Leyton

• Bamboo Mat sees ex-Chotto Matte team bring Nikkei cuisine to Leyton

  

  A Hot Dinners exclusive

  News reaches us of something new to Leyton's dining scene. Peruvian-Japanese fusion restaurant Bamboo Mat, which opened just a few weeks back, has a team that met while working at Chotto Matte so there's a good chance that this could be something special. 

  The chefs behind it are Denis Gobjila who's ex-Chotto Matte and his business partner Victor Rosca, who also

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• SpiceBox are bringing vegan curry to Leytonstone with their second restaurant

  

  SpiceBox, the popular vegan curry house, having opened its first outlet in Walthamstow in 2019, are about to open a second site in autumn, this time in Leytonstone.

• Leyton's Filly Brook pub crowdfunds its way to a new alfresco space

  

  Having an outside space matters more than ever for hospitality businesses. Anywhere in London that can do alfresco will have a clear month's extra trading before inside dining resumes in May.

  One East London pub's solution to the problem has been to seek help from its customers -

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• The best restaurants in Walthamstow and Leyton doing delivery and takeaway

  Walthamstow and Leyton's food scenes are thriving with restaurants doing everything from haggis toasties and Korean wings to stone-baked pizzas and vegan curry kits. 

• Leyton's Yardarm open their own, permanent restaurant

  Following a few years of popups and residencies, Leyton wine bar and deli Yardarm is now making its restaurant space a permanent spot and keeping it in the family when it comes to the chef.

• Yard Sale team up with Matty Matheson for a Brick Lane bagel style pizza

   

  Yard Sale Pizza do have a great line in guest pizzas - and the next one they have lined up is definitely worth taking note of. They're teaming up with Matty Matheson - he's the founder of renowned Toronto restaurant Parts & Labour and also the host of host of Vice’s "It’s

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