Village London on the High Street: The Golden Hind for fish and chips since 1914, La Fromagerie, Daunt Books for breakfast, Trishna for Indian.
Karam Sethi's Blandford Street Indian coastal restaurant in Marylebone London, opened 2008 and Michelin-starred, focused on Konkan and Mangalorean fish.
Signature: Brown crab Goan curry, Hariyali bream
Order: Brown crab Goan curry, hariyali bream and a glass of riesling from the all-aromatic list.
Tip: The tasting menu is the best route in, but a la carte stays open at lunch and books a week ahead.
Divertimenti's cookery school above the kitchen shop on Marylebone High Street in London, running since 1999, hosts visiting chefs and a Friday evening.
Tip: The visiting chef classes are the rare-event slots; book four weeks ahead. Sicilian and Sri Lankan are popular themed nights.
The Cavendish Square pub with the cellar live music room runs cask ales upstairs and a small-stage programme of rock and indie nights downstairs that costs nothing on the door.
Tip: The cellar gigs are free entry, walk down the side stairs and put a fiver in the bucket for the band.