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Sat Bains’ new Nottingham restaurant suffers setback

MICHELIN star chef Sat Bains’ plans to open a top class tapas restaurant in the heart of Nottingham have had a setback after months of frustrating negotiations. Read more from Nottingham Post  

UK’s first ‘Japanese burrito’ bar comes to London

Hai Street Kitchen & Co is set to become the first ‘Japanese burrito’ bar when it launches in Leadenhall Market next month.  This latest Japanese-inspired food revolution is also set to come to a new establishment in the USA later this year but London will be the home of the very first Hai Street Kitchen & Co.  The new culinary trend is billed as fresh, healthy, tasty and quick and designed along the lines of a burrito, diners first choose from either a sushi rice roll or bowl (rice or salad) which will be made up in front of them. Read more from The Staff Canteen  

Valentine's Day: nine great aphrodisiac foods – and one to avoid

Cooking up a Valentine's Day feast? Throw in one of these lust-inducing foods and you may just increase your luck...

Read more from The Telegraph

Mispronounced food words: can you say chorizo?

Even the BBC pronounces 'restaurateur' incorrectly, and contestants on The Taste seem unable to say 'cardamom'. Which food solecisms wind you up – and which words do you struggle to pronounce? Read more from The Guardian
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Editor 14th February 2014

Daily news update: our selection of food and chef news from the worlds press