This autumn, Hakkasan will celebrate the annual Chinese holiday Golden Week between the 28th September and 18th October at its locations around the world including Abu Dhabi, Doha, Dubai, Las Vegas, London, Miami, Mumbai, New York, San Francisco and Shanghai. To mark Golden Week, Hakkasan Hanway Place and Hakkasan Mayfair in London will feature a […]
Category: Food
Royal China’s in-house mooncakes (London)
To celebrate the Mid Autumn Moon Festival on the 27 September 2015, Royal China is now offering diners the chance to purchase a box of traditional Mooncakes. The indulgent Chinese treats are made in-house by Royal China’s expert pastry chefs and contain up to 1200 calories each. This year’s varieties include a box of eight […]
Theo visits the takeaway of Larkin’s Parents
Theo Paphitis visited the Chinese takeaway owned by the parents of MasterChef star Larkin Cen. The TV personalities were filming a feature for the One Show and Theo proved to be quite handy with the wok, cooking some fried rice to the astonishment of Larkin’s mum. MasterChef star Larkin Cen has recently been trying to […]
Chi Kitchen to launch in Debenhams Oxford Street
A new pan-Asian restaurant, will launch on the ground floor of Debenhams’ flagship Oxford Street store this autumn. The dining concept and brand will be exclusive to Debenhams, with further sites planned to open within Debenhams stores across the UK. Debenhams have enlisted restaurateur Eddie Lim, owner of Thai institution; Mango Tree restaurant in Belgravia. […]
Are instant noodles really bad for you?
Instant noodles are a massively popular quick and easy to prepare food for people all over the world, and amongst the Chinese living in Britain, they are seen as a great way to eat for convenience. But are they good or bad for you? Nee Hao investigates. According to an experiment conducted by Dr. Braden […]
Duanwu Festival and eating Zongzi 粽子 (rice dumplings)
By Junying Kirk – Birmingham Many Chinese traditional festivals are associated with food one way or another, and in the case of Dragon Boat Festival, which falls on the 2oth of June this year (today), there are various legends and myths surrounding the origin of why we eat Zongzi, race dragon boats and drink realgar […]
Dim sum by Helen and Lisa Tse (Sweet Mandarin)
Helen and Lisa Tse are their family’s third generation of restaurateurs, opening Sweet Mandarin in Manchester in 2004. They have successfully survived two notorious TV ordeals having won Best Local Chinese on Gordon Ramsay’s F Word and securing investment from Dragons’ Den for their range of sauces. They have since been invited to Downing Street […]
Scallop with Foie Gras – Royal China Club Recipe
Try this for the weekend, a recipe by chef Billy of the Royal China Club, London, for Nee Hao Magazine. Preparing the Foie Gras Cut a piece of Foie Gras the same size as the scallop; season with a bit of salt and white pepper, than coated slight with flour. Wait till the pan is […]
Yauatcha City to open near East London
Yauatcha City will be one of the key restaurants to join Broadgate Circle, the new culinary destination in the City. Located on the border of East London and the Square Mile, it will be the latest restaurant by Hakkasan Group, and the second Yauatcha in London following the success of its Michelin-starred restaurant in Soho. […]
School of Wok launches cooking for the homeless
London’s award-winning Asian cuisine specialist School of Wok gives corporate event packages a new meaning with the introduction of ‘Cooking for the Homeless’, an impactful way of leading participants in a fun day of cooking, whilst doing a little good for those less fortunate. Following the inspiring success of a trial over Christmas, School of […]