Residency

• Residency report: Division 194's New Orleans sarnies with a British spin

  New Orleans with a British spin from an ex Quality Chop House chef

• MYPIE pie residency is taking over the King & Co in Clapham

  

  Hearty, warming pies are just the job for January, and you'll be able to get your hands on one to accompany your pint in Clapham's The King & Co pub until February.

  It's part of a two-month residency that the local boozer has organised with MYPIE, a street food vendor that specialises in all thing encased in pastry. Expect plenty of classic fillings: chicken, steak chilli, ham and tarragon, or roast mushroom,

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• Former Artesian mixologist Carporale pops up at Sartoria

  The Savile Row Martini.

  Updated 27/10/16 with Test Drive

  Like the sound of strong cocktails and brilliant Italian bites to accompany them? Who wouldn't? Italian mixologist Simone Caporale (who used to work at Artesian - once the World's Best Bar) is

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• Basque tapas and pintxos return to Clapham with the Donostia Social Club

  

  If you’ve been down to Pop Brixton and left stuffed to the brim with Basque delights, it’s likely you’re familiar with the Donostia Social Club. They’ll be returning to their south London roots to serve up tapas once more out of The King and Co, Donostia Social Club will settling into a two month residency, helping us see out the colder months with a mix of menu favourites, as well as a few new

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• Warming laksa from Sambal Shiok to arrive on Green Lanes

  

  The arrival of local cafe Blend Harringay was a breath of fresh air to Green Lanes, bringing proper coffee, cakes and a great work and social space to the somewhat barren stretch between The Salisbury pub and Turnpike Lane.

  Blend will now be livening up the area even more when they launches a six month residency from Sambal Shiok, who’ll be dishing up steaming hot bowls of laksa noodle soup from 25 October. The arrival of Sambal Shiok follows their

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• Laksa Kitchen is coming back to Kentish Town for a winter residency

  

  After a previous successful residency, Laksa Kitchen are back in the Tolli Cafe for the winter - and they've brought some new dishes with them too: 

  • Chee Cheong Fun: Steamed Rice Noodles topped with a Sweet Dark Sauce, Chilli Paste, Sesame Seeds and Dried Shallots
  • Duck Egg Char Kway Teow: Wok Fried Flat Rice Noodles with Prawns, Chinese Sausage, Kow Choi, Duck Eggs, Beansprouts,
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• The new chef at P Franco is former Clove Club sous Tim Spedding

  

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  Earlier this year, we popped along to check out chef William Gleave's cooking at P Franco, having heard some seriously great buzz about him on the London food grapevine. Now Gleave has moved on and the teeny kitchen he occupied at the back of this Clapton wine bar has a similarly illustrious chef on

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• Yeah Burger are launching a Slider Bar residency at Off Broadway

  

  Who doesn't love sliders? You can eat them and pretend you're a giant. Or, if your appetite precludes eating more than one normal sized burger in a sitting, they're the perfect way to try more of a menu. So we're stoked to hear that Yeah! Burger are putting on a residency at Off Broadway, but even more pleased to hear it's going to be a slider bar.

  Adam Creissen and Scott Hopkins - the chaps behind Yeah! Burger - both worked in the kitchen at this East London

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• Test Driving Le Bun - French burgers with aplomb off Leicester Square

  The French burger and bun specialists Le Bun have found a new spot to take over. We went to Leicester House to check them out...

• BIB London's wine box pop up returns to Dalston

  

  Bag-in-box wine taproom BIB is coming back to East London for a six month residency, following its popular pop up in November. And this time they're teaming up with chef Harry Kaufman, adding some small plates to the menu.

  Founder Kirsty Tinkler has sourced a range of natural wines available by the glass and carafe. "BIB is about young fresh drinking wines," says Kirsty,

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• Seth Troxler's Smokey Tails settles down on Hoxton Square

  

  You may have caught DJ/'cue obsessive Seth Troxler's BBQ popup Smokey Tails when it last turned up in Hackney Wick or Haggerston. But now Troxler's restaurant is settling down with its first permanent residence, at Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen.

  The new 64 cover Smokey Tails restaurant will be open from lunch onwards (and brunch at the

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• Origins Of takes over the kitchens at Blessing's in Spitalfields

  

  There's a new Middle Eastern-inspired pop up hitting Spitalfields next month. Origins Of is a partnership between longtime friends Abdulla Amin and Hugo Toland (the consultant behind Street Feast). Even the menu's been worked on for three years, starting when Abdulla was living and working in Kazakhstan.

  On the menu you'll find spice infused fried chicken, buttermilk soaked cauliflower florets and their own take on falafel, served on charred flat breads, as a

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• Pizza Pilgrims and Forza win reunite for a month-long Peckham residency

  

  Back at the very beginning of Forza Win, it was the team up between Forza and Pizza Pilgrims which kicked everything off on a Shoreditch rooftop. Now they're teaming up again (as Forza Win get ready to open another restaurant) with a two month residency in Peckham. On the menu

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• CLAW launch winter weekend brunch residency at Fish Market

  

  We've been hearing nice things about popular street food CLAW, so hearing that it's coming indoors for the winter with a residency in the City is good news. They'll be starting a one month weekend brunch residency at Fish Market (just opposite Liverpool St Station) serving up all that lovely seafood they've built their reputation on. Dishes you can expect include Crab Burger with handpicked Devonshire crab, samphire and claw sauce and a Lobster BLT made with

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• STAKEhaus steak & chips takes over the Duke's Head in Highgate for December

  

  Another street vendor is heading inside for December as STAKEhaus lands a month long residency at The Duke's Head. Best known for their steak and chips, they're taking the opportunity to add a festive flavour to their menu, including:

  • Pork, sage and chestnut stuffing balls with apple sauce - £5
  • Festive pigs in blankets - £3.80
  • The main event - 8oz Angus bavette steak
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