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- Old Chang Kee are now delivering their curry puffs across London
Old Chang Kee's Singaporean curry puffs have a lot of fans (pre-lockdown, they sold 1.5 million of them worldwide every month), and have been very popular here thanks to their restaurants in Covent Garden and Fitzrovia. But if you've been missing those curry puffs, then you'll be very pleased to hear that they're now being delivered all across London.
The puffs are frozen (hence the
... - The Athenian goes plant-based for their latest souvlaki deliveries
More and more restaurants are going delivery-only during the lockdown, but we haven't seen quite as many vegan restaurants make the move, so far. One that is shifting is souvlaki merchant, The Athenian. They're launching a whole new delivery service on Deliveroo called Athenian Plant-Based (really on-the-nose with the naming).
On the menu, they'll have, available as a wrap or in a
... - Selfridges launch DIY food kits to keep you busy, including halloumi, bacon and more
Have you been furloughed and currently have a little more time on your hands? Selfridges think that now might be the time to kick off a project or two, so they have a range of food kits to get stuck into at home.
First up are the cheese-making kits - four kits with everything you need to make
... - Peckham's Coal Rooms are back as Fat Boy BBQ (bringing their Sunday roasts too)
Peckham's Coal Rooms are back - but not quite as they were before the lockdown. While the main restaurant is closed, they've just launched a new spin-off called Fat Boy BBQ. As you might imagine, it's all about American-style BBQ food. On the menu they're promising:
- Dirty South Short Rib (Korean BBQ glaze and red chilli pickles)
- The Peckham In & Out Burger (Single
- The Good Egg are now doing a Bake Your Own Babka kit
Right up there among some of London's very best baked delights is the chocolate babka from Stoke Newington's The Good Egg. But if you've been missing your babka fix since the lockdown began, then The Good Egg have your backs. They've just launched a Bake Your Own Babka Kit to let you recreate it all at home.
The kit comes with everything you need - flour, sugar, yeast, butter, egg, chocolate chips - and chocolate
... - Leon has launched its new delivery service, Feed Britain
They may have closed all their London restaurants, but now Leon are back with a completely new service that delivers right across London. Called Feed Britain, they're looking to make it easier for people to order essentials, including ready-cooked meals, while also supporting the produce industry and the NHS.
The new service covers three areas - essentials, fruit & veg and family meals - just choose which
... - Dominique Ansel Bakery extend their Cronut delivery range for Easter
In the past few weeks, we've seen more and more restaurants, cafes and bakeries open all over town, offering delivery for the first time. But every so often there's something that you really want but you just happen to be outside the delivery zone. Well, if a Cronut is what you crave, then Dominique Ansel Bakery is here to help.
For the Easter weekend, they're extending delivery to a much wider
... - The Feelgood Food Feed - cheery news during the coronovirus crisis
If you're looking for news stories to take your mind off the awfulness of the current coronovirus crisis, you've come to the right place. Here's what the food world are doing to make things just a little bit better. - Monty's Deli are running a salt beef bagel delivery service
We'll be honest, we completely missed this news when it was first announced - but if we didn't know, there's a good chance you didn't either. So think of this as a public service announcement.
Many restaurants are looking at various inventive ways of surviving during the current crisis, and we rather like the route that Monty's Deli has chosen.
Arguably they're best known for
... - Get beer from your favourite London restaurants at home, including Bao, Salon and more
The latest lockdown version of "let the restaurant come to you" comes from delivery beer company Biercraft. They've teamed up with a pretty impressive list of restaurants, creating cases featuring the very beer that they used to serve in the restaurants they supplied pre lockdown.
First up is the
... - The Clarence in Stoke Newington kicks off a delivery service with pies, dauphinoise & more...
Just pre-lockdown, we wrote about new pub The Clarence, which saw a Stoke Newington institution taken over by the people behind the much-loved Anchor and Hope. Alas, then came the lockdown and they managed only five days trading before
... - Test Driving Le Marche des Chefs hampers - Hot Dinners At Home
With every restaurant in London shut (except for those doing deliveries), their suppliers are looking for new customers. The good news is that London's foodies are the beneficiaries.
- Cyber Fest - a virtual beer fest - is coming
Obviously, there aren't and festivals happening right now - particularly beer festivals. But that isn't stopping beer delivery service Beer 52. They're launching a virtual beer festival, Cyber Fest, where you can drink along at home.
You'll be able to order the beers in advance (12 of them) and the virtual festival takes place between 6 and 10pm on 17 April, live-streamed online. There will be virtual, back-to-back tastings and
... - The Cheese Bar kicks off a mac n cheese delivery service
In these trying times, comfort food is really where it's at, and Camden's The Cheese Bar is certainly delivering on that. As well as sending their Cheese Truck all around London on a mission to deliver cheese, they've also converted the Camden Cheese bar to be a delivery hub for mac n cheese, called MacDaddy.
There are six types on the menu, which
... - Officina 00 in Old Street starts delivering pasta and Instagram pasta masterclasses
After opening last year, Officina 00 has won plenty of praise, not least a rave review by Marina O'Loughlin in The Sunday Times. But if you've been missing your Officina fix since the lockdown, they're about to re-open, this
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