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New wine tasting menus for Anna Hansen's Modern Pantry

Information: 29 March 2012

Having enjoyed Anna Hansen's dishes at her recent collaboration with Atul Kochhar at Benares, we're keen to try more of her food and the launch of a series of wine tasting menus at her Clerkenwell...

Best afternoon tea in London award for 2012 goes to The Athenaeum Hotel

Information: 28 March 2012

Looking for a top spot to take a bit of afternoon tea? You could do worse than trying The Athenaeum Hotel on Piccadilly which has just picked up a gong from the Tea Guild for 2012's Best Afternoon...

Pizarro launches Sunday brunches with Iberico burger and starts reservations

Information: 27 March 2012

May the gods that look down on London's diners be praised - one London chef has decided to take pity on those who hate walk-ins only restaurants and start taking reservations. José Pizarro's Pizarro on...

London Adam & Eve gastropub serves up pizza saltier than the sea

Information: 27 March 2012

Would you Adam and Eve it? (sorry - we honestly couldn't help ourselves) A pizza spot, the Adam & Eve gastropub in North London has hit the headlines for selling a pizza saltier than seawater. The poor old...

Vinoteca Soho to open on Beak Street

Information: 26 March 2012

[Updated 26th April 2012] Following hard on the heels of the opening of their second spot in Marylebone, the team behind Vinoteca will be opening a third restaurant in Soho next month. Vinoteca Soho...

Texture's Agnar Sverrisson and Xavier Rousset to open second 28-50 wine bar in Marylebone this June

Information: 22 March 2012

[Updated 15/5/12 - Reservations are now open on 0207 725 1330] The pair behind Michelin-starred restaurant Texture have announced plans to expand their wine-bar offshoot 28°-50° to Marylebone this...

Bar Boulud London launches new BB burger and afternoon menu

Information: 20 March 2012

When Bar Boulud London opened, it quickly became known for featuring some of the best burgers in London, and Hot Dinners has personally tried them enough times to be able to say they're worth the...

Street Kitchen to run Riverford Organic Sunday lunch pop up in Battersea

Information: 16 March 2012

A few summers ago we had the great good fortune to be one of the lucky few at a Riverford Organic roving restaurant event which turned an urban farm in Islington into a buccolic English dining spot...

London restaurant invents The Beast - Britain's biggest burger

Information: 16 March 2012

We're not regular readers of The Sun or Daily Mail here at Hot Dinners, so forgive us for not spotting the story earlier this week about a London burger joint that's come up with the mother, father...

Benito's Hat in King's Cross introduces breakfast menu

Information: 15 March 2012

Everyone's talking about the swanky new concourse at King's Cross station, so why don't you make a trip to look at the architectural wonder (Europe’s largest single span station structure...

British Airways to launch pop-up restaurant with Heston Blumenthal and Simon Hulstone in Shoreditch

Information: 14 March 2012

Last year, British Airways ran a competition to find three "Great Britons" in the fields of cinema, art and food. With all three chosen, they are being brought together in a special pop-up...

Fratelli La Bufala mozzarella restaurant opening on Shaftesbury Ave

Information: 14 March 2012

London already has a few restaurants devoted to mozzarella - Obika opened its second London spot in Canary Wharf just a month or so ago. Now we hear that Fratelli La Bufala are opening their second...

Sonny's in Barnes to reopen as Sonny's Kitchen

Information: 13 March 2012

Following on from the success of Kitchen W8 - the last joint venture between restaurateur Rebecca Mascarenhas and chef Philip Howard - the pair are joining forces for a second venture. They'll be...

DJ James Priestley opening Meter pizza bar at CAMP in Shoreditch

Information: 12 March 2012

The so-called underground house evangelist (yes we had to look him up and that's how the Guardian described him) DJ James Priestley is launching a pizza bar at his Shoreditch music and arts venue...

Taste of London 2012 tickets go on sale with David Chang and Wolfgang Puck attending

Information: 12 March 2012

It's that time of the year again as Taste of London tickets go on sale. This year's event, which takes place every summer in Regent's Park will run from 21-24 June 2012. There are a host of top...

Kyoto chef Yoshihiro Murata to open Chrysan in London

Information: 12 March 2012

[Updated 16/3/12 - we hear from someone who's managed to speak to Murata's team that his London restaurant will be "very simple food" also known as obanzai - the home cooking of Kyoto. Right - be...

The Fattburger Grill Lab pop-up opens in Dalston

Information: 09 March 2012

There's an air of mystery surrounding London's latest pop-up The Fattburger Grill Lab. What we do know is that it's a burger spot taking over The Three Compasses pub in Dalston at the weekends. What...

Le Relais de Venise L’Entrecote expands to Canary Wharf

Information: 08 March 2012

Following on from successful restaurant in Marylebone and the City, Le Relais de Venise L’Entrecote is due to open its next restaurant in Canary Wharf. As with the former restaurants, there is a no...

We chat to Vivek Singh about his new opening, Cinnamon Soho

Information: 07 March 2012

Hot Dinners caught up with Vivek Singh, of Cinnamon Kitchen and the Cinnamon Club to find out what we can expect from his latest place in Soho.

Tickets go on sale for Bompas & Parr's one day space-age installation

Information: 07 March 2012

[Updated 8/3/12 - ticket sales should go live at some point this afternoon] Tickets go on sale tomorrow (8 March) for one day event with Bompas & Parr looking at the food of the future. The pair...

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