#london-food-scene

#london-food-scene

our understanding of Mexican food was dominated by Tex-Mex dishes like fajitas and nachos, helped in no small part by Old El Paso meal kits on supermarket shelves. Over the past decade and a half, tourism to Mexico has been growing. The UK is the largest source of tourists to Mexico in Europe, with Mexico News Daily reporting a 16.8% rise in UK tourists from 2015 - 2018, and that travel has certainly had an impact on the quality of Mexican food available here.

In the latest episode of Where It's At, Jefferson Hack visits one of London's great cultural connectors, Ruth Rogers, at her London home. Heading up River Cafe for over 40 years, after founding it in 1987 with Rose Gray, and with her star-studded podcast, Ruthie's Table, Ruth has hosted, hung out with and interviewed some of our time's most pioneering minds.

"From the rise in regional noodle dishes, like biangbiang and Chongqing xiaomian, to the increase of Asian supermarkets in the capital, it's clear that London's appetite for Asian food is only getting bigger."