WHETHER you're looking for a nightclub masquerading as a restaurant, a Venetian take on tapas in Soho, or the latest reinvention of the now venerable but once cutting edge genre, the gastropub, London's restaurant scene has emerged as one of the world's most diverse over the past decade.

From Fergus Henderson's uncompromising take on modern British to an immense cornucopia of international cuisine, haute cuisine and molecular gastronomy to Hackney pop-ups and clubby chop houses, London's kitchens have global significance. Erstwhile editor, food writer and insatiate menu maven, Joe Warwick, keeps tabs on tables around the capital.

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