Soho gastronomic landmark I Camisa is to close down after Christmas – just seven years short of its centenary – unless a buyer steps forward to save it. Famous for its sandwiches, the Old Compton Street deli is a relic of central London’s Italian community and a much-loved feature of ‘old Soho’. Gianni Segatta, a director of […]
JKS Restaurants have revealed plans to open a new Arcade Food Hall next year at Battersea Power Station. It follows the delayed launch earlier this year of their original Arcade, in the Centrepoint building by Tottenham Court Road station. JKS made the announcement via Twitter: “We’re creating a number of exciting new brands showcasing even […]
This August bank holiday, Shing Tat Chung, Erchen Chang and Wai Ting Chung will launch a weekend breakfast at Café BAO in King’s Cross, drawing influence from Taiwanese cuisine and the western-style cafes found throughout Asia. The menu combines both eastern and western breakfast classics, alongside a line-up of BAO Bakery Goods that Café BAO […]
Taiwanese streamed bun group Bao is to launch a new daytime dining spot in King’s Cross. Opening in spring, the restaurant will serve Yoshoku, or Western-inspired pan-Asian cuisine. Café Bao will be the group’s first site to offer breakfast, which will be served until midday, with dishes such as bao loaf with butter and syrup, […]
Taiwanese bun shop Bao is planning to open its fifth site. Bao is reportedly launching at the bottom of Universal Music headquarters in Pancras Square, King’s Cross, and will do so alongside Sri Lankan restaurant Hoppers. Bao will open at the development following a licensing application for a new two-story restaurant, according to MCA. Eater […]
“Fast ’n’ furious” Taiwanese bun favourite Bao is opening a third site in foodie Borough. The site, on the edge of Borough Market, will launch in spring next year, joining the two existing Bao shops in Soho and Fitzrovia. The new premises have the backing of JKS Restaurants, the ever-more omnipresent powers-behind-the-throne of numerous well-liked […]
JKS Restaurants (the restaurateurs with the Midas touch, behind Gymkhana, Hoppers and more) has announced it will open two new Motu Indian Kitchen sites this autumn, in Islington on 17 October and Swiss Cottage on 3 November, bringing its British Indian takeaway classics north of the river. The two new delivery kitchens will bring Motu to the […]
XU, the new Taiwanese venture from the trio behind BAO (Shing Tat Ching, Wai Ting Ching and Erchen Chang) – and, of course, their backers JKS Restaurants (the Sethi siblings behind Hoppers and Gymkhana) – is to launch two private dining Mahjong games rooms on 2 October. The rooms will be available to hire for eating, […]
It is oft remarked that we Brits love to queue, and when it comes to dining out in London sometimes that’s a necessity. According to recent research queues are governed by the rule of six – customers will only join a queue with less than six people and are only willing to wait six minutes. Restaurant-goers, […]
Jay Rayner in The Observer enjoys a knowing attempt to bring the street inside at Borough Market’s El Pastór (from Barrafina founders, the Hart bros)… It’s “a fun space of bare brick and shiny metal and colourful murals; a knowing attempt to bring the street inside”, with “tequilas in worryingly large servings” and “pork shoulder, marinated and […]
