Soho

• Magnus Reid from Legs is behind the menu at The Perception at W London

  

  It's all change at the W London just off Leicester Square, as they've just opened a new bar and lounge called The Perception.

  And while the bar and their cocktails do look impressive, it's their new "dining series" which is the most interesting. They'll be hosting long residencies there, where they recruit top chefs to come and take over the menu. And first up is Magnus Reid, the man behind

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• Beachy Barca vibes in Soho - we Test Drive Rambla

  Chef and restaurateur Victor Garvey is doing what he does best - giving Londoners a true taste of Spanish hospitality

• Sushi (but not as you know it) from Inigo on Great Windmill Street

  If you're wondering why Inigo's hand rolls are different, picture something shaped more like a sushi burrito and you wouldn't be far off. They'll also be using Japanese-style ingredients not oft seen in a traditional sushi, like wasabi peas, macadamia nuts and broccoli.

• Kricket are bringing an Indian brunch to Soho

  

  We're big fans of Kricket, so find ourselves very interested indeed about their upcoming Sunday brunch plans. Kicking off later this month, here's what's being added to the menu:

  • Egg Bhurji – spicy scrambled eggs on toast, served with lardo, Berkswell, red onion & sourdough
  • Kichri – smoked haddock, raw egg yolk, lentils and rice, topped with pickled cauliflower (their take on Kedgeree). A Kricket take on 'bacon and
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• ICHIBUNS are bringing wagyu burgers and ramen to Soho

  The somewhat oddly named ICHIBUNS is the latest restaurant from the folk behind Nobu, Busaba Eathai etc. This one's a bid for a roll-out, featuring burgers, rolls, ramen and more on the menu. 

• Seven courses of wallpaper-themed dining awaits you in Soho, courtesy of Pedro Passinhas

  

  Off the Wall & Onto the Plate sounds a bit Willy Wonka-esque if you ask us, but that’s the name of a new ‘decor-inspired’ pop-up coming to Soho’s The House of Wallpaper. So yes. The menu is entirely inspired by wallpaper. All seven courses of it.

  But what, exactly, constitutes food that is wallpaper-esque? Leave it to experimental chef Pedro Passinhas who’s managed to dream up

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• Farm Girl brings superfood lattes, smoothie bowls and coconut BLTs to Soho

  After getting off to a strong start in Portobello Road, aussie health food chain Farm Girl has teamed up with stylish activewear mavens Sweaty Betty to provide the health conscious with their choice of guilt-free grub, plus a bar with fairtrade vodka and biodynamic wines. Well, It is Soho, after all.

• Soho restaurant Flavour Bastard - yes, really - will bring "cuisine-agnostic" dining

  Soho, get ready - Flavour Bastard (no, really) is coming and it’s got a menu full of packed with big ideas and intriguing combinations of international flavours, like white lentil and chorizo donuts, which all seems to suggest that its bite *could* match its bark.

• All the dumplings, please - we Test Drive Ugly Dumpling

  They've graduated from street food to permanent restaurant - we head over to Carnaby to check out Ugly Dumpling's new spot. 

• Crab, crab and yet more crab at Marylebone’s Fancy Crab

  Fans of shellfish will be keen to get to this new all-day concept restaurant in Marylebone where red king crab is the order of the day, every day.  If that's not enough to lure you in, then there’ll be other seafood delicacies and two bars as well.

• Bufle is bringing bubble waffles and cocktails to Soho

  Bubble waffles are probably the trendiest dessert around at this moment, and Bufle is the latest spot to dish them out to Londoners. Expect matched cocktails too. 

• Ben and Jerry's is popping up in Soho for the Summer

  

  Ben and Jerry's are setting up shop in Soho for the summer with their Summer in Soho ice cream shop and they're celebrating the only way they know how - by giving away free ice cream. Because, let's face it, who DOESN'T like free ice cream. 

  So if you want to grab a scoop (they think they'll be giving away more than 2000) then head down there on Thursday. And you can even try one of their new flavours like Sweetest

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• Fiz brings pop up bubbles to Brewer Street’s Lights of Soho

  

  Lights of Soho, Brewer Street’s neon art gallery, is set to get a new sparkling wine bar for the summer by the name of Fiz, inspired by the cava bars of Barcelona.

  Rather than requiring people to commit to a single pricey bottle, as is often the case in champagne bars, Fiz will encourage visitors to sample multiple different types of bubbly. There’ll be around 10 varieties to choose from, with bottles from England, Austria and Portugal,

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• Chin Chin Club brings nitrogen ice cream and cakes to Soho

  

  7/6/17 - updated with launch details

  If you've been to the original Chin Chin Lab in Camden, you'll already be very familiar with the made-in-front-of-you-with-nitrogen ice-crem delights that they have to offer. So you'll be VERY happy to know that they're expanding to Soho with a cake and ice-cream

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• Bao are bringing Xu Taiwanese restaurant to Soho

  

  28/4/17 - Updated with opening date

  What: Xu

  In a nutshell: Taiwanese restaurant from the people behind Bao

  Summing it all up: Bao have been one of the big success stories in London. Now the team behind it are opening their third restaurant, an upmarket Taiwanese restaurant in Soho.