Places we love.

Michelin star. Plantain & smoked scotch bonnet ice cream. West African soul through a fine dining lens.

Michelin Bib Gourmand. Tasting menus pulling from Ghanaian, Nigerian, Senegalese, and Ivorian flavours.

Egg hoppers (bowl-shaped rice pancakes), bone marrow varuval, black pork kari. Always a queue — worth it.

Named after fermented tea leaf salad. Mohinga (fish noodle soup), shan noodles. One of very few Burmese restaurants in Europe.

Michelin Bib Gourmand. Styled like a Tehran hole-in-the-wall. Koobideh over charcoal, flatbread from the tandoor.

Khachapuri (cheese bread boats), khinkali (soup dumplings), wine from clay qvevri. Feels like a Tbilisi kitchen.

Michelin star. Santiago Lastra. Mole madre aged 1,000+ days. True regional Mexican — nothing like Tex-Mex.

Steamed bao buns, 40-day aged beef short rib, Horlicks ice cream. Cult following.

BAO's older sibling. Dim 1920s Taipei supper club. Shou pa chicken, Tainanese cold noodles.

Tiny, BYOB, cash only, 5 dishes on the menu. Lamb stew, pumpkin curry, fluffy rice. Been there 20+ years. The anti-restaurant.

Laghman (hand-pulled noodles), big plate chicken, samsa. Central Asian meets Chinese. Halal. A cuisine most Londoners haven't tried.

Named after a foraged Palestinian thistle. Musakhan, freekeh, knafeh. One of very few Palestinian restaurants in London.

More refined than Hoppers. Lamprais (rice baked in banana leaf), devilled cuttlefish.

Al pastor tacos from a proper trompo. Mezcal bar. The real taquería experience.

Kare-kare (oxtail peanut stew), adobo, halo-halo. Named after a Philippine diplomat. Elegant, not street-food casual.

Injera platters, zigni, communal eating with your hands. The real thing.

Handmade arepas stuffed with slow-cooked meats, black beans, plantain. Cachapas (sweet corn pancakes).

14-year-old Galician dairy cow steaks (Rubia Gallega), whole turbot, burnt Basque cheesecake. Meat with provenance.