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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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
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• 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... 

• Empire Biryani is Gunpowder's new delivery service

  

  On a grey day in February in Lockdown what better news could we bring you than the arrival of a new home delivery biryani service? Better still, it comes from the founders Harneet Baweja and Devina Seth, who gave us Indian restaurant Gunpowder.

  This new delivery restaurant centres around Dum Biryani with a range of other dishes from Northern India. Made fresh every day, the signature biryani

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• Indian restaurant Heritage Dulwich gets ready to open for dine-in

  

  Coming from an ex-Tamarind chef, Heritage aims to cook "nostalgic family-taught dishes and unusual foods from lesser-known Indian regions and communities".

• Rebublic comes to Chiswick, headed up by an ex-Kricket head chef

  

  Republic is a brand new restaurant that fell under our radar until now - but was recently highlighted in a BBC news story. 

  The restaurant comes from two Kricket alumni, chef Kuldeep Mattegunta and Mustaq Tappewale. The two have spent a decade in the restaurant industry

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