What we’re reading

Simon Rogan’s guide to eating in and around Southampton

Heading for the South Coast before summer is out? Let Hampshire native, Simon Rogan of L’Enclume, be your guide. He shares his Greek, Italian and Indian go-tos and puts in a word for his son Daniel’s restaurant, AO, too. Proud father.

Good Food Guide

Raising the bar

Writer and host Jago Rackham is the latest to fall for Kismet, Dom Hamdy and Keiran Mustafa’s new residency at The Globe Tavern in Borough. “When I quizzed Hamdy on the new venture, his eyes lit up like saucers of thick yoghurt. He was excited: making a new restaurant is his art.”

World of Interiors

One for sorrow, two for joy

James Ramsden, the writer and restaurateur behind Pidgin (RIP) takes a trip down memory lane, revisiting the scenes of his former restaurants. An honest appraisal of restaurants past that tells us a lot about restaurants present. Essential reading.

The Fence