Filipino

• Belly is a new Kentish Town bistro serving up Filipino & European dishes by candlelight

  

  Restaurateur Omar Shah is a busy man right now. The man behind Ramo Ramen and Mamasons has just opened two new businesses in Kentish Town - Hoodwood and Cafe Mama & Sons which are a Caribbean takeaway and Filipino/Japanese bakery respectively. Now he's taking the space that used to be Ramo Ramen on Kentish Town Road and is turning into Belly, a new neighbourhood bistro.

  The candlelit bistro will serve up a

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• Filipino bakery and cafe Panadera is opening in Soho

  

  Updated 21/4/25 with opening date and more details

  A few weeks back, we wrote about how Filipino bakery Panadera was being forced to close in Kentish Town. Owner and co-founder Florence Mae talked then about "operational challenges" but now it transpires that she

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• Turo Turo is going permanent with its Filipino barbecue food with a restaurant in Tooting

  

  29/10/24 - updated with the opening date

  Most recently Turo Turo has been running as a popular food residency at Holborn pub The Queen's Head. But everything's about to change this autumn with the opening of its first permanent restaurant, in Tooting. It's taken over the old Good Neighbour site on Tooting High Street where it'll be opening a Filipino Barbecue and Grill.

  The man behind is chef

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• Panadera are opening a second bakery, next to Selfridges

  

  3/9/24 - updated with the opening date

  They're one of the best bakeries in London, so news that Filipino bakery Panadera was expanding was always going to be of interest. Now we know where they're opening their second place - right around the corner from Selfridges. The new home on Picton Place puts

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• Test Driving Donia - the best of British produce with Filipino flair in Carnaby

  

  Donia in Kingly Court takes inspiration from Filipino food, using British produce with European flourishes. We went down to see how that translates in practice. 

• The Mamasons team are opening Donia at Kingly Court in Carnaby

  

  Two years after opening their hugely popular Filipino bakery Panadera in Kentish Town, the powerhouse duo behind that and Mamasons, Bintang and Guanabana are heading to Carnaby for their next restaurant.

  Donia is taking over the space in Kingly Court left vacant by Imad's Syrian Kitchen's departure. Hot Dinners tracked down co-founder Florence Mae Maglanoc, who's in charge of this particular project, to

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• Sarap's Budgie Montoya brings Filipino BBQ skewers to Market Halls Oxford Street with Apoy

  

  Filipino restaurant Sarap finished its run on Heddon Street at the end of 2022 and, since then, the restaurant has been looking for a permanent home. In the meantime, after an appearance on Great British Menu, chef Ferdinand ‘Budgie’ Montoya

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• Popular Filipino bakery and coffee house Kapihan is coming back to Battersea

  

  Updated 13/1/23 with opening date

  When Filipino coffee house and bakery Kapihan closed their doors in Battersea back in October 2021 their departure was met with genuine sadness from the legions of fans they'd built up during their stay there. But, having spent the intervening period travelling and gaining inspiration, the team - consisting of siblings David, Nigel and Rosemary Motley along with

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• Sarap Filipino restaurant is looking for a permanent home in Carnaby

  

  Its currently a Heddon Street residency. but Filipino-inspired restaurant Sarap is looking for a permanent home, and is using crowdfunding to get it done. 

  If successful, it'll be a good track record for the 10 Heddon Street springboard site which has once been home to previous pop-up to permanent restaurants Manteca and Fallow. For the new restaurant, owner Ferdinand

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• KiliG introduces a Filipino-Colombian menu to Deptford

  

  We've had plenty of Filipino/Mexican mashups, but a new Deptford restaurant, KiliG is bringing London a blend Filipino and Columbian cuisine that we are definitely up for.

  KiliG's name comes from the Tagalog expression for "inexplicable joy and happiness" and the restaurant takes its inspiration from the Filipino and Colombian roots of owners Anjelica Serra and Ivan Ruiz, who have run a group of

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• Test Driving Sarap Filipino Bistro - Heddon Street's latest flavour sensation

  

  Following on from his Brixton spot, chef Budgie Montoya has landed at Heddon Street with a bistro version of his Filipino dishes. We went along for the ride.

• Sarap Filipino Bistro takes over 10 Heddon Street in Mayfair with whole suckling pig on the menu

  

  It's been big in Brixton - now Ferdinand "Budgie” Montoya is bringing Sarap into central London. Sarap Filipino Bistro will be the latest place to take over at 10 Heddon Street, a site that has previously held both Manteca and Fallow on extended stays before they became permanent restaurants. 

  Budgie's new Mayfair restaurant is being described as an "evolution" over the

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• Kasa & Kin is a new Filipino cafe and restaurant in Soho from Romulo Café

  

  The people behind Kensington's Romulo Café & Restaurant are coming to Soho for their next opening - Kasa and Kin.

  This will be a combination of all-day restaurant & bar, bakery and patisserie, all centred in Filipino cuisine. At this stage, we know more about what will be happening with the pattiserie. On that menu will be pandesal bread

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• Rapsa launches a Filipino taco pop-up in Selfridges

  

  Hoxton's Rapsa has made a move into the centre of London - as a pop-up in the Selfridges food hall. The Filipino restaurant has launched a six-week pop-up in the food hall, with a focus on Filipino tacos and frozen cocktails. 

  It's led by chef Francis Puyat (previously Ottolenghi and NOPI) who says "“Filipino cuisine has some of the punchiest Asian flavours thanks to our native

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• Jollibee's Filipino Fried chicken is coming to Leicester Square

  

  30/4/21 - updated with the opening date.

  While we don't think the queues are going to be quite as long (over 10 hours) as the ones when they opened in Earl's Court, the news that Jollibee is opening on Leicester Square should

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