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She's Britain's queen of Mexican cuisine and Thomasina Miers was stirring things up in Canary Wharf last week.
She's no stranger to these parts, having opened a branch of her Wahaca restaurant in Canada Square Pavilion last November, and was in Canada Square mall last Tuesday to promote her latest cookbook.
The opening of Jamie's Italian was one of 2009's big Canary Wharf success stories.
Jamie Oliver's restaurant in Churchill Place has seen Wharfers queuing round the block since it opened last August, attracted by its low prices and good quality food.
It might have been chilly outside in recent weeks but for the owners of Wahaca it's the chili on the inside that counts.
Since opening in November the Mexican restaurant has become a Wharf favourite, rewarding the faith of owners Thomasina Miers and Mark Selby that their spicy food would prove popular.
Jamie Oliver's chain of Italian restaurants has been given the seal of approval in the latest edition of the Hardens Restaurant Guide.
The food-lovers bible complimented the chef on the quality of the food at the mid-market restaurants, where the average spend is £30 a head.
By Andrew Williams
No Christmas preparations are complete without stocking up the larder, filling up the fridge and hoarding food. Without getting into the ethical minefield of excessive consumption, it's fair to say that there are probably a few festive treats we could all do without.
ITALIAN
Carluccio's, Reuters Plaza
4/5
IN A NUTSHELL
Christmas Italian-style at one of Canary Wharf's most popular restaurants and not a turkey in site.
Its working day usually finishes as the first banker or broker settles in behind his Canary Wharf desk but Billingsgate Fish Market is as important to the British food industry as its neighbours are to the world of finance.
But how often do those captains of commerce venture across West India Dock to stock up on the bounty of the deep?
Canary Wharf has seen a glut of new restaurants opening in recent weeks but one Michelin-starred chef decided against moving to the area.
Atul Kochhar, who has a Michelin star for his Benares Indian restaurant in Mayfair, was poised to open in the Park Pavilion in Canada Square before the credit crunch made him change his mind.
He's earned a reputation as one of the most ferocious of food critics but east London restaurants have on the whole avoided the scorn of Michael Winner.
The former film director has become something of an enfant terrible, with his trenchant views in his weekly Winner's Dinners column in the Sunday Times.
Running one of the top hotels in London is a tough job and Michael Purtill is the man who has to do it.
Michael is general manager of the Four Seasons, by Westferry Circus, the first luxury hotel in Canary Wharf, which opened on December 16, 1999.
MODERN EUROPEAN
The Parlour, Park Pavilion
4/5
IN A NUTSHELL
Funky bar/restaurant proves to be a popular newcomer in the heart of Canary Wharf.
Canary Wharf will be turning Japanese from this week and for Rainer Becker, the culinary mastermind behind Roka, it's a cuisine the area has been crying out for.
Roka is the Japanese word for a meeting place where food and drink is shared with friends and the new restaurant opened today.
It's been "coming soon" for what seems like an eternity but Baguette finally opened for business this morning.
The sandwich bar in Canada Square mall has for months been surrounded by hoardings advertising its arrival and it served its first customers at 11am today.
The former Chili's restaurant site in Cabot Place is to be transformed into an upmarket burger restaurant.
The premises will be taken over by award-winning burger chain Byron's, which has several other restaurants in London, including outlets in Kensington and Kings Road.
Things are set to get a little spicier when the first authentically Mexican restaurant to grace Canary Wharf opens its doors next month.
Wahaca, the award-winning restaurant chain founded by Thomasina Miers and Mark Selby, aims to bring a taste of the Mexican streets to the Wharf and broaden some horizons.
The long wait came to an end two weeks ago when the Park Pavilion in Canada Square, finally saw its first leisure venues open their doors.
The frontage of One Canada Square has been transformed, and paying customers have been sampling the two newest additions to the Canary Wharf restaurant and bar scene, the Parlour and Canteen.
The Canteen restaurant chain celebrates all things British, boasting a menu packed with the nation's favourites.
Canteen has gone from strength to strength since its first outlet opened in Spitalfields just four years ago. Chef Cass Titcombe spoke to The Wharf about Canteen's arrival in the area.
ITALIAN
Cinnamon Restaurant, Hilton London Canary Wharf
4/5
IN A NUTSHELL
Canary Wharf hotel restaurant offers those in a hurry tasty treats for a tenner.
Farming minister Jim Fitzpatrick believes that an international agreement in Copenhagen holds the key to combating climate change.
The Poplar and Canning Town MP is part of the Government's drive to engage British farmers in pursuing efficiency savings and carbon reductions.
Canary Wharf's newest bar is getting ready to open and the woman behind it is confident it will appeal to Wharfers' sense of quirkiness.
The Parlour opens its doors on October 12 in Canada Park Pavilion and for Jillian MacLean, managing director of parent company Drake and Morgan, it will offer something a bit different from other establishments in the area.
