The Bun House Any place called ‘Bun House’ already has ‘winner’ written all over it as far as Chapeau are concerned. Also concerning, how did we not know about this place before? I digress. Let us begin. After opening ‘Bun House’ on Greek Street, Soho husband and wife team Z He and Alex Peffly opened ‘Tea Room’ in the basement of the former Moroccan restaurant and hookah joint ‘Maison Toureg’. Both spaces are designed by He’s interiors studio ‘Five Line Projects' and inspired by the classic cha chan tangs of 1960s Hong Kong: invariably, heaving, atmospheric cafés that are open all hours and feed a quickly rotating roster of customers with homey Cantonese fare. Whilst ‘Bun House’ is a nostalgic mélange of glazed ceramic garden stools and dark wood carpentry and serves the titular buns alongside Chinese street snacks, down a deep green stairwell, ‘Tea Room’ frames its menu of lethal cocktails and Cantonese food against a more noir backdrop of rattan furniture by Sika Design, exposed brick, brass and velvet drapes. The food in the ‘Tea Room’ is the brainchild of head chef Zhang Chenquan, think authentic Cantonese sharing plates and cocktails made exclusively with Chinese spirits and ingredients. Upstairs the bao buns are the star of the show with pig, lamb, chicken, fish and veg options. Unlike the open, Taiwanese-style buns, Cantonese bao are closed. #chapeaulondon #chapeaublog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #wordsandpictures #amazing #london #lifestyle #bunhouse #tearoom #soho #cantonese #baobuns #zhe #alexpeffly #fivelineprojects #drinkingden #soho #london (at Bun House & Tea Room)
