Last year, crispy dumplings were a huge hit at London’s first ever pop-up Japanese gyoza bar- and this month, The White Horse in Hoxton is gearing up to do it all over again.

The bar is so new you can still smell freshly-sawn wood but its intimate and cosy. At the far end, two almost horizontally laid-back old blues player are showing how it’s done. ‘I don’t want the music down here to be drowning out conversation, but be behind it,’ Malcolm adds while trying one of his own mini puddings of slow-braised ox cheek.

It seems clothes, shoes and bags aren’t the only things on sale this January. Take a look at these top spots around the city for snacking and sipping.

Punchy mouthfuls with a huge aftermath sum up this evening – an exciting menu that explores the best of this season’s game, at a special game night on 23rd January at Charlotte’s Bistro in Chiswick. With a Michelin Bib Gourmand, it’s worth the 20 minute tube journey to experience chef Wesley Smalley’s award-winning skills. Get there like a shot, recommends Joanna Biddolph.

To celebrate Giorgio Locatelli’s BBC 2 series, Sicily unpacked, Refettorio, will be staging a themed three-week Sicilian promotion to coincide with the programme.

Never ones to make a scene, Scottish beer craftsmen and guzzlers Brewdog have rolled into the Big Smoke, on a tank

The doyenne of fashion design Zandra Rhodes continues to make waves in matters concerning taste with her personally designed ‘Iconic Afternoon Tea’ exclusively wrought for The Mandeville Hotel near Bond Street.

A nice little place with a nice little taste, Rosalind’s Kitchen is just off the main drag in London’s Little Portland Street. It’s a take out cafe using seasonal ingredients sourced from specialist suppliers with meat and poultry from Sheepdrove Organic Farm and all dairy, eggs, root vegetables and flour is organic.

The Cinnamon Club and Cinnamon Kitchen’s Soho site will offer modern contemporary Indian cuisine using quality ingredients, but at a lower spend per head to reflect its more relaxed and informal surroundings.

One of Belgium’s oldest and best loved restaurants, Chez Léon, famed for its exceptional moules frites and hearty Flemish classics, has chosen London for the setting of their first International branch of its Léon de Bruxelles franchise