Indian

• Empire Empire brings Indian food and disco to Notting Hill

  

  17/5/23 - updated with more details about the menu

  Notting Hill continues to go from strength to strength and the latest to enter the fray there is the man behind popular Indian restaurant Gunpowder. Empire Empire is on the way. 

  Led by Gunpowder's Harneet Baweja, it's actually planned to be a mix of Indian food and disco music, with a focus on the seventies music scene in

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• Test Driving Dishoom Canary Wharf - the Bombay cafe serves up another winner

  

  Dishoom has brought its Bombay cafe to Canary Wharf. And, before you ask, the House Black Daal and Bacon Naan are definitely on the menu. We head down to take a look.

• BKC (Biyrani Kebab Chai) brings Awadhi cuisine to Marble Arch

  A new restaurant that's all about Indian cuisine from the Awadhi region is coming to Marble Arch. 

  Setting its stall out quite clearly with the name BKC - which stands for Biryani Kebab Chai - the restaurant is from Executive Chef Arsh Thakur, who's teamed up with Subjahit Mitra, the man behind East London's Coupette.

  As the name suggests,

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• Asma Khan's Darjeeling Express is popping up in Kensington

  

  This is going to be the hottest of hot tickets.

  Asma Khan's Darjeeling Express is moving to a new location having closed in Covent Garden last month. But, while we wait for that, she's just announced that the restaurant will be popping up at a pub in Kensington

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• The Tamil Prince is a new Islington pub from ex-Roti King team

  

  The people behind Tamila in Hackney, Chef Prince Durairaj and Glen Leeson (both ex Roti King), are heading to Islington for their next opening - The Tamil Prince. 

  They're taking over what used to be The Cuckoo pub in the middle of Barnsbury and are transforming it into a pub showcasing South Asian cuisine, which they say is underrepresented in the area (as locals,

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• The Indians Next Door arrive in Spitalfields with their samosa and bhaji house

  

  You may have tried their food in markets across town, but as of last month, The Indians Next Door now have a new Spitalfields samosa and bhaji house.

  The folks behind it track their culinary journey back to their grandparents moving from the state of Gujarat in India, to Narobi, Kenya in the 1920s, where they then lived in a Punjabi comunity. So their food in London today incorporates "the best of Gujarati,

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• Madhu's Brasserie choose Richmond for their second Indian restaurant

  

  They've been big on the 5th floor of Harvey Nichols and now Madhu's Brasserie are getting a second place all to themselves in Richmond. 

  If you're unfamiliar with them, Madhu's started out as caterers (with the royal family among their customers) before getting into the restaurant business in Knightsbridge. Their second restaurant in Richmond will carry on with a menu of what

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• Goila Butter Chicken will be Carousel's first long-term residency

  

  If your game was really good during lockdown you might have been lucky enough to try a delivery from Goila Butter Chicken. Mumbai-based celebrity chef Saransh Goila has - and these are their words - "single-handedly turned butter chicken into a religion in India". His secret? Apparently it's hiking up the tomato to dairy ratio as well as plenty of smoke. The chicken in question comes from Yorkshire's Herb Fed farm and he

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• Dipna Anand brings Punjabi cuisine to Somerset House

   

  Dipna Anand is best known for her highly-rated Brilliant Restaurant in Southall as well as her own cookery school. Now she's opening a restaurant at Somerset House (taking over the space last held by Bryn Williams).  

  Her eponymous restaurant will be focusing on Punjabi and South Indian cuisine, bringing in some of her signature dishes as well as adding a few new dishes

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• Test Driving Bibi - Chet Sharma's Mayfair Indian restaurant delivers a knockout menu

  

  Bibi sees ex L'Enclume and Moor Hall chef Chet Sharma deliver a modern Indian menu in Mayfair. We head down to try it out.

• Atul Kochhar is opening Mathura, a huge restaurant in a former Westminster fire station

  

  Following up from the opening of Kanishka in Mayfair, Atul Kochhar has taken over a huge space in Westminster for his next restaurant, Mathura.

• Manthan is Rohit Ghai's new Mayfair restaurant

  

  Following up on his previous successes at Gymkhana and Jamavar, Rohit Ghai is back in Mayfair with his latest restaurant. Expect a menu which draws on both his childhood and career, with a focus on contemporary Indian sharing plates. 

• Colonel Saab is taking over the Holborn Town Hall

  

  24/9/21 - updated with opening date

  It's fair to say that The Holborn Town Hall building has been a tricky venue for restaurants. There was Shanghai Blues, then a brief appearance from Burger & Lobster and - most recently - it was home to the gone-too-soon Gezellig. But it looks like another restaurant is now going to give it a try.

  Coming to the site later this year will be

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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.

• Cafe Spice Namasté finds a new home in the Docklands

  

  Last year we reported on the story of Cafe Spice Namasté which 'celebrated' its 25th anniversary by having to move from its home on Prescot Street in Spitalfields.

  Well, the good news is that Cyrus and Pervin Todiwala have now found a new home for their restaurant. They've stuck

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