Gastroblog
As the lockdown continues, some new restaurants that were due to open are instead kicking things off with a delivery service. One of those is Attawa in Dalston, which has a menu that's been created by Arbinder Duggal, a semi-finalist on Masterchef: The Professionals 2019.
The restaurant is run by Ravinder and Amar Madhray, a husband and wife team, and the restaurant takes its…
If you're not within the delivery area of a Nando's but have been craving some of their peri peri chicken, then this is the recipe box you've been waiting for. Nando's have teamed up with Mindful Chef to create a limited-edition box that lets you create Nando's favourites at home.
They have two recipes that contain everything you need to make their PERi-PERi butterfly chicken, chips & f…
Read more: Nando's are coming to you with a new DIY recipe box
While restaurants cling on as best they can until they're allowed to reopen, some have - like Leonardo di Caprio in Titanic - let go of the liferaft and slowly slipped away. It's fair to say that some permanent closures probably aren't particularly unexpected (like Wahlburgers) but others most definitely are.
So we're both surprised and saddened to hear today that two Michelin-starred The Ledbury…
Read more: The Ledbury makes staff redundant and will remain closed 'indefinitely'
If there's one thing the lockdown has taught us very clearly, it's the "you won't miss it until it's gone" lesson. This was proved with McDonald's which was something of a guilty pleasure before lockdown, but the simple quarterpounder with cheese had transformed into the holy grail by the time it returned a couple of weeks back. And it's the same with the breakfast - because we'd kill for a Sausa…
Read more: It's nearly time for the return of the McDonald's breakfast
Update - 9/6/20
Fans of the Cheesecake Factory rejoice (and by the original reaction to this story - there are a lot of you)! More cheesecakes are coming to London - and beyond.
They've just added the Banoffee Cheesecake ("swirled with buttery caramel, topped with a caramel drizzle on a crunchy vanilla crumb") to the menu at Creams, and on 19 June, there will be a new Blueberries and Cream flavou…
If you're a fan of Elizabeth Haigh's Mei Mei, as we were, or didn't manage to visit it in Borough Market before the lockdown - we have some good news.
Not only will Mei Mei be back in action in Borough Market this week, but there's a growing range of goods on its website that you can order for delivery nationwide.
The Mei Mei market and deli sells Sambal chilli paste with shrimp,…
Read more: Mei Mei is coming back to Borough - and delivering nationwide too
Well, now - aren't these pretty? These gloriously rainbow coloured potstickers are a dish to order that'll not only brighten your day but start someone else's off well too.
Yauatcha have brought them in for the month of June and, for every box purchase, they'll donate a whole month of breakfasts for a child via the charity Magic Breakfast.
The seven rainbow dumplings are:
- Red - filled with Szech…
Read more: Yauatcha's rainbow dumplings are helping feed hungry kids
While we wait for London's seafood restaurants to reopen for business, Wright Brothers are bringing their amazing seafood from the fish markets of Brixham right to Londoners' doors. We took a box to check it out.…
Read more: Test Driving Wright Brothers At Home - from the shore to your door
Right now, we can't think of anything we'd like more than to perch up at the marble counter at Bentley’s Oyster Bar & Grill with a glass of fizz and oysters being shucked in front of us.
But, while we wait for that day to arrive, we can at least take advantage of chef/owner Richard Corrigan's new delivery service. Mr Oyster Boy, which launches this week, will bring a range of dishes from that…
Read more: Richard Corrigan starts Bentley's delivery service with Mr Oyster Boy
We were delighted to see our local spot Fink's Sweet & Salt reopening its doors late last week. The popular Highbury cafe and store has been shut since October following a devastating mains pipe burst which flooded the area.
Reopening anywhere in the current times brings added pressures and, of course, right now Fink's is takeaway only, with social distancing measures in place. Their hatch ha…
Read more: Fink's Salt & Sweet finally reopens, following a pre-Covid flood
We've already heard about how Soho is hoping to pedestrianise over the summer to give it a post-lockdown boost and now there's news of the return of a Soho staple - Golden Union. The much-loved fish and chip shop has been in Soho for 12 years and it's returning with something new - a buttie menu.
On that menu will be:
- King Prawn buttie with chilli jam and rocket
- Panko Chicken buttie,…
Read more: Golden Union is returning to Soho with a new buttie menu
Are we within weeks of seeing the UK's restaurants and pubs reopening? That's the considered opinion of The Financial Times which, over the weekend, reported that Ministers have identified June 22 as a potential date to reopen them and 'save the summer'.
Key to that would be the existence of some sort of alfresco element with pub gardens and restaurants' outside spaces being the first to reopen.…
Read more: 22 June may be the reopening date for pub gardens and restaurant terraces
We have two pieces of Trivet-related news today.
First, their pastry chef Arran Schaffer has moved on to create a new project with ex-Ritz pastry chef de partie Derya Adema, called London Loaves. It's a micro-bakery in Stoke Newington, currently popping up at the Flowers N16 Garden centre on Church Street. Derya tells us that they set up London Loaves as a passion project and they…
Read more: Trivet pastry chef co-launches London Loaves with a Ritz alum
Vegans were already well catered for at David Moore's Pied a Terre, with dedicated a la carte and tasting menus on offer. Now, they've kicked off their delivery service and this has started with an all-vegan menu too.
Here's this week's selection:
- Chickpea, kidney bean and cumin hummus with pink peppercorns
- Salad of broad beans, borlotti, cannellini, fennel and mint
- Chilled roasted to…
Read more: Pied a Terre is delivering Michelin-starred vegan meals
Over the many long weeks we've been in lockdown (wait - is that still actually on?) we've really enjoyed bringing you our weekly roundup of what London's chefs have been making for themselves at home.…
Read more: Chefs at home - what London's chefs are cooking for themselves during lockdown (5 June)
