Kachori, a smart new Indian restaurant, opened this week at the Elephant Park development scheme in southeast London, with a kitchen run by highly rated Brinder Narula, a former head chef at Gymkhana and Benares. Named after the savoury or sweet-stuffed deep-fried batter balls sold as snacks in India, Kachori describes itself as a modern […]
An ambitious Greek seafood specialist opens next week in Marylebone. Kima – meaning ‘wave’ – is the latest restaurant from Andrews Labridis and Nikos Roussos (pictured), the duo behind nearby Opso and the Soho gastrobar Ino. Meals at Kima are structured around a central fish counter: guests choose a fish and the kitchen transforms it into a […]
Hot Brazilian chef Alberto Landgraf this week launched his first restaurant in London – Bossa, appropriately next door to the Brazilian consulate in Vere Street, off Oxford Street in Marylebone. Alberto, who has German and Japanese ancestry, has risen to fame since opening Oteque in Rio de Janeiro five years ago; it is now listed on […]
House of Ming, a new upscale Chinese restaurant with an Indian accent, opens next week (Thursday 25 May) in St James’s – handily close to both Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament. Specialising in the cuisines of Canton and Sichuan, the restaurant is part of the St James’s Court hotel, owned by the luxurious Taj […]
Three very different teams have come together to launch a summer-long Thai restaurant and arts space in London’s West End with the aim of establishing a template for “green social clubs” in cities across Britain. Outcrop, which opens in the Strand next month, combines the talents of individuals involved in Secret Cinema, high-end restaurants Clove […]
Filipino chef Ferdinand ‘Budgie’ Montoya opens his latest venture tomorrow (Saturday 13 May) – Apoy, a street-food barbecue stall in the Oxford Street Market Halls. Budgie has raised the profile of Filipino cuisine in London in recent years through his bistro Sarap, which operated in Mayfair’s restaurant incubator Heddon Street last year, and TV appearances on […]
Lina Stores, the veteran Soho deli transformed into a contemporary pasta restaurant group, is to open its long-promised branch on the edge of Clapham Common next month. The new venue with Lina’s distinctive green and white-striped awning has taken over a prime corner site on The Pavement formerly occupied by St Clair, an ambitious ‘fish […]
Alexis Gauthier, the classic French chef who has gone vegan, is to launch two new ventures from one site next month – 123V Bakery and Studio Gauthier, in the BFI building north of Oxford Street in Soho. Alexis opened his flagship, Gauthier Soho, in 2010 and announced the transition to meat-free menus eight years later, […]
A pair of former Palomar and Barbary chefs have opened a Middle Eastern-inspired take on a North American diner in London’s Camden Market. Epicurus, from Amir Kraus and Amir Batito, is a follow-up to their steakhouse The Black Cow, also in Camden. The menu ranges from a classic Canadian poutine and a grilled meat sharing […]
A new Asian-owned and inspired steakhouse near Paddington station will be opened next week by no less a figure than Queen Azizah of Malaysia (pictured with King Abdullah), who is visiting London to attend King Charles’s coronation. Meet Bros is named for the meeting of Asian and Western cuisines, is fully halal and serves no […]
