Shoreditch

• Manteca returns, this time delivering Saturday feasts alongside Smokestak in Shoreditch

  

  They've already opened Smokestak for Saturday delivery/pickup - now it's the time of David Carter and Chris Leach's Manteca. However, this isn't Manteca served from their Soho restaurant - instead, the team has headed east and are also using Smokestak as a base

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• Smokestak are back with a weekly barbecue extravaganza

  

  They may not be back completely, but Smokestak will be returning every Saturday for the next few weeks and they're doing it in style. After a trial run last Saturday, they'll be back every week with a menu that sees them going back to basics with old-school barbecue action.  

  Here's what's on the menu. The first four meats are by the 100g and we want all of it, frankly. 

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• Goodburger sees the Coqfighter team turn to beef

  

  The Lockdown isn't stopping new restaurants from starting up in London, as seen by the latest addition to the Coqfighter family. Best known for their super, fried chicken in Soho and Shoreditch (both still delivering now) they've decided to expand into beef - with the launch of Goodburger (nope - not related to the movie).

  Here's what you can order right now if you're in Uber Eats range from Shoreditch (they're currently

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• Gloria and Circolo Popolare from Big Mamma go takeaway with pizzas & more

  

  Over the past year and a bit, the Big Mamma restaurants Gloria and Circolo Poplare have become huge hits in London. But while it might be a little time before everyone packs into a restaurant like their massive Fitzrovia outpost, that doesn't mean that you can't have a little piece of Big Mamma to take home.

  During lockdown, both restaurants are being turned into a mix of deli and pizzeria as a

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• Brat in Shoreditch converts to a farm, grill and wine shop

  

  If you've been keeping track of our page that covers how restaurants are changing as a result of Coronavirus, you'll have seen - where possible - a great shift towards takeaway and delivery. 

  Latest to reveal full details of their plans are Brat, one of our

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• Halo Burger team up with Nanban's Tim Anderson for a vegan katsu burger

  

  London's vegan burger scene couldn't be more enticing at the moment, particularly with the launch this week of a rather special new burger in Shoreditch.

  From tomorrow, Halo Burger will be selling what they say is "the UK’s first-ever vegan katsu burger". They've teamed up with Nanban owner and MasterChef winner Tim Anderson for this one-month special, which will be available at their new Shoreditch spot.

  It's made with a panko crispy

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• Nami at Nobu Shoreditch is setting fire to wagyu burgers

  

  You're probably aware by now that it's a leap year so that means there's one extra day before we get to March. There certainly are a few events making use of the extra day - this Saturday - but this is the one that struck us the most.

  Nobu Hotel Shoreditch's "supper bar" Nami are using the day to launch their brand new Flaming Nami Burger. As you can see from the pic above - it's exactly as it sounds.

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• Kelis is literally bringing her milkshakes to The Yard

  

  It may be hard to believe it, but the Kelis album Kaleidoscope, with its uber-hit Milkshake, is 20 years old this year. To celebrate some of us feeling very old indeed, Deliveroo is teaming up with Kelis herself to launch The Yard which - yes - will be serving milkshakes. 

  Kelis herself will be popping up in London, the day after her show at the Roundhouse, mixing some of the milkshakes herself. It's

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• Cookdaily are bringing their vegan bowls back to Boxpark Shoreditch

  

  His London Fields restaurant may have closed, but King Cook is bringing Cookdaily back to Boxpark in Shoreditch (where it first started back in 2015), serving up his acclaimed vegan bowls. 

  That'll be music to the ears of all the well known folk who have flat out loved his food over the past few years. Everyone from Skepta to Professor Green. D Double E and Giggs have posted about their fandom for

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• Padella is coming to Phipp Street in Shoreditch

  

  Updated 5/2/20 with the opening date.

  They're famed for having London's longest queue (and a recent visit confirmed, yes it is a very long wait at peak times) so Borough's fresh pasta restaurant Padella opening a second restaurant is very good news to those who haven't quite had the patience to wait. 

  If you haven't heard of them - here's a quick primer. Set up by Tim Siadatan and Jordan Frieda of Trullo in

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• Test Driving Barboun - a classy Levantine spot on Great Eastern Street

  

  From the group that brought us Yosma and Hovarda comes Barboun - an all day spot in Shoreditch with food inspired by all things Levantine.

• Japanese sake Shoreditch popup showcases why sake works so well with seafood

  

  Paid-for promotion

  If you've ever thought that white wine was the only natural pairing with seafood then a recent event in Shoreditch might have helped dispel that notion. The Oystermen Seafood, Saké & Wine Pop-Up was all about highlighting the trend of sake pairing with seafood as a better tasting and more interesting alternative.

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• Test Driving Wilder - bringing the UK's larder into the heart of London

  

  Take a tour of the UK's best food producers without having to leave London at this new restaurant in Shoreditch. 

• Barboun in Shoreditch is a Levantine restaurant from the Yosma and Hovarda team

  The people behind Hovarda in Soho are opening a new restaurant in Shoreditch that's all about Levantine cooking over fire. It'll have a deli onsite too. 

• Nami is the new Japanese street-food bar at Nobu Hotel Shoreditch

  The bar at Nobu Shoreditch is being converted to Nami, a new "supper bar" that combines their cocktails with Japanese street food.