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1st September 2016 The sister company of Splendid Hospitality Group, has opened premium casual Hong Kong cafe-inspired restaurant concept Cha Chaan Teng in Holborn, London. The Kinsway restaurant is inspired on the popular cafes found in Hong Kong during the 1950s and ’60s – all-day diners fusing western influences with traditional Cantonese cooking. The 4,000 […]

29th August 2016 The Koh Thai group’s latest opening in Romsey in Hampshire, reported record trading in its first month, selling 104 gallons of Asahi Japanese lager.  The company’s 11th site also sold 121 of Dragon’s Ruin cocktails and 467 servings of Chicken Satay dish, averaging 90 covers a night. Founder Andrew Lennox, reported: “Opening night

28th August 2016 Japanese brewer, Domija, is to begin production of sake, the alcoholic drinking made by distilling rice beer, in Cambridgeshire.  The company bought the Fordham Abbey 200-acre estate for £3.5m and will invest a further £8.9m on a new brewery and visitor centre, and plans to recruit 100 staff in the next 5 years.

23rd August 2016   Spice lovers have until midnight on Friday 30th September to vote for their favourite restaurants for the sixth Asian Curry Awards.  The awards are open to Bangladeshi, Burmese, Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian, Middle Eastern, Singaporean, Sri Lankan, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese restaurants and takeaways.   The deadline has been

15th August 2016 Indian brewed Goa Premium Beer’s gluten free pilsner is to feature at a four-day beer festival over the August Bank Holiday, from Friday 26th to Monday 29th August at the Abergavenny Arms near Tunbridge Wells   The high light of the event will be live music in the pub garden with a all

25th July 2016 Takeaway & Restaurant Innovation Expo 2016, the UK’s biggest event for the food sector, is now open for registration. Being held  at London’s ExCeL on the 27th & 28th September, admission is free for those who book in advance. The event offers the opportunity for the country’s innovative QSRs, takeaway, restaurant, bar

20th July 2016   Cobra beer creator Lord Bilimoria has responded to the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) calls for a new Indian visitor visa to boost UK tourism.     “For centuries, the UK and India have shared deep economic and cultural ties and the two nations have a long and important history

13th July 2016     Romsey Opening for Koh Thai Tapas Koh Thai Tapas restaurant will open its latest site in the Hampshire market town of Romsey on 28th July.  Romsey is the group’s third restaurant in Hampshire – and 11th in total.  . The opening comes within weeks of launching its Koh Noi concept

 28th June 2016   Prices held despite fall in sterling   In response to customer demand Viiking Ventures is now importing a 650ml bottle of its Goa Premium Beer.  The new sized 4.8% ABV beer adds to the original 340ml bottles.   Fortunately, the first shipment was paid for before the recent fall in the

A ‘clash of curries’ has emerged as one of the central themes in this week’s ‘Brexit’ referendum in the UK with restaurateurs arguing that free movement of people from Europe hampers the 4-billion-pound industry’s ability to bring in chefs from the Indian sub-continent. Ahead of the vote on Thursday, a group of South Asian restaurateurs