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Ping! New food o�er alert! Over
the coming weeks, if you choose
to join a restaurant queue in, let's
say, Soho, Shoreditch or Chelsea,
you're in with a chance of being
transported to Japan, China,
Taiwan or South Korea. Actually, there's a
high probability that you could also nd
yourself in Thailand, Vietnam or Malaysia,
too, with stop-o�s in Spain and India.
Urgent feasting
If you're a Londoner with your wits about
you and eyes on the restaurant scene, you'll
know that this city is chock-a-block with new
restaurants conjuring up heady combinations
of food inspired by the southern and eastern
parts of Asia. If you're an eater on the move,
you'll have struck o� Kimchinary's Korean
There's a new and exciting breed of restaurant taking over the capital's streets,
adding a touch of the west to cuisines from the east, and introducing London's
diners to a whole raft of unfamiliar �avours and ingredients WORDS VICTORIA STEWART
ASIANIN VASION
burritos, Hanoi Kitchen's banh mis and some
of Busan BBQ's burgers from your must-try
list when you last visited Street Feast.
Of course, if you're a TwEATer you'll
have got wind of the fact that the Young
British Foodie-award-winning street food
team @bao_london has just opened its
own restaurant, Bao, on Lexington Street
in Soho, with backing from Michelin-starred
chef Karam Sethi.
Not tried Taiwanese-style xiao long bao
yet? Then dip into Bó Drake on Greek Street,
which opened in February, serving baos,
kimchee quesadillas and other eastern
Asian/Mexican dishes. Then
there's Judy Joo's Amerikorean
fare at Jinjuu in Kingly Street, or
Wagyu beef sliders and sweet
potato and soba-ko fries at
Kurobuta on the King's Road.
And since we're naming
restaurants to visit ASAP, has
MUCH OF THE OBSESSION WITH
ORIENTAL FLAVOURS � SWEET, SOUR,
SALTY, CRUNCHY � HAS GROWN OUT
OF THE STREET FOOD MOVEMENT