Yauatcha is a Chinese

Chinese cuisine

Chinese cuisine is any of several styles originating in the regions of China, some of which have become highly popular in other parts of the world – from Asia to the Americas, Australia, Western Europe and Southern Africa...

 restaurant in Broadwick Street

Broadwick Street

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, Soho

Soho

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, London, England, specialising in dim sum

Dim sum

Dim sum refers to a style of Chinese food prepared as small bite-sized or individual portions of food traditionally served in small steamer baskets or on small plates...

.

The restaurant was created in 2004 by Alan Yau

Alan Yau

Alan Yau , OBE is a London-based restaurateur who is best known for founding the Wagamama food chain in the United Kingdom...

, who previously created the Wagamama

Wagamama

Wagamama is a British-headquartered restaurant chain, serving pan-Asian food in the style of a modern Japanese Ramen bar.-History:Created by Alan Yau, who subsequently created the Chinese restaurants Hakkasan and Yauatcha in London, the first Wagamama opened in 1992 off Gower Street in...

 Japanese

Japanese cuisine

Japanese cuisine has developed over the centuries as a result of many political and social changes throughout Japan. The cuisine eventually changed with the advent of the Medieval age which ushered in a shedding of elitism with the age of shogun rule...

 and Busaba Eathai Thai restaurant chains and the more expensive Hakkasan

Hakkasan

Hakkasan is a high-class modern Chinese restaurant in the West End of London, England, at Hanway Place. The restaurant was created by Alan Yau, also behind the Wagamama Japanese restaurant chain and the newer Yauatcha restaurant, also in London...

 restaurant, also in London. Like Hakkasan, Yauatcha gained a Michelin star rating in 2005, which it has retained ever since.

In April 2005, the British Restaurant

Restaurant (magazine)

Restaurant is a British magazine aimed at chefs, restaurant proprietors and other catering professionals that concentrates on the fine dining end of the industry. It produces an annual list of what it considers to be the best 50 restaurants, based on the votes of 600 "chefs, restaurateurs, critics...

 magazine released its fourth annual global ranking of the 50 Best Restaurants

Restaurant (magazine) Top 50

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 and Yauatcha was rated 43rd in the list (with a total of ten London restaurants listed).

In January 2008, Yau sold a majority interest in Yauatcha and Hakkasan to Tasameem, part of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.

Previous Chinese London restaurants awarded a Michelin star have been Lee Ho Fook in Soho (1974), Poons of Covent Garden (1979–1980), Tiger Lee in Earls Court (1980–1986), and The Oriental at the Dorchester (1993–2000).

Rachel Stevens wrote a praising article on the restaurant in March 2009 in the 'Observer Food Monthly' magazine.

External links

• Article from The Observer
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• Article from The Telegraph
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• Article The Times
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