Taiwanese

17/3/26 - updated with the opening date

Around this time last year, one of the founders of Ottolenghi teamed up with the owner of a Taiwanese noodle brand to open the first Kung Fu Mama in Covent Garden. It must have been a good year for them as they're opening a follow-up restaurant, this time in Canary Wharf. 

The plan is to follow the same approach as the original, use Kung Fu Mama's sun-dried noodles as the base of a number of noodle dishes. So you can expect

Lord knows that London is not the cheapest of cities to live in. Add that to the general cost of living crisis we're in and we're all, bar a few billionaires, feeling the pinch. So the news that everyone's favourite bao slinger BAO are turning back the clock 10 years on their prices has to be worth a few air punches.

It's all part of general celebrations being held for the restaurant group's 10th birthday. For the next month

What do you get if you pair up the co-founder of Ottolenghi with the founder of a noodle empire? It turns out that a Taiwanese noodle bar in Covent Garden is the answer. The business duo in question are Noam Bar-Chang (Ottolenghi's right-hand man) and Chris Hsu the man behind the best-selling Taiwanese noodles brand in the UK, Kung Fu Mama. They've gone into business to open a noodle bar on Long Acre that'll focus on

Tooting folk looking for a new drinking hole are about to get one in the form of a Taiwanese subterranean bar. Good Measure is opening downstairs from popular spot Daddy Bao and will serve up cocktails with a Taiwanese twist.

The owners have taken inspiration from Taipei's cocktail scene where bars pop up in the most unusual places. Here, in the former storeroom, you'll be drinking

The best of BAO and bakery goods too. 

They've previously brought over Ivan Orkin's Ivan Mazemen for a popular residency and now Neighbourhood in Islington are getting ready for another US import. This time it's the turn of NYC chef and TV personality Eddie Huang (who also created the hit TV show Fresh Off The Boat). 

He's bringing over the restaurant that first brought him to fame in New York, Baohaus. It was a

It's hard taking your first step up the restaurant ladder, doubly so if you're looking to open anywhere in Zone 1. Which is why Chinatown has just launched a pop-up space that's all about giving fledgling food businesses a leg up.

They've carved out a spot right in the heart of Chinatown on Little Newport Street which will be used to give emerging brands a chance to showcase their wares on a busy West End

With robot waiters and their legendary soup dumplings, this in-store restaurant seems a sure fire hit.

For their fourth opening, in King's Cross, the folk at BAO have decided to switch things up with an all day cafe serving breakfast for the first time and with its own bakery.

We've already been impressed with Bao's new Rice Error delivery service, and this week it's about to get even better. 

As part of their international guest chef series, they're launching a limited guest box. Things are kicking off in style with the

Updated 12/5/20 with new location opening dates

If there's one new delivery venture in London that everyone has their eye on, it's Rice Error from the people behind Bao. First off, here's what they say about the overall service:

A delivery service brought to you by BAO. Specialising in rice boxes using award-winning Chi Shang rice from Taiwan. The design of the boxes are

Taiwanese cult favourite hits South London

BAO will be opening their third restaurant in Borough and this time, they're promising something a little different.

Popular Taiwanese fried chicken chain Monga have chosen London's Chinatown for their first European branch.

With all the hype over the opening of their first London restaurant, could Din Tai Fung live up to expectations? We went to check out the famous Taiwanese dumpling chain's Covent Garden restaurant.