19th September 2018 An all-you-can-eat, pan-Asian buffet restaurant, KungFu, is to open in at the Kennet Centre in Newbury, Berkshire next month. The 4,500 square foot restaurant will offer cuisines from Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok. KungFu trades from 23 other locations nationwide and in the past year has opened in Kingston, […]
18th September 2018 The team behind supper club Little Kolkata has opened a permanent restaurant in Covent Garden. The Shelton Street venue offers an extended menu, cocktails using traditional spices and ingredients, and themed evenings. Founded by Prabir Chattopadhyay and Biswajit Deb Das, Little Kolkata offers authentic Bengali cuisine inspired by Calcutta
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17th September 2018 Peter Joseph, former executive chef of the world’s first Michelin-starred Indian restaurant, has openeded his first solo venture. Joseph, who was in charge of the kitchen at Mayfair’s Tamarind for ten years, has opened Kahani in Chelsea. Inspiration for the 90-cover restaurant comes from the chef’s upbringing in Tamil Nadu
16th September 2018 Wagamama is to launch a hot version of its katsu curry. It is the first time the company has created an alternative to its most successful dish. Chicken katsu curry has been on the Wagamama menu with the same recipe since the brand launched in 1992. The “extra hot” version
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14th September 2018 Desi Kashmire restaurant EastZEast, has opened its ninth site, this latest in Blackburn, Lancashire. The restaurant has been opened by Zahid Iqbal and Ash Hussain at King George’s Hall, with hopes to capitalise on pre-theatre diners and the town’s booming restaurant scene. The former Blakey’s Bar Cafe has undergone
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6th September 2018 . With much of the restaurant sector facing an existential crisis, as national
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22nd August 2018 The Indian Hotel Company (IHC) is to open a 108-bedroom property at London’s Heathrow Airport which will operate under its brand Vivanta. Set to open in 2021, the hotel will be built on a greenfield site close to Terminals 1, 2 and 3 in partnership with developer Hayre Group.
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21st August 2018 Mandarin Oriental London employees are giving 40,000 hours to good causes across the capital as they wait for repairs to be completed after a fire forced the closure of the hotel earlier this year. The 181-bedroom, five-red-AA-star, Knightsbridge hotel closed its doors after a blaze broke out in June, just
19th August 2018 Assaf Granit, the chef behind Middle Eastern restaurant The Palomar, has opened a restaurant in with designer Tom Dixon at the Coal Drops Yard development in King’s Cross, London. The duo have launched The Coal Office in Bagley Walk, next to Dixon’s new HQ, the first venue to open at
18th August 2018 Thai Leisure Group has closed Thaikhun in Nottingham. The restaurant, which opened at the end of 2015, is the fifth venue to shut in the Clocktower dining area of the Intu Victoria shopping centre. It follows the closure of The Restaurant Group brands Joe’s Kitchen and Coast to Coast along with
