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Bengal Brasserie

Restaurant review: Bengal Brasserie

I am occasionally invited by hospitality bodies to share deep and penetrating insights into the mind of a food writer and restaurant critic. At such events I normally share the four commandments to be deployed during the first few seconds of a restaurant guest's arrival. These are:

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