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Residency
- Ling Ling's is the next residency at Islington wine pub Godet with Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean influences
Last seen at The Bluecoats in Tottenham, Ling Lings have another long-term residency lined up, this time in Islington. They're taking over the kitchen at wine-led pub Godet.
It's led by chef Jenny Phung, with a menu that draws both on her Chinese heritage and her time in her own parents' takeaway restaurant. On the menu here, you'll find Chinese cooking
... - Keshia Sakarah from Caribe is behind The Pilgrm's next interesting chef pop-up
You might have clocked The Pilgrm Hotel as an ideal spot to kill some time during a train delay/strike at Paddington Station; or even a place to stay the night. Here’s another good reason: their next chef-in-residency series will feature Keshia Sakarah, author and founder of Caribe, a Caribbean dining concept that’ll take over the hotel’s first-floor kitchen for seven weeks. It follows hot on the heels of the three-month residency
... - Spice bags come to Peckham with the arrival of Scaldy
Spice bags are bigger than ever in London and the number of places to get them is expanding. Scaldy, already in residency in the City, are coming to Peckham.
If you haven't yet come across a spice bag, here's what you need to know. Kicking off in the mid-2000s, spice bags have now become A Very Big Thing in Ireland - essentially they're a bag of chips with fried chicken and vegetables,
... - Luke Moody and Layla Morris win a Brixton Market residency with their Durban Curry House
It was the competition that helped launch Adejoké Bakare's Chishuru, which became one of London's best restaurants, and now Brixton Village has announced the winners of its 2025 incubator competition.
The prize this year goes to chefs Luke Moody and Layla Morris's Durban Curry House, with food that's a take on the Indian-inspired
... - Test Driving New York's Dante bar takeover of Claridge's
The arrival of one of New York's great bars to takeover the restaurant at Claridge'shas made the hotel dining room an absolute scene. We made it our business to go down and try a cocktail or two.
- A Mexican/Sri Lankan residency is coming to Paradise Soho
Sri Lankan cooking, Mexican street food, a fun night out in Soho? You can tick all three off your wish-list at once, thanks to a pop-up called Miris y Maíz. It all takes place at Paradise Soho, and the cooking comes from Dom Fernando (the man behind
... - Joyeta Ng is bringing her take on Cantonese cooking to a residency at "mu"
As you'll know from our guide to London's best pop-ups and events, there are some excellent residencies all over London right now. But one in Dalston deserves particular highlighting, we thought.
Joyeta Ng has a very impressive list of restaurants in her CV, including two two-Michelin-starred restaurants, Den in Tokyo and Kitchen Table in London as well as The
... - Mitch and Ben Tonks are taking over the Donovan Bar in Mayfair for the summer
Together they run one of the UK's best seafood restaurants. The only trouble for Londoners is that you have to travel all the way to Devon usually to try their food. But this summer Mitch and Ben Tonks from The Seahorse in Dartmouth are running a three-month residency in Mayfair. The father and son duo's residency is at The Donovan Bar at Brown's Hotel in the heart of town, aimed at bringing their amazing seafood to central
... - Test Driving Tasca at Cav, a perfect pairing for East London
An extremely talented duo are behind Tasca, the first, year-long residency to take over the kitchen at new Bethnal Green bar Cav. We went down to be wowed by the food and drink on offer there.
- Paddy Wok is Deptford's new Irish spice bag residency
Perfectly timed to coincide with St Patrick's Day, London is about to experience the true culinary delights of the spice bag, courtesy of Paddy Wok. For those of you who've not been lucky enough to try one before, the Irish spice bag is a mixture of chips, crispy chicken, peppers and onion coated in a mixture of Chinese spice and chilli.
The man behind this is Cathal Farrelly who moved to London for university. "One of
... - Trullo is popping up with a three-month residency at Harvey Nichols
Up until now, there's only been one Trullo, one of Islington's best restaurants, leaving aside its sibling restaurant Padella, of course. But now, at least for a short while, a second Trullo outpost is coming to Knightsbridge.
The restaurant is kicking off a three-month
... - Tasca brings a year-long Spanish and Portuguese residency to Bethnal Green
We've already brought you the news about Cav, the bar opening in Bethnal Green, but now we know a lot more about the kitchen residency that's going to be a part of it for the first year.
Tasca is all about the food of Portugal and Spain and comes from Head Chef Josh
... - Ling Ling’s heads to Tottenham's The Bluecoats for a full time residency
The roaming supperclub turned residency Ling Ling's has found a new full-time home in the heart of Tottenham for its next residency. It's going to be running the food side of things at The Bluecoats, just down the road from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
If you haven't managed to catch chef Jenny Phung and her partner James Shepherd at their various previous pop-ups, then you're in
... - Dough Hands pizzas set up residency inside Nunhead's The Old Nun's Head
You might have caught them as they've been popping up all over London before settling down for a residency in Hackney's Spurstowe Arms. Now Dough Hands is heading south for a second residency, this time in Nunhead.
Setting up shop in The Nun's Head pub, Dough Hands comes from pizza chef Hannah Drye who has been working on creating her own personal style of pizza. The focus for her
... - Ivan Ramen is back in London with a residency at The Ned
A year after his longish residency in Islington won him legions of London fans, top ramen chef Ivan Orkin is back in town with another residency. This time he's heading into the City with a two-month stay at The Ned. The chef, who runs the highly-rated Ivan Ramen in NYC and has been the subject of a Netflix Chef's Table episode, will be presenting a special menu at The Ned's Kaia restaurant.
There will be four new ramens on
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