Popular Hong Kong restaurant that's famous for its ‘delicious' menu to open first UK site
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A POPULAR Asian dessert restaurant chain is set to land in the UK soon.
Specialising in "egg puffs" which are more commonly known as bubble waffles, the chain is set to bring the trending desserts to the capital.
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A variety of classic and new flavours will be on offer
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The chain is set to open its first international location
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Mammy Pancake boasts 20 sites across Asia already with its first international location set to open in London next month.
The street food chain is due to come to Portobello Road in the capital.
Founded in 2009 by Brendan Ho and Donald Lai the business has found huge success.
Mammy Pancake will be offering up the chain's classics like the Earl Grey egg puffs and the original egg puff.
It will also bring exciting new flavours to Britain with sticky toffee, pistachio, strawberries and cream and even crème brûlée.
Ingredients for the delicious desserts are to be sourced in Asia to ensure authenticity.
Selected UK produce will be used for special regional flavours.
The Asian menu features red bean, ube (purple sweet potato), matcha and salted seaweed sweet corn flavours.
The business was awarded the Michelin Guide's Street Food recommendation for six years in a row from 2016 to 2021.
Aiming for further expansion the founding duo aim to build "a new legacy for Hong Kong food culture in the UK."
Brendan Ho said: 'We want to give Londoners and the wider UK market access to genuine Hong Kong street food, executed with the same quality and heart that made it a staple of our childhood.'
The US restaurant chains that have landed in the UK
Huge brand Popeyes first crossed the Atlantic in 2021 and it now has 50 stores in the UK, with plans to expand further.
Meanwhile Church's Texas Chicken, which reviewers have branded "better than KFC" is set to open its first UK sites.
It says it has plans for 900 branches across the country.
Wendy's, renowned for its famous square burgers, is opening its 50th store in the UK this year.
It's said it plans to establish 150 locations across the country by 2028.
The expansion is set to create over 150 jobs.
Meanwhile sandwich chain Which Wich is launching its second UK store on London's Fleet Street in June.
The Texas-based chain, which first arrived in the UK in 2018, has a flagship location at Central St Giles.
The Which Wich website boasts of 'custom-crafted sandwiches and salads' with 'over 60 toppings to create a masterpiece'.
Another American chain that's made its mark on the UK is Wingstop, which now has 57 sites here.
Mammy Pancake appeared at the Cannes Film Festival last year.
It has received impressive reviews online with fans calling it "delicious."
Plans for further expansion are in the works with more UK sites coming over the next few years.
Mammy Pancake is following the success of dozens of food brands and restaurant chains that have come to the UK.
The move comes following the announcement that Amsterdam based burger chain Fat Phill's will be opening 100 new sites across the UK in the next decade.
Fat Phill's opened its first UK store in Clapham, London last year and aims to bring more sites to Britain soon.
Mamma Pancake is following suit with founders aiming at bringing further locations to the UK in the coming years.
The first Mammy Pancake location is set to open on Portobello Road, London in June.
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