Chinese

• 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. 

• Andrew Wong's Bloomberg Arcade restaurant, Kym's, is closing for good

  

  It's almost two years to the day that we first gave Hot Dinners readers a first look inside Andrew Wong's new City restaurant Kym's. Now, the sad news is that the Bloomberg Arcade restaurant is not going to be reopening.

  In a post on Instagram, the restaurant said: "It is with a heavy heart that we have decided not to

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• Murger Han head to The City for their third Xi’an restaurant

  

  Murger Han, the Xi’an restaurant with restaurants in Mayfair and Euston is expanding. This time they're heading east to the City for their third restaurant. 

  As in its other incarnations, they'll have a menu of Xi’an dishes made to family recipes with the Biang Biang noodles and the murgers themselves (slow-cooked meat in flatbread) being the biggest draw.

  Also on the menu will

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• Din Tai Fung returns to Covent Garden, delivering dumplings, noodles and more...

  

  We are seeing rather a lot of restaurants making their return to London right now. And next up are the hugely popular Din Tai Fung in Covent Garden.

  It's delivery only, of course, so you won't be able to see the artists at work creating the xiao long bao dumplings (it's so soothing - we could watch that for ages) and indeed, it doesn't seem that the soup dumplings available at

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• Dumplings' Legend reopens for business delivering xiao long bao and more

  

  Well now, this is welcome news. Given how much Chinatown suffered in a drop off in trade the weeks before lockdown, any signs of revival there are doubly appreciated.

  So we're delighted to reveal that one of our favourite hangouts in London, Dumplings' Legend, is back up and running.

  The restaurant announced yesterday that it had moved to delivery, with "Stir-fry and Xiao long Bao and our

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• Lucky and Joy settle down, bringing their Chinese-inspired food to Clapton

  After pop-ups and residencies across town, Lucky and Joy are settling down in Clapton. Expect the usual Chinese-inspired food and drink in a restaurant with a kitsch feel. 

• Test Driving BaoziInn Borough - three floors of Chinese roast meats and dumplings

  

  BaoziInn have just opened their flagship restaurant in Borough with three floors devoted to Chinese dishes. We went along to try it out.

• Test Driving Wun's - a 60s-style Hong Kong late night spot you won't want to leave

  

  The team behind Bun House have turned this, their first restaurant in Soho, into a late-night drinking dive where the food and cocktails compete for your attention.