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Test Driving Sarap Filipino Bistro - Heddon Street's latest flavour sensation

Information: 20 January 2022

Following on from his Brixton spot, chef Budgie Montoya has landed at Heddon Street with a bistro version of his Filipino dishes. We went along for the ride.

Camberwell is getting a bouji new grocery, Gladwell's

Information: 19 January 2022

Camberwell residents are soon going to have the perfect place to buy their daily comestibles when Gladwell's opens its doors this spring. The former Grade II listed bank will reopen as a grocery...

Commercial Road's historic Victorian funeral parlour becomes burger bar

Information: 19 January 2022

From Victoria funeral parlour to burger joint, a listed building in Limehouse is coming back to life after years of neglect. Francis J Walters on Commercial Road used to have the most ornate facade,...

Silverleaf will be a destination cocktail bar for The City

Information: 19 January 2022

The City isn't blessed with an abundance of the best cocktail bars right now, but that looks about to change with the latest addition to the new Pan Pacific hotel. The hotel opened before Christmas,...

Flat Iron Square has moved

Information: 19 January 2022

If you've been a fan of Flat Iron Square near London Bridge, then next time you go back be warned that it's now somewhere else. Yes, because of ongoing development in the area, you'll now find them in...

Test Driving Carmel - Berber & Q shifts up a gear in Queen's Park

Information: 18 January 2022

The team behind Berber and Q have a new restaurant in Queen's Park that's something of a departure for them, We went along for a Test Drive.

The Ledbury is reopening

Information: 17 January 2022

Updated 7/2/22 with reopening date and booking info The Ledbury was one of the first casualties of the first lockdown back in 2020, with Brett Graham making a somewhat abrupt decision not to reopen...

Baggio Vegan hit up Walthamstow with their plant-based burgers

Information: 17 January 2022

They've been plying their Amalfi-coast inspired Italian burgers in and around Walthamstow for the past five years, but now father and son team Baggio Burger are stepping things up. Last week they...

One Hundred Shoreditch will have a new seafood restaurant and a Mr Lyan bar

Information: 17 January 2022

17/1/22 - Updated with photos London's Ace Hotel didn't manage to last the pandemic, with confirmation that it had closed permanently back in September. But just because Ace has gone doesn't mean...

Want to know where the restaurant in Boiling Point is?

Information: 14 January 2022

What's Boiling Point? Released to rave reviews, Phil Barantini's one-take, low budget film Boiling Point is set in a fictional restaurant in Dalston and follows a single night in the lives of the...

Test Driving Cafe Deco - a Bloomsbury delight of thoughtful cooking

Information: 13 January 2022

Anna Tobias' first solo venture Cafe Deco has been quietly building a fanbase in Bloomsbury. It was definitely time to make a visit.

Buns From Home's second bakery is now open in Holland Park

Information: 13 January 2022

One of London's hottest new bakeries has just opened a new store, in Holland Park, making West Londoners' plans to diet in January utterly futile. Buns from Home is the passion project of local...

Shan Shui will serve up roast duck and katsu sandos at Heathrow Airport

Information: 12 January 2022

Already popular in Bicester Shopping Village when bargain hunter shoppers need something to revive them for that discount Gucci haul, Shan Shui is getting ready to open its second restaurant - this...

Goila Butter Chicken will be Carousel's first long-term residency

Information: 12 January 2022

If your game was really good during lockdown you might have been lucky enough to try a delivery from Goila Butter Chicken. Mumbai-based celebrity chef Saransh Goila has - and these are their words -...

Duckgate - how Westerns Laundry's duck neck dish went viral

Information: 11 January 2022

It's the dish that made a North London restaurant go viral this week. When Westerns Laundry put up a shot of their stuffed duck neck on their Instagram page, they presumably never thought the story...

Test Driving Ding Dong Dim Sum - dumplings direct to your door

Information: 11 January 2022

If you fancy a dim sum feast at home but don't fancy cooking, this new delivery option could be the answer.

Ottolenghi heads to Chelsea's Pavilion Road for his next deli opening

Information: 10 January 2022

10/1/22 - updated with opening date The foodie hub that is Chelsea's Pavilion Road is soon going to be home to one of Yotam Ottolenghi's biggest neighbourhood delis. The all-day spot will open from...

Yolk brings egg pots and sandwiches to Soho

Information: 10 January 2022

After a first glance at the name, you might expect Yolk to be the latest of London's trend of egg-based restaurants. And while eggs are indeed on the menu, it's actually also about sandwiches or, as...

Gordon Ramsay's looking for future food stars for his TV show

Information: 10 January 2022

The first series of his new TV show hasn't even aired yet, but Gordon Ramsay is already scouting for talent for the second series which is filming this summer. Future Food Stars sees the chef...

Hot Stone relaunches in Fitzrovia as RAI and it's all about omakase

Information: 10 January 2022

Mid-pandemic, Hot Stone launched their second restaurant in Fitzrovia - but now it's getting a relaunch as a completely new restaurant called RAI. Still led by their Executive Chef Padam Raj, It'll be a...

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