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Scottish Sun
22-05-2025
- Business
- Scottish Sun
Popular Hong Kong restaurant that's famous for its ‘delicious' menu to open first UK site
SO SWEET Popular Hong Kong restaurant that's famous for its 'delicious' menu to open first UK site Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) 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. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 3 A variety of classic and new flavours will be on offer Credit: Instagram 3 The chain is set to open its first international location Credit: Instagram 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.
The Sun
22-05-2025
- Business
- The Sun
Popular Hong Kong restaurant that's famous for its ‘delicious' menu to open first UK site
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. 3 3 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.
Metro
20-05-2025
- Business
- Metro
‘Glorious' street food chain from Asia is opening first ever UK location
If you thought the bubble waffle craze was over, think again as a popular Asian chain is coming to London to reignite the hype. Mammy Pancake is a street food chain based in Hong Kong that specialises in 'egg puffs' which have more commonly become known as bubble waffles. The business was founded by Brendan Ho and Donald Lai in 2009 and now has more than 20 sites across Asia. And in an exciting turn of events, its very first international location is set to open in London's Portobello Road later this month. The new UK restaurant will be serving up some of the chain's most popular products including the original and earl grey egg puffs, as well as exciting new flavours like pistachio, strawberries and cream, sticky toffee pudding and crème brûlée. There will also be a range of drinks on offer, including Hong Kong-style milk tea. Core ingredients for the street food business will be sourced from Asia in order to keep everything tasting as authentic as possible. However, the team have said that select UK produce will be used in order to create exclusive regional flavours. If the business proves successful, there's a chance we could see more unique bubble waffle flavours becoming available as the Asian menu also features the likes of red bean, ube (purple sweet potato), matcha and salted seaweed sweet corn. For those curious as to whether the waffles are actually any good, it's worth noting that the business was awarded the Michelin Guide's Street Food recommendation for six years in a row between 2016 to 2021. And online they've garnered quite the fan base, with those who have tried the products hailing them as 'glorious', 'so yummy' and a 'must try' on social media. Speaking about the launch, co-founder Brendan told Propel that the business already has plans to launch more than 10 new sites across the UK over the next three years – so watch this space. He 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. 'We're not just bringing a product over – we're bringing a culture and a legacy and this is just the beginning.' He adds: 'We hope to open additional locations and make Mammy Pancake a household name across the UK.' This isn't the only food company from abroad that's set up shop in the UK of late. A fast food chain from the Netherlands revealed its going to be opening 100 new sites across the UK in the next 10 years. Fat Phill's, which is said to be home to Amsterdam's 'best burger', quietly launched in Clapham Junction in London at the end of 2024, serving up smash burgers, American style sandwiches, loaded fries and mac and cheese. More Trending And it's just been announced that a new restaurant will be opening in the Republic of Ireland in June, located in Dublin's Temple Bar. The chain, also known as Fat Phill's Diner, is still relatively new, having only been founded in 2019 by Armin Vahabian, but it's already got 18 locations across the Netherlands. It's been brought over here by Freshly Baked Ltd, the franchisor behind pretzel joint Auntie Anne's UK and as part of this deal there are plans to open several more sites on London high streets in the near future and develop up to 100 sites nationwide over the next decade. View More » Multiple sites also look set to roll out across Ireland by 2030. Do you have a story to share? Get in touch by emailing MetroLifestyleTeam@ MORE: Boy, 2, dies after 'falling from height' in south east London MORE: Disabled people at iconic London tower 'trapped inhumanely inside' after lifts broke MORE: British man with same name as Russian rebel keeps getting mistaken on holiday
