2nd August Japan Centre, the Japanese food hall in Soho led by Shoryu Ramen founder Tak Tokumine, which is also behind Heddon Yokocho ramen bar, is to open a retro 1970s-style sister site called Panton Yokocho. Panton Yokocho will have 120 covers and is located in a 5,800 square foot site on Panton Street, off […]
1st August 2021 Dishoom Indian restaurant group Dishoom is to release a new home meal kit containing a selection of its most-popular dishes. Dishoom Home Feast contains all the ingredients and instructions to prepare a spread of grills, curries, breads, sides and pudding, in just over 30 minutes. There will vegetarian and meat dishes included
31st July 2021 The team behind Glastonbury Festival’s Shangri-La district has luanched open a new venue in Bristol. Described as “a creative playground for the iconic festival district”, Lost Horizon HQ will showcase art, live music and performance throughout the summer. With an initial capacity of 240 – 120 inside and 120 in its beer
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30th July 2021 Will Bowlby and Rik Campbell, founders of Indian small plates concept Kricket, are opening a stand-alone bar ‘Soma’ in London’s Soho. The new bar, which is named after the Hindu moon god, will open in September in a site adjacent to the pair’s existing Kricket site in Denman Street. The 23-cover basement
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28th July 2021 Indian caterer and restaurant Madhu’s has opened at the five-star Dilly hotel in Madh, its fourth site. s, Headed by restaurateur, “hospitality stalwart” and founder Sanjay Anand, “boasts a rich vein of family history” dating four generations from origins in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1935. The Mayfair opening “marries authentic cuisine, enriched with
27th July 2021 The Future of Asian Kitchens Seminar Rational is to be repeated between11am and 11.45pm on 29th July. Held in association with The Chefs’ Forum, the seminar originally ran on 21st July with Asian restaurateurs, chefs, caterers, kitchen planners and designers, to discuss the industry, topics and challenges. Hosted by The Chefs Forum’s
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27th July 2021 Rosa’s Thai Cafe has expanded its London portfolio openinging in Baker Street. The Gavin Adair-led company openeding in the former Bella Italia site on 15th July. Rosa’s is also opening in Bloomsbury and King’s Cross later this year.The chain plans to open in Coney Street, York the former home of Joe’s Kitchen.
26th July 2021 Milton Keynes-based Punjabi restaurant Namji is to double up with a second site in the Buckinghamshire town. Owner Naseem Khan is adding to her original outlet in Wolverton with an opening at the Xscape Centre. The split-level restaurant, which will be set across two floors, will also serve Punjabi afternoon tea and
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24th July 2021 Itsu, the healthy Asian food chain founded by Julian Metcalfe, has agreed to open the brand’s second franchise restaurant with the Savvi Dining Group The new restaurant, due to open in late September, will be located at Food Central, the recently completed £168m expansion to Leicester’s Fosse Park shopping and leisure destination.
22nd July 2021 Indian hotelier Roop Partap Choudhary is to open a UK restaurant in September. Choudhary, who is behind hotels including The Jewels hotel in Karnal, India, is launching Colonel Saab in London’s Holborn. The venue will have 150 covers, withencompassing a 100-cover dining room and mezzanine, and two private dining rooms hosting up
