Shoreditch

  • Chef Jay Morjaria is popping up with Park & Kim Korean diner at Callooh Callay

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    Over the past few years chef and Million Pound Menu winner Jay Morjaria has popped up with residencies all over London involving different iterations of Korean food. Now he's back with a Korean diner which he's showcasing for the next three months with a residency at Shoreditch cocktail bar Callooh Callay.

    Park & Kim is going to serve up Korean food in an American diner environment. "Imagine an American opening

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  • Cavita is taking over the menu at Shoreditch's Seed Library for tacos and tostadas

    Cavita is taking over the menu at Shoreditch's Seed Library for tacos and tostadas

    Ryan Chetiyawardana's Seed Library bar in Shoredirch has had some notably great residencies since it opened, with recent takeovers including My Neighbours The Dumplings and Norman's Café. Their next team-up looks just as good, with Cavita the next place to take over the food menu for three months. 

    Chef Adriana Cavita's restaurant in Marylebone, celebrating

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  • Test Driving TT - smoking on the rooftops of Shoreditch

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    TT in Shoreditch has made its rooftop restaurant permanent and brought in a chef who's behind a new wood-fired menu. We popped up to the roof to see what he's cooking.  

  • The best restaurants in Shoreditch

    The best restaurants in Shoreditch

    From intimate bistros and high end dining to old school Vietnamese cafes and top tier Thai spots - here's our pick of the best places to eat out in Shoreditch right now. 

  • Kirk Haworth's Plates is opening in Shoreditch - more chances to book are on the way

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    Update: bookings for October, November and January are about to open and will be going live on the Plates website at 12pm on Wednesday 17 April.

    If you're ever wondering what the sign of a hot restaurant is going to be in advance then look no further than the upcoming return of chef Kirk Haworth's

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  • Test Driving 65a - a classic French brasserie in Spitalfields

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    There's a classic French brasserie right on the edge of Spitalfields Market. We went down to see what they're cooking up at 65a. 

  • From Chicago's Smyth to Shoreditch, chef Evelyn Aloupas arrives for a month at Oranj

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    Smyth is the restaurant that Jeremy Allen White said his character's restaurant in Season 2 of the Bear took inspiration from, and now Londoners can try the food of the restaurant's CDP when she arrives in Shoreditch. Evelyn Aloupas spent two years at the three Michelin-starred Chicago restaurant and she's going to be spending a month cooking up a storm as Oranj's latest residency chef.

    For Evelyn's London

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  • UBA sees ex-Aqua Kyoto chef opening a Pan Asian restaurant at Hart Shoreditch

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    It's all change at the Hart Shoreditch hotel where Latin American residency Mostrador is giving way to UBA a Pan-Asian restaurant. Heading up the kitchens is chef Paul Greening who was previously Executive Chef at Aqua Kyoto on Regent Street.

    We're told the menu is being inspired by Paul's travels across Tokyo, Bangkok, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Dishes will include:

    • Spicy salmon tartare served on an ice plate
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  • The Brush Grand Café, Lounge and Cocktail Bar is coming to Hoxton’s new art’otel

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    If we told you there’s a new all-day dining concept coming to the art’otel, you might be thinking of Battersea Power Station, but we have some double-barrelled news today: Hoxton is also getting an art’otel; its ground floor will house The Brush Grand Café, with upstairs home to the Brush Lounge & Cocktail Bar.

    If you’re a fan of whimsical grand cafes a là Vienna and Paris, then you’ll feel at home at The

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  • Bangers are opening a permanent breakfast bar in Shoreditch

    Bangers are opening a permanent breakfast bar in Shoreditch

    Bangers have been delivering breakfast buns to East London for a while, but now they're getting ready to move to the next level, opening a breakfast bar in Shoreditch. 

    The new place will be part-restaurant, part-deli, so as well as ordering yourself a breakfast bun, you'll be able to take things home like their slow-cooked baked beans in jars and amazing bacon.

    As for the

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