Harden’s weekly update of where the critics are eating, recommending and avoiding, for the week ending 6 October 2019. Mao Chow, London E8 Jimi Famurewa from The Evening Standard sometimes feel like “a well-meaning wrecking ball” (“the walking scourge of overrun kitchens and treasured local secrets”) when he reviews small restaurants. “Can that already-mobbed neighbourhood […]
The profits of the company incorporating Rick Stein’s seafood restaurant empire halved last year, The Caterer said. The company, which also operates hotels, retail outlets, and a cookery school, blamed the wider hospitality industry for the drop. Turnover remained steady, falling from £16.9m to £16.8m the previous year. But pre-tax profits plummeted to just £489,000, […]
Former Le Gavroche and Fat Duck chef Talia Prince and award-winning sommelier Kelvin McCabe are opening a seafood and wine bar in Crouch End with restaurateur Anthony Lyon. Lyon’s will focus on “exceptional, sustainable seafood from the British Isles”, while the wine list will begin by championing English Sparking wine Ambriel from West Sussex, as […]
Chef Judy Joo is opening a Korean-style fried chicken restaurant in Westfield Shepherd’s Bush. Anyone who thought London was already saturated with upscale chicken joints would be wrong. At least for now. In any case, Joo, a Korean-American chef, has pedigree. Jinjuu, which she has since departed, has fared well in our guides since 2016. […]
Brother Marcus, the Eastern Mediterranean-inspired restaurant concept, is opening its third and largest site in Spitalfields Market. The group, which has a restaurant in Islington and a coffee shop and cafe in Balham, was founded by Alex Large, Arthur Campbell, and Tasos Gaitanos, and concentrates on English produce cooked with an eastern edge. Brother Marcus […]
A new Sri Lankan restaurant will open in Soho. Kolamba is the brainchild of owners Aushi and Eroshan Meewella, whose foundation for the venture is “a love for the recipes they grew up eating in the houses of family and friends in Colombo, Sri Lanka.” They say: “Nowhere are these flavours as bold and unapologetic […]
New to the block, Reda Benmiloud and Sultan Al-Kabeer are opening a shawarma restaurant in Soho. Arma, which has already garnered plenty of attention, will position itself in the former Oliver Maki site, a prize spot in the centre of town. Benmiloud and Al-Kabeer say they want to bring “real, authentic shawarma to Soho”, with […]
With the latest ‘Guide Rouge’ about to land, who is the Tyre Man going to pump up this year? Armed with the results of our 2020 restaurant survey, we cast our eye over the candidates. The awards ceremony will be in the Sloaney environs of the Hurlingham Club at 4pm next Monday, October 7. What […]
Harden’s regular round-up of the restaurant critics’ meals, from the week ending 29 September 2019. Forza Wine, London SE15 Jimi Famurewa for The Evening Standard encourages readers to ignore any “sniffiness” they might feel about Forza Wine, on the fifth floor of “a shiny new multi-level co-working complex that looms above Rye Lane”; yes, it […]
Mayfair hotspot Sabor is looking to open a second restaurant in Soho, reports say. Planning documents submitted to Westminster Council name Sabor and JKS Restaurants in a proposed opening on Lexington Street. Former Barrafina head chef Nieves Barragán Mohacho and José Etura set up Sabor in February 2018 and there might only have been vague […]
