Soho

• Heritage is a Swiss-inspired restaurant in Soho (there will be fondue)

  This Soho restaurant has a Swiss-inspired menu that means quite a lot of tableside theatre will be involved - from Raclette dips to fondues and grill-your-own-food charbonnades. 

• Coqfighter pick Soho's Beak Street for their first central London restaurant

  Having built up a fanbase at the Boxparks in Shoreditch and Croydon, street food traders Coqfighter are hoping they have the chops to take on central London.

• Shaun Presland, top Aussie sushi chef is opening Pacific in London's Soho

  

  It's been common knowledge for a while that Australian chef Shaun Presland had his sights set on opening a restaurant here in London, called Pacific. 

  If you're wondering why this is big news, well Shaun's a hugely well-respected Aussie chef, who's spent years learning about Japanese cooking from some of the best Japanese chefs in the world. Oh, and he also spent seven whole years just learning about sushi. Most recently he was executive chef at Sake

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• Martha's is bringing American food, jazz and drag to Soho

  Taking over the spot once held by Jackson And Rye, this is a retro-styled restaurant with American food and revue acts. 

• Robata on Old Compton Street is serving up Japanese izakaya dishes in Soho

  

  Soho's latest opening is a Japanese izakaya-style spot. Robata, which officially opened its doors on Old Compton Street today, is a project from entrepreneur Sonny Huang whose family has two Chinese restaurants in Birmingham.

  Sonny has teamed up with designers turnerbates Design & Architecture to come up with this Japanese pub serving up dishes cooked over the open robata grill. On the menu you'll find:

  • Soft Shell Crab bao with spicy mayo, green
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• CHIK'N comes to Soho - the fast-food fried chicken restaurant from Chick n' Sours expands

  The people behind Chick n' Sours are bringing their fast food fried chicken spot CHIK'N to Soho's Wardour Street. Expect their usual top class fried chicken sandwiches and some new additions to the menu too.

• SOW is the next bowl food restaurant to hit Soho

  

  SOW is kicking off a new bowl food brand in Soho - and they've a menu from an award-winning chef. 

• Burger and Lobster's Taittinger brunch features a Champagne Train running along the bar

  

  Now we know there are plenty of fun police out there who hate the idea of gimmicks. But we are not among them and, frankly, this latest conceit at Burger & Lobster sounds like an absolute hoot.

  The Soho branch of the restaurant group has teamed up with Taittinger to launch the Champagne Train - where flutes of champagne are served by a train rolling down a 9m model railway track on the bar itself.

  It's their version of the bottomless brunch. So

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• On The Bab opens on Soho's Archer Street

  

  It's all go for On The Bab. The Korean street food spot has moved from Marylebone to Soho and opens today on Archer Street, replacing owner Linda Lee's Mee Market.

  The new Soho restaurant will serve up the usual bibimbab, bao, dumplings and Korean fried chicken that the group has become known for. But there'll also be a few new things on the menu, exclusive to Soho - including a Korean-style wrap - stuffed with rice, vegetables and kimchi and your choice of bulgogi

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• A modern approach to Turkish cooking - Test Driving Yeni in Soho

  Yeni sees a top Turkish chef open in the heart of Soho. We head down to take a look.  

• Fatt Pundit is bringing their Indo-Chinese food to Soho

  Momos will take centre stage at Fatt Pundit which is inspired by the Indo-Chinese food found in Kolkata.

• Asma Khan talks about her episode on Netflix's Chef's Table

  

  25/2/19 - updated with Asma's charity details

  We've known for quite a while that London's very own Asma Khan was going to be the star of the upcoming Netflix TV series but were sworn to secrecy until Netflix deemed it time to go live with the info. And, honestly, we just couldn't be more pleased. Asma's rise to star restaurateur and chef status hasn't been an easy one, as she tells us below, but it's most

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• Caffeinate while you shop when BEAR opens in Jack Wills' Soho branch

  Next time you pop into Carnaby Street’s Jack Wills, BEAR’s new in-store cafe will be on hand to ensure you’re fueled up with coffees, croissants or if it’s after 5pm, a glass of something stronger while you flick through the rails.

• Test Driving BaoziInn - dim sum and Sichuan dishes in Soho

  We try out BaoziInn's Newport Street restaurant for some very colourful dim sum and Sichuan cuisine.  

• Test Driving L'Escargot - the Soho institution still has it

  This classic French restaurant is a Soho stalwart and is still getting raves. We popped along to see why L'Escargot is still a Soho hit.