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Earlier this month, the much-loved McDonalds McRib made a return to London. We haven't yet had the chance to try it again (not sure whether we want to risk a chance we'll tarnish childhood memories)...

As London emptied out for Christmas, there was one new restaurant we kept seeing on our Twitter and Instagram feeds. Everyone, it seemed, was heading for the new Mayfair restaurant Kitty Fisher's. In the...

If you were watching Saturday Kitchen this weekend you may have spotted Tonkotsu's executive chef Ken Yamada showcasing his new dish of seafood ramen. As he explains, the dish featuring king prawns,...

Looks like West Londoners are doing pretty well for interesting openings on the food front. In the same week that John Doe (which opened its doors on Golborne Road in October) got a great write up...

  Popular fish and chip chain Kerbisher & Malt has built up a reputation for its food south of the river over the past four years. Now it's expanding to East London with the opening of its fifth shop, on...

Murakami is a contemporary Japanese restaurant that is set to open on St Martin's Lane this January. Taking over what used to be Jamie's Wine Bar, Murakami will specialise in sushi, sashimi and...

Seems there's just enough time to squeeze one more burger story into 2014. This is the Sunday Roast Burger by Haché who have come up with this burger/trad roast mashup. Instead of a bun the meat...

We've tallied up the votes, over 1000 of them, and are ready to reveal your favourite restaurant (or café in this case) of 2014 - and it's something of a surprise, we have to admit. Over 230 new and...

Fully intending to have a large night out on New Year's Eve? Maybe you should plan ahead and get yourself a ticket to United Ramen's New Year's Day Ramen Hangover Cure. On New Year's Day the...

From Broadstairs via Bahrain to Covent Garden - Morelli's Gelato opens its doors on the Piazza today. This is the company's first London standalone store (you can also find them in Harrods) and...

Opening in the New Year is Little H in Parson's Green. Sounds like it's just the kind of place to kickstart your healthy eating programme come January.  

Looks like the BackBench at Koya now has competition as one of the hardest seats to get in town. From January there's going to be serious interest in the four seats going on sale every month for the...

This, my friends is the Shake, Rattle and Roll milkshake, inspired by Elvis' favourite sandwich, which is being served up at Brookyn Bowl at the O2 in honour of the recently launched Elvis at The O2...

New Year. New burger. This rather decent looking patty is what's going on the menu at Bar Boulud in Knightsbridge as they introduce a Sunday brunch menu from January. They'll be opening earlier than...

The food revolution of St Paul's Road in Islington continues and as we're locals to the area, we're very happy for it to carry on. We've recently seen the addition of pan-Asian takeaway Tootoomoo...

Londoners might remember the ill-fated Shumi in St James which tried to introduce us to the joys of an Italian-Japanese fusion cuisine but only lasted 18 months, helped towards its demise by a slew...

A year after they opened their first restaurant in Primrose Hill, Oka are expanding with a second one further into town. Billed as serving "seasonal traditional Asian food with a modern twist" Oka...