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Covent Garden
- The Opera Tavern relaunches, going back to basics
22/7/19 - updated with soft launch details.
Originally opened back in 2011, The Opera Tavern was an instant hit. Back in the day when Covent Garden wasn't exactly blessed with decent places to eat, an actually-good restaurant was welcomed with open arms. Now, it's about to get a whole new look. Run by Salt Yard (who itself was recently bought by Urban Pubs and Bars) the revamp kicks off outside, with the
... - Santa Nata opens two custard tart bakeries in Covent Garden
Updated 19/6/19 - the Covent Garden shop has now opened too.
Covent Garden is a little short of Pastel de Nata (Portuguese custard tarts), now that I Love Nata has closed on Endell Street - but another big player is about to join the scene. Santa Nata is opening not one, but two sites in Covent Garden this spring. It's run by a family of second-generation bakers who have been perfecting their recipe, so we'll be
... - Nutshell will see an ex-Palomar chef serving up Iranian food in Covent Garden
Ex Palomar chef Jeremy Borrow heads up the kitchen at this restaurant in Covent Garden where he'll be exploring all forms of Iranian cuisine. - Frenchie are launching a bacon scone pop up in Covent Garden for the summer
UPDATE - due to circumstances beyond their control, the bacon scone pop-up will no longer be going ahead.
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If you haven't yet had a chance to go to Frenchie and try their amazing bacon scones - then they're about to make it a whole lot easier for you. This summer they're launching a bacon scone pop-up in Covent Garden
... - Test Driving Kebab Queen - next level counter dining
Maison Bab has created a hidden restaurant in its basement behind a fake kebab shop in its basement. Where everything's served on the counter. It's quite special, so we went down for a look. - The salted yolk lava buns at Din Tai Fung are finally here
So we missed this when they launched last week - but think it's well worth bringing to your attention as a public service announcement. When we first visited Din Tai Fung, among the things we really wanted to try were the salted egg yolk custard lava buns - made with duck egg yolk. We'd heard talk
... - Mark Wahlberg brings Wahlburgers to London in Covent Garden
Is London ready for another US burger invasion. The brothers behind Wahlburgers certainly think so as they have their sights set on Covent Garden for the first in a probable UK expansion of their burger brand. - Yaki Yaki are serving up taiyaki, matcha soft serves and a croiyaki in Covent Garden
Covent Garden has a new dessert spot that you should expect to see popping up on your Insta feed from now on. Yaki Yaki is all about the Japanese waffle cones taiyaki and opened a week ago just off St Martin's Lane.
The specialist taiyaki shop will be serving up the traditional fish shaped waffles in two sizes - mini and regular. The minis come in batches of three filled with either vanilla custard, nutella or cheese and jalapeno. If you pick the regular size,
... - Covent Garden is the home for Fishworks' latest fishmonger and seafood restaurant
This will be FishWorks’ third site - this time in Covent Garden - offering fresh fish to take home and a whole host of dishes to eat in at the restaurant. - Shake Shack Covent Garden is relaunching with a new look and dishes
Six years after it first opened its doors, the original UK Shake Shack in Covent Garden is about to reopen with a new look.
The revamped branch looks quite different inside and there's also going to be a outside area with heating for chillier days.
As for the menu, there'll be two new items on the menu - a Caramel Bourbon Shake, vanilla frozen custard blended with caramel and bourbon as well as a Pie Oh My! Concrete which blends that vanilla frozen custard
... - Kebab Queen at Maison Bab will be a chef's table with a difference
Hidden downstairs at Maison Bab in Covent Garden is a chef's table with a difference where the chef will serve food direct on to the counter and guests are expected to eat with their hands. - Vegan afternoon tea is now a thing thanks to by CHLOE
We've had vegan burgers, vegan fish and chips and vegan cocktails, so it was only a matter of time before London started seeing vegan afternoon teas on offer. One of the first we've heard of is from US import by CHLOE, which is launching their afternoon tea next week.
As you'd expect from any trad tea set, there'll be teeny sandwiches including 'tuna' salad, 'egg' salad and smoked 'salmon' with cream cheese. That 'salmon', for example, will be made by
... - Asia de Cuba is closing after 20 years - but what's taking its place?
It's all change at the St Martins Lane Hotel today with the announcement that they're closing their 20 year old Asia de Cuba restaurant this week. Thursday will be the final day of service for the Chino-Latino restaurant which, to begin with, will be replaced by a popup restaurant for the next month or so.
The popup, St Martins Lane Kitchen, will take its cue from the foods of Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia. So think Soft Shell Crab, Vietnamese Pomelo
... - Test Driving Din Tai Fung - the dumpling powerhouse hits London
With all the hype over the opening of their first London restaurant, could Din Tai Fung live up to expectations? We went to check out the famous Taiwanese dumpling chain's Covent Garden restaurant.
- Test Driving The Oystermen - the Covent Garden seafood restaurant makes great use of its extra space
Covent Garden's Oystermen doubled its size in Covent Garden - adding a raw bar and more. We head down to try out this highly-praised seafood restaurant.
