Indian

• DabbaDrop take eco-friendly and sustainable food delivery to a new level

  

  With news about the environment and climate change getting increasingly terrifying, it's good to hear about small ways we can make a difference. So we loved hearing about DabbaDrop, a sustainable takeaway service in Hackney that's just about to expand its delivery zone.

  The company was founded by two Hackney neighbourhood friends, Anshu Ahuja and Renee Williams. It disrupts the usual takeaway delivery service by working on a

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• Patri is bringing its next New Delhi train-inspired restaurant to Ealing

  They're big in Hammersmith and Northfields and now Patri is coming to Ealing. There will be a mix of home-style Indian meat and veg/vegan dishes, all served up in a mock train setting. 

• Raj of Islington sees Kensington restaurant expanding to Holloway Road

  Kensington based restaurant chain heads north of the river to bring their take on classic Indian dishes to Holloway Road.

• Behold the Dishoom Bacon and Egg Naan Pizza Pilgrims pizza

  

  This year has been a big year for Dishoom's iconic bacon naan. First, they decided to supersize it, introducing the Bacon Double Naan in April. Now they've gone one further - teaming up with the chaps at Pizza PIlgrims for a special edition pizza - and it's all in aid of charity.

  The Dishoom Bacon and Egg Naan Pizza sounds like

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• Copper Chimney Indian restaurant is the latest addition to Westfield

  Copper Chimney have several popular restaurants in India and this will be their first in the UK - opening at Westfield London in White City. Expect all of the dishes that have been popular in India, all cooked with the same techniques from the very first Copper Chimney in 1972.  

• DUM Biryani goes late-night with the Blind Tiger

  

  If you've ever fancied a late-night snack in Soho, then DUM Biryani may well be the place to go. They're launching The Blind Tiger (a nickname given to speakeasies in the 20s) that'll be dishing out food until midnight. 

  That food will be small plates and snacks (based on Andhra Pradesh and Telangana cuisine) including Pumpkin Papdi Chaat, a selection of crisp flatbreads with masala pumpkin, yoghurt and chutney and,

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• Tamarind restaurant group unfairly dismissed whistleblowing staff over concerns about chicken stock in halal and vegetarian dishes

  

  You know that thing, when you can see a storm on the horizon, thundering closer and closer? Well that's probably how the restaurant group Tamarind must be feeling right now.

  An explosive news story appeared this morning in trade title The

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• Gymkhana restaurant closed by a massive fire

  

  One of London's top Indian restaurants, Gymkhana in Mayfair, was the centre of attention yesterday for all the wrong reasons when a huge fire broke out mid afternoon. It took firefighters more than two hours to get the blaze under control, which appears to have been caused by a ventilation fire in the restaurant's kitchen.

  Gymkhana Indian Resturant on fire in

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• Ooty Station is a casual Indian cafe in Marylebone

   

  Fine dining Indian restaurant Ooty opened on Baker Street back in February and now its sister site Ooty Station is opening up right next door. Compared to the more formal main restaurant, Ooty Station is a casual cafe and bar serving Indian-inspired bar snacks, mains, and cocktails. 

  Ooty’s Head Chef Manmeet Singh-Bali (who won a Michelin star at Vineet Bhatia) is also behind Station’s menu

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• Million Pound Menu winners Baba G's are coming to Camden with their first restaurant

  After winning an episode of the BBC's Million Pound Menu, street food legends Baba Gs are finally settling down with their own restaurant in Camden. They'll have their famed burgers and some brand new dishes too.

• Dishoom supersize their breakfast with a Double Bacon Naan

  

  Be still our beating hearts. One of London's most beloved breakfast dishes - the Dishoom Bacon Naan is getting an upgrade. From next week, the cult group are bringing in a range of new morning delights, key of which is the Double Bacon Naan. Featuring double the usual amount of smoked streaky bacon stuffed into freshly baked naan, with cream cheese, chilli tomato jam and fresh herbs - it'll set you back £9. A small price to pay for its legendary hangover-quashing

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• Farzi Cafe

  Experimental Indian restaurant comes to London

• Lucknow 49 on Maddox Street will be the new restaurant from the Dum Biryani team

  Inspired by the Lucknow region's Awadhi cooking, chef and restaurateur Dhruv Mittal is opening a restaurant with all manner of biryanis, kebabs and lunchtime quick bites.

• Kricket team up with Patty and Bun for charity - and it looks delicious

   

  

  We're always partial to a good collab, and one that not only sounds delicious but also raises money for charity really is a case of having your cake and eating it. Or should that be your burger?

  Patty & Bun and Kricket are the two companies joining forces - and they've got a month-long collab coming up in April at their White City Television Centre spots.

  In a Ready...Steady...Cook scenario - both have been given the same set of

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• Asma Khan talks about her episode on Netflix's Chef's Table

  

  25/2/19 - updated with Asma's charity details

  We've known for quite a while that London's very own Asma Khan was going to be the star of the upcoming Netflix TV series but were sworn to secrecy until Netflix deemed it time to go live with the info. And, honestly, we just couldn't be more pleased. Asma's rise to star restaurateur and chef status hasn't been an easy one, as she tells us below, but it's most

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