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Fine-dining establishments wrestle each other for space here, but you can still find plenty of less expensive and more relaxed places to dine. 

Like Margate, Southend is attracting a wave of young families and creative types – and an ascendant food scene reflects this fresh demographic. 

Budapest’s food scene is a tasty metaphor for the city itself; hearty, haphazard and sprinkled with plenty of surprises. Spiced sausages (kolbasz) and seared duck-breast (kacsamell) are key features on the city’s food scene, which is comprised of wallet-friendly Michelin-starred restaurants, open-air eateries and cosy cafés. 

Beer, wurst, and lots of both – when people think of Germany’s cuisine, that’s often what comes to mind. But there is so much more to discover: German cuisine has always been very diverse and influenced by both, neighbouring countries as well as migrants settling in the country.