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• Oreo teams up with Chicken Shop for a fried chicken menu with a twist

  

  Chicken Shop's Baker Street branch hit the news when Beyonce's team spent £2k there when they were in the city in tour. Now another American brand has got in on the action.

  For three days at the beginning of September, Oreo are going to be partnering with Chicken Shop for a collab menu that sounds like it really has to be tried.

  On offer will be:

  • The O Fries - seasoned with salt, pepper and
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• Tried and tested - the Bouchon Racine and Swaledale Toulouse sausages

  

  It's fair to say that Bouchon Racine is one of London's hottest restaurants right now. Henry Harris and Dave Strauss' Farringdon pub and restaurant has been crammed since opening before Christmas with a slew of five-star reviews making it nigh on impossible to get a booking.

  So if you've tried and failed to get a table there - or have eaten there and want to recreate a bit of that 'je ne sais quoi' in your own home,

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• Chin Chin are launching a spring treat for lemon lovers

  

  They say a picture paints a thousand words and if that's true, what this picture of CHIN CHIN Dessert Club's latest creation is telling us, is that our life would be immeasurably better having tried it.

  The dessert folk, who are probably best known for their nitro ice-cream treats, have come up with a spring special that we very much need to order. The Lemon Meringue Baked Alaska features Amalfi

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• Four Legs are teaming up with Yard Sale for a cheeseburger pizza

  

  What happens when the creators of one of London's great burgers gets together with one of the city's great pizza groups? Well, you're about to find out.

  Next week, Four Legs - the folks responsible for this amazing cheeseburger, are launching the results of their collaboration with

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• Creams Cafe have come up with popcorn chicken waffle bites. You are WELCOME.

  

  Updated 26/2/21 with new launch date

  After the year we've just had, Hot Dinners is ALL about finding the joy in small things. And the new menu addition at Creams Cafe fits that bill precisely. Starting next month (and available on delivery) they'll be selling this rather moreish looking snacks.

  The popcorn chicken waffle bites are being billed as a UK first. But what you really need to know

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• Dinings SW3 has a limited edition delivery ramen you'll want to try

  

  It 100% feels like ramen weather out there at the moment. So, if you're missing slurping down a bowl of warming goodness in a London restaurant, we have news of a new delivery service bringing it to you.

  Dinings SW3 has a special limited edition dish on offer this month. Their build-your-own ramen experience is a new meal kit available as part of their At Home service.

  Chef Masaki Sugisaki's ‘Susuru by Masaki’, is

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• Shake Shack release their Vegan ShackBurger in London

  

  Kicking off this week, vegan Londoners have a new burger to try. Shake Shack are unveiling their first ever vegan burger in the UK on Tuesday and they're hoping it'll hit the sweet spot with those on a plant-based diet..

  The Vegan ShackBurger is billed as a twist on the classic ShackBurger. The patty itself is stuffed with vegetables, grains and herbs including kale, quinoa, sweet potatoes. That's then topped with vegan cheese,

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• Daniel Humm adds his EMP lobster boil to Davies and Brook's delivery menu

  

  Having bounced back to life with the fried chicken box that everyone wants to try, now Claridge's restaurant Davies and Brook is expanding its delivery menu.

  New this week is a Louisiana-inspired Lobster & Shrimp boil box which, they say, is "an evolution of a dish we premiered at Eleven

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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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• Marcus Wareing puts an epic pithivier on his Sunday roast menu

  

  There are definitely some pictures that don't need more than a handful of words to go with them and this is one of them. All you need to know is that this braised ox cheek pithivier is going to be on the menu at Marcus from this Sunday.

  Created by the restaurant's sous chef Craig Johnston, 2017 winner of Masterchef Professionals, the dish for two comes with pomme puree and Madiera truffle sauce.

   

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• Gaucho's redesigned Charlotte Street restaurant will have a beef bar for counter dining

  The Gaucho group is back from administration woes with a new CEO and a new concept, starting with a reinvention of its Charlotte Street site.

• Byron are relaunching with a new menu, including their first-ever brunch

  

  Twelve years is a long time in the burger business, so it’s understandable that Byron have decided to freshen things up a little. After welcoming celebrity chef and author Sophie Michell as their Food & Drink Director in June, there’s now firm plans to shake up the menu.

  Starting at the first ever Byron site in High Street Kensington, then rolling out in other branches across 2020, there’ll finally be a dedicated brunch menu. And if

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• Red Hand in Dalston has some compelling cheese toasties you'll want to try

  

  Here at Hot Dinners, we're particularly partial to a good cheese toastie, so news of a whole bunch of them hitting a menu in East London certainly got our attention.

  Red Hand opened earlier this year on Stoke Newington High Street - the bar serves craft beer and cocktails on tap, focuses on natural wines and small batch spirits.

  In the kitchen is chef Rebecca Lever from I Will Kill Again and she's the one responsible for their

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• Pizza Pilgrims are putting on a special dessert pizza for their birthday

  

  We're all for a birthday celebration and the one currently on for Pizza Pilgrims' seventh birthday is right up our street. They've introduced a special birthday guest pizza, that's perfect for anyone with a sweet tooth.

  The creator is Jemma, founder of London bakery Crumbs and Doilies, who came up with the Biscoff S’more Brownie for the pizza group's birthday. It features Mascarpone, Biscoff cream, marshmallows and a ball of vanilla ice

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• 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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