Hackney

• Bao's Rice Error and Cocktail Rescue Test Drive

  

  The mighty BAO has entered the food delivery game, with a twist. We take the brand new Rice Error for a Test Drive.  

• BAO launch Cocktail Rescue alongside Rice Error in Hackney

  

  BAO have been very busy of late. They've recently launched their new home-delivery service Rice Error in Borough and Fitzrovia (you can read more about that here - and look out for a Test Drive next week). Now they're getting ready to bring Rice Error to Hackney - but that's not

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• Rice Error, the new rice box delivery service from Bao, is here

  

  Updated 12/5/20 with new location opening dates

  If there's one new delivery venture in London that everyone has their eye on, it's Rice Error from the people behind Bao. First off, here's what they say about the overall service:

  A delivery service brought to you by BAO. Specialising in rice boxes using award-winning Chi Shang rice from Taiwan. The design of the boxes are

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• Hackney now has a roving pub service serving freshly poured pints

  

  Despite the Prime Minister talking about a potential July opening for some hospitality businesses, most people suspect that pubs - particularly those without big beer gardens - will be among the last places to emerge from lockdown. That's a long time to wait for a pint. Which is why East London's Forest Road Brewing Company has come up with an idea.

  Their mobile pub will bring you a freshly poured pint direct to your door. Pint

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• The best food delivery and takeaway restaurants in Hackney

  

  Stuck in the house in Hackney, but desperate for something different to home cooking? We're here to help you choose some of the best.  

• Tonkotsu is back, reopening Tonkotsu East in Haggerston

  

  Tonkotsu is coming back! Yes, that's right, if you've missed their excellent ramen, chicken kara-age, gyoza and so much more, then you'll soon be able to order it for delivery. They're starting with the Haggerston branch for now (which will be staffed by people who live close by), and will review how that goes before launching more branches. 

• Cornerstone is selling its salmon pastrami and trout ham

  

  This weekend, Hackney restaurant Cornerstone had its second birthday. But as they're currently closed for business, it was a bit of a quiet affair, marked only with a post on Instagram by chef and owner Tom Brown.

  While the restaurant itself is closed, clearly Tom wants to keep busy so he's been making his 'sea-cuturie' cured salmon and trout available for pick up from his restaurant. The salmon pastrami and chalk stream farm

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• Timeless cocktail bar launches in Hackney

  Funicular Productions, the creative force behind some of London’s more immersive food-and-drink experiences, are opening a new time-travel-focused cocktail bar in Hackney called Timeless.

• Test Driving Bong Bong's Manila Kanteen - Filipino food in Hackney from the former BBQ Dreamz

  Once they were BBQ Dreamz and now they're focused on their Filipino cuisine. We head up to Hackney Road to try Bong Bong's Manila Kanteen.

• The Water House project graduates from supperclub to restaurant

  After running as a supperclub for a few years, The Water House Project is becoming a new restaurant in Hackney. They'll be serving up tasting menus from an ex Galvin La Chapelle chef. 

• Test Driving Silo - the very model of an no-waste approach restaurant

  

  The arrival of Douglas McMaster's no-waste restaurant Silo has been hugely anticipated. We head to Hackney to see if it can live up to those big expectations. 

• Bong Bong's Manila Kanteen is BBQ Dreamz' new Bethnal Green restaurant

  They started as street food, won TV's Million Pound Menu, popped up all over London and now BBQ Dreamz are settling down in Bethnal Green. This restaurant will bring together the best of their Filipino dishes a well as a very special Sunday feast. 

• Zero-waste Silo comes to CRATE Brewery in Hackney after moving from Brighton

  One of the pioneers of the zero-waste Douglas McMaster is moving his Silo restaurant from Brighton to the first floor of the CRATE Brewery White Building. He'll be putting that zero-waste ethos into everything in the new restaurant with an ever-changing menu. 

• Mama Shelter comes to London, opening in Hackney

  

  Originating in Paris, Mama Shelter has spread throughout the world and has finally landed in London too. If you're unfamiliar with them, they're best described as cut-price accommodation with a bit of party central downstairs, all from the family that co-founded Club Med. We stayed in the Paris Mama Shelter earlier this year and found it to be a very handy base in the

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• Yard Sale Pizza are opening on Hackney Road - and they're bringing calzones

  With pizza restaurants in Finsbury Park, Clapton, Walthamstow and Leyton - it's now time for Hackney Road to join the Yard sale Gang. And there are some new calzones on the menu...