Covent Garden

• Host Coffee are bringing sustainable but fun coffee to Covent Garden's Henrietta Street

  Covent Garden gets a new coffee shop from a duo that started their business as an Old Street pop-up

• Test Driving Sibarita - wine, cheese and charcuterie in Covent Garden

  There's a new wine bar in Covent Garden by the same people behind Encant. And it's all about the cheese and charcuterie too. We check it out. 

• P.F. Chang's comes to London with their Asian Table in Covent Garden

  They're pretty huge in the States and now P.F. Chang's is coming to London with their new concept. Expect an Asian brunch and drinks from the people behind Worship St Whistling Shop. 

• Flesh & Buns prepares to relaunch with a new party menu and bigger bar

  Covent Garden has got a hot new party venue as Flesh & Buns prepares to relaunch with a new look and menu

• The London Magnum pleasure store is back in Covent Garden - double-dip ice-cream goodness

  

  Double. Dipped. Magnum ice-creams. If that's music to your ears, is then you'll be wanting to make a beeline for Covent Garden during the next heatwave, where the hugely popular Magnum Pleasure Store pop-up is set to open for the summer.

  If you can get over the 50 Shades-esque name, then head to Earlham Street in Seven Dials, where you'll be able to choose from 20 toppings and

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• Test Driving Henrietta - an Anglo-French marriage made in heaven

  Ollie Dabbous teams up with the Experimental Group for a match made in heaven

• The Oystermen Seafood Bar and Kitchen (and its happy hour) is coming to Covent Garden

  After a 10 month residency in South Kensington, the oyster experts have found a permanent home in Covent Garden to serve up the shellfish every which way, as well as heaps of British seafood, wine, champagne and a very attractive Happy Hour offer…

• Sibarita is Covent Garden’s new Catalan wine and cheese bar from Encant’s Victor Garvey

  After wowing Londoners with his Catalan food at Encant and Bravas Tapas, Victor Garvey has teamed up with his dad to open another restaurant on Maiden Lane. This time, it’ll be a laid back wine and cheese bar, with tapas and plenty more to enjoy.

• Petersham Nurseries opens The Petersham and La Goccia restaurants in Covent Garden

  Petersham Nurseries is making the leap from Richmond to central London and they're not doing things by half. They're launching two restaurants, a lifestyle home and garden shop and a delicatessen with a wine cellar AND a florist.

• Jimmy Doherty will be serving up cones of potatoes in Covent Garden

  

  If you’re partial to a cheeky bit of Escape to the Wild, perhaps with a plate of nourishing carbs balancing atop your lap, perhaps this may interest you - Jimmy Doherty will be hosting a special potato-themed event to celebrate the start of Jersey Royal season. 

  The ‘Just Jerseys’ pop-up, which is sponsored

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• Chick n Sours launches the huge Macho Nacho burger

  

  Now THAT's a burger. News has just reached us of this very special burger going on the menu at Chick n Sours for the whole of March. It's the Macho Nacho Burger and is "fried thigh, Chengdu chicken, kimchee cheese, Vietnamese pickles". Plus, profits from the £12 burger will go to the Cook for Syria fund. So you might want to start planning when you're popping down for one now.

  The Macho Nacho Burger is on the menu at

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• The Five Pork Burger is back at Hawksmoor

  

  After having seen the above photo, it's pretty much the only thing we want to eat now. It's the majestic Five Pork Burger that's now back on the menu at Hawksmoor Seven Dials. 

  And all that pork comes from:

  • A Tamworth pork patty
  • That's topped generously with pulled pork
  • Adding sausage meat stuffing
  • A couple of slices of smoked
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• Covent Garden’s Masala Zone relaunches new menu and cocktail bar

  

  Christmas shoppers in Covent Garden who want to warm up with something spicy can now avail of curries, thalis and more at the freshly relaunched Masala Zone. The Covent Garden branch has just had a massive makeover, complete with a new menu and cocktail bar.

  Some of the new dishes include

  • Idiappam Seafood Biryani with rice noodles, prawn, squid, curry leaf, coconut
  • Egg Kottu Paratha
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• Ferrero Rocher are popping up in Covent Garden with a pre-Christmas dessert bar

  

  You know it's Christmas when you start seeing Ferrero Rocher ads on the TV - but that's not enough for the nutty chocolates this year, they're having a pop-up in Covent Garden too. 

  As to what you'll get from the experience - you can expect a tasting plate of five mini hand-crafted desserts, curated by Cuisson's chef Paul Hannagen. And then - of course - you'll round things off with a Ferrero

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• Tandoor Chop House is coming to Covent Garden

  

  The latest from the people behind Eggbreak in Notting Hill is coming to Covent Garden next week. They're launching Tandoor Chop House which, as the name suggests, is a cross between a British chop house and a North Indian "communal eatery". 

  Much of the cooking will be based around their three big tandoor ovens which will be the focus of the room. From those, you can expect:

  • Tandoori masala chicken  - half corn
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