Restaurant radar: April 2022
Tattu
Outernet’s The Now Building is the plush location for Chinese restaurant group Tattu’s debut London restaurant. The impressive 220-cover venue is an atmospheric affair that takes inspiration from traditional Chinese courtyard houses blending dark woods with dark and light marble tops and ornate banquette seating. The menu is tighter than at other high-end Chinese restaurants, with a nine-strong selection of dim sum, including wagyu ribeye dumpling with kmchi and spring onion; and Iberico pulled pork wor tip with slaw, chilli oil and five-spice black vinegar; and small plates such as seven spice seared tuna; black cod croquettes; and XO scallops with salmon caviar, wasabi pea, and daikon. Large plates also focus on meat and fish, such as char siu honey glazed monkfish; lemon salt and black pepper lamb cutlets; and caramel soy aged beef fillet.
The Now Building Rooftop, Outernet, Denmark Place, WC2H 0LA
tattu.co.uk/london
Arcade Food Hall
The wait is over for fans of JKS, with the London restaurant group launching a host of new concepts in partnership with a number of chefs this month at the rebooted Arcade Food Hall. Located in the striking 12,500sq foot brustalist Grade II listed building in the West End, incoming concepts include Hero Indian Fast Food, serving north Indian street food classics; Middle Eastern shawarma kitchen Shatta & Toum; American diner Manna; deli Arcade Provision, that will serve a selection of sandwiches created by Margot and Hector Henderson of Rochelle Canteen; Japanese sushi and omakase brand Sushi Kamon; Saborcito, the little sister to Nieves Barragán Mohacho’s Sabor; and Benham & Froud Jelladrome from dessert duo Bompas & Parr. Also opening at the venue will be Luke Farrell’s full-service Southern Thai restaurant Plaza Khao Gaeng, and Indonesian street food kitchen Bebek! Bebek! Arcade Food Hall opens on 22 April.
103-105 New Oxford St, London, WC1A 1DB
www.arcadefoodhall.com
Apricity
Opening on 12 April, Apricity will mark a return to the kitchen for former Tredwell’s chef-patron Chantelle Nicholson since the closure of her Hackney pop-up All’s Well. Her new project continues her sustainability-focused approach, working closely with head chef Eve Seemann to create a menu that will feature fish and meat, often with an Asian twist, as well as a dedicated tasting menu celebrating British vegetables. Drinks will comprise low intervention wines with an emphasis on those produced in the UK alongside a selection of zero-waste cocktails.
68 Duke Street, Mayfair, London, W1K 6JU
www.apricityrestaurant.com
Acme Fire Cult
Opening at the start of this month at 40FT Brewery in London’s Dalston, Acme Fire Cult is the first permanent home for former St Leonards chefs Andrew Clarke and Daniel Watkins’ veg-focused barbecue concept. The 50-cover restaurant also has a 60-cover terrace in which a large custom-made grill and smoker will stand. Vegetables will be at the heart of the regularly-changing menu, alongside rare and native breed meat from regenerative farms and dayboat fish.
Abbot Street, London, E8 3DP
www.acmefirecult.com
Sugo Pasta Kitchen Sale
Popular Manchester-based pasta mini group Sugo Pasta Kitchen is heading to Sale later this month for its third restaurant. The brand, which operates restaurants in Altrincham and Ancoats, specialises in southern Italian-style pasta with a menu that includes dishes such as orecchiette with a slow cooked beef shin, pork shoulder and nduja ragu and parmesan; paccheri with Umbrian lentils, roasted peppers, basil, pecorino and pangrattato; strozzapreti with Tuscan sausage, porcini butter, portobello mushrooms, sage and parmesan; and calamarata with king prawns, baby squid, mussels, datterini tomatoes, chilli, and ginger.
www.sugopastakitchen.co.uk
Market Halls Canary Wharf Cargo
Market Halls’ favourites Gopal’s Corner, DF Tacos and Baoziinn will form part of the line up at its latest venue in Canary Wharf. Located in a new 20,000 sq ft site opposite Canary Wharf’s upcoming Crossrail station, it will also feature newcomers to the food hall brand, including Le Bab, Pasta Evangelists and Inamo Sukoshi.
Cargo, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AB
markethalls.co.uk/venue/canary-wharf
Revolve
A restaurant that will feature the cooking of chefs including Lee Westcott, Anna Hansen, Josh Eggleton and Gareth Ward (although not all at once) opens within Broadgate’s 100 Liverpool Street building this month. Called Revolve, it will host a rotating guest chef programme where each month a chef will introduce four ‘unique’ dishes to the main brasserie menu, alongside creating one-off lunches, dinners and private dining experiences. The rest of the menu will take its cues from the brasseries of Paris and New York offering classic dishes with ‘British provenance at their heart’.
Unit G02, Broadgate 100, Liverpool St, London EC2M 2PP
www.revolve.london
