Shikumen, has opened it's fourth location on the first floor of Dorsett City Hotel in Aldgate located within the contemporary Matrix building this month. This is the first central London location for the popular restaurant following opening in Ealing (2015), Shepherd’s Bush (2015) and Finchley Road (2016) and unusually for a Chinese restaurant it will be open from 6.30am (7am on Sunday) offering hotel residents, local professionals and locals a Chinese breakfast and weekend brunch menu.
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Historic Aldgate, on the border of the City and the East End is a worthy example of London's extreme juxtapositioning of old and new. It's this slightly chaotic admixture of people, ideas and architecture that makes London both fascinating and bewildering. Aldgate makes an interesting and slightly unusual choice of locale for a new opening, however Treves and Hyde, which pitches itself as 'more than just a restaurant' really brings something more special to Aldgate. Treves and Hyde takes a multi-layered approach in its offerings. On the ground floor you can find world class coffee, courtesy o...
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