For me, good ingredients are essential. If you like cooking with meat, then it really is worth tracking down a good, reliable butcher’s to shop at. To start with, you’ll get quality meat, including
well-hung beef. Butchers also offer many cheap cuts that you rarely find in supermarkets and are always happy to offer advice on how to use a cut of meat that you’re not familiar with. My favourite butcher’s is
Allens in Mayfair. The butchers here really know what they’re doing, which is why I use them and their beef and game is phenomenally good.
To track down a good butcher near you have a look at the
Q Guild of Butchers website.
