London has a lot of restaurants and a lot of delivery options, which means that there are a lot of dishes being served at any one time
Throw in guest chef residencies, takeovers and restaurant collabs, it’s easy for some bangin’ specials to pass you by. Well not anymore because we’ve rounded up the best limited edition plates, aka one dish wonders, available for eat-in, delivery and takeaway in one place so you know where and when to get them.
Bun House’s Pig & Panda Buns
Bun House is marking International Children’s Day (on 1st June) with these super cute, limited-edition pig and panda hot-dog steamed buns. £1 from each bun is being donated to Feed London, a charity that provides nutritious food boxes and supermarket vouchers to families that are struggling, so pick one up and support a good cause.
Available until Sun 2nd June 2024
26-27 Lisle St, London WC2H 7BA
bun.house
Ginza St James’s Strawberry Sandos
Ginza St James’s is seeing in the summer – and gearing up for Wimbledon – by adding one of Japan’s most beloved snacks, the strawberry sando, to the menu. Here Head Chef Alex Furusawa Cadoni has put his spin on the sando, making it with brioche buns, whipped cream and British strawberries, and you can get it in the restaurant’s Hiroo Bar alongside strawberry martinis, as a dessert, or as part of Ginza’s afternoon tea.
Available from Mon 3rd June 2024
15 Bury Street, London, SW1Y 6AL
ginza-stjames.com
Shake Shack’s Pride Shake
The Pride Shake is back at Shake Shack for the whole of June and this year, it’s vanilla frozen custard spun with Biscoff sauce and rainbow sprinkles, and topped with whipped cream and more sprinkles. £1 from the sale of each of the shakes is going to charity, with Shake Shack supporting Mosaic LGBT+ Young Persons’ Trust, PRIDE CYMRU and Oxford Pride this year.
Fri 31st May – Mon 1st July 2024
All Shake Shack locations
shakeshack.co.uk
Yard Sale Pizza x Bleecker’s The Bleecker Birthday Pizza
Yard Sale Pizza is celebrating a decade in the game with another bangin’ collab pizza, teaming up with Bleecker to prove that a burger-pizza mash-up is most defo a good thing. The birthday spesh features YSP’s classic fior di latte mozzarella and tomato sauce base topped with seasoned Bleecker beef patty (or Symplicity patties for the veggies), diced white onions and Bleecker’s house sauce.
Available until Weds 12th June 2024
All Yard Sale Pizza sites
yardsalepizza.com
Chet’s x Tandoor Chop House Pork-Topped Naan
Tandoor Chop House is bringing Thai-Americana spot Chet’s on board for their next collab, and the team has come up with some really special. It’s a Thai-style pork-topped naan, combining TCH’s signature naan with Chet’s marinated lemongrass and kaffir lime pork mince, pickled fennel, cabbage and swede, all of which is then topped with spicy aioli.
Available until Sun 30th June 2024
8 Adelaide Street, London WC2N 4HZ
@tandoorchop
Chick ‘n’ Sours’ Wild Child Burger
Chick ‘n’ Sours is making the most of wild garlic season with its latest spesh, the Wild Child burger. The signature CnS crispy chicken thigh is topped with seaweed crack, wild garlic kewpie mayo, Szechuan pickles and lemon cabbage slaw and sandwiched between a toasted bun. Once wild garlic season is over, this baby is gonna be gone so make sure you don’t miss it.
Available until Fri 31st May 2024
Chick ‘n’ Sours Haggerston and Seven Dials
@chicknsours
Hachi x Eggbreak’s Shokupan Katsu Sandwich
Eggbreak is back with another cracking collab and this time it features the restaurant’s Notting Hill neighbours Hachi Bakery. The Japanese bakery, from the team behind Maru and Michelin-starred Taka, has provided its signature shokupan milk loaf, which has been filled with buttermilk fried chicken, ginger, chopped kimchi and sriracha mayo. You won’t wanna miss this one.
Available until Fri 31st May 2024
30 Uxbridge Street, London W8 7TA
@eggbreak_ldn
Crème’s Croissant & Milk Chocolate Cookie
You may have seen the viral cookie dough croissant on your feeds, and now there’s a new mash-up of those two sweet treats to enjoy thanks to Crème. This milk choc chip cookie is mixed with buttery and flaky bits of croissant with chocolate, YUM. The dessert launched on Easter and is available at all three of Crème’s London locations.
Crème’s London locations
cremelondon.com
Fatto a Mano x Franco Pepe’s Margherita Sbagliata
Fatto a Mano is teaming up with one of the world’s best pizza chefs, Franco Pepe, to bring a limited-time special to their sites in Covent Garden and King’s Cross this spring and summer. The one-of-a-kind pizza is called the ‘Margherita Sbagliata’, which is Pepe’s take on the classic tomato and cheese topping. His signature pizza dough is layered with buffalo and fior di latte mozzarella and Lorenzo extra virgin olive oil, then baked for just 90 seconds. It’s finished off with riccio (‘curly’) tomato passata, made from an ancient variety grown exclusively for Pepe in his home city of Caiazzo, which is piped on in geometric lines alongside dots of basil oil. For each of the specials sold, £1.50 will be donated to La Scugnizzeria, a charity in Scampia, Italy, that provides local children with the opportunity to learn essential skills.
Available Sat 29th April – Fri 2nd June 2024
All Fatto a Mano locations
fattoamanopizza.com