Special dishes

  • The McDonald's Heist menu is back, bringing in more menu items from around the world to the UK

    McDonald's are known for having some very different items on the menu in other countries, and last year decided to bring some of them to the UK. That was such a massive hit that they're getting ready to do it all again. 

    The next "Heist" menu is bringing over eight more dishes from across the world. Here's what's coming your way. They all start from 19 September, but some are more limited than others:

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  • For the end of Lime Bike Summer comes a special salad collab

    Look, we all know it's been a Lime Bike summer. What better way has there been to get around town (and avoid the hideous fug of the tube or bus) over the past few heatwaves than zooming through the capital on your e-bike? And now there's a collab for the dying days of the summer that seems like a match made in heaven.

    Lime have teamed up with cool salad bar group atis for a special lime-accented salad bowl that's going to be on sale for the next two weeks. The atis x Lime edit features a double portion of blackened chicken, spinach, roast new potatoes, edamame and peas along with

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  • Hawksmoor and YouTuber Calfreezy have teamed up to create "The Burgurr"

    Firmly in its 20th anniversary celebrations this year, Hawksmoor is getting ready to unveil a big new burger collab across all their restaurants in August. 

    They've teamed up with Callum Airey, best known as Calfreezy, to launch the limited-edition Burgurr. If you're not sure who Calfreezy is, he's one of the UK's biggest food and drink YouTubers (he's also big on Instagram). He's been reviewing fast food and burgers across the world and often gives out a Golden Burger award if something really deserves it. So the team-up with Hawksmoor is very much him putting his

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  • Special dishes, collabs and limited editions in London's restaurants

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    One-offs, limited editions, special menus and more are hitting London restaurants all the time. We'll be updating this page regularly with the very best special new dishes as they appear, so you can make sure to grab them before they're gone.  

  • Market Place Vauxhall launches doggy Guinness for National Pet Day

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    We're assured that this isn't a very late April's Fool. Instead, South London food hall Market Place Vauxhall is getting in on the two big London trends - having a dog and splitting the G - for National Pet Day.

    They've come up with quite the wheeze - a miniature pint of Guinness for dogs. But before you start calling the RSPCA over animal cruelty you should know that the drink is actually a doggy bone broth that's topped with

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  • Where to find wild garlic in London's restaurant this spring

     

    Ramsons, wild garlic - call it what you will this forager's favourite is all across London menus at the moment. We've picked a selection of restaurants serving it up right now.

  • Fastelavn's carnival of cream buns hits Ole & Steen

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    If you've never tried a Fastelavn Festival Bun, or are an expat Dane wanting a hit of home, then this month Danish bakers Ole & Steen are the place to go.

  • Stormzy is the first person to do a UK McDonald's Famous Order

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    A few days ago Stormzy posted a receipt from a McDonald's on his Instagram stories leading to a McFlurry of speculation (sorry) on what that meant. Well, it turns out that he's the first person in the UK to create one of the burger chain's Famous Orders. The concept's been going for a while now in the States where folk like Travis Scott or Mariah Carey reveal their favourite menu orders at McDonald's. Mariah's partial to a

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  • London's 2024 Christmas food specials - pizzas, cocktails, croquetas and more...

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    From brussels sprout pizzas to Bailey's dessert baubles - it's time for our guide to all the Christmassy specials that are hitting London restaurants now.

  • Simon Rimmer and Tom Kerridge team up for a charity Sunday Brunch burger

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    If you fancy trying the combined culinary efforts of a TV host and Michelin-starred chef then you'll need to head to Chelsea this month. Sunday Brunch host Simon Rimmer and chef Tom Kerridge have pooled their creative talents to create a burger that's being sold throughout November for charity.

    ‘The Everyday Sunday Brunch’ burger is a beast of a burger and features a patty topped with cheese, Lyonnaise

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  • Alley Cats Pizza are putting Thomas Straker butter dough balls on the menu

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    What happens when two viral food businesses get in bed with each other? We're about to find out as Alley Cats pizzeria has just joined forces with TikTok butter merchant (and restaurateur) Thomas Straker.

    If you haven't been to Alley Cats already it's easy to find it when meandering through Marylebone - it's the place with the perma queue outside. For the rest of the month, they'll be adding Straker's Burnt

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  • Don Koko kicks off pizza vs taco evenings with a What Willy Cook vs SG Lewis face-off

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    Updated 10/5/24 with soft launch info

    Friday nights in Camden are kicking off. Starting this summer Cafe KOKO - the Italian eatery attached to the iconic music venue - is having a series of face-offs between pizza and tacos. The menu, created by the restaurant's Executive Chef Andreas Engberg (La Petite Maison, The Arts Club) sounds great, but we're particularly interested in the limited edition slices and tacos

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  • Real Housewives of Clapton have a January special with Yard Sale pizza

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    If their Insta feed was literally the only thing keeping you sane over the Christmas hols, then you'll be glad to hear that meme mistress The Real Housewives of Clapton now comes in pizza form.

    The Insta account has teamed up with Yard Sale Pizza for a January collab that is 100% something we can get behind. The Glut & Glory is "a half-and-half 18” monster" that will work whether you're hitting 2024 on a health kick or carrying on as

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  • Shake Shack are doing an Ikoyi burger - for one day only

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    One of London's best restaurants is going into business with US burger folk Shake Shack for a one-day-only special. Two Michelin-starred restaurant Ikoyi (also No 35 on the World's 50 Best Restaurants List) normally costs £300 per person if you want to eat there. But for a single day, anyone can pop into Shake Shack and order the burger they've collaborated on.

    The Ikoyi burger will be a cheeseburger topped with

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  • Yard Sale and Chuku's are teaming up for a jollof-base pizza

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    Having hit the news for securing a $10k donation from Beyoncé after she performed just up the road, Tottenham restaurant Chuku's is keeping up the heat with a new collaboration with Yard Sale Pizza. And we'll confess, we fancy this a LOT.

    The ‘Lagos Heat’ pizza, which hits Yard Sale's Tottenham and Walthamstow branches this month is topped with spicy, smoked Lamb Asun (peppered with ginger, garlic, red

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