Chinatown

• Sichuan restaurant ZhangLiang Malatang hits London

  

  A Hot Dinners exclusive 

  It's all go in Chinatown with the latest new opening being one of China's big chain restaurants (there are over 5000 of them), ZhangLiang Malatang.

  It's a serve yourself Sichuan restaurant, with mala tang soup as the base.

  Just browse and select the ingredients which, overseas, range from options like crab legs, fish balls and

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• 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

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• The Eight is Shaftesbury Avenue's new Hong Kong style tea restaurant

  

  Just opened on Shaftesbury Avenue is Hong Kong-style tea restaurant, The Eight. It's apparently inspired by Hong Kong's 1950s-style tearooms - think greasy spoon meets diner. This new restaurant is serving up all manner of Hong Kong treats like:

  • Abalone wanton noodle
  • Rice wrapped in omelette with wagyu beef
  • Rickshaw noodles.

  “The tea rooms

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• Chinatown's Joy King Lau calls it a day

  

  After almost three decades of serving up some of London's best-loved dim sum dishes, Chinatown restaurant Joy King Lau is closing its doors.

  Announcing the news in an Instagram post this week, the restaurant revealed that it was closing on 3 July and that "the current team will all be

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• TikTok favourite Bun House opens in Camden Market's Hawley Wharf

  

  They're already a viral sensation for their Cantonese steamed buns, now Chinatown's Bun House are getting ready to bring those buns north to Camden.

  Opening today in the Hawley Wharf food hall, they'll be serving up their most famous creations alongside some brand new dishes including:

  • Sticky salt lime chicken nuggets
  • Crispy shiitake nuggets with house ranch
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