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Five restaurants with rotisseries

Charles Campion announces his five choice restaurants with rotisseries...

Dinner by Heston Blumenthal
Mandarin Oriental, 66 Knightsbridge, SW1 (020 7201 3833, dinnerbyheston.com) One of the star turns at Blumenthal's new restaurant Dinner is a large, complicated rotisserie. When the restaurant opened, this giant machine was solely used for twirling pineapples as they grilled - and very good they were too. Crowd-pleasing dishes, plenty of invention.

Le Cafe Anglais
8 Porchester Gardens, W2 (020 7221 1415, lecafeanglais.co.uk) Head chef Rowley Leigh has an impressive rotisserie and he's not afraid to use it to produce magnificent roast chicken, roast wood pigeon, lamb and beef. Honest cooking with strong flavours. Or take a seat at the new oyster bar and follow your molluscs with half a roast chicken and chips.

Roast Restaurant
The Floral Hall, Stoney Street, Borough Market, SE1 (0845 034 7300,roast-restaurant.com) Roast flies a flag for carefully sourced British produce - check out the daily specials which often come from the rotisserie - whole roast Laverstoke park organic lamb, roast Wester Ross salmon, roast rib of Welsh Black beef. Good for Sunday lunch.

Paternoster Chop House
Warwick Court, Paternoster Square, EC4 (020 7029 9400, paternosterchophouse.co.uk) Head chef Peter Weeden is committed to British ingredients. From the rotisserie: Welsh blackface lamb, Middlewhite pork, Cobb chickens, plus the "beast of the day", which might be splendid Galloway beef from Ben Weatherall in Lanarkshire. A rare breeds showcase.

Rotisserie Jules
133A Notting Hill Gate, W11 (020 7221 3331) Old-established, small, unpretentious Rotisserie Jules (also on Bute Street, SW7) sells freshly-cooked roast chickens to eat in or take away. Reasonable prices and a fast turnover means a good bird.

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