Residency

  • Max's Sandwich Shop comes to Dalston with a Birthdays residency

    Max's Sandwich Bar comes to Dalston with a Birthdays residency

    A Hot Dinners exclusive

    We'll admit we are VERY big fans of Max's Sandwich Bar on Stroud Green Road. It's been the winner of Best Cheap Eats at the Observer Food Monthly Awards and, to our mind, creates some of the best sandwiches in London. But if you haven't had the chance to head to the original yet, another Max's is on the way. This time he's heading over to Dalston for an extended residency of six

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  • #Rawmen is Adam’s Rawson’s new ramen project in Islington

    rawmenprepDine on 18-hour pork broth ramen, chicken karaage and milk cheesecake with sansho pepper in an Islington nano-brewery, thanks to Adam Rawson’s #Rawmen pop-up, this time running for just two weeks.

  • Bistro Mirey pops up in Islington’s The Charles Lamb with roasts and French cuisine

    Bistro Mirey pops up in Islington’s The Charles Lamb with roasts and French cuisine

    Yet more pop ups are coming to Islington; this time it’s Sunday roasts and French bistro fare, which will be landing in The Charles Lamb courtesy of Mirey’s.

    The pop up, which previously ran for two months in Caledonian Road’s The Cuckoo N1, will be offering a tidy French-inspired menu to diners around Angel, with starters priced at around £6-9 and mains for £13-15. The menu is set to change

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  • Zoe's Ghana Kitchen pops up at Soho's The Sun & 13 Cantons

    Zoe's Ghana Kitchen pops up at Soho's The Sun & 13 Cantons

    Zoe Adjonyoh is to launch a West African residency at The Sun & 13 Cantons in Soho. The pub will see the Ghanaian-Irish chef, who’s already earning praise from the Observer and Nigel Slater, will be rolling out her traditional West African

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  • Division 194 are bringing their Po Boys to the King and Co

    Division 194 are bringing their Po Boys to the King and Co

    We first encountered Division 194 in a Highgate residency, and left mightily impressed. So we're very happy to report that they're back for a two-month stint at Clapham's King & Co. 

    If you haven't encountered them before, they're led by former Quality Chop House

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  • Nanny Bill's at The Shop in brings mac and cheese croquettes, burgers and more to Kensal Rise

    Nanny Bill's at The Shop in brings mac and cheese croquettes, burgers and more to Kensal Rise

    What: Nanny Bill’s at The Shop

    In a nutshell: Hand-pressed burgers, sides and croquettes galore from the food truck’s first kitchen takeover.

    Summing it all up: After successful stints in Brixton, Hackney and Shepherd’s Bush, Nanny Bill’s is heading northwest to The Shop in Kensal Rise, bringing with them loads of

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  • Caribbean-inspired Soul Food Sisters​ is Clapham’s King & Co's new pop-up​

    Caribbean-inspired Soul Food Sisters​ is Clapham’s King & Co's new pop-up​

    What: Soul Food Sisters 

    In a nutshell: Caribbean meets European in Clapham’s King & Co’s newest residency

    Summing it all up: Jerk roast chicken, scotch bonnet menemen and rum jerk halloumi gives you an idea of the kind of Caribbean-meets-Europe fusion pub grub that sisters Elly and Becca Perry will be dishing up - along with plenty

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  • Le Bun extend their stay at Birthdays adding a F**king Vegans burger

    Le Bun extend their stay at Birthdays adding a F**king Vegans burger

    If you’ve been meaning to get down to Birthdays to nab one of Le Bun’s decadent burger dishes, then good news - they’ve decided to extend their residency to the 2 April.

    Not only that, but they’ll be adding a few new dishes to their repertoire, including the joyfully-named Fucking Vegans (pictured above), a “proper vegan burger”. For £8, those avoiding animal products can enjoy a hearty cauliflower

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  • Club Mexicana sets up a residency at Pamela in Dalston

    Club Mexicana sets up a residency at Pamela

    The next residency at Dalston's Pamela is about to kick off as Club Mexicana takes over. They are, as the name suggests, all about Mexican food - but it's all vegan too. They're on a mission to show that vegan food can be way more than what people expect. 

    They've been popping up at street food markets all over town and their menu recreates classic Mexican dishes including:

    • The Al Pastor Taco with pineapple and
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  • Residency report: Division 194's New Orleans sarnies with a British spin

    division 600New Orleans with a British spin from an ex Quality Chop House chef

  • MYPIE pie residency is taking over the King & Co in Clapham

    MYPIE pie residency is taking over the King & Co in Clapham

    Hearty, warming pies are just the job for January, and you'll be able to get your hands on one to accompany your pint in Clapham's The King & Co pub until February.

    It's part of a two-month residency that the local boozer has organised with MYPIE, a street food vendor that specialises in all thing encased in pastry. Expect plenty of classic fillings: chicken, steak chilli, ham and tarragon, or roast mushroom,

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  • Former Artesian mixologist Carporale pops up at Sartoria

    sartoria menuThe Savile Row Martini.

    Updated 27/10/16 with Test Drive

    Like the sound of strong cocktails and brilliant Italian bites to accompany them? Who wouldn't? Italian mixologist Simone Caporale (who used to work at Artesian - once the World's Best Bar) is

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  • Basque tapas and pintxos return to Clapham with the Donostia Social Club

    Basque tapas and pintxos return to Clapham with the Donostia Social Club

    If you’ve been down to Pop Brixton and left stuffed to the brim with Basque delights, it’s likely you’re familiar with the Donostia Social Club. They’ll be returning to their south London roots to serve up tapas once more out of The King and Co, Donostia Social Club will settling into a two month residency, helping us see out the colder months with a mix of menu favourites, as well as a few new

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  • Warming laksa from Sambal Shiok to arrive on Green Lanes

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    The arrival of local cafe Blend Harringay was a breath of fresh air to Green Lanes, bringing proper coffee, cakes and a great work and social space to the somewhat barren stretch between The Salisbury pub and Turnpike Lane.

    Blend will now be livening up the area even more when they launches a six month residency from Sambal Shiok, who’ll be dishing up steaming hot bowls of laksa noodle soup from 25 October. The arrival of Sambal Shiok follows their

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  • Laksa Kitchen is coming back to Kentish Town for a winter residency

    Laksa Kitchen is coming back to Kentish Town for a winter residency

    After a previous successful residency, Laksa Kitchen are back in the Tolli Cafe for the winter - and they've brought some new dishes with them too: 

    • Chee Cheong Fun: Steamed Rice Noodles topped with a Sweet Dark Sauce, Chilli Paste, Sesame Seeds and Dried Shallots
    • Duck Egg Char Kway Teow: Wok Fried Flat Rice Noodles with Prawns, Chinese Sausage, Kow Choi, Duck Eggs, Beansprouts,
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