Taiwanese

• BAO are going back in time with £3.50 baos for their 10th birthday

  

  Lord knows that London is not the cheapest of cities to live in. Add that to the general cost of living crisis we're in and we're all, bar a few billionaires, feeling the pinch. So the news that everyone's favourite bao slinger BAO are turning back the clock 10 years on their prices has to be worth a few air punches.

  It's all part of general celebrations being held for the restaurant group's 10th birthday. For the next month

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• Kung Fu Mama Taiwanese noodle bar picks Covent Garden as its launchpad

  

  What do you get if you pair up the co-founder of Ottolenghi with the founder of a noodle empire? It turns out that a Taiwanese noodle bar in Covent Garden is the answer. The business duo in question are Noam Bar-Chang (Ottolenghi's right-hand man) and Chris Hsu the man behind the best-selling Taiwanese noodles brand in the UK, Kung Fu Mama. They've gone into business to open a noodle bar on Long Acre that'll focus on

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• Good Measure is Daddy Bao's new underground bar in Tooting

  

  Tooting folk looking for a new drinking hole are about to get one in the form of a Taiwanese subterranean bar. Good Measure is opening downstairs from popular spot Daddy Bao and will serve up cocktails with a Taiwanese twist.

  The owners have taken inspiration from Taipei's cocktail scene where bars pop up in the most unusual places. Here, in the former storeroom, you'll be drinking

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• BAO King's Cross

  The best of BAO and bakery goods too. 

• NYC's Eddie Huang brings Baohaus' Taiwanese buns to London

  

  They've previously brought over Ivan Orkin's Ivan Mazemen for a popular residency and now Neighbourhood in Islington are getting ready for another US import. This time it's the turn of NYC chef and TV personality Eddie Huang (who also created the hit TV show Fresh Off The Boat). 

  He's bringing over the restaurant that first brought him to fame in New York, Baohaus. It was a

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• Chinatown's new popup space gets wheelcake vendors Dragon Cat Café as its first residents

  

  It's hard taking your first step up the restaurant ladder, doubly so if you're looking to open anywhere in Zone 1. Which is why Chinatown has just launched a pop-up space that's all about giving fledgling food businesses a leg up.

  They've carved out a spot right in the heart of Chinatown on Little Newport Street which will be used to give emerging brands a chance to showcase their wares on a busy West End

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• Test Driving Din Tai Fung at Selfridges - soup dumplings and robots hit Oxford Street

  

  With robot waiters and their legendary soup dumplings, this in-store restaurant seems a sure fire hit.

• Cafe Bao is Bao's King's Cross all-day bakery and it's all about Yōshoku cuisine

  For their fourth opening, in King's Cross, the folk at BAO have decided to switch things up with an all day cafe serving breakfast for the first time and with its own bakery.

• Rice Error's guest boxes kick off this week with Junya Yamasaki

  

  We've already been impressed with Bao's new Rice Error delivery service, and this week it's about to get even better. 

  As part of their international guest chef series, they're launching a limited guest box. Things are kicking off in style with the

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• Rice Error, the new rice box delivery service from Bao, is here

  

  Updated 12/5/20 with new location opening dates

  If there's one new delivery venture in London that everyone has their eye on, it's Rice Error from the people behind Bao. First off, here's what they say about the overall service:

  A delivery service brought to you by BAO. Specialising in rice boxes using award-winning Chi Shang rice from Taiwan. The design of the boxes are

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• Bao Borough

  Taiwanese cult favourite hits South London

• BAO Borough has new bao buns, a grab and go hatch AND a karaoke room

  BAO will be opening their third restaurant in Borough and this time, they're promising something a little different.

• Taiwan's Monga Fried Chicken are opening their first UK branch in London's Chinatown

  Popular Taiwanese fried chicken chain Monga have chosen London's Chinatown for their first European branch.

• Test Driving Din Tai Fung - the dumpling powerhouse hits London

   

  With all the hype over the opening of their first London restaurant, could Din Tai Fung live up to expectations? We went to check out the famous Taiwanese dumpling chain's Covent Garden restaurant.

• Bao and Bing is serving up Taiwanese street-market food in Marylebone

  This addition to Marylebone is inspired by the street-markets of Taiwan, and there's quite a lot more to it than bao buns (but they appear too). Expect waffle-like wheelcakes made to order and alcoholic ice lollies in the downstairs bar.