Dynamic Hong Kong restaurateur Syed Asim Hussain is showcasing two of his restaurants in London this summer, the boldly named Ho Lee Fook and the New Punjab Club, as a prelude to opening a permanent London venue next year. The pair will occupy consecutive residences at Carousel, the rotating guest-chef venue in Fitzrovia, in July and […]
Next week sees the arrival of crystal sushi in London, with the opening of a new City restaurant from Hong Kong’s Aqua group. Shiro, in Broadgate Circle near Liverpool Street, will be the group’s fifth restaurant in London, following Aqua Shard and Hutong in the Shard, and Nueva and Kyoto on Regent Street. Crystal sushi, […]
A 1950s-style Hong Kong tea restaurant in London’s Chinatown is on course to take customers back in time this summer (pictured Queen’s Road, the main thoroughfare of the Crown Colony). The Eight – a lucky number – will serve dishes influenced by the port city’s mixed population, including signature abalone noodles, rickshaw noodles and rice wrapped […]
A nightclub entrepreneur aims to remix Chinese dining with Mans Market, a new speakeasy-style venue in Leeds that opened this month. Ray Chan, who grew up in a Chinese takeaway in the Leeds suburb Horsforth, founded the Candypants nightlife events outfit. Mans Market is his first foray into the food sector, and he promises a […]
Hong Kong-inspired restaurant, Cha Chaan Teng, opens next month just of Lincoln’s Inn Fields with a 50% off food soft launch offer. Tables will be available for lunch and dinner everyday from Monday 8 August until Wednesday 31 August. The soft launch offer is available only through email bookings via 50@chachaantenguk.com. Cha Chaan Teng is inspired by […]
We don’t want to fan the flames of what is frankly a melba toast thin story, but a few words on this supposed ‘fracas’ between Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay. The two chefs have apparently engaged in a war of words with the shouty one telling the Mockney one off for not going to his […]
Gordon Ramsay will launch his first ‘heart-of-the-West-End’ operation, Heddon Street Kitchen, on 10 November. Modelled on City outpost Bread Street Kitchen – not, it must be said, much favoured by Harden’s reporters – it will be located on the former site of a Living Room bar and restaurant, just off Regent Street. Heddon Street, the Gordon […]
Globally popular ramen bar, Ippudo – which already has sites in Japan, Sydney, Singapore, Hong Kong and New York – is finally to open its first European outpost. No prizes for guessing where they’ve decided to launch this new flagship restaurant – London (obvs). Ippudo St Giles will offer Londoners signature dishes like Shiromaru Classic, a traditional white […]
In the UK they are almost as ubiquitous as Starbucks or McDonald’s, now PizzaExpress will be rolled-out across China, following a £900m buyout by a Chinese private equity firm. The chain, founded in London’s Soho back in 1965, has more than 500 outlets across the country and has inspired the biggest European restaurant sector deal of […]
