Chicken

  • Jollibee's Filipino Fried chicken is coming to Leicester Square

    Jollibee's Filipino Fried chicken is coming to Leicester Square

    30/4/21 - updated with the opening date.

    While we don't think the queues are going to be quite as long (over 10 hours) as the ones when they opened in Earl's Court, the news that Jollibee is opening on Leicester Square should

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  • Korean fried chicken Pelicana is coming to London

    Korean fried chicken Pelicana is coming to London

    News reaches us of another big fast-food chain making inroads in London - and the first branch is opening this week. 

    Pelicana is pretty big elsewhere, with over 3000 branches selling their Korean fried chicken. The first UK restaurant is landing at Hammersmith Broadway shopping centre followed soon after by Angel (June), Wimbledon (July) and Clapham Junction (September). 

    Looking

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  • Patty&Bun spin-off Sidechick is becoming a real restaurant

    Patty&Bun spin-off Sidechick is becoming a real restaurant

    One of the developments we're seeing as we emerge into a post-lockdown world is that some formerly delivery-only businesses are getting ready to launch real life restaurants. The latest of these is Patty&Bun spin-off Sidechick, which is actually opening on James Street, just a few doors down from the original Patty&Bun.

    If you're unfamiliar with Sidechick, they

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  • Chick n' Sours bring their new meal kit to the nation

    Chick n' Sours being their new meal kit to the nation

    They've been serving up chicken burgers throughout the lockdown (we've had more than a few from the Islington CHIK'N) and now David Wolanski and Carl Clarke's Chick 'n' Sours is getting into the meal kit game. 

    They've created the "All in" (£50) to recreate the whole Chick n' Sours eating in experience, with the kit featuring:

    • 2 chicken
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  • Wing Wing brings their Korean chicken and beer to Chinatown

    wing wing korean food for chinatown

    The latest Wing Wing, its flagship restaurant, is coming to a big new space on the edge of Chinatown - with Korean fried chicken alongside draft beer (and eventually karaoke too). 

  • Quality Wines launch Arrosto - their Italian spit roast chicken delivery arm

    quality wines arrosto chicken delivery

    Physical restaurants may not be able to open at the moment, but that hasn't stopped them coming up with exciting new delivery options.

    Straight out of the gate this morning is Quality Chop House's Quality Wines, which today announced that it's launching Arrosto. They're delivering what's described as; " elegant comfort food in these uncomfortable times".

    Chef Nick Bramham has been inspired by the

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  • Chef Daniel Humm adds his luxury truffle chicken to Claridge's delivery menu

    daniel humm truffle chicken at claridge's for delivery

    During the last lockdown, Claridge's Davies and Brook restaurant - by NYC chef Daniel Humm - launched a stupidly popular delivery service. Claridge's Fried Chicken, aka CFC, was a massive success and now the service is back for Lockdown 2.0

    There is one big new addition to the menu - Humm has added his Roast Chicken with Foie Gras and Black Truffle dish to the menu. Billed as "a family favourite that his mum used

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  • Butchies buttermilk fried chicken lands on Clapham High Street

    Butchies buttermilk fried chicken lands on Clapham High Street

    One of London's best-fried chicken restaurants is heading south - launching a new restaurant in Clapham. They had started a delivery-only kitchen in Battersea during the lockdown, but now they're opening the real deal on Clapham High Street.

    If you're unfamiliar with them, they started in markets before opening their first restaurant in Shoreditch. For them, it's all about their special-recipe buttermilk

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  • Leroy's spin-off Royale will be roasting chicken IRL at a Hackney residency

    Leroy's spin-off Royale will be roasting chicken IRL at a Hackney residency

    During the lockdown, Shoreditch's Michelin-starred restaurant Leroy pivoted to create a chicken delivery service in the shape of Royale. But now the restaurant is back up and running, the questions was - what will happen to Royale? Now we know, as they're carrying on serving up chicken, this time in a Hackney residency at the East London Liquor Co. 

    The menu remains the same - rotisserie

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  • Wingmans are bringing their gourmet chicken wings to Soho

    Wingmans are bringing their gourmet chicken wings to Soho 

    There may be a lot of restaurants reopening at the moment - but we're also seeing brand new additions to the scene. One of them is Wingmans who, as you might guess from the name, specialise in gourmet chicken wings. 

    Until now, they've had a restaurant in Kilburn (launched after a series of pop-ups and residencies) and a hatch in Shoreditch but their new opening is a much bigger space in Soho (taking over

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  • Shake Shack are bringing their Chick’n Bites to the table

    Shake Shack are bringing their Chick’n Bites to the table

    Shake Shack are getting into the nugget business - or more correctly the Chick’n Bites business. Launching as a brand new addition to the menu, the Chick’n Bites are 100% chicken breast and "sous-vide cooked for optimum flavour, moisture and texture". 

    Will they be enough to tear you away from your favourite nugget provider? Well, they're launching across all the London Shake Shacks from

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  • Burger & Beyond add more DIY kits, with Truffle Tots and Krispie Fried Chicken on the menu

    Burger & Beyond add more DIY kits, with Truffle Tots and Krispie Fried Chicken on the menu 

    One thing that has seen something of a boom during the lockdown is the humble DIY meal kit. We've seen some excellent ones appearing over the past few months, not least the Burger & Beyond Bacon Butter Burger kit,

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  • Sidechick sees Patty & Bun step into the roast chicken business

    patty & bun launch sidechick doing roast chicken deliveries

    First we had Coqfighter opening a beef burger space, Good Burger. Then we had Honest Burgers moving into the chicken space with Honest

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  • Honest Burgers launches Honest Chicken, delivering from King's Cross

    Honest Burgers launches Honest Chicken, delivering from King's Cross

    Last week, we heard the news that Honest Burgers have been reopening branches, and delivering burgers all over town. But that's not the only thing they've been getting ready for in lockdown - they've taken the opportunity to open a whole new operation - Honest Chicken. 

    As you might have guessed - it's the chicken alternative to Honest, using Somerset chickens, sustainably raised and free-range.

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  • Leroy in Shoreditch is now all about chicken with their delivery service Royale

    Leroy in Shoreditch is now all about chicken with Royale

    Over the past few weeks, we've seen the return of restaurants to London (albeit in collection or delivery form) turn from a slow trickle into something of a torrent. And as restaurants have worked out what they're able to do - a couple of distinct camps are appearing. Either they try to deliver as close to the restaurant experience as possible - or they pivot to something else during the lockdown. 

    Leroy in

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