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The Cocktail Lovers love our cocktails!

When our bars manager Myles Donneky launched our new cocktail list earlier this year, we were quietly confident that his innovative bing cha or ‘iced tea’ cocktails and Chinese-influenced classics and new creations would be popular with our guests – and that’s certainly proved to be the case!

Nonetheless we were still overwhelmed when the UK’s leading magazine for cocktail connoisseurs, The Cocktail Lovers, visited the Shanghai Bar to sample some of the list and it resulted in a glowing, not to mention very comprehensive, review.
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Introducing our new General Manager

We are very pleased to introduce Simon Kirkham, who has joined Hutong as General Manager.

Simon has been part of the Aqua Restaurant Group family since 2008, joining as Restaurant Manager of aqua kyoto, and spent nine months pre-opening in Hong Kong managing another of aqua’s Japanese restaurants, Wasabisabi. He became Assistant General Manager of aqua london in June 2012 and most recently was Operations Manager.
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The Hutong Anniversary Cup is won!

Thousands of spectators turned out on Sunday 29th June to enjoy the colourful spectacle of the London Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival – and we were among them. Not just to watch though – we were also there to present the Hutong Anniversary Cup for the very first time!
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Congratulations Richard – Hutong Employee Of the Month!

At Hutong, we naturally encourage all of our teams – from front-of-house and bar to the kitchen, management and maintenance – to strive to deliver the very highest standards in everything they do. Some however succeed in going even further than that, delivering a level of service to our guests and colleagues that merits special recognition.
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Hutong awarded top honour at Legacy Of Taste 2014

A great honour was bestowed on Hutong on 1st March when, at an awards ceremony in London, it was announced that Hutong would receive one of the first ever Legacy Of Taste three-tiered Pagoda awards.
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Chopsticks – how to be an expert!

Our general manager Tony Chan was recently interviewed for the popular food magazine Olive about the etiquette of using chopsticks. Tony’s advice was mostly practical although at times typically tongue-in-cheek!
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