Lily Allen declared yesterday that after living in New York for a while, “I’ve spent long enough away to notice how far the standards have slipped in London’s restaurant scene”. Fair enough, that’s her view. Except, unfortunately, it’s a too-commonly held belief.
Such a proposition is curious at best, reductive and ridiculous at worst. New York has fabulous restaurants — I visited Carbone for the first time two months ago and now understand the hype — but so too does London.
