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Three up-and-coming foodie neighbourhoods to visit this year
Three up-and-coming foodie neighbourhoods to visit this year
Greenpoint, New York
Start your visit with chocolate-frosted rings and red velvet crullers at Peter Pan Donut & Pastry Shop (peterpandonuts.com). Newer to Brooklyn’s northernmost neighbourhood is Paulie Gee’s Slice Shop (pauliegee.com), where you can pick up a slice of Hellboy Neapolitan-style pizza topped with pepperoni and chilli honey. At intimate Middle Eastern bistro Glasserie (glasserienyc.com), eat fried cauliflower with caper yogurt and pine-nut-studded lamb sausages. Order a ‘hotter toddy’ (a warming concoction of bourbon, apple brandy, walnut and ginger) at Achilles Heel bar (achillesheelnyc.com), then wander south to Williamsburg for a nightcap and Manhattan views at The Hoxton’s rooftop bar, before sinking into one of its beds (thehoxton.com).
Daikanyama, Tokyo
Dubbed ‘the Brooklyn of Tokyo’, Daikanyama is a short walk from the bright lights of Shibuya. Stop at Spring Valley Brewery for a glass of yuzu and sanshopepper-laced Daydream craft beer (springvalleybrewery.jp), or grab a cold-pressed Japanese citrus juice from the counter at Why Juice? (why-juice.me). Make like a local and try the Mediterranean-style brunch at Ivy Place (tysons.jp), the restaurant at Daikanyama T-site bookstore. For lunch, order a toasted doorstop sarnie filled with chicken, provolone and mint at King George sandwich bar (kinggeorge.jp). Relax at the new Mustard Hotel (mustardhotel.com), just over the train tracks in Shibuya, with a slice of strawberry cake from on-site patisserie, Megan (megan.jp).
Walthamstow, London
Come night-time, L Manze pie, mash and liquor shop transforms into the Jellied Eel bar, where you can order a martini for two and burratina with ’stow honey and iberico ham croquetas (manze.co.uk). Delve into the neon depths of God’s Own Junkyard for craft beer at the Rolling Scones Café (godsownjunkyard.co.uk), or drink at one of three neighbouring breweries (Wild Card, Pillars and The Real Al Co). Attempt an 18-inch pizza at Yard Sale Pizza (yardsalepizza.com) but save room for slippery hand-pulled noodles and aromatic lamb kebabs at Etles, London’s first Uyghur restaurant (@etles.restaurant). Finish with Sunday brunch at Wood Street Coffee (woodstcoffee.co.uk), or head to Eat
for BERTHA oven-roasted beef, yorkies, local sausage stuffing and garlicky spring greens (eat17.co.uk). Stay at the Standard Hotel, in nearby King’s Cross, to pick from a Mexican-meets-Spanish menu created by chef Peter Sanchez-Iglesias (standardhotels.com).