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Eddie Huang: “I never wanted to sell baos”

07-Jul-2023 By Joe Lutrario

The high-profile cultural commentator, filmmaker and chef on St John, his VICE food documentary series Huang’s World and bringing his BAOHAUS brand to the UK.

BAO to bring its Noodle Shop format to Arcade Battersea

03-Jul-2023 By Joe Lutrario

The upcoming standalone BAO restaurant within Battersea Power Station’s Arcade Battersea will be run along similar lines to BAO Noodle Shop in Shoreditch.

Latest opening: BAO Mary

31-May-2023 By Joe Lutrario

The London group’s latest outpost is inspired by the dumpling houses of Taiwan and pitched at diners in a hurry.

BAO team to create its take on a Taiwanese dumpling house with BAO Mary

13-Apr-2023 By Joe Lutrario

The BAO team’s upcoming Marylebone restaurant will be a take on a Taiwanese dumpling house and will be the first within the group to trade all through the day.

Book review: BAO

16-Feb-2023 By Stefan Chomka

Erchen Chang, Shing Tat Chung, and Wai Ting Chung Taiwanese cookbook is a celebration of sole dining.

Shing Tat Chung: “Restaurants are analogue, but there is a big appetite for digitalisation”

03-Feb-2023 By Joe Lutrario

BAO co-founder Shing Tat Chung and HATO creative director Kenjiro Kirton on the metaverse, gamification and their sophisticated new restaurant app.

BAO looks to game-ify the restaurant experience with new app

18-Jan-2023 By Joe Lutrario

Taiwanese restaurant group BAO has launched a new app that will ‘pioneer the digital restaurant experience’ as it looks to bridge the gap between on and offline.

Friday five: the week's top hospitality stories

09-Dec-2022 By Restaurant

The imminent closure of Bao's Fitzrovia restaurant, the Kingly Court move for Budgie Montoya, and Animal Rebellion's latest restaurant antics are among this week's most read stories.

Bao Fitzrovia to close

06-Dec-2022 By Restaurant

JKS is closing its Bao Fitzrovia restaurant after nearly seven years.

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I’ve got 99 problems, but the tech ain't one!

26-Oct-2022 By QSR Automations

99 Problems is the iconic song by Ice-T, from his 1993 solo album, Home Invasion. Currently, it feels like the UK hospitality industry is being bombarded from all directions, in what feels like a home invasion.

The Lowdown: restaurant merch

02-Sep-2022 By Stefan Chomka

Forget haute cuisine, haute couture is this season’s must have restaurant accessory.

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Taking a bow to BAO

28-Feb-2022 By QSR Automations

The operations director of BAO on his group's philosophy and how QSR Automations' ConnectSmart Kitchen has helped enhance the guest experience.

Latest opening: BAO Noodle Shop

21-Jul-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Located in the former Andina site near Shoreditch High Street station, the BAO crew’s latest is focused on Taiwanese beef noodle soup.

Using its Noodle: BAO reveals details for upcoming Shoreditch site

03-Jun-2021 By Joe Lutrario

BAO’s next London site is to take its culinary cues from the beef noodle shops of Taiwan when it opens on 6 July, offering steaming bowls of Taiwan’s national dish alongside its eponymous filled steamed buns.

Latest opening: Café BAO

28-May-2021 By Joe Lutrario

The BAO team’s largest and most distinctive restaurant yet is inspired by Asia’s Western-style cafés, offering creative takes on Western staples.

Restaurant Radar: May 2021

04-May-2021 By Joe Lutrario

This month's upcoming openings include Sally Abé's first venue at Conrad London St James and small plates Italian concept Cin Cin's London debut.

Shing Tat Chung: "We've had to diversify the BAO brand"

14-Oct-2020 By Joe Lutrario

The co-founder of BAO on his high-profile Taiwanese restaurant group's two-pronged approach to delivery and the soon to open Cafe BAO in King's Cross