Mediterranean cuisine mixed with the best of the Ottoman and Byzantine kitchens.

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This intimate Italian bistro specializes in contemporary Mediterranean cuisine.

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Chef White has a winning combination here: Mediterranean inspired cuisine and intelligent, passionate service that complements the energy from his kitchen.

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Set on an olive grove, this Four-Star restaurant has a terrace and Mediterranean-influenced cuisine that incorporates regional produce and local ingredients.

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Her cuisine was seasonal, ingredients-based Mediterranean dishes that appealed to the affluent residents of this exclusive London suburb, especially at weekends, when the 90-seat restaurant was fully booked for weeks in advance.

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What David did for Britain with Mediterranean food, Julia Child did for America with French cuisine.

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Its acid-bright houses are home to the city's Cape Malay community - descendants of people from India, Malaysia and other South East Asian countries who settled the area as early as the 17th century - and the cuisine is a spicy, aromatic, and sometimes strange, mix of Asian, European and Mediterranean flavours.

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