Chinese

• The Eight is Shaftesbury Avenue's new Hong Kong style tea restaurant

  

  Just opened on Shaftesbury Avenue is Hong Kong-style tea restaurant, The Eight. It's apparently inspired by Hong Kong's 1950s-style tearooms - think greasy spoon meets diner. This new restaurant is serving up all manner of Hong Kong treats like:

  • Abalone wanton noodle
  • Rice wrapped in omelette with wagyu beef
  • Rickshaw noodles.

  “The tea rooms

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• Juk Pou brings congee and youtiao to the Greenwich Peninsula

  

  London streetfood fans searching for the next hot thing to get their teeth into are going to need to head out to the Greenwich Peninsula . Joining the ranks of traders at the Design District Canteen is newbie Juk Pou. Their USP? They're congee and youtiao street food specialists.

  Founders Shiqi Liu and Stan Yang were inspired by their childhood food memories to come up with the concept which marries Chinese

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• Chop Chop by Four Seasons is opening underneath The Hippodrome at Leicester Square

  

  They already have three restaurants in Chinatown but Four Seasons are adding a fourth, just around the corner, when they open a new contemporary Chinese restaurant underneath The Hippodrome casino.

  The new concept, Chop Chop by Four Seasons, is part of a slew of new openings at the casino in the coming months, including an unnamed cocktail bar. Chop Chop will be in the lower ground floor of the building

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• Tattu Chinese restaurant comes to London in a revamped Denmark Street

   

  2/3/22 - updated with more opening details

  We've already had Six by Nico and the upcoming Mowgli, now another out-of-town restaurant group is looking to make a stamp on

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• Test Driving Mimi Mei Fair - 1920s Shanghai comes to Mayfair

  

  Step back in time to 1930s Shanghai at this opulent Chinese restaurant in Mayfair. We popped along to try it out.

• Jinli bring their Sichuan hotpots and more to Camden's Mornington Crescent

  

  It's been two years since they opened their flagship restaurant in Chinatown. Now Jinli's Chendu-born restaurateur Yi Fei is heading to North London. He's just opened the restaurant group's fifth restaurant, on Camden's High Street by Mornington Crescent.

  On the menu you'll find a range of dishes, with a focus on Sichuan cuisine, including:

  • Sliced fish in hot chilli oil
  • Braised beef
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• Three Uncles bring their Cantonese roast meats to Camden's Hawley Wharf

  

  As news trickles out on what's opening at the Hawley Wharf food court in Camden, it's gradually becoming one of the more interesting new London openings of the autumn.

  The latest to announce their arrival are Three Uncles. They've already built up a large fan base for their

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• MiMi Mei Fair is an opulent Chinese restaurant from the team behind Jamavar

  

  The restaurateur behind Jamavar and Bombay Bustle is opening another Mayfair venture in September. This one’s called MiMi Mei Fair and will evoke the opulent wonders of old-world China.

• Tofu Vegan plant-based Chinese restaurant opens in Islington

  

  Plant-based restaurants and vegan are starting to hit the next level of late. No longer simply "vegan restaurants", they're becoming focused on the style of food first, which is seeing a broader range of vegan options available. Islington has recently seen the arrival of Rudy's Vegan Diner on Upper Street (as well as the long queues for their Vegan Butcher) and now, just up the road, Tofu Vegan

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• Occasions by Hakkasan is their new nationwide-delivering meal-kit

  

  They were one of the first out of the gate on the first lockdown, selling locally through Supper, and now Hakkasan (getting close to its 20th anniversary) are going nationwide (kicking off with London-wide to start).  

  Their new box is Occasions by Hakkasan, which comes with everything you need - even down to a bamboo steamer for the dim sum - for a finish-at-home meal that's aiming

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• London restaurants delivering for Chinese New Year - feasts, meal kits, buns and more...

   

  Just because we're in lockdown, it doesn't mean that you can't celebrate the Lunar New Year properly. As the Year of the Ox dawns, here are the restaurants that are pulling special meals together.

• Poon's are popping up with a Chinese New Year wontoneria at Joy at Portobello

  

  The return of legendary Chinese restaurant Poon's to London with a popup in 2018 was a huge success. Now they're back with a two day pop-up at Stevie Parle's Joy at Portobello Docks.

  Amy Poon, daughter of Bill Poon, is planning to open her own permanent restaurant in London, but while those plans are

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• The Red Duck is a new neighbourhood Chinese restaurant for Balham

  

  This Balham Chinese restaurant has a strong focus on sourcing along with celebrating the very best in Chinese cooking (with a view to training more chefs in the techniques too). 

• HUŎ in Chelsea is a new restaurant from the ULI Notting Hill team

  

  The ULI team take their brand of Southeast Asian food to Chelsea

• Test Driving Park Chinois at Home - Mayfair luxe direct to your door

  

  Badly fancying a taste of Mayfair during the lockdown? Well, the delivery service from Park Chinois offers a bit of luxury direct to your door.