Dumplings

• Lunchtime dumpling giveaway at King's Cross

  

  Fancy free dumplings this week? Of course you do. Head to King's Cross station on Wednesday lunchtime and look out for a towering cart of dumplings outside the station. It's there to publicise the opening of the new W Hotel in Shanghai.

  W Shanghai – The Bund has come up with a London-inspired Chinese ‘Wake Up Wonton’ designed by chef Ning Ma of Mamalan. Based on traditional Chinese noodle soup, Ning Ma's wonton noodle combines coffee flavours with a twist of cream.

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• All the dumplings, please - we Test Drive Ugly Dumpling

  They've graduated from street food to permanent restaurant - we head over to Carnaby to check out Ugly Dumpling's new spot. 

• Yumplings comes to Dinerama from the people behind Yum Bun

  

  We can never get enough dumpling news, to be frank. And getting the news that Yum Bun are opening a dumplings spot is doubly good. 

  Just launched in Dinerama, we're told they'll be serving up "Northern Chinese-inspired Xian spices with cumin and coriander, chive-infused oils and rich fillings inside a fresh and delicate dumpling case" and they're calling that "The Big Hug".

  And those fillings will be the

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• The Ugly Dumplings take over the Little Pitt site on Newburgh Street

  

  What: The Ugly Dumplings

  In a nutshell: Anglo-Chinese dumpling and noodle joint

  Summing it all up: Street traders The Ugly Dumplings are opening their first permanent site, taking over the old Little Pitt site off Carnaby Street