Effort Quote by Giles Coren

No one knows restaurants like a New Yorker - they're incredibly discerning and restaurant savvy.

— Daniel Boulud

London is the most important city in the world for restaurants.

— Alain Ducasse

So what on Earth there isn't to like about New York? I don't know. But what you do also have is a load of…

— Giles Coren

I love the food scene in New York.

— Andrea Pirlo

It's much tougher to be a restaurant critic now. You have to take a subway out to Brooklyn. I wouldn't want to do it.

— Mimi Sheraton

This is what London's all about for me: good local restaurants. It's what makes a civilised city. For me, as a country boy, it's…

— Rick Stein

As far as filming for TV goes, I like to go where the food is definitely of interest to British people.

— Rick Stein

What I love about London is you can go out of your door and turn left or right, and you could eat at every…

— Karren Brady

I was always inspired by restaurants like La Tulipe in Manhattan. You'd walk right by and say, 'Oh what a lovely house.' You didn't…

— Charlie Trotter

New York City has fantastic restaurants and, unlike London, a lot of the best restaurants are relatively cheap.

— Tibor Fischer

In Paris we have bistros, then we have fine dining. In London, you have a very contemporary scene with mixed influences.

— Alain Ducasse

In Tokyo, London or Los Angeles people go into McDonald's and the restaurants are identical and people are comfortable. It's unthreatening.

— Frank Gehry