Dim Sum

Ping Pong to trial 15% ‘brand charge’ ahead of tipping law introduction

03-Apr-2024 By James McAllister

London-based dim sum chain Ping Pong has scrapped service charge and is replacing it with a discretionary 15% ‘brand charge’ to fund wage rises for all of its restaurant teams.

Ping Pong sold in pre-pack administration

21-Nov-2022 By Georgi Gyton

Ping Pong has been sold to AJT Dimsum Limited in a pre-pack administration, with all six restaurants and staff to transferred to the new owner.

London Chinatown restaurant Tao Tao Ju uses dark kitchens to extend reach across capital

23-Nov-2021 By James McAllister

Chinatown restaurant Tao Tao Ju is to launch a further three delivery kitchens in London as it looks to extend its reach across the capital.

Delving into dim sum: why chef Andrew Wong has gone back to school

04-Jun-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Andrew Wong has become a research associate at London university SOAS, helping academics make sense of ancient Chinese gastronomical texts while driving menu development at his London restaurant A Wong.

Tattu puts its mark on Birmingham with scheduled 2019 opening

23-Oct-2018 By Georgia Bronte

Modern Chinese restaurant group Tattu will launch its third site having secured a 150-cover site in Birmingham city centre.

Latest opening: Duddell's

15-Dec-2017 By Georgia Bronte

Since Duddell's first opened in Hong Kong's Shanghai Tang, it has become a favourite in the art world. Its first international outpost is now open, in London Bridge.

Duddell’s chef Daren Liew on great roast duck, art and building his brigade

28-Nov-2017 By Georgia Bronte

Hong Kong’s two Michelin-starred dim sum restaurant Duddell's will open its doors this month in St Thomas Church, London Bridge.

Din Tai Fung's famed xiaolongbao are finally coming to London

03-Oct-2017 By Joe Lutrario

One of the world’s largest Chinese restaurant businesses is understood to be making its long-awaited UK debut having signed on a site in Tottenham Court Road’s Centre Point building.

The bird men of London

08-Aug-2017 By Stefan Chomka

The duo behind Michelin-starred Hackney restaurant Pidgin are spreading their wings and heading to the West End to open Magpie. And they’ve got something special up their sleeves.

Restaurant Radar: Openings June 2017

01-Jun-2017 By Hannah Thompson

From Harlem-born Red Rooster to Bengali-inspired Calcutta Street Brixton and a luxury Great British Restaurant, plus pop-ups-turned-permanents galore, we round up the openings to watch out for this month

Pidgin team to launch British dim sum restaurant

26-Apr-2017 By Sophie Witts

The team behind Hackney’s Michelin-starred Pidgin are spreading their wings to launch a new Mayfair restaurant in June.

Kid A: Andrew Wong on restaurant A.Wong

09-Nov-2015 By Joe Lutrario

Andrew Wong reopened his parents' common or garden Anglo-Cantonese eatery as A.Wong in 2012. Three years later, it is London's most exciting Chinese restaurant.

Eleven foodservice sites open at Broadgate Circle

15-Apr-2015 By Sophie Witts

Eleven new foodservice outlets including Yauatcha and Jose' Pizarro Tapas Bar & Restaurant have opened today (15 April) as part of the £20m Broadgate Circle development in The City.

Jam Tree group to launch dim sum and cocktail bar Fu Manchu

02-Apr-2015 By Emma Eversham

Gastropub group The Jam Tree is opening a late night dim sum and cocktail bar which takes inspiration from Sax Rohmer's Chinese master criminal Fu Manchu.

More autonomy for restaurant GMs helps Ping Pong sales rise 10%

01-Apr-2015 By Emma Eversham

Giving more autonomy to the general managers of its eight restaurants and investing in staff training helped make 2014 a ‘transformational’ year for dim sum restaurant chain Ping Pong, according to head of operations Michael Pearson.

Specialist dim sum restaurant and tea house hits Chelsea

09-Aug-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Bō Làng, a new dim sum restaurant and teahouse, is set to open in Chelsea next month as founder Aytan Eldarova hopes her debut hospitality venture will showcase the diverse food culture of China. 

New kitchen equipment for large restaurants

14-Feb-2007 By Restaurant

Ian Pengelley, Executive Chef at Gilgamesh in Camden, London, gives us the lowdown on his epic search for kitchen equipment Ian Pengelley was not exactly the envy of chefs everywhere when he took on the kitchen at Camden's mighty 365-capacity ...