Chinatown London’s Dumplings Legend has announced the launch of the first ‘Michelin Xiao Long Bao’ in collaboration with Michelin-starred restaurant, Pied à Terre in Charlotte Street. Following the success of Fergus Henderson and Mark Hix’s guest soup dumplings, Geoff Leong of Dumplings Legend has opened the kitchen to Pied à Terre to create an exclusive […]
Category: London
“Think Asia, Think Hong Kong” Inspires London Audience
Asia Opportunities, Technology and Belt and Road Collaboration Spotlighted “Think Asia, Think Hong Kong,” a large-scale Hong Kong business promotion organised in London by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and supported by more than 60 UK organisations, attracted over 2,100 participants from the United Kingdom, Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland. Over a three-day period (19-21 […]
Chinese Valentine’s Day at China Exchange London
For more than a billion people, the 28th of August is one of the most romantic days of the year – it’s Qixi Jie, otherwise known as Chinese Valentine’s Day. Celebrated for over two thousand years, at the heart of the festival is a story of forbidden love between a celestial being, Zhi Nü, and […]
Four Seasons Hotel London at Ten Trinity Square to open Chinese and Japanese restaurant
Following the launch of Four Seasons Hotel London at Ten Trinity Square earlier this year, the hotel is now set to open the doors to Mei Ume, a Japanese and Chinese restaurant designed to complement and diversify the hotel’s existing food and beverage offering, on 9th June 2017. Demonstrating the part both cuisines play in […]
Weaving Threads of Silk: Paintings by artist TSAI YuLung
Gallery Elena Shchukina presents Weaving Threads of Silk, an exhibition of paintings by Shanghai-based artist TSAI YuLung. 15 November 2016 – 13 January 2017 TSAI YuLung (TSAI YuLong) is best known for his calligraphy painting. In this exhibition, TSAI presents works exploring his long-standing interest in the encounter between traditional Chinese calligraphy and contemporary Western […]
Asia House Talk: Itoh’s debut novel, My Shanghai 1942-46
In 1942 Shanghai was a melting pot. The Chinese city, then occupied by the Japanese, had populations of British, French, Russians, German nationals and Jewish refugees all mixing in the same circles. It was a time of huge shortages and great fear, but one woman, a British-educated, young Christian Japanese woman, made it sound an […]
Restaurant review: Ichiryu Hakata Udon House, London
By Kitty and Robert of Yummy Jubbly – Two friends who like to eat, so they create video reviews about the restaurants they go to We finally got to try out the newly opened Ichiryu! From the same creators as the Japan Centre and Shoryu Ramen, Ichiryu is the latest udon noodle bar to hit the London streets. We […]
Thr Chinese classic DiaoChan: The Rise of The Courtesan
Returning with another exciting adaptation of a Chinese classic, ‘DiaoChan: The Rise of the Courtesan’, Red Dragonfly Productions will conclude their nationwide tour at the famous Arts Theatre in London’s West End in May after visiting a number of regional venues. Taken from the ancient Chinese classic The Romance of the Three Kingdoms DiaoChan is an […]
Things to do: Japanese Culture in London
By Nisa Yang – Features Editor From the fantastical world of anime; the vast range of prolific beauty and skincare; to the once flourishing technology industry that blessed us with game consoles and some of the first portable music players, many of us are no strangers towards Japanese culture. Whilst each of those areas may […]
London Chinatown CNY in Pictures
Photography by Chrystal Ding On Sunday, London hosted the largest Chinese New Year celebrations outside China. Starting with a grand parade, the celebrations covered an area of 30 acres in the centre of London and some 3km of roads in the West End and Leicester Square. Lion dancers visited some of the 17 local restaurants […]