Noodles
- Liu Xiaomian take their spicy Chongqing noodles to Carnaby
You've got to hand it to whoever's curating the food offering at Kingly Court at the moment. They're really playing a blinding game. Hot on the heels of having signed up everyone's favourite Filipino spot Donia, they've only gone and persuaded the insanely popular noodle purveyors Liu Xiaomian to make a space on the
... - Kung Fu Noodle serves up hand pulled noodles in Chinatown
There's been a new round of openings in Chinatown and it includes the first live hand-pulled noodle restaurant within the official Chinatown area (Lanzhou Lamian Noodle Bar is apparently just outside the boundary).
Kung Fu Noodle specialises in dishes from China's Gansu province in the North West of the country. On the menu, you'll find a range of hot, cold and soup noodle dishes
... - Marugame Udon are opening at Oxford Circus, St Christopher's Place and Canary Wharf
Updated 5/9/22 with Oxford Circus date
When one door closes, another opens and Londoners have definitely got the better end of the deal with this particular restaurant changeover on Argyll Street.
Taking over the old Garfunkels site, beloved only of confused tourists, is the udon chain Marugame. It'll turn out to be Marugame's fifth opening in quick succession in the city, following their
... - Marugame Udon comes to the O2, their second London restaurant in a couple of months
They've only just launched in Spitalfields in July, but huge udon chain Marugame Udon were never going to stop there. Already, they're gearing up to launch their second London restaurant, this time at the O2.
A taste of what's on offer includes:
- Beef Nikutama - udon with beef and caramelised onions in a dashi broth with a poached
- Koya Ko are bringing their udon to Broadway Market
18/8/21 - updated with opening menu and opening date
Hackney-based fans of Koya will be very happy - they're opening their latest restaurant on Broadway Market (taking over the space where Twigs used to be).
Called Koya Ko, much like the short-lived version at Market Halls
... - Test Driving BAO Noodle Shop - the BAO team win at noodles too
Next up for BAO - they've opened a Shoreditch restaurant where they're specialising in Taiwanese beef noodles. We head down to try them out.
- Carl Clarke is launching the Future Noodles delivery service
7/4/21 - Updated with the launch date
With hits like Chick N Sours and Chik'n in place - chef and restaurateur Carl Clarke is launching his next venture - and this time it's all about pot noodles.
After a successful Kickstarter
... - Marugame Udon picks Spitalfields for its London noodle expansion
Updated 24/3/21 with opening date and more info
It seems the pandemic isn't stopping plans for big new openings in London. Among them will be the huge Japanese udon noodle chain Marugame Udon which has taken a site just opposite Liverpool Street.
The restaurant is all about Sanuki Udon, popular in the Kagawa Prefecture of Japan (and the name Sanaki was what Kagawa was called in the
... - Koya will be delivering udon and dashi through your letterbox
If you've only been getting junk mail and bills in the post recently, then wouldn't a delivery from Koya really cheer you up?
London's top tier noodle restaurant is about to start doing letterbox delivery of its two key ingredients - fresh dashi broth and udon noodles. Koya Mail will send out Omiyage boxes with enough for two generous portions of each made fresh on the day it's posted.
Each box costs £14 and will come
... - Dumpling Shack are opening Fen Noodles hand-pulled noodle bar in Spitalfields
In Spitalfields Market, Dumpling Shack are already doing very nicely in The Kitchens - the mini food hall there in the middle of the market. They've got a reputation as producing some of the best dumplings in London, after all. Now they're about to grow, taking over the space next door to launch Fen
... - Rosa’s Thai Cafe founder to launch noodle bar Hoh Sek
Opening in St Katherine Dock, Hoh Sek will have a menu of Chinese-influenced noodle dishes as well as an evening menu of seasonal mains.
- Get a spicy Sichuan fix at the Liu Xiaomian popup at the Jackalope in Marylebone
Spicy. Numbing. Addictive. If you're into your spicy food and you love your noodles then those three adjectives tell you all you need to know about Liu Xiaomian.
This street food stall was started by Charlene Liu and her flatmate Liu Qian - who are both from Chongqing, a city in South West China famous for its Sichuan food. When they couldn't get the spicy noodles they loved so much at home, they started doing street food in 2017 at Brick Lane Market where
... - Test Driving Koya City: udon bar expands its repertoire for the City
Soho's perenially popular udon noodle bar Koya has expanded to the City. We went along to see how the newer, bigger restaurant was doing.
- Modernist soba and sushi in Temple - we Test Drive Yen
London's legal district has a modernist temple to Japanese cuisine in Yen
- Parisian soba specialists Yen to open a London branch on the Strand
After success in the St Germain de Prés area of Paris, soba specialists Yen are now making the move to London, bringing with them their traditional Japanese noodles, tempura, and a sushi counter.
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