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.
Secret Sandwich Shop x Flying Goose’s Sando
Secret Sandwich Shop is getting saucy this season by bringing in Flying Goose for a collab sando. The absolutely stacked sarnie features two slices of charcoal milk loaf filled with turkey, chorizo, lettuce, tomato, Monster Munch crumb and lashings of two Flying Goose sauces – the Sriracha Blackout and the Spicy Sriracha Mayo.
Available until Thurs 31st October 2024
103 Talbot Road, London, W11 2AT
secretsandwichshop.com
Crosstown’s Halloween Doughnuts
Crosstown is celebrating spooky season with three limited-edition flavours: the Matcha Monster, a dark chocolate truffle-filled doughnut topped with matcha & dark chocolate ganache; the Mummified Raspberry Jam, a raspberry jam-filled doughnut glazed with Tongan vanilla bean bandages; and the Phantom Pumpkin, a pumpkin cake doughnut, filled with dulce de leche, dipped in pumpkin glaze and topped with meringue ghosts.
Available until Thurs 31st October 2024
All Crosstown locations
crosstown.co.uk
Bun House’s Mummy Buns
Bun House’s Halloween buns are back! These mummy buns, complete with tiny little pumpkins, are filled with a rich purple yam lava filling, although they’re almost too cute to eat. If you can bear to break into them, you can by the buns ready to eat at Bun House or to take away and steam at home.
Available from Sat 26th – 31st October 2024
26 – 27 Lisle Street, London, WC2H 7BA
@8unhouse
Bangers x Kold Sauce’s The Kold Banger
Breakfast is getting a glow up thanks to Bangers and Kold Sauce, who have joined forces to create the Kold Banger brekkie sarnie. It’s packed with thick-cut Kold-glazed ham, runny fried egg, grilled pineapple slice, fresh crisps and the collab Burnt Pineapple Hot Pepper Ketchup inside a toasted milk bun, and you can get your hands on it at Bangers throughout November. The spesh hot pepper ketchup will also be available to buy exclusively on DELLI.
Available from Fri 1st – Sat 30th November 2024
5 Leonard Circus, London, EC2A 4DQ
bangerslondon.co.uk
atis x Le Bab’s Collab Plate and Salad
Salad bar atis and fancy kebab spot Le Bab have teamed up for a bit of a dish swap this autumn. At atis you can get can a collab plate, with sumac tomato salad, cucumber, grains, za’atar pitta chips and Le Bab’s herb yoghurt and chilli sauces (plus atis toppings like bavette steak and sweet potato), and that’s on the menu right up until Christmas. At Le Bab (until 4th November), you can get a collab bowl, with quinoa, foragers mix salad, celery salsa, roasted squash, hummus, crispy kale, pine nuts, pomegranate, and Eaten Alive sauerkraut with atis’ vegan jalapeno caesar or miso ponzu dressing (plus Le Bab toppings like lamb, chicken or roasted aubergine sabich).
Available until Mon 4th November and Tues 24th December 2024
All atis and Le Bab sites
atisfood.com
Layers x Origin Coffee’s Tonka Bean and Coffee Croissant
East London bakery Layers and speciality coffee roasters Origin Coffee are teaming up to fight food waste – and in seriously tasty way. This limited-edition Tonka Bean and Coffee Croissant features surplus coffee grinds in leftover dough, which is then baked with coffee cream inside and topped with tonka bean, black cardamom and white chocolate cream. YUM.
Available from Mon 7th October – Thurs 7th November 2024
Layers and Origin’s London shops
origincoffee.co.uk
Eggbreak x Wilde’s x It’s Bagels’ Shuk Bagel
Eggbreak has called in two big guns for its latest collab special – new-wave Jewish deli Wilde’s and NYC-style bagel shop It’s Bagels. The result of this dream team partnership? The Shuk Bagel, an It’s Bagels garlic bagel filled with salt beef from Wilde’s plus shakshuka sauce, spicy jam, a cheesy fried and spicy pickled kraut.
Available until Sat 30th November 2024
30 Uxbridge Street, London, W8 7TA
@eggbreak_ldn
Thunderbird Fried Chicken x Rosa’s Thai Thaimarind Wings
Like friendly neighbours, Thunderbird Fried Chicken is borrowing a bit of tamarind sauce from Rosa’s Thai this September to create some special Thaimarind wings: TFC’s award-winning fried wings topped with Rosa’s famous tamarind sauce (you’ll recognise it from their pad Thai), crispy onions, coriander and toasted sesame seeds.
Available until Weds 18th December 2024
All Thunderbird Fried Chicken locations
thunderbirdckn.co.uk
Bone Daddies x Tajin’s Pastor Ramen
It’s the Mexican–Japanese, taco-ramen mash-up you never knew you needed. Bone Daddies has teamed up with Tajin for a Pastor Ramen, featuring BD’s signature 20-hour pork broth and noodles, topped with al pastor pork, crispy nachos, pineapple pico, charred elotes, coriander, Tajin chilli & lime seasoning, half a soy egg and beansprouts. You won’t be able to keep your spoon out of this one.
Available until Thurs 31st October 2024
All Bone Daddies locations
bonedaddies.com
Tonkotsu x Farang’s Red Curried Fishcake Ramen
Tonkotsu is teaming up with Thai restaurant Farang for warming collab ramen that’s perfect for autumn. For the spesh bowl, Tonkotsu’s chicken broth is enriched with a spicy red curry paste from Farang’s spin-off brand Payst, then loaded with Tonkotsu’s noodles, Farang’s Thai fishcakes, bean sprouts, curry leaf, Thai basil, a soy egg and curry leaf salt.
Available from Tues 17th September – end of October 2024
All Tonkotsu locations
tonkotsu.co.uk
Ria’s Deep-Fried Mars Bar
Ria’s, Notting Hill’s deep-dish pizza and natural wine spot, has just introduced a new special in a nod to co-founder Ria Morgan’s Scottish heritage. Their Tennent’s Beer-Battered Deep-Fried Mars Bar is an indulgent twist on the nostalgic favourite and goes perfect with a side of ice cream.
29 All Saints Road, London W11 1HE
rias.world