Britain’s best restaurant food found in the North West
A NORTH West restaurant has been named as offering the best food in Britain thanks to its use of local ingredients.
Northcote in Langho, near Blackburn, Lancashire, was named as the best in the survey which makes up the Harden’s 2009 UK Restaurant Guide.
The survey also found that Yorkshire had 113 good restaurants, based on food value and quality, while southern counties Surrey and East Sussex scored just 43 and 35 respectively.
The guide, in association with Remy Martin, was compiled using 85,000 reports from more than 8,000 regular diners.
This year’s top accolade, the Remy Martin Excellence Award, was handed to L’Anima, a contemporary Italian on the northern fringe of the City of London.
Other regional winners include the Highwayman in Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, an off-shoot of Northcote which impressed diners with its 21st century version of “the local”, and Barn Asia in Newcastle, which won the North East award for their new twist on Asian food.
It found there were 44 quality dining establishments in North Yorkshire alone, with favourites including the Yorke Arms in Ramsgill-in-Nidderdale, the Magpie Cafe in Whitby, the Star Inn at Harome, and Betty’s in Harrogate.
Richard Harden, co-editor of the Harden’s UK Restaurant Guide, said: “The UK restaurant scene is more diverse and varied than people might think with pockets of excellence all over the country.
“There is most definitely no simple North/South disparity when it comes to dining out.
“It will certainly come as a surprise to the capital’s chefs to hear that reporters in our national survey find the very best restaurant food of all in the North West.”
Eileen Livingston, marketing manager for Remy Martin UK, added: “People clearly recognise that great food can be found anywhere and with so many restaurants opening each year these awards give a great indication as to the increasing standards in the UK dining scene.”
The survey also helps identify new restaurants across the UK which have achieved outstanding levels of excellence through the Remy Martin Restaurant Awards.
