Where Molly Ate

This year saw a multitude of new restaurants cropping up around London, but which ones managed to cut through the noise? The Foodism team choose their favourites, and consult some chefs for their picks, too

Sitting at a bar counter on your own is a time-honoured tradition, and when it's with that most salacious and saline of cocktails, all the better, says Molly

After a wonderful week in the Philippines, Molly attempts to quell her post-trip nostalgia by sniffing out the best Filipino food in London

This week, Molly ruminates on the value of great restaurant service, and ponders her predilection towards people-pleasing with waiting staff in a hard time for the hospitality industry

Following the relaunch of Escapism magazine, Molly looks back at holiday meals past and builds her perfect meal, Mr Worldwide-style

On a trip to mix with the globe's foremost bartenders at the World's 50 Best Bars awards in Barcelona, Molly is reminded of London's giant cultural footprint in the global drinks-making scene

As the capital embraces main meals and set menus, Molly Codyre asks: is the small plates wine bar's hold over London dining finally coming to an end?

In a city with as rich and varied a restaurant scene as London, trying to summarise it for visiting loved ones can feel like an unmanageable task. This week, Molly Codyre tries her best to answer this question when her family finally make it over from New Zealand

An exercise in contrasts, Margate is a town with a thriving food scene that has somehow still held onto its roots. This week, Molly eats her way around it and digs out the best places to visit

At modern music festivals, you're just as likely to get gnocchi at 10am as you are a Michelin-starred meal for dinner. This week, Molly looks into how festivals got quite so gourmet

The supper club and pop-up scene has long swept through London, but seems to be having a moment right now. So what exactly do they bring to the city's dining landscape?

This week Molly's life flashes before her eyes as she eats a monstrous oyster, and it gets her thinking: with molluscs taking over menus in the capital, where might you find London's best oyster?

After spending a fair amount of the month by the sea, Molly returns to London to find joy on the Toklas terrace and a menu anchored in history at A. Wong

This week Molly Codyre talks about the intricacies of Croatian food, the joy of grilled fish and a dessert that serves up a rare culinary surprise

With the cost-of-living crisis affecting so many people, restaurant dining feels like a luxury that a lot of people simply can't afford, in stark contrast to a home life of freezer dinners and budget woes

From a thought-provoking lobster pasta to a masterclass in cooking over fire and a quick trip to York, it has been a big fortnight of eating for staff writer Molly Codyre

This week, pizza slices and sidewalk sandwiches abound as Molly reflects on her five days eating around New York, and how visiting the Big Apple made her appreciate London more than ever

In advance of her trip to New York City, London seems to show off for Molly Codyre as she takes an impromptu trip to Mangal 2, feasts on winter tomatoes at Brawn and orders more plates than the table can fit at Singburi

It's a week of good food for staff writer Molly Codyre as she finds happiness in the Bentley's seafood cocktail, visits three Kudu sites in one go and has an incident with a pint-sized cheese grater

This week, Molly kicks off a cheese fast with, er, cheese, dives into Carousel's Goila Butter Chicken residency and finds inspiration in a local lunch spot