Waterloo

• Yamagoya is bringing out a cherry blossom raindrop cake for Spring

  

  Honestly, Spring is on the way - we promise.

  And with Spring comes the cherry-blossom and that's something that Yamagoya in Waterloo is taking full advantage of. They're already well known for their raindrop cake - the mizu shingen mochi- and now they're about to go one better - adding cherry blossom to the centre. It comes with molasses syrup (Kuromitsu) and kinako (roasted

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• Banh Bao Brothers comes to the Waterloo Leake Street Tunnels with Vietnamese food

  One of the first openings in the redeveloped Leake Street tunnels by Waterloo will be this Vietnamese restaurant and cocktail bar serving up noodles and Banh baos - their take on the traditional breakfast bun

• PopCo are doing the food for VAULT Festival 2018, and that means ‘Thairitos’

  

  Head down to the atmospheric underbelly of Waterloo to find the newest edition of Vault Festival 2018, complete with burlesque, mardi gras, and a whole heap of creative new street food courtesy of PopCo.

  For their new menu, the PopCo duo have gone the route of hearty, greasy eat-with-your-hands food - perfect for keeping punters well fuelled. That includes some rather good sounding ‘Thairitos’

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• Yamagoya brings their ramen and raindrop cake to The Cut with their first permanent venue

  After a successful pop-up on Shaftsbury Avenue, and the cake that launched 1,000 Instagrams, Yamagoya is back for good, bringing ramen-shaped joy into the hearts and bellies of Londoners on The Cut (near Waterloo).

• The Old Vic gets a new artisan café, Penny, from the people behind Milk

  

  There are changes afoot at the Old Vic which is getting a bit of a refurb at the moment, and part of that means a change to the Pit Bar next door. It's being revamped into a new all-day cafe to be run by Julian Porter and Lauren Johns - who are behind the very popular Milk (which is going through its own changes at the moment).

  It'll be an all-day affair

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