

庙前三酉 · Bar SanYou Shenzhen

Bar SanYou’s Shenzhen location explores Chinese spirits through contemporary cocktails. Its programme includes baijiu, Chinese whisky, gin and yellow rice wine, at the Times Financial Center in Futian.

Bar · Cocktail BarVIEW DETAILS ↗

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