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- Michelin-starred Veeraswamy is the latest London restaurant to switch to delivery
As we highlighted in the first part of the 2020 Hot Dinners Awards, restaurants pivoting to delivery has been a big thing in the past year. Now, with the advent of Tier 3 we have yet another new entry to the scene.
Welcome, then to Veeraswamy - the UK's oldest surviving Indian
... - Test Driving Darjeeling Express - Asma Khan moves onward and upward to Covent Garden
Asma Khan's restaurant finally gets to open the doors of its much larger new space - we went along to try one of their tasting menus.
- The original Covent Garden Dishoom is about to get a lot bigger
26/11/20 - updated with new soft launch details
As it reaches its 10th anniversary, Dishoom is going back to the beginning, with a big change to its original Covent Garden restaurant. The smallest of the group, it's about to get a lot bigger as they've taken over the space left behind by the
... - Café Spice Namaste launches fund as it prepares to leave its Whitechapel home of 25 years
It's a sad way to mark an anniversary. But, as Cyrus and Pervin Todiwala prepared to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Café Spice Namaste, they also had to contend with the fact that they were losing the restaurant's East London home.
Café Spice Namaste has been in its current address on Whitechapel's Prescot Street since 1995 which, when you consider the churn of the London restaurant scene, is nothing
... - Pali Hill & Bandra Bhai come to Fitzrovia, with seasonal small plates and cocktails in the old Gaylord space
Taking over the site that once held classic Indian restaurant Gaylord is a pair of new openings. There's Pali Hill, serving up Indian seasonal dishes and Bandra Bhai, a basement cocktail bar that's inspired by a smuggling den. - Test Driving Gunpowder London's DIY kit - the famed Kashmiri lamb chops come home
Gunpowder are known for their excellent Kashmiri chops. Now they have an at-home version of them - we tried it out.
- Tandoor Chop House head to Notting Hill, opening on Uxbridge Street
Popular Covent Garden restaurant Tandoor Chop House is expanding, opening in Notting Hill this week. The restaurant, which is owned by Ennismore, the folk who brought us The Hoxton, has taken over the old Eggbreak site on Uxbridge Street.
Starting with a dinner-only service, they'll be turning out their dishes "inspired by the communal eateries of Northern India and the classic British chop house.
So you can expect to find on the
... - India's biggest TV chef has just opened The Yellow Chilli in Wembley
India's best-known TV chef has just opened the first of his restaurants here in the UK. Sanjeev Kapoor has his own TV channel in India, has published over 200 cookery books and has a slew of restaurants. It's not an understatement to say he's BIG business.
And it's his Yellow Chilli restaurant group that he's chosen to launch in Wembley. Kapoor put the menu together for the Yellow Chilli from his extensive travels
... - Indian Alley is coming to Camden Market, courtesy of Benares
We've already had Italian Alley as well as Asian Alley and now Camden Market is launching the next in the series - Indian Alley.
This time it's from the same people behind
... - Attawa is a new Punjabi restaurant, opening in Dalston with a MasterChef semi-finalist's menu
During the lockdown, some new restaurants that were due to open instead kicked 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
... - Dishoom is back delivering keema pau and black daal to Londoners
We can guess that there are plenty of Londoners out there who've been viewing the news about restaurants reopening thinking impatiently, 'Yes, yes - but what about Dishoom?" Well, the wait is over.
From today the restaurants at King’s Cross, Shoreditch and Kensington will be back on Deliveroo with a menu of everyone's favourite Dishoom dishes.
Fans of the Vada Pau, Keema Pau, Chicken Ruby and - crucially - the
... - Gunpowder Spitalfields are starting a delivery service with some of their greatest hits
They've been closed since Lockdown but the much-loved Gunpowder is making a return to Spitalfields for a new delivery and collection service. They've reformatted some of their best dishes for delivery, including the Karawari soft shell crab and their lamb chops are being repurposed into a curry. Alongside these will be some weekly specials and drinks will also be available for
... - Gymkhana is reopening for delivery (alongside Hoppers, Trishna and Brigadiers)
Returning triumphantly in February after recovering from a major fire, the revamped Gymkhana was open for just over a month before being closed again due to the lockdown. But no more - one of the best Indian restaurants in town is gearing up for another reopening.
Like many central London restaurants, they'll be appearing on the Supper website/app and all their classic dishes should be available for home delivery. So if
... - Test Driving Benares at Home - the Mayfair Indian restaurant comes to your doorstep
In its normal setting, Benares is a fine-dining twist on Indian food in Mayfair, but how does that translate to an at-home setting? We decided to find out.
- Gymkhana has reopened following a major refurb
4/2/20- Updated with exclusive opening news.
It closed after a fire, but one of London's most popular restaurants is back. They've taken time to renovate the restaurant while it's been closed, too. Upstairs sees "decorative wall hangings, a vast collection of photography and subtle taxidermy" alongside lots of features from the original design. There's
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