Former Barnsbury pub The Cuckoo reopens today as The Tamil Prince, showcasing the food of Tamil Nadu on the southern tip of India. The transformation has been led by Tamil Nadu-born chef Prince Durairaj and former Bao operations manager Glen Leeson, who first worked together at Roti King. They are also the team behind Tamila, […]
Highly rated Middle Eastern vegetarian restaurant Bubala will open a second branch in Soho on Monday 11 July. The original, in Commercial Street, Spitalfields, was opened three years ago by founder Marc Summers and head chef Helen Graham (pictured) to general acclaim – and not just from vegetarians. The current Harden’s guide hails its “Tel Aviv […]
Chef Rishim Sachdeva opens his “mostly vegan” restaurant Tendril today as a three-month summer pop-up off London’s Regent Street, while he continues his search for a permanent venue. This month he completed a successful crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs, raising £150,000 towards a project that he has already road-tested with a residency at the Sun and […]
Chef James Cochran is to open a sports bar next month with a menu built around his signature buttermilk fried chicken. Valderrama’s – named after the big-haired Colombian footballer Carlos, a cult hero in the 1980s and 90s – is within walking distance of James’s highly rated Islington restaurant 12:51. The bar represents a permanent […]
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 […]
A 1950s-style Hong Kong tea restaurant in London’s Chinatown is on course to take customers back in time this summer (pictured Queen’s Road, the main thoroughfare of the Crown Colony). The Eight – a lucky number – will serve dishes influenced by the port city’s mixed population, including signature abalone noodles, rickshaw noodles and rice wrapped […]
Riding House Bloomsbury opens next week in the Brunswick Centre, 10 years after Adam White (right in picture) opened the original Riding House Café in nearby Fitzrovia, pitched at creating the feeling of “a members’ club without membership”. The all-day operation will serve brunch and a modern brasserie menu that takes in multicultural influences from […]
A new restaurant/deli is being launched on the Clerkenwell site previously occupied by Anna Hansen’s influential The Modern Pantry. Compton Restaurant opened this week for walk-ins as part of Clerkenwell Design Week, and opens fully on Thursday 16 June. Described as an “easy dining bistro”, the restaurant will serve a short modern menu with plenty […]
Korean-American celebrity chef Akira Back is to make his European debut with a restaurant at the new Mandarin Oriental Mayfair hotel, which is scheduled to open in Hanover Square next winter. The chef made his name at the Yellowtail Japanese Restaurant & Lounge in Las Vegas, where his signature dish is tuna pizza, and also […]
Highly rated chef Alex Dilling is set to open a first restaurant under his own name in London’s historic Café Royal this summer. The first-floor restaurant just off Piccadilly Circus is intimate, with just 34 covers, but grand in ambition. Making his announcement on Instagram, Alex said: “It is with great excitement and emotion I […]
