. Instead, you stand huddled in line in a rather cramped doorway and await your turn – usually licking your lips as you see tasty dishes wafting past. The other unique aspect is that you won’t get a menu until dessert. Your choice, therefore, is limited

Procuring the top table at a restaurant usually means you have the plum seats from which to survey all comers. At Bangalore Express, it means you can take your seat in a ‘floating’ booth, reached by a bunk-bed style ladder. A perfect enticement, you

or vegetables, some tasty Chicken Yakitori skewers and two side orders of moreish edamame that disappeared in minutes. For the grown-ups, the menu features an exciting array of Asian favourites including Singapore Fried Noodles, Phad Thai, a selection of soup

Some might argue there’s a little lack of imagination in the Ronseal approach of this restaurant’s name – “it does exactly what it says on the tin” – but it does serve a purpose. If you’re a vegetarian teetotaller, then this is not exactly your

chicken dumplings) were deemed rather crispy rather than sticky. Children are also served first, which helps to combat boredom and fidgeting, so while the grown-ups dipped into the tasty starters, four-year-old Joe tucked into his 100 per cent British