Each month we publish a round-up of the most exciting new openings across food and drink around the world over on the tfp trendhub. Here are a selection of highlights from across the month of July 2023, as featured in our foodwatching and drinkswatching round-ups on tfp trendhub. The highlights list, in no particular order, features venues from Singapore, Sydney, Yorkshire, London and more.
The Abbey Inn, Yorkshire
The Tommy Banks Group has opened the doors to The Abbey inn which is located just down the road from the family's Michelin-starred restaurant The Black Swan. Keeping with Banks' desire to champion hyper-local, sustainable produce, produce grown and reared on the family's farm in Oldstead is taking centre stage. In fact, one of the reasons for opening a third location is to allow them to get one step further on the journey to complete carcass balance and true nose-to-tail dining. Dishes include Oldstead Dexter tartare with fermented peppers and bone marrow and Halibut cooked over charcoal alongside Charlotte potatoes, yoghurt whey and chamomile sauce.
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Plume, Singapore
Plume is the newly opened bar in the Pan Pacific hotel that's celebrating the diversity of Singapore's indigenous birds. Upon entering you will feel as if you have walked into the tropics thanks to the monstera leaf walls which are adorned with birds of all descriptions. Head mixologist Ong Jun Han has curated a list of cocktails that include the Asian Koel, a twist on a Negroni, splashed with sandalwood tree dispersion and freshly brewed green coffee tequila and the signature cocktail, the Banded Woodpecker, made with Green Ant Gin and served with oak moss mint. Bar snacks include chicken rendang croquettes served with creamy rice.
Find out more here.
Bistro Nido, Sydney
Bistro Nido is a restaurant where Japanese and French influences collide. From the team behind Devon Cafe and Dopa, where Japanese influences also play a big part, this is the first time French cuisine has come to the party thanks to the chefs who both have strong backgrounds in the cuisine. They have created the menu around three themes - market produce, dry-ageing and charcoal. This translates into dishes like the roasted duck breast which is blanched before being dry-aged, then roasted, carved and finished on the charcoal. The wine list focuses on French producers with a few Australian takes on French varieties too. There is also a cocktail list with the hero being the Nido de L'Amour which combines sloe gin, house-made gooseberry jam, makrut lime juice and apple juice.
Find out more here.
Larry's Bar, London
After a three year renovation, the National Portrait Gallery has reopened its doors and with it comes Larry's Bar named after Sir Laurence Olivier. The underground bar which used to be a Victorian coal storage spot, has been transformed into an elegant drinking spot with 100 portraits from the gallery's huge collection on the walls. Visitors can enjoy a cosy drink in the intimate booths as well as at the bar. Cocktails include a dirty Martini, a Hepburn (their twist on a White Lady) and Larry's Negroni. They are also offering Martinis & Masterpieces where you are given access to the gallery in the evening along with a flight of mini cocktails. And if peckish, dig into bites like the lobster roll with Exmoor caviar.
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Bar Leone, Hong Kong
Bar Leone is the first independent venture of Lorenzo Antinori who previously helmed bars like Charles H. in Seoul and Argo in Hong Kong. He has taken inspiration from the bars around Rome, and in particular Trastevere where he grew up. An emphasis is put on craftsmanship, ingredients and seasonality with cocktails such as the Leone Martini which features Ginepraio gin from Tuscany, marsala secco, orange blossom and an olive. There is also a dedicated section called "Friends and Fam" which focuses on partnerships and crossovers with brands.
Find out more here.
Bossa, London
Alberto Landgraf, chef patron of two Michelin-starred Oteque in Rio de Janeiro, has opened the doors to Bossa. Alberto began his culinary career in London working with Tom Aikens and Gordon Ramsey amongst others before returning to Brazil's Sao Paolo. Here he opened Epice which won a Michelin star before relocating to Rio de Janeiro to launch Oteque in 2018. He describes the menu at Bossa as being all about the 'vivid and contemporary cuisine of Brazil' with dishes like Whole heart of palm on the barbecue, Roasted scallops, leeks, toasted buckwheat & tucupi sauce and Tonka panna cotta with cupaçu jam & crunchy cacao nibs.
Find out more here.
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