London Pop-ups
Detailing all of the pop-up restaurants, pop-up bars, pop-up shops, pop-up galleries, and pop-up gigs in London, complete with maps. Please send any tips to dan.calladine@londonpopups.com or via twitter - I'm @LondonPopups
Friday 15 March 2024
Pop-ups in London - 15th - 22nd March 2024
MAMAPEN's Cambodian BBQ at The King & Co in Clapham
MAMAPEN - chef Kanada Pen's Cambodian BBQ and comfort food - is now serving at The King & Co pub in Clapham, Mondays to Saturdays until mid April 2024.
I first ate Kanada's Cambodian food at a pub pio-up in Hackney, and since then he has done supper clubs and other events, and of course been at From The Ashes BBQ at their locations. It's great BBQ food, with Cambodian spice. The BBQ half chicken comes with a scotch teriyaki glaze & tuk trey koh kong (a 🔥 Cambodian dipping sauce). Perfect for the pub!
It's great to see this food going down so well at The King & Co. When I visited Kanada and his colleague were hard at it, sending out plates; the Khymer fried chicken bun is the most popular (& I need to go to have one of them next!)
Currently serving Mon-Fri evenings, all day Saturday (from noon), and the pub does their own roasts on Sundays.
When - Mondays-Saturdays til 13th April 2024
Monday-Friday evenings, Saturday all day from 12pm
Where - The King & Co, 100 Clapham Park Rd, London SW4 7BZ
Bookings - via the The King & Co
Friday 8 March 2024
Pop-ups in London - 8th-15th March 2024
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Friday 1 March 2024
Pop-ups in London - 1st-8th March 2024
Sayer St Burgers at Feed The Yak in Elephant & Castle, SE17
Sayer St Burgers, run by chef Oli, is serving smash burgers every day at Feed The Yak, the sports and craft beer bar in Sayer St, SE17, near to Elephant & Castle. Oli also ran Buena Onda Tacos, at the same site, and changed the menu (& the brand) at the start of this year. The burgers are inspired by the LA-style smash burgers - and I had the one with two patties.
Burgers trends always seem to go in waves. The first 'gourmet' burgers about 20 years ago went for 'big and thick', I think partly to distinguish themselves from McDs and BK, whose burgers were always thin. This approach was also followed by Honest, Patty & Bun and the wave that came post 2011.
But now we're obviously going back the other way, with lots of people offering the thin 'smash' burgers, not least the viral guys in Soho, and Honest too, whose own smash burger is their best seller, and will be opening some dedicated 'smash' sites. Smash is the new fried chicken - discuss.
Back to chef Oli's smash burger: I absolutely loved this - full of flavour, made from mince specially formulated by a local South London butcher. The thinness, and the pressing during cooking caramelises the meat, and the greater surface area adds to the flavour. (I am drooling as I write this).
In fact it reminds me of The Bird in Berlin, a place I went to a few years ago - when the 'gourmet' style was all the rage here - thin patties with lots and lots of flavour, making a very tasty, moreish 🍔
When - Daily
Where - Feed The Yak, 2 Sayer St, London SE17 1FG
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Friday 23 February 2024
Pop-ups in London - 23rd February - 1st March 2024
Wilde's Deli at The Rose & Crown in Kentish Town
Wilde's Deli, the brainchild of chef Ollie Gratter, is currently serving Tues-Sun at The Rose & Crown in Kentish Town, with a range of 'Jew(ish)' dishes including salt beef reubens & sandwiches, turkey, latkes, and fried pickles.
Ollie only did his first pop-up in June last year, but since then it feels like he has been everywhere, including weekends in a cafe in Camberwell, and a supper club in Shepherd's Bush. This is his longest residency to date, and it is proving very popular with the locals, and with other fans making their way across London to see what all the fuss is about.
It's great food - in very generous portions. I think I've eaten Ollie's food 4 times in 8 months, and each time has been better than the last.
Catch a rising star!
When - Tuesdays-Sundays
Tues-Weds - Evenings
Thurs & Fri - Lunch & evenings
Sat & Sun - All day
Where - The Rose & Crown, 71-73 Torriano Ave, London NW5 2SG