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restaurants � food

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