Mekane in London

Erchen Chang and the Chung siblings' original Lexington Street bun counter — Bib Gourmand Taiwanese, queue-only on the corner

Green Lanes' top-edged Southeastern Anatolian ocakbaşı — kuzu pirzola the Anatolian standard

Coal Drops Yard sit-down taqueria — al pastor on a vertical spit, the rebranded Casa Pastor

Ben Chapman's Brewer Street counter — Thai grill cooking over wood and clay, no reservations, the Bib Gourmand argument

Moxon Street's cheese reference since 1992 — Patricia Michelson's affineur, walk-in tasting room

Pistachio-green Soho deli since 1944 — pasta as Italian commute

The fresh-pasta queue London actually accepts — Shoreditch sister of the Borough original

David Carter's wood-and-oak smokehouse — the brisket Sunday lunch the chapter actually returns to