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Now this is a menu we can get on board with - it's what's on offer at J Sheekey's for their summer lobster fest. The seafood restaurant so beloved of the stars has teamed up with The National...

City workers who fancy the idea of having fresh pasta at lunch should look out for Scarpetta opening up on Cannon Street in the next fortnight. They're aiming to serve up pasta made with semolina...

Update 5/8/14 - read more about the Colony Grill Room at the Beaumont. Chris Corbin and Jeremy King continue to have success after success, particularly with their most recent openings Fischer's,...

The retail strip of Oxford Street is a cut-throat place. But one of the ways department stores can distinguish themselves from their competitors on the road is through their food and drink offering...

Mexican restaurant Wahaca is branching out with a new long-term residency that's starting at the Truman Brewery this July. It will be inspired by Mexico City (Distrito Federal) and will serve...

Opening up in Camden in just a few weeks time is Bayou - an all day Creole restaurant. Here's what you need to know about it.  

Love it or loathe it, the World Cup starts today and for the next four weeks it's not going anywhere. Even if you're firmly in the 'loathing' camp there's plenty to take advantage of at London...

The 2014 Taste of London festival kicks off on Wednesday 18th June and to celebrate Cellar Gascon are going to be featuring a ‘Best of Taste’ menu at Cellar Gascon over the Summer from Wednesday. The menu...

How cute is this? Last year we had the Wimbledon-themed tennis bombe at Mayfair restaurant 34. This year you can try this New Balls Please dessert on the menu at Black Vanila's Wimbledon-themed pop up...

That William Shakespeare was a wise old goat. After all he did come up with the line "Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers." (Yes we can Google Shakespeare food quotes along with the...

Updated 10/6/14 with dishes and opening date The original Barrafina in Covent Garden is one of Soho's most revered (and hard to get a seat at) restaurants. We've long been watching the development of the...

We go to the 24th floor at Tower 42 to try the latest restaurant from the very busy Jason Atherton - City Social.

To be honest, when we first had someone tell us about 'musubi' we hadn't an earthly what they were. Happily the folk behind Broadway Market stall Mr Musubi were only too pleased to enlighten us -...

To tie in with the release of Chef - Jon Favreau's new movie about a chef quitting his job to start up a food truck business and rediscover his passion for cooking - London's Patty&Bun have come up...

Hot Dinners popped along to a screening of Chef this weekend and caught up with writer/director Jon Favreau afterwards who had some interesting things to say about how chefs view critics. As a...

Updated 7/6/14 with photo and opening date London has had its fair share of rotisserie chicken joints and with Nando's having such obsessive fans it's a brave person who steps into the fray with a...

Footballers are pretty keen on opening restaurants. There's Gary Nevile and Ryan Giggs' Cafe Football in Westfield Stratford (which is a LOT better than you'd expect). Rio Ferdinand owns the...

Heston Blumenthal takes on airport food with his Perfectionists' Cafe at the new Heathrow Terminal 2. We went along to try Heston's fast food...

A good pub, handsomely restored is always a thing of joy, but there are a few more compelling reasons to be interested in the reopening of The Adam & Eve on Homerton High Street. Matt Chatfield of...

Award winning chocolatier Paul A Young has announced his latest collaboration with Churchill's port. Launched last week, the partnership sees Paul's fine chocolates matched with a series of rare and...