Only in London: Unique Gastronomic Experiences

Sample the best of the world's cuisine in London.

In London, you'll find hundreds of unique gastronomic experiences, from food markets to organic pubs, to the world's longest Champagne bar...

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1. Have a pint at the Viaduct Tavern, at the site of the old Newgate Prison and see original cells dating to the 1860s

2. Have a drink from the world's widest selection of single cask, single malt whiskys at The Scotch Malt Whisky Society

3. Enjoy alfresco dining on Heddon Street, originally made famous by the David Bowie album cover "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars"

4. Drink at Europe's longest champagne bar at St Pancras International

5. Enjoy an organic pint at the world's first organic pub, The Duke of Cambridge in Islington

6. Drink at Dickens' and Thackery's pub, the historical Trafalgar Tavern in Greenwich

7. Eat at the world's first Hard Rock Café near Hyde Park Corner

8. Drink at the George Inn on Borough High Street – London's only surviving galleried coaching inn, mentioned in Dickens' Little Dorrit

9. Browse at London's oldest food market, Borough Market

10. Have a meal atop the OXO Tower where architect Albert Moore incorporated an O-X-O into the window design, dodging the rules about commercial branding on the Thames

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