We get it, you’ve had plenty of Sunday lunches, but you haven't seen it all until you’ve tried the Asian-inspired roast at Ling Ling’s, a modern Chinese/Vietnamese restaurant with a longterm residency at beloved Hackney pub The Gun. Options for your centrepiece include a five-spiced braised pork belly, Korean-inspired glass skin chicken, and even a whole seabass. They’re all served with roasties, a huge sesame Yorkshire pudding, nori mustard, garlic panko, miso gravy and veggies. The best part? You can get a hash brown topped with sichuan tofu cream and fish roe to start. Obviously you should also opt for Ling Ling’s famous poached wontons too. You heard us. Hash browns, wontons and a roast. It works. Ling Lings will be ending its residency at The Gun on March 31, 2024 – so don't wait to book.
Sunday lunch. There’s nothing quite like it. An elemental meal, one that Londoners take incredibly seriously. Debates about what constitutes the ‘perfect’ Sunday roast have been known to last for hours.
There is no shortage of top roasts in London. We’ve rounded up the city’s best Sunday meals from a host of homely pubs and restaurants all around town. From snug neighbourhood staples to more bijou gastropubs and plently of vegetarian options too, we’ve got something for every taste (if that taste is for comforting mounds of roast meat, lashings of gravy and carbs for days).
A lot of these places get quite busy, by the way. So you’re always advised to book ahead to avoid disappointment.