Noodles

• Noodle & Beer pick Chinatown for their second spicy Sichuan noodle joint

  

  Noodle Inn may be the place everyone's currently queueing for, but it might soon have some competition coming its way. Noodle & Beer first opened in Spitalfields back in 2020 but it's been such a success that the owner is now opening a second restaurant, this time in the heart of Chinatown.

  If you haven't tried the original in East London, then the clue to what they offer is in the name. Their menu focuses on

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• Noodle Inn draws the crowds in Soho with its hand-pulled noodles

  

  If you've been wandering around Soho over the past week or so, you may have wondered what's been drawing crowds down Old Compton Street. Well, we're here to tell you about London's new white hot noodle spot, Noodle Inn.

  It's the latest opening from Alex Xu the restaurateur behind Kung-Fu Noodle in Chinatown. And if you like a bit of kitchen theatre when you go out to eat, then this new spot couldn't be

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• DIY dishes - London's restaurants where you're the chef

  

  Control freaks (and we mean that in the best possible way) are well served by a range of London restaurants and bars putting you in the chef or bartender’s role. Whether you’re flipping steak on your own tabletop grill or pouring your own cocktail, here’s where to enjoy the DIY experience in London.

• SanHao sees Yiqi founders opening a noodle and soup restaurant in Chinatown

  

  Three restaurants in three years - restaurateurs Kevin Cheong and Keng Yew Leong have been busy building their Chinatown empire. In 2022 they opened The Eight - a Hong Kong-style cafe. At the beginning of this year, ...

• Liu Xiaomian take their spicy Chongqing noodles to Carnaby

  

  You've got to hand it to whoever's curating the food offering at Kingly Court at the moment. They're really playing a blinding game. Hot on the heels of having signed up everyone's favourite Filipino spot Donia, they've only gone and persuaded the insanely popular noodle purveyors Liu Xiaomian to make a space on the

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• Kung Fu Noodle serves up hand pulled noodles in Chinatown

  

  There's been a new round of openings in Chinatown and it includes the first live hand-pulled noodle restaurant within the official Chinatown area (Lanzhou Lamian Noodle Bar is apparently just outside the boundary).

  Kung Fu Noodle specialises in dishes from China's Gansu province in the North West of the country. On the menu, you'll find a range of hot, cold and soup noodle dishes

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• Marugame Udon are opening at Oxford Circus, St Christopher's Place and Canary Wharf

  

  Updated 5/9/22 with Oxford Circus date

  When one door closes, another opens and Londoners have definitely got the better end of the deal with this particular restaurant changeover on Argyll Street.

  Taking over the old Garfunkels site, beloved only of confused tourists, is the udon chain Marugame. It'll turn out to be Marugame's fifth opening in quick succession in the city, following their

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• Marugame Udon comes to the O2, their second London restaurant in a couple of months

  

  They've only just launched in Spitalfields in July, but huge udon chain Marugame Udon were never going to stop there. Already, they're gearing up to launch their second London restaurant, this time at the O2. 

  A taste of what's on offer includes:

  • Beef Nikutama - udon with beef and caramelised onions in a dashi broth with a poached
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• Koya Ko are bringing their udon to Broadway Market

  

  18/8/21 - updated with opening menu and opening date

  Hackney-based fans of Koya will be very happy - they're opening their latest restaurant on Broadway Market (taking over the space where Twigs used to be).

  Called Koya Ko, much like the short-lived version at Market Halls

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• Test Driving BAO Noodle Shop - the BAO team win at noodles too

   

  Next up for BAO - they've opened a Shoreditch restaurant where they're specialising in Taiwanese beef noodles. We head down to try them out.

• Carl Clarke is launching the Future Noodles delivery service

   

  7/4/21 - Updated with the launch date

  With hits like Chick N Sours and Chik'n in place - chef and restaurateur Carl Clarke is launching his next venture - and this time it's all about pot noodles. 

  After a successful Kickstarter

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• Marugame Udon picks Spitalfields for its London noodle expansion

  

  Updated 24/3/21 with opening date and more info

  It seems the pandemic isn't stopping plans for big new openings in London. Among them will be the huge Japanese udon noodle chain Marugame Udon which has taken a site just opposite Liverpool Street. 

  The restaurant is all about Sanuki Udon, popular in the Kagawa Prefecture of Japan (and the name Sanaki was what Kagawa was called in the

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• Koya will be delivering udon and dashi through your letterbox

  

  If you've only been getting junk mail and bills in the post recently, then wouldn't a delivery from Koya really cheer you up?

  London's top tier noodle restaurant is about to start doing letterbox delivery of its two key ingredients - fresh dashi broth and udon noodles. Koya Mail will send out Omiyage boxes with enough for two generous portions of each made fresh on the day it's posted.

  Each box costs £14 and will come

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• Dumpling Shack are opening Fen Noodles hand-pulled noodle bar in Spitalfields

  

  In Spitalfields Market, Dumpling Shack are already doing very nicely in The Kitchens - the mini food hall there in the middle of the market. They've got a reputation as producing some of the best dumplings in London, after all. Now they're about to grow, taking over the space next door to launch Fen

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• Rosa’s Thai Cafe founder to launch noodle bar Hoh Sek

  Opening in St Katherine Dock, Hoh Sek will have a menu of Chinese-influenced noodle dishes as well as an evening menu of seasonal mains.