Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Prospect of Whitby, Simpson's-in-the-Strand, Brick Lane, L'Entrecote, Cipriani S.A., Bob Bob Ricard, Aberdeen Angus Steak Houses, Colony, The French House, Soho, Pied a Terre, Sketch, Wong Kei, Wagamama, Langan's Brasserie, Cafe Royal, The River Cafe, Zuma, Bincho, The Wolseley, Ace Cafe London, Grodzinski Bakery, Le Gavroche, Obalende Suya Express Restaurant, Belgo, Veeraswamy, Kai Mayfair, Grecian Coffee House, The Gay Hussar, Itsu, Roussillon Restaurant, St. John, Tokyo Diner, The Ivy, Bloom's restaurant, 68-86 Bar and Restaurant, Yauatcha, The Ledbury, La Noisette, Granita, Jazz Cafe, Pharmacy, Locanda Locatelli, Wapping Hydraulic Power Station, Gourmet Burger Kitchen, Rhodes Twenty Four, Rules, YO! Sushi, Fuzzy's Grub, Kuo Yuan, The Green Man and Still, Bar Italia, San Lorenzo, Zafferano, Nosh Bar, The Nosh Bar, Chez Bruce, Hakkasan, Fine Burger Company, L'Escargot, Passione, The Capital Restaurant, Galvin at Windows, La Trompette, Club Gascon, Rhodes W1, Tom's Kitchen, Tom Aikens, Pall Mall Restaurant, S & M Cafe. Excerpt: Simpson's-in-the-Strand is one of London's oldest traditional English restaurants. Situated in the Strand, it is part of the Savoy Buildings, which also contain one of the world's most famous hotels, the Savoy. After a modest start as a smoking room and then a coffee house, Simpson's achieved a dual fame, for its traditional English food, particularly roast meats, and also as the most important venue in Britain for chess in the nineteenth century. Chess ceased to be a feature after Simpson's was bought by the Savoy Hotel group of companies at the end of the century, but as a purveyor of traditional English food Simpson's has remained a celebrated dining venue throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. An earlier building on the site was the Fountain Tavern, home to the cele...