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- Goila Butter Chicken will be Carousel's first long-term residency
If your game was really good during lockdown you might have been lucky enough to try a delivery from Goila Butter Chicken. Mumbai-based celebrity chef Saransh Goila has - and these are their words - "single-handedly turned butter chicken into a religion in India". His secret? Apparently it's hiking up the tomato to dairy ratio as well as plenty of smoke. The chicken in question comes from Yorkshire's Herb Fed farm and he
... - Dipna Anand brings Punjabi cuisine to Somerset House
Dipna Anand is best known for her highly-rated Brilliant Restaurant in Southall as well as her own cookery school. Now she's opening a restaurant at Somerset House (taking over the space last held by Bryn Williams).
Her eponymous restaurant will be focusing on Punjabi and South Indian cuisine, bringing in some of her signature dishes as well as adding a few new dishes
... - Test Driving Bibi - Chet Sharma's Mayfair Indian restaurant delivers a knockout menu
Bibi sees ex L'Enclume and Moor Hall chef Chet Sharma deliver a modern Indian menu in Mayfair. We head down to try it out.
- Atul Kochhar is opening Mathura, a huge restaurant in a former Westminster fire station
Following up from the opening of Kanishka in Mayfair, Atul Kochhar has taken over a huge space in Westminster for his next restaurant, Mathura.
- Manthan is Rohit Ghai's new Mayfair restaurant
Following up on his previous successes at Gymkhana and Jamavar, Rohit Ghai is back in Mayfair with his latest restaurant. Expect a menu which draws on both his childhood and career, with a focus on contemporary Indian sharing plates.
- Colonel Saab is taking over the Holborn Town Hall
24/9/21 - updated with opening date
It's fair to say that The Holborn Town Hall building has been a tricky venue for restaurants. There was Shanghai Blues, then a brief appearance from Burger & Lobster and - most recently - it was home to the gone-too-soon Gezellig. But it looks like another restaurant is now going to give it a try.
Coming to the site later this year will be
... - SpiceBox are bringing vegan curry to Leytonstone with their second restaurant
SpiceBox, the popular vegan curry house, having opened its first outlet in Walthamstow in 2019, are about to open a second site in autumn, this time in Leytonstone.
- Cafe Spice Namasté finds a new home in the Docklands
Last year we reported on the story of Cafe Spice Namasté which 'celebrated' its 25th anniversary by having to move from its home on Prescot Street in Spitalfields.
Well, the good news is that Cyrus and Pervin Todiwala have now found a new home for their restaurant. They've stuck
... - Gunpowder and their Kashmiri lamb chops head for Soho
Following their two restaurants (Spitalfields and Tower Bridge) and a strong lockdown/delivery game with Empire Biryani and more, Gunpowder are getting ready to open their next Indian restaurant - this time in Soho. They're coming to Greek Street (where the Pizza Express used to
... - Mowgli are bringing their Indian street food to London
They've already opened across the country, after starting in Liverpool, and now Mowgli is getting ready to open in London.
Billed as "Indian street food", Mowgli has taken over what used to be the Cote brasserie on Charlotte Street. It's run by former barrister Nisha Katona.
There's a huge selection of dishes on offer, including:
- Gunpowder Chicken - Mowgli’s
- Ritu Seasons of India sees ex-Benares chef take on St John's Wood
Former Benares head chef Navin Prasad is in charge of the food at this new St John's Wood restaurant showcasing the seasonal cooking of India.
- Bibi is the new Indian restaurant from the team behind Gymkhana, Hoppers and more
The team behind some of London's greatest Indian restaurants is behind Bibi, which puts its main development chef in charge of the kitchen.
- Test Driving Veeraswamy at Home - Michelin-starred Indian to your door
London's oldest surviving Indian restaurant, the Michelin-starred Veeraswamy, adapts very well to a delivery model as we discover from their At Home menu.
- London restaurant recipes - Kricket's Egg Bhurji With Berkswell & Shallots
If you're after a book that looks so good you want to lick the pages, then Kricket - an Indian-inspired cookbook is the one for you
- Meal Kit Test Drive round-up - MEATliquor, Empire Biryani, Burger & Lobster
One of the very few good things to come out of the lockdowns have been some excellent DIY kits from some of London's best restaurants. We tried out some of the latest...
