6th June 2023 South Indian vegetarian restaurant brand Adyar Ananda Bhavan has opened its third UK site. The original concept was founded thirty nyeatrs ago, by the late KS Thirupathi Raja in Chennai (Madras) in India, with branches opening throughout the city and internationally, including the US, Australia and Canada. Now the third UK outlet …
4th June 2023 Indian street food restaurant Tamatanga is open in Leeds, in The Headrow, in The Light scheme of the city, on 16 June, with its offer including its signature Tamatanga Thali – a large variety platter offering the choice of one or two different curries from the menu – and Tama Chips, with …
3rd June 2023 Mooboo opens in Letchworth: Mooboo – one of the largest bubble tea operators in the UK with more than 100 locations – has opened a new site, in Letchworth, Hertfordshire. The business, founded by Eric Khaw in 2012, has opened in the former Joyce Family Butchers site at 5 Arena Parade. Mooboo offers …
2nd June 2023 Sorowar Khan, owner of Mango Indian restaurant in Borough, south east London, has opened a new all-day dining Indian restaurant in nearby Elephant & Castle. Kachori has opened in Ash Avenue in Lendlease’s Elephant Park, focused on north Indian cuisine. Executive chef Brinder Narula, ex Benares and Gymkhana, has created dishes inspired …
1st June 2023 Nominations open for restaurant and chef awards The launch of the 7th Asian Restaurant Awards – Scotland, hosted by Shadow Minister for Culture, Europe, and International Development, Foysol Choudhury, at the Scottish Parliament, was met with a call for real government support for the beleaguered hospitality sector – in addition to the “nice words” …
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18th May 2023 London-based Korean barbecue brand Yori is to increase its presence in the capital, with an opening in Shoreditch. The business, which made its regional debut at the start of last year in Cambridge, will replace the recently closed Hache site in Curtain Road. Earlier this year, it opened on the ex-Café Rouge …
17th May 2023 Hospitality vacancies fell by almost a quarter over 12 months but “remain stubbornly high”, said UKHospitality. Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show vacancies in the sector fell by 22% over the last year, and by 9% in the last quarter. But they remain at 132,000, which is still 48% …
15th May Britain’s delivery and takeaway businesses sat sales drop 1% year-on-year according to new Hospitality at Home Tracker research from CGA by NIQ. Year-on-year trading has now been negative for 17 months consecutively in a row, following a boom during the covid-19 lockdowns of 2020 and 2021. But while this would suggest the return …
2nd April 2023 Thai operator Eddie Lim is to open a new dim sum restaurant in Harrods. Lim, owner of Thai concept Mango Tree, which has restaurants at Harrods and Belgravia, has also previously launched Asian street food concept Bao Kitchen within the posh department store. He will open The Dim Sum Terrace on the …
12th March 2023 My Makin Malaysian restaurant has opened its second site within a month of the first. My Makan is the brainchild of Matthew Wilcox, from Norwich, and business partners Imran Abidin and Turki Bin Afif, who are based in Saudi Arabia. The trio met while working in food manufacturing in the Middle East. …
