New restaurant trends

Every city has its own style but here are some trends from London that are certain to influence India’s restaurants – and some that won’t!

I don’t know to what extent restaurant trends are international. Some, I suspect, depend on circumstances and the city in question. It cannot be a coincidence, for instance, that Singapore became home to so many expensive restaurants (many – if not most – run by chefs from out of town) when the global financial community moved there.

Elystan Street is a new upmarket restaurant with an informal vibe

In India, people want fresh brands and concepts. Young people tire very quickly of the old brands and want newer places

Scallops with artichoke and anchovies at the alluring Serge et Le Phoque restaurant

Brat in London has startlingly good food and communal tables

The Clove Club is marginally fancy, but the point of the restaurant is the food and drink and not the interiors

Phil Howard, one of Britain’s best chefs, opened Elystan Street (Getty images)

Many main courses and starters by Israeli chef Yotam Ottolenghi are vegetable-led (David Loftus)