Filipino street-food specialist Rex De Guzman opens his first permanent restaurant, Turo Turo barbecue and grill, in Tooting next Wednesday, 14 November. A former chef at Gordon Ramsay’s Maze, Rex has operated Turo Turo – a term for fast food in the Philippines – as a market stall over the past decade, and more recently as a […]
Mayfair restaurateur Samyukta Nair (left in photo) opens her latest restaurant, Koyn Thai, in collaboration with Bangkok-born chef Rose Chalalai Singh (centre) this Sunday, 16 June. The restaurant is taking over the basement dining room of Samyukta’s Japanese restaurant Koyn, off Grosvenor Square, with Koyn executive chef Rhys Cattermoul (right) running the kitchen. Each restaurant […]
A new Asian-owned and inspired steakhouse near Paddington station will be opened next week by no less a figure than Queen Azizah of Malaysia (pictured with King Abdullah), who is visiting London to attend King Charles’s coronation. Meet Bros is named for the meeting of Asian and Western cuisines, is fully halal and serves no […]
Former Gordon Ramsay chef Tamer Hassan is to open an ambitious Asian restaurant in Sunderland which he is pitching as “Victorian glamour meets downtown Tokyo”. Hidden Lotus will occupy part of the Grade II listed late-Victorian Sheepfolds Stables, scheduled to open after renovation later this year under the city’s £500million riverside masterplan. The restaurant will […]
The Gurkhas, a new restaurant serving an “elevated” take on traditional Nepalese cooking, opens in Fitzrovia on Tuesday next week (28 March). The team behind The Gurkhas make an interesting combination: founder Shrabaneswor Rai is Nepalese, but is best-known as the co-owner of Japanese restaurant Hot Stone in Islington and new Japanese opening Kibako in […]
Indonesian restaurant Toba opened this week in St James’s Market just off Piccadilly Circus from Pino Edward Sinaga, a former manager at the Chiltern Fire House and Annabel’s, Richard Caring’s private members club in Mayfair. The move into London’s West End marks a significant step up for Pino, who has operated a street-food outfit called […]
Manga fans will be able to feast in a manga-themed restaurant on a mashup of popular Japanese and pan-Asian dishes when it opens in Marylebone next week. Manga Banga in Lisson Grove is a concept from Guy Holmes, managing director of Captivate Hospitality, a restaurant branding and marketing agency. Based on the idea of the […]
Singaporean pastry chef Cherish Finden is to open her own pâtisserie in the City of London next week, serving her take on savouries such as sausage shokupan and pork floss buns as well as original creations including a chocolate teapot and lemon and raspberry-flavoured mini handbags. Shiok! – pronounced “shook”, a Singlish term of approbation meaning […]
Asian-inspired dishes and cocktails are on offer at Pickled Fred, a new Shoreditch spot off Brick Lane opening on 30 August. As the name suggests, pickles and ferments will feature strongly on both the food and the cocktail menus. The 50-cover restaurant and bar will open for dinner and weekend lunch from Wednesday 6 September at 61 […]
A Thai-based company is opening Hot Pot, an Asian communal cooking restaurant in Chinatown next month, with meals structured around five fresh-made house broths. The broths range from the spicy Sichuan or tom yum to the more comforting chicken or mushroom with soy milk to the ultra-healthy-sounding ginger, spring onion and Chinese dates. Diners then choose from 60 […]
