8th April 2019 Taiwanese restaurant Bao is to open a third London site. The new venue will open in Borough Market in May and differ from its other sites in Soho and Fitzrovia by featuring a karaoke room and grab-and-go hatch. The karaoke room will be below the new restaurant and offer cocktail pitchers and […]
7th April 2019 Ferdinand Montoya’s Filipino supper club, Sarap, has been awarded a 6-month residency at Brixton Village after winning the Brixton Kitchen competition and mentorship programme. Brixton Kitchen was established to nurture homegrown talent and offer entrepreneurs and novices a chance to see their ideas come to fruition. Both winners will also
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6th April 2019 New wave Indian small plates concept Kricket has announced a spring menu, with its first vegan dish. The company celebrates seasonal British ingredients with the aroma and spices of India. Taking centre stage across all three sites is British free-range duck with a range of dishes available at its Brixton, Soho and
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5th April 2019 Fusion Asian fusion chain, Wok to Walk, is to open in Coventry – its 14th site. in total. The company has applied for planning permission to convert a former Blue Arrow recruitment agency in Cross Cheaping, into a restaurant. The planning statement says, “Wok to Walk aims to give customers
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5th April 2019 Rosa’s Thai Cafe founders Alex and Saiphin Moore have invested in Liverpool-based, Middle Eastern-inspired restaurant and cocktail bar concept Maray Restaurant Group with a view to further expansion. Maray was founded by James Bates, Dominic Jones and Thomas White in 2014 and operates sites in Bold Street in Liverpool city
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4th April 2019 An Essex eatery is stressing the importance of healthy eating as World Health Day approaches (7th April) run by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The Tandoor at the Chambers restaurant offers a “genuine taste of North India” in the east London suburb of Buckhurst Hill, Essex in a “sophisticated yet relaxed atmosphere.”
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3rd April 2019 Indo-Chinese outfit Oodles Chinese is aiming to launch another ten sites by 2020, having just as opened in Nottingham, its 7th. The company’s latest venture is a 30-seater venue in Mansfield Road. Oodles serves Indo-Chinese dishes such as Malaysian chicken, chilli chicken, Chinese lamb curry, chilli prawns, teriyaki chicken, Schezuan beef stir fry
2nd April 2019 Bun House bao and pickle cafe is opening a second site in Soho. Founders Alex Peffley and Z He will open the largest Bun House in Lisle Street in Chinatown London on 16th April. It will offer its signature Cantonese steamed buns with two new items on the menu – beef brisket
31st March 2019 MasterChef finalist Larkin Cen has ended his partnership with Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, to focus on his Woky Ko concept. Cen launched his eponymous venue, which was renowned for its Asian fusion dishes, at the 5-star Celtic Manor Resort in 2016. It has now been replaced by new Asian diner,
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30th March 2019 US street food concept The Halal Guys has secured its second UK site. Restaurant operator ITICO F+B, which has the franchise rights for The Halal Guys in the UK, is to open a venue in Earl’s Court at the end of June. The brand’s debut European restaurant will open near London’s
