Acclaimed Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-Wai is to direct a transformation of Yauatcha Soho, which closes this Saturday (26 September) for an overhaul that is expected to take a year. Kar-Wai is an auteur of uniquely vivid, visually striking films including his masterpiece, In the Mood for Love (2000), one of the most famous Asian […]
Hugely popular Cantonese canteen Dim Sum Duck in King’s Cross has opened a second branch around the corner from the tiny original – which should ease the long queues for a table. The family-run outfit has steadily earned cult status since launching six years ago, and is the top-rated Chinese restaurant in the under £80-a-head category […]
A glossy new Cantonese restaurant called Dim Sum Library opens in Covent Garden next week, from the Hong Kong-based Aqua group, the people behind Aqua Shard and Hutong. Dim Sum Library has taken over the Long Acre address of the group’s former Italian restaurant Luci. Browsers will be able to watch the chefs in action […]
The Five Fields in Chelsea will serve its final meals this evening, in a week when the original Hakkasan in Hanway Place also announced its closure after 24 years. The Five Fields has been a consistent presence in the upper reaches of the Harden’s 100 list of the UK’s top restaurants in recent years, and […]
A high-end Chinese restaurant featuring the cuisines of Canton and Hubei with a signature luxury set menu at £388 a head is launching this month in Fitzrovia. 3 Gorges has taken over the former Trattoria Mondello in Goodge Street, across the road from founder Li Zhang’s Sichuan-inspired restaurant Sanxia Renjia, which also has branches in […]
