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- Kung Fu Mama Taiwanese noodle bar picks Covent Garden as its launchpad
What do you get if you pair up the co-founder of Ottolenghi with the founder of a noodle empire? It turns out that a Taiwanese noodle bar in Covent Garden is the answer. The business duo in question are Noam Bar-Chang (Ottolenghi's right-hand man) and Chris Hsu the man behind the best-selling Taiwanese noodles brand in the UK, Kung Fu Mama. They've gone into business to open a noodle bar on Long Acre that'll focus on
... - Alfie's at Belgravia pub The Alfred Tennyson will offer tableside theatre and a 'black book' of wine
2025 continues to be a year of dining well in London pubs. The latest central London boozer to take things up a notch is Belgravia pub The Alfred Tennyson, which is just getting ready to unveil a new upstairs dining room.
Alfie's will offer a very different menu to the general pub food downstairs, with a series of dishes created by the pub's Executive chef Ben Tish and Head Chef Stevie Phillip
... - Holy Carrot's second plant-based affair is in Spitalfields
After making a big splash in Notting Hill with their first restaurant last year, Holy Carrot already has a second site lined up, this time in Spitalfields.
Run by Irina Linovich and ex-Acme Fire Cult chef Daniel Watkins, it's a plant-based restaurant and one that has really found an audience. Of the original restaurant, we said it was "a plant-based menu that pushes what's
... - Bleecker Burger's next stop is at Baker Street
21/3/25 - updated with the opening date
They make what is one of our favourite burgers in London and now Zan Kaufman's Bleecker, is about to get bigger. Soon after opening in Seven Dials and London Bridge, Bleecker is ready to expand again, this time opening on Baker Street.
It's planned to be their biggest Bleecker yet, fitting in 28 seats (as well as having takeaway, of course). It also
... - Flat Iron's next steakhouse is in the Royal Festival Hall
21/3/25 - updated with the opening date.
Flat Iron is getting even bigger. The affordable steakhouse already has 14 restaurants in London and there's about to be a 15th - and it's also their second in Waterloo.
Clearly, they've set their sights on opening in more prominent places following their recent opening right on Victoria station. The next one is taking
... - E5 bakehouse is opening at the new V&E East Storehouse in Stratford
The new Stratford Cross development is resulting in adding some very interesting new food options to the area. We've recently had the opening of Templar from the
... - London has a new riverside terrace bar at the Southbank Centre
Even if the springtime burst of sunshine we've been having recently doesn't continue, it's going to be well worth knowing that London has a brand new terrace bar overlooking the river. Seventy5th Balcony Bar sees the Southbank Centre joining its neighbour the National Theatre in finally making the most of its riverside real estate. The new bar is up on the fifth floor of the arts centre but its main USP is a massive
... - Ara in Aldgate is a new all day spot from the team behind nearby Amber
What's better than having one successful restaurant in Aldgate? Having two of course. That's the trajectory London restaurateur Murat Kilic is hoping for when he opens Ara just down the road from his already bustling business Amber.
But while Amber focuses on Middle Eastern food, Ara will broaden its horizons with a menu influenced by Murat's "love of travel and
... - Romeo San will be a no bookings luxury Japanese handroll bar in Marylebone
When we heard that the family who own the London and New York branches of Le Relais de Venise l’Entrecôte were opening a new restaurant in London, you can be sure we sat up and took notice. Romeo San sees the Elghanayan family branching out into Japanese food, with a temaki bar in Marylebone.
"Our handrolls are made with the finest ingredients," says founder Yasmine Elghanayan. "The dining experience is
... - La Spot puts brioche sarnies in the spotlight on Charlotte Street
Right now, you can hardly make a move in London without bumping into a new sandwich spot. The latest to join the ranks is La Spot which is getting ready to open in Fitzrovia. The Spanish-inspired place is going big on its brioche sandwiches with a whole section of the menu devoted to them.
On offer you'll find it used in:
- Pulled oxtail with red wine sauce, cheddar, black pepper, and wild rocket
- Red
- Tom Brown at The Capital sees the Pearly Queen chef opening in Belgravia
19/3/25 - updated with the opening date and menu details
Last year, Tom Brown closed his Michelin-starred Cornerstone restaurant in Hackney. At the time, it was said that he was concentrating on Pearly Queen in Shoreditch as efforts to move Cornerstone to central London had fallen to the wayside. But Brown found another way to go central, and it's something of a
... - London is about to get another must-try new noodle shop as Songhelou arrives in Soho
Central London is firmly in the grip of a noodle craze - the queues outside Noodle Inn aren't getting any shorter and there's the new Noodle & Beer in Chinatown too. Now, here's news of a third hot new noodle restaurant coming to the area. Songhelou is a Chinese restaurant that has real history, having first opened in Suzhou back in 1737.
The dish to have features their famous Suzhou-style noodles. Think slim noodles
... - Sushi, steak and pasta are all on the menu at huge new Fleet Street development Peterborough House
It's all change over in Fleet Street where one of the area's best-known buildings, which used to house The Telegraph, is being transformed into a modern mix of offices and restaurants. The Telegraph Building, which is now being called the Peterborough Building, was built in the 1880s but given a very Art Deco makeover in the 1920s. The new name, taken from its address on Peterborough Court, matches the newspaper's longstanding
... - Chefs Alex Dilling and Oli Marlow take on the food at Fulham FC's new restaurant The Gourmet
The changes coming with the new Riverside stand at Fulham stadium are going to have a big impact on the area when it's finally completed this summer. We've already talked about how Adam Byatt is opening Brasserie Constance there,
... - Mareida will showcase Chilean cuisine in Fitzrovia
It previewed at Carousel last year and now Chilean restaurant Mareida is getting ready to open, not too far away from Carousel in Fitzrovia.
It's founded by Prenay Agarwal (pictured above) who has lived in Chile for a year and wants to showcase that country's cuisine to London. To that end, he's brought in Head Chef Trinidad Vial Della Maggiora to run things in the kitchen who is, in turn, supported
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