Covent Garden

• Chick n Sours launches the huge Macho Nacho burger

  

  Now THAT's a burger. News has just reached us of this very special burger going on the menu at Chick n Sours for the whole of March. It's the Macho Nacho Burger and is "fried thigh, Chengdu chicken, kimchee cheese, Vietnamese pickles". Plus, profits from the £12 burger will go to the Cook for Syria fund. So you might want to start planning when you're popping down for one now.

  The Macho Nacho Burger is on the menu at

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• The Five Pork Burger is back at Hawksmoor

  

  After having seen the above photo, it's pretty much the only thing we want to eat now. It's the majestic Five Pork Burger that's now back on the menu at Hawksmoor Seven Dials. 

  And all that pork comes from:

  • A Tamworth pork patty
  • That's topped generously with pulled pork
  • Adding sausage meat stuffing
  • A couple of slices of smoked
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• Covent Garden’s Masala Zone relaunches new menu and cocktail bar

  

  Christmas shoppers in Covent Garden who want to warm up with something spicy can now avail of curries, thalis and more at the freshly relaunched Masala Zone. The Covent Garden branch has just had a massive makeover, complete with a new menu and cocktail bar.

  Some of the new dishes include

  • Idiappam Seafood Biryani with rice noodles, prawn, squid, curry leaf, coconut
  • Egg Kottu Paratha
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• Ferrero Rocher are popping up in Covent Garden with a pre-Christmas dessert bar

  

  You know it's Christmas when you start seeing Ferrero Rocher ads on the TV - but that's not enough for the nutty chocolates this year, they're having a pop-up in Covent Garden too. 

  As to what you'll get from the experience - you can expect a tasting plate of five mini hand-crafted desserts, curated by Cuisson's chef Paul Hannagen. And then - of course - you'll round things off with a Ferrero

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• Tandoor Chop House is coming to Covent Garden

  

  The latest from the people behind Eggbreak in Notting Hill is coming to Covent Garden next week. They're launching Tandoor Chop House which, as the name suggests, is a cross between a British chop house and a North Indian "communal eatery". 

  Much of the cooking will be based around their three big tandoor ovens which will be the focus of the room. From those, you can expect:

  • Tandoori masala chicken  - half corn
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• Ollie Dabbous to open Henrietta restaurant at Henrietta Hotel in Covent Garden

  

  Hot Dinners exclusive

  It looks like 2017 is starting strong with news that the Experimental Group are going to be opening their first London hotel - oh and they've only gone and got Ollie Dabbous to run the restaurant. Henrietta Hotel will open to guests in early 2017 - the name derives from the Covent Garden street it's situated in. It's the group's second hotel - it'll be a sister venue to their Grand Pigalle in Paris - and their fourth

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• BungaTINI pizzeria and all day bar opens its doors in Covent Garden

  

  There’s now wood-fired pizza, cured meats, pastas and Italian treats-a-plenty up for grabs in Covent Garden, thanks to BungaTINI which has just opened its doors.

  It’s the sister restaurant to Bunga Bunga, making it the second offering from its general manager Matthew Richardson, who also managed Venetian small plate institution Polpo.

  There’ll be several menus on offer to suit your mood, depending

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• Casual and fun Cinnamon Bazaar to open in Covent Garden

  

  4/11/16 - updated with soft launch details

  If you’ve always dreamed of visiting Westminster’s majestic Cinnamon Club, but haven’t yet found the right special occasion/outfit/windfall to revel in all its old world plushness, you’re in luck. Coming soon to Covent Garden is another addition to the Cinnamon family, the Cinnamon Bazaar.

  Setting itself apart as a far more relaxed restaurant than its Cinnamon counterparts, the Bazaar will be

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• Test Driving Margot in Covent Garden - a classic Italian restaurant with top notch service

  We Test Drive Margot, an Italian restaurant bringing a little of Mayfair service to Covent Garden.

• Bread Ahead to open second shop in Seven Dials, plus new artisan baking classes

  

  Keeping London stocked with quality British baking - that’s the mission of bakery Bread Ahead, who’ll be opening their second shop in Seven Dials this October following the ongoing success of their Borough Market branch. Expect to see lots of their famous sugary doughnuts - great for those who’ve accepted welcomed carbs back into their lives with open arms. We hear their Vanilla Custard; Salted Caramel custard and Honeycomb; and Homemade Jam doughnuts will

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• Robert De Niro to open the Wellington Hotel in Covent Garden

  

  So Robert De Niro has just been given the go-ahead to open his first hotel in London (his third after New York and the Philippines). Here's what you need to know about it.

  • It's in Covent Garden - the new hotel will take over a triangular block between Wellington Street, Tavistock Street, Burleigh Street and Exeter Street. The address will give the hotel its name, the Wellington.
  • Expect it to be pretty darned big - the plans submitted to
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• Chick n Sours is coming to Seven Dials

  

  16/8/16 - updated with an opening date and LOTS more of the menu.
  

  We unashamedly LOVE Chick 'n' Sours. Everything we've had there from the AMAZING Szechuan aubergine dish to the massive deep fried whole chicken hasn't failed to thrill. Our only regret is not making it out to Dalston enough - so

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• Milk Train Cafe are doing a candyfloss soft serve in Covent Garden

  

  When they say a picture's worth a thousand words this one really is. I mean soft serve ice-cream on top of a cloud of candy floss, what more is there to say?

  This new ice-cream spot in Covent Garden is brought to you by the couple who did Nice Ice shaved Japanese ice. They're serving up three types of soft serve - vanilla, matcha and hojicha (green tea). Oh and they're putting it on a whole heap of candyfloss.

  Milk Train Cafe is open at 44 Bedford

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• Test Driving The Barbary - Barbary Coast hospitality in Neal's Yard

  Enjoy the hustle and bustle of this sister restaurant to The Palomar

• The Barbary in Neal's Yard is the next restaurant from The Palomar team

  

  Hot Dinners Exclusive

  Forgive us if we just get a little bit freaking excited about the news we're bringing you today. Yes, we have the exclusive scoop on what the team at The Palomar are doing next.

  The Barbary will be their new restaurant and it's opening its doors in June in Neal's Yard. It's early days yet and we have just few details to whet your appetite. They'll be taking Londoners on a gastronomic tour from the Barbary Coast of

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