"After releasing her cookbook Rambutan, celebrating the food of Sri Lanka and her Tamil roots, Cynthia Shanmugalingam opened a restaurant of the same name in Borough in 2023. Rambutan received rave reviews almost immediately and has built a rep for being one of the best Sri Lankan restaurants in town thanks to dishes like mutton rolls, saffron chicken pongal rice, and kottu roti with crab and chilli butter."
"Self-taught cook Asma Khan (who was the first UK chef to star in Netflix's Chef's Table) took Darjeeling Express from a supper club to a tiny spot in Kingly Court to a Covent Garden restaurant, and then back to a bigger and better spot in Kingly Court. It takes inspiration from Asma's royal Indian ancestry and growing up in the Bengali streets of Calcutta - the biryanis are particularly special - and she runs the restaurant with an all-female team in the kitchen."
"The River Cafe, opened in 1987 by Ruth Rogers and Rose Gray, is one of the most iconic restaurants in London. The likes of Jamie Oliver, Theo Randall, April Bloomfield and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall were all trained in the River Cafe kitchen and it remains one of the best Italian restaurants in the capital and its model of using the finest, freshest seasonal ingredients treated simply is copied by many other establishments."
Cynthia Shanmugalingam opened Rambutan in Borough in 2023 after releasing a cookbook celebrating Sri Lankan and Tamil food. Rambutan has earned rave reviews and is known for mutton rolls, saffron chicken pongal rice, and kottu roti with crab and chilli butter. Asma Khan expanded Darjeeling Express from a supper club to multiple Kingly Court and Covent Garden locations, drawing on royal Indian ancestry and Calcutta street food, offering notable biryanis and an all-female kitchen team. Ruth Rogers co-founded The River Cafe in 1987; it remains an iconic London Italian restaurant celebrated for simple seasonal ingredients and training prominent chefs. Guirong Wei champions Shaanxi noodle dishes across several Xi'an-focused restaurants.
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