Each issue we speak to somebody who we believe is in the know about a city and can bring a unique perspective to it. This time we speak to Shanay Jhaveri, an internationally recognized curator, about his favourites in London. Follow this blog to find out more each time.

1. 3 Restaurants that are your personal favorites?

Assaggi, Nopi and either The Wolseley or Delaunay.

 

2. 3 Bars/Clubs/Pubs that are your personal favorites

Wine Bar: Negozio Classica

Cocktail Bars: White Lyan and 69 Colebrook Row

 

3. 3 Must Try Foods

Udon Noodles at Koya in Soho

Anything at the Rochelle Canteen and Leila’s Shop

Cinnamon buns at The Nordic Bakery

 

4. Your top 3 current shows/exhibitions (art/entertainment/music)

Exhibitions: At Raven Row and Tate Modern

Dance: Sadler’s Well’s Theatre

Cinema: NFT

 

5. 3 Must Visit Places

The Barbican

Dover Street Market

Donlon Books

 

6. 3 Must Do Things

Spend time in one of London’s incredible parks.

Columbia Road Flower Market

Postcard Teas

 

7. Favorite Indian Restaurant

Amaya

 

8. Favorite Pizza Place

Story Deli

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Shanay Jhaveri

Shanay Jhaveri is the editor of Outsider Films on India: 1950 - 1990 (The Shoestring Publisher, 2010) and Western Artists and India: Creative Inspirations in Art and Design (Thames and Hudson, 2013). He has curated film programmes at the Tate Modern, Iniva, LUX/ICA Biennial of Moving Images, and the exhibition Companionable Silences at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris. He is a contributing editor to Frieze magazine, and is currently a PhD Candidate at the Royal College of Art, London.