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5th July 2019   Indo-Chinese eatery Oodles Chinese is debut in Yorkshire after acquiring a site in Leeds.  The company will open a 58-cover restaurant at the Merrion Centre in August.   Oodles, operates seven sites, serving Indo-Chinese dishes such as Malaysian chicken, chilli chicken, Chinese lamb curry, chilli prawns, teriyaki chicken, beef stir fry and crispy […]

1st July 2019     Fusion restaurant in Brentwood   Molecular gastronomy meets shisha   Alcohol free – with no corkage for BYOB customers         TV chef Stephen Gomes has been head-hunted to lead a large new Mediterranean and Asian fusion restaurant and shisha lounge in Brentwood, Essex.  Following a soft opening in

30th June 2019   Tamarind Collection has “removed” three members of staff from the restaurant after they complained that Michelin-starred chef Karunesh Khanna was using Knorr chicken stock in vegetarian, vegan and halal dishes without informing customers, an employment tribunal has heard.   According to official documents two assistant restaurant managers were made redundant after complaining

24th June 2017   Winners of the Asian Restaurant Awards were revealed at a glittering awards ceremony at the Manchester Hilton, on Sunday 23rd June.   Top accolades went to Asma Khan’s Darljeeling Express (Best Asian Restaurant – London); Indian Accent (Asian Gourmet Restaurant of the Year); Bindu Patel’s hot new Sancta vegan restaurant in

16th June 2019   Nottingham-based Indian street food restaurant Tamatanga is to open in Leicester next month, its third site . The company will open in July at the Highcross shopping centre.   Tamatanga will move into one of the new units created in a space vacated by House of Fraser. Operations director Rahul Khurana

12th June 2019   Sushi bar operator Kiyoto Sushi is to open a third site, in West Hampstead, in London. The concept, which launched in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, in 2015 before opening a second site in Mill Hill, north London, will take over a venue in West End Lane that was formerly occupied by Chinese restaurant

11th June 2019   Park Chinois, the Chinese restaurant launched by Wagamama founder Alan Yau, is to launch neighbourhood brasserie concept Moncks of Dover St in July. The 92-seater restaurant and bar will open at 33 Dover Street, which forms part of the Park Chinois estate.  The name has been inspired by Christopher Moncks, the

10th June 2019    Mani Liaqat   Winners of the Asian Restaurant Awards will be revealed at a glittering awards ceremony at the Manchester Hilton, on Sunday 23rd June.  Over 500 leading restaurateurs, chefs, food writers and VIP guests, including the Lord Mayor of Manchester Cllr Abid Latif Chohanare, expected to attend the gala dinner.

9th June 2019   Iranian police have shut 547 restaurants and cafes in Tehran for not observing “Islamic principles”, over the past 10 days.   Hossein Rahimi,  the capital’s police chief said: “The owners of restaurants and cafes in which Islamic principles were not observed were confronted, and during this operation 547 businesses were closed

1st June 2019   Aylesbury-based pub operator Kelvin Wong has opened a second restaurant in the town for his second site.  Wong, who runs The Watermead, has launched a Japanese restaurant, Miya, named after his daughter.   Located the town’s former police headquarters in Exchange Street, there is a bar on the ground floor while