Hackney

• Supper club turned restaurant - we Test Drive Pidgin

  We head over to Hackney to try out the supper club turned restaurant from James Ramsden and Sam Herlihy. 

• Lobster Bar brings lobster benedict, lobster rolls and more to Hackney

  

  It seems that London's love affair with lobster knows no bounds - and now a new venue offering everything from lobster benedict to lobster rolls is coming to Hackney.

  The appropriately-named Lobster Bar will open in Richmond Road - already home to the popular Lardo and Raw Duck. The team behind the popular Ivy's and Little Ivy's, Cristine Leone and Christina Lahaniati, say their latest venture

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• Ex Hedone chef Lee Skeet sets up residency at Hackney Empire

  

  Now this looks like an interesting residency - on for four weeks only. Lee Skeet was head chef at Hedone and has also worked with Marcus Wareing and Tom Aikens before that. It's his second residency since popping up at Carousel and this one will be all about fish. The menu will change depending on the day's catch, but the draft one does look pretty good indeed:

  • Baked oyster, bone marrow and
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• Supper Tub brings cocktail, canapes and hot tubs canalside in Hackney

  

  We can't begin to tell you how much money we'd need to spend our evening with complete strangers in a hot tub sipping cocktails in our swimming cossies. But, on the offchance that some Hot Dinners readers will think "Hey that sounds right up my street", here's what you need to know about Supper Tub.

  As the name suggests, it's a hot tub popup taking place in Hackney. Either book a tub for you and 7 mates or take pot luck with a pair of tickets. Then

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• Patty & Bun head east to Mentmore Terrace by London Fields

  

  When a Hot Dinners reader mentioned to us on Twitter that Patty & Bun had their eye on an East London arch, we went into investigation mode. Turns out the popular burger bunch have taken over a spot on Mentmore Terrace in London Fields, just beside E5 Bakehouse. And while the space is primarily intended as a prep kitchen for their two restaurants and truck -

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• Test Driving revamped Hackney gastropub The Richmond

  Elliot's Brett Redman has teamed up with Margaret Crow to bring a new lease of life to this pub in Hackney. We take a look.