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- Japanese Italian restaurant Aiko launches in Chancery Lane
Slipping under the radar slightly, a new restaurant which is a fusion of Italian and Japanese cuisine has just opened its doors on Chancery Lane. On the menu at Aiko are bento and fresh curries during the day for around £10 (all available to take away too) and then the evening menu showcases the fusion a little more. For that, current dishes include:
- Robata of Beef with Scamorza, risotto with Sake and fresh
- Margaux owners to open Provencal restaurant Bandol in Chelsea
Back in 2013 a rather interesting wine bar, Margaux opened its doors in Fulham, billing itself as a gastro wine bar. Fast forward two years and Margaux is now the hangout for the likes of Pippa Middleton & Co and the owners are planning a second venture in Chelsea.
Bandol will feature a menu of Nicoise and Provencal sharing dishes. Husband and wife team Sylvia Kontek and Vittorio Monge have brought in Zsolt Ferencz from Scott's.
Dishes on the menu will
... - som saa kicks off its plans to go permanent with crowdfunding
Update 9/9/15
And it's reached the crowdfunding goal after only two days - making £700k. Very impressive!
Original article follows...
Climpson's Arch has had plenty of its long-term residents go very big when they opened their own places - the
... - Yoshihiro Murata returns to London with Tokimeitē in Mayfair
He may hold seven Michelin stars across his three Japanese restaurants, but top chef Yoshihiro Murata found the London market slightly harder to break into than he may have expected. His first attempt, in 2012, with Chrysan lasted just six months. But the chef has brushed himself off and returned to these shores for a second venture.
Tokimeitē will open this autumn in Mayfair and is owned by JA Zen-Noh Group which is the business arm of Japan’s largest agricultural
... - Former Hakkasan chef to open Vietfood on Wardour Street
Wardour Street is hotting up and the arrival of Vietfood sounds like just the ticket. It's a new restaurant from Michelin-starred chef Jeff Tan who was the Head Chef at Hakkasan Mayfair for its first three years.
The two floor restaurant will focus on the streetfood side of Vietnamese cuisine - so there'll be bowls of Pho or Bun - made from sixteen hour simmered bone marrow stock or chicken broth - choose from fillet steak with garlic Hainan style or maybe spicy
... - Tim Anderson to open Nanban izakaya and ramen shop in Brixton
03/09/15 - updated with soft launch dates
After a much-anticipated wait, Tim Anderson has announced the opening of Nanban, his first restaurant in Brixton.
Situated on Coldharbour Lane, Nanban Brixton will be a combination izakaya and ramen shop. Diners can stop in for a quick bowl of noodles, or stay a little longer to enjoy a range of dishes to share, along with plenty of good Japanese beer
... - Heston Blumenthal gets ready to re-launch The Fat Duck in Bray
It's the twentieth anniversary of Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck so, after taking a bit of a holiday in Melbourne, he's back in Bray and getting ready to relaunch the restaurant. Lots more information is being revealed - so what can diners expect..?
Is the menu
... - 8 Mount Street takes over from Le Chabanais
It's au revoir to the Parisian brigade of Inaki Aizpitarte and his partners and bonjour to a new team at the restaurant formerly known as Le Chabanais. The Mayfair spot is now being renamed as 8 Mount Street and reopens today with a completely new chef and management.
Taking over the kitchens is head chef Adrian Miller .Running front of house will be Scott McCaig (previously at Hix at the Albermarle) who'll be taking over from Kevin Lansdowne who has also
... - Celebrate National Burger Day with our roundup of new London burger joints
Yes, my patty loving friends - today is your day - National Burger Day. Over at their official website find details of the hundreds of places all over the UK offering a 20% discount today. And below - we've brought together a host of recent stories involving London burgers for your delectation.
Sod the diet
Red's True BBQ opened in Shoreditch in July bringing with it the Donut Burger which has two patties, cheese, bacon and crispy onions
... - Botanical Indian restaurant Flora Indica comes to Old Brompton Road
Flora Indica has not one. but two cocktail bars alongside a restaurant that is aiming to have British/Indian food with a botanical influence.
The Head Chef, Sameer Taneja, has worked at Benares - he'll be looking to create Indian dishes "inspired by the sprawling orchards and gardens of India". Both a la carte and tasting menus are planned in the 70 seater lower ground restaurant and planned dishes
... - Anna Hansen reveals details of the new Modern Pantry in Finsbury Square
5/915 - Updated with soft launch details
City folk looking for a new destination for morning meetings can stop searching now. We've got the news on Anna Hansen's new place and it sounds like a doozy.
The queen of brunch - the Modern Pantry is deservedly one of London's most popular spots for the meal - is opening a second restaurant in Finsbury Circus. The new restaurant will
... - Vietnamese supperclub host to open CôBa barbecue restaurant on York Way
Updated 7/9/15 with soft launch details and opening date
We love a good entrepreneurial story here at Hot Dinners and the tale behind a new Vietnamese barbecue restaurant opening around the back of King's Cross is right up there. CôBa which will open this Autumn on York Way is the brainchild of Vietnamese-Australian Damon Bui who's built up quite the reputation through his
... - Chinese hot pots for Chinatown with Shuang Shuang
A new restaurant is on the way to London, coming from Fah Sundravorakul, who used to own restaurants in Thailand. He's bringing a hot pot restaurant to Chinatown.
Obviously, expect a big focus on hot pots. That's a pot of stock which will be sunk into the table and used to cook all manner of ingredients.
And there will be several broths to put in that pot. They will be:
- Bird Berry (made from a rare
- Brompton Food Market duo take on Kensington pub The Hour Glass
Well here's a pub opening we're pretty darned excited about. The Hour Glass pub is getting two new owners - Luke Mackay and David Turcan, who currently run Brompton Food Market. And if the food offering at the pub turns out to be anything like the stuff we've had from their deli then this might be worth crossing town for.
Luke has form for taking on pubs and turning them into something special, having already done this with well regarded country pub The Royal Oak
... - The Truscott Cellar modern wine bar to open in Belsize Park
Updated 24/8/15 with soft launch details.
The folk behind the award-winning gastopub The Truscott Arms are branching out, opening a wine bar in Belsize Park. The Truscott Cellar, which opens in June, will be a modern wine bar with food by their chef at The Truscott Arms Aidan McGee. The 60 seat bar is being designed by Michel Schranz Design and Architecture and will be on two floors.
McGee is putting together a menu of small British plates
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