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23rd January 2019   Asha’s international restaurant group, is to launch a third UK site, in Solihull this spring.   The company will open on the venue on the top floor of the Touchwood leisure complex in Solihull Shopping Centre, Birmingham. The 120-cover restaurant will be on the upper terrace adjacent to Nando’s and offer a bespoke […]

23rd January 2019   Farzi Café, the fine dining brand that launched near New Delhi in 2014 and now operates nine restaurants in India and one in Dubai, has made its UK debut, in London’s Haymarket.   The concept combines “traditional Indian and global dishes transformed by molecular techniques”.  Farzi Café is led by award-winning

22nd January 2019   London’s Royal China Club has introduced premium Japanese Wagyu beef to its menu.  Guests can sample a range of dishes featuring the succulent beef at Royal China’s flagship restaurant on Baker Street.   Wagyu offers the highest grade of any beef and is recognised for its tenderness and quality. With its

16th January 2018   John Auckland, founder, TribeFirst     Crowdfunding specialist and founder of TribeFirst,  John Auckland, has issued a six-point plan to successful crowdfunding. TribeFirst claims to have raised in excess of £14m for over 45 companies on platforms such as Crowdcube, Seedrs, and Seedinvest – with a greater than 90% success rate.  

4th January 2019   Vegan curry concept SpiceBox is opening a permanent site, in Walthamstow, east London, following a successful trial on the street food circuit with Kerb.  SpiceBox will open a curry house in Hoe Street on 29th January, featuring plant-based versions of  typical British curry house dishes. The menu’s Street Bites section will include

3rd January 2019   Danieli Holdings has opened a pan-Asian restaurant in Newcastle.  The company has launched The Muddler in Grey Street on the site previously occupied by Osaka restaurant.  The Muddler serves pan-Asian cuisine with a mix of dishes reflecting international flavours, such as chicken katsu urmaki – a take on sushi that features a

2nd January 2019   Japanese coffee shop Omotesando Koffee has opened launched its first site in Europe, in central London.  Eiichi Kunitomo-san launched the concept in Tokyo’s Omotesando Hills and has launched his brand to Rathbone Square in Fitzrovia.   Omotesando Koffee’s drinks include an iced cappuccino, which is covered with a layer of bubbly

21st December 2018   The team behind Indian restaurants Bombay Chow, Station 31 and Imperial Lounge is to open an Indian-Chinese fusion restaurant in Soho. The company expects to launch has a 1,700 square foot unit in Berwick Street in March, after a major refurbishment . The eateris will focus on cuisine developed more than a century ago

17th December 2018   Pakistani restaurant brand Tipu Sultan is to convert the former Fat Cat bar in Sherwood, Nottingham,  to create its third site.  The rapidly expanding group has restaurants in Birmingham and Leicester and is also opening venues in Manchester, London, Luton and Bradford.   Fat Cat has been empty for more than a

7th December 2018   Indian restaurant Dishoom has opened a venue in Manchester – its seventh UK site.  The company has opened the restaurant inside the grade II-listed Manchester Hall in Bridge Street.   It has 230 covers spread between two dining rooms and The Permit Room cocktail bar. There is a familiar aesthetic in