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  • Dream Xi’an in Tower Hill is the latest opening from Master Wei's Guirong Wei

    Dream Xi’an in Tower Hill is the latest opening from Master Wei's Guirong Wei

    Guirong Wei, the chef behind Master Wei, does like to do things quietly. Very much under the radar,  she's just opened her latest restaurant  Dream Xi’an in Tower Hill. 

    This latest opening, like Master Wei (in Bloomsbury) and Xi’an Impression (in Highbury) before it, is focused on Shaanxi cooking, with hand-pulled noodles making up many of

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  • Liu Xiaomian take their spicy Chongqing noodles to Carnaby

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    You've got to hand it to whoever's curating the food offering at Kingly Court at the moment. They're really playing a blinding game. Hot on the heels of having signed up everyone's favourite Filipino spot Donia, they've only gone and persuaded the insanely popular noodle purveyors Liu Xiaomian to make a space on the

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  • The best Lunar New Year dishes, menus and events in London restaurants

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    London restaurants are getting ready to welcome the Year of the Dragon on 10 February. We pick out some of the best dishes and

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  • Three Uncles doubles up in the City

    Three Uncles doubles up in the City

    They already have a place in Liverpool Street (as well as Camden and Brixton) but now Three Uncles are about to double up in the City with a new opening on Old Bailey, just around the corner from St Paul's. 

    If you're unfamiliar with them, they're best known for their Cantonese roast meats. So that's a choice of roasted duck, pork or Hainan chicken served with rice. On top of that, they serve lo

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  • Poon's Wontoneria extends its residency with a new menu

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    Updated with extension to opening dates

    We've been hearing very good things about Poon's Wontoneria which has taken over the 12 Charlotte Street pop-up space that's part of Carousel in Fitzrovia. It comes from Amy Poon, whose father was behind the original Poon's, a legendary Chinese restaurant, and who's brought the name back for this "wontoneria". 

    The residency is getting an extension to February, and that

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  • London's best dumplings

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    We've gathered together a list of London's best dumplings, from dim sum favourites to hearty Eastern European options. 

  • Hainan House brings Hainanese cuisine to Islington's Upper Street

    Hainan House brings Hainanese cuisine to Islington's Upper Street

    A Hot Dinners exclusive

    They've been running pop-ups and supperclubs throughout the year (including one at Carousel), but now Hainan House are getting ready to settle down in Islington. They've taken over the space that was once Street Greek on Upper Street.

    Set up by Sunny Wu, Hainan House aims to showcase the Southern Chinese cooking that she grew up eating. The

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  • Galaxy Restaurant and Karaoke is coming to Liverpool Street

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    We’re here for those of you who wish to emote into a microphone while enjoying a cracking Chinese meal. You’ll know exactly what we’re talking about if you’ve experienced Galaxy Restaurant & Karaoke in Elephant & Castle, which while you can theoretically dine in the restaurant sans karaoke offers up a choice of private rooms to belt out your favourite tunes over a set menu. It has become quite the spot

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  • House of Ming Chinese restaurant comes to London via New Delhi

    House of Ming Chinese restaurant comes to London via New Delhi

    House of Ming is a Chinese restaurant that's big in New Delhi - and now it's opening in London. Like its Indian sibling, the restaurant is opening in a Taj Hotel, The St James's Court (you'll find that in Westminster). 

    With a focus on Sichuan and Cantonese cuisine, it looks like being a luxury affair with a menu that includes:

    • Prawn truffle siu
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  • Test Driving Gouqi - chef Tong Chee Hwee is back in London

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    He headed up the food at Hakkasan for 18 years and now chef Tong Chee Hwee is back with high-end Chinese restaurant Gouqi just off Trafalgar Square. We went to check it out. 

  • Gouqi is former Hakkasan chef Tong Chee Hwee's solo restaurant in St James

    Gouqi is former Hakkasan chef Tong Chee Hwee solo restaurant in in St James

    17/2/23 - updated with launch details

    Slightly out of nowhere, a big-name chef is getting ready to open his own restaurant in London.  

    Gouqi (pronounced Goji) comes from chef Tong Chee Hwee who, after originally building his career in Singapore, came to London to become head chef at Hakkasan in 2001. He followed that with the opening of

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  • Charco Charco Hot Pot opens in Covent Garden

    Charco Charco Hot Pot opens in Covent Garden

    If you’re craving some quality Chinese comfort food as ballast against the daily doom and gloom, then put Covent Garden on your itinerary: Charco Charco Hot Pot is open and waiting for you. It’s a new dining destination spanning two floors, with a ground-floor sushi bar as well as a 100-seater restaurant serving regional street-food dishes and, as the name suggests, a hot-pot burner on every table for your

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  • A Wong and Uncle Roger win big at The Golden Chopsticks Awards

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    We're clearly entering awards season. On the same night as the AA announced its 2022 Hospitality Awards, the UK's East and South East Asian restaurants were being celebrated across town at The Golden Chopsticks Awards.

    Hosted by Gok Wan, the Mayfair awards ceremony sounds like a

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  • The Eight is Shaftesbury Avenue's new Hong Kong style tea restaurant

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    Just opened on Shaftesbury Avenue is Hong Kong-style tea restaurant, The Eight. It's apparently inspired by Hong Kong's 1950s-style tearooms - think greasy spoon meets diner. This new restaurant is serving up all manner of Hong Kong treats like:

    • Abalone wanton noodle
    • Rice wrapped in omelette with wagyu beef
    • Rickshaw noodles.

    “The tea rooms

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  • Juk Pou brings congee and youtiao to the Greenwich Peninsula

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    London streetfood fans searching for the next hot thing to get their teeth into are going to need to head out to the Greenwich Peninsula . Joining the ranks of traders at the Design District Canteen is newbie Juk Pou. Their USP? They're congee and youtiao street food specialists.

    Founders Shiqi Liu and Stan Yang were inspired by their childhood food memories to come up with the concept which marries Chinese

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