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Tonkotsu Mare Street will serve up seafood ramen and okonomiyaki

Information: 06 January 2015

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,...

West Thirty Six grill house hits Golborne Road

Information: 05 January 2015

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...

Kerbisher EC1 fish and chip shop to open on Rosebery Avenue

Information: 05 January 2015

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 sushi and robata grill restaurant set for St Martin's Lane

Information: 31 December 2014

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...

Haché launch their Sunday Roast burger

Information: 31 December 2014

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...

Hot Dinners Readers' favourite new London restaurant of 2014

Information: 30 December 2014

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...

Smoky, messy - what's not to like? We Test Drive Smoking Goat

Information: 30 December 2014

In a tiny room off Denmark street some pretty amazing (and fun) food is being served up.

United Ramen plan one-off New Year's Day ramen hangover cure

Information: 24 December 2014

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...

Morelli's Gelato opens in Covent Garden

Information: 23 December 2014

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...

Little H Californian style deli/cafe opening in Parson's Green

Information: 22 December 2014

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.

The Dairy launches The Bloodshot Supperclub series of late night dinners

Information: 22 December 2014

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...

Brooklyn Bowl London puts on a special Elvis menu for the Elvis at the O2 exhibition

Information: 19 December 2014

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...

Bar Boulud introduces Sunday brunch and a new Brunch Burger

Information: 19 December 2014

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...

Nanna's cafe and pantry to open on St Paul's Road, Islington

Information: 16 December 2014

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...

Boozy late night sandwich joint - our Test Drive of Max's Sandwich Shop

Information: 16 December 2014

When we first tweeted out the picture of the ham, egg and chips sandwich on Twitter, it received a lot of attention. "Filth" and "obsesssion" were two of the keywords being bandied around. Well this...

Neil Rankin brings dirty food to the City - we Test Drive Bad Egg

Information: 16 December 2014

With the success of Smokehouse behind him, Neil Rankin tries his hand in the City with a new egg-based restaurant.

Holborn gets a Japanese-Italian fusion restaurant with Beiriso

Information: 15 December 2014

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...

Oka fusion restaurant coming to the first floor at Kingly Court

Information: 15 December 2014

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...

Food YouTube stars Cupcake Jemma is opening Crumbs & Doilies at Kingly Court

Information: 15 December 2014

It's all go at Kingly Court with the news that two new places are opening their doors before the end of the year. One of those is Crumbs & Doilies by baker Jemma Wilson. Wilson worked at the Dover...

Crosstown Doughnuts open pop-up shop at Piccadilly Circus tube station

Information: 12 December 2014

There's now a very good reason to want your daily commute to take you through Piccadilly Circus - doughnut purveyor Crosstown Doughnuts have just opened a pop-up shop there. This is the first time...

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