A nightclub entrepreneur aims to remix Chinese dining with Mans Market, a new speakeasy-style venue in Leeds that opened this month. Ray Chan, who grew up in a Chinese takeaway in the Leeds suburb Horsforth, founded the Candypants nightlife events outfit. Mans Market is his first foray into the food sector, and he promises a […]
Hong Kong-inspired restaurant, Cha Chaan Teng, opens next month just of Lincoln’s Inn Fields with a 50% off food soft launch offer. Tables will be available for lunch and dinner everyday from Monday 8 August until Wednesday 31 August. The soft launch offer is available only through email bookings via 50@chachaantenguk.com. Cha Chaan Teng is inspired by […]
The celebration of Chinese New Year and the dawning of the Year of the Monkey is just around the corner. This year the movable lunar festival begins on Monday 8 February, although festivities in London (the biggest outside of China) will start in earnest on Valentine’s Day. If you’re planning to welcome the Year of […]
Bringing a bit of ’80s kitsch to Islington – as well as a taste of mainland China – is a new all-day dining room, Chinese Laundry. Designed to look like an average Chinese home (from the era of leg-warmers and Walkmans), the restaurant serves traditional cuisine and an exotic cocktail list with white spirits (baijiu). On the […]