Poon's London

I guess it’s official, thank you @thelondonstandard 🙏 #PoonsAtSomersetHouse

In Feb 2018, I launched the first Poon’s pop-up in Clerkenwell, on a characterful square, between a bookie and a post office, opposite a laundrette and the best bacon sandwiches in town. People came, every single day, for its three-month duration, so I didn’t have an excuse not to continue on this journey to resurrect my parents’ legacy. After seven years of pop-ups, collaborations, guest chef events and temporary residencies (what I have referred to previously as half-arsed efforts), I am demonstrating uncharacteristic full-arse commitment. Last week, I signed a ten-year lease for our first permanent restaurant site, Poon’s at Somerset House. I don’t think I’ve ever signed up for anything lasting ten months, not even a gym membership, let alone ten years. Yes, I am elated and excited, but anxious and apprehensive in equal measure, so as I pop the cork on my last bottle of Jacquesson GVS 1996, I find myself sipping nervously. This time last year, we moved into our railway arch at Spa Terminus. I think that set me on the path of conscious dedication. I wrote then that I was shitting bricks. I think brick-shitting should become the index for endeavours of the Susan Jeffers philosophy - feel the fear and do it anyway. I mean, are we talking Battersea Power Station levels of brick or a mere Newby-McMahon? Regardless, on a plate of bacon and eggs, I’m the pig, not the chicken - committed, not merely involved. The contractors start mid-July. Between now and then, I get to write some big fat cheques which hopefully I can cash. So I am asking you, lovely people, to be chickens to my pig, to be involved. Come eat and drink and be merry when we open, come often, come alone and come with many. I’m doing what I know to do, home cooking with love from my family kitchen and feeding people with food from the heart. I’m building it - finally, so come pitch in my field of dreams... With edible love, as ever Amy   🔗 Sign up for news using the link in bio #Poons #PoonsLondon #PoonsAtSomersetHouse #SomersetHouse #ChineseHomeCooking #Cantonese #CantoneseFood #Restaurant #NewOpening #London #Londonlife #LondonRestaurants

WO Sauce featured in @theobserveruk today alongside a few of our favourite brands 🦐 Now available in over 400 locations across the UK and also online at Ocado, Sous Chef and our own website. Thank you for including us @honeilly 🙏🙏 #WOSauce #Poons #PoonsLondon

Honoured to welcome Weingut Bründlmayer and @bancroftwines for our latest Sommelier’s Lunch at Poon’s at Somerset House. Iconic wines from this leading Kamptal producer. #bründlmayer #sommelier #wine #weingutbründlmayer #bancroftwines

Poon’s London × London Original Print Fair 2026 This May, we’re delighted to partner with @londonoriginalprintfair at @somersethouse To celebrate the 2026 edition of the fair, we’re offering the chance to win: — tickets to the Fair — lunch for two at Poon’s Somerset House on Saturday 16th May. This year’s edition brings together more than 50 exhibitors alongside special presentations including Unlimited by Jeremy Fry and collaborators, and the launch of the new Ken Kiff print catalogue raisonné with Hales. Enter via the link on Poon’s website poonslondon.com/restaurant Competition closes 12th May. #PoonsLondon #LOPF #LOPF2026 #SomersetHouse #WhatsOnLondon

“Char Siu” Cantonese BBQ’d Pork Our ‘Bowl of the Day,’ on Thursdays, part of our new Express Lunch Menu. (View the menu and daily specials on our website.) We first came up with this when we did a Poon’s pop-up a few yeas ago and needed an alternative to a traditional Chinese barbecue roasting oven. The key is to use a high ABV alcohol to break down the meat sufficiently. Recipe on the Guardian website if you want to make at home. #CharSiu #Poons #PoonsLondon

🍇 A lovely evening last week celebrating the launch of “Eight Bunches”, our new wine created by @jadegrosswines , shared over dinner at Poon’s. Thank you to all who came. 📸 @mingtangevans

You can now buy both Prawn Wontons and Fresh Pork & Bamboo Wontons from our Arch at @spaterminus on Friday afternoons and Saturday 10am - 2pm. Limited quantities available! Pre-order online and collect, or stop by and grab a few boxes before they go. Each box contains sixteen wontons and comes with a serve of our Chilli Vinegar Dressing. #Wontons #Poons #PoonsLondon

Premium First Extract Soy Sauce beautifully photographed by @mingtangevans - - - - Our soy sauce is pressed only once, extracting the purest essence of the soy bean. It is the soy sauce equivalent of extra virgin, single varietal, cold-pressed olive oil. Fermented naturally using traditional methods, without chemical catalyst or acceleration, Poon’s Premium First Extract Soy Sauce has an exceptional depth of flavour, versatile enough for both cooking and dipping. #PoonsLondon #Soy #SoySauce

The Sony World Photography Awards 2026 runs from today April 17 - 4 May 2026 at @somersethouse Poon’s customers enjoy a 15% discount on tickets using the promo code POONS15 when booking online. In addition to the main exhibition, visitors can view a dedicated display of @joel_meyerowitz and join him for an exclusive talk at Logan Hall next Tuesday 21st April #swpa2026exhibition #joelmeyerowitz

I wrote recently about the indulgence of breakfast. For me, it isn’t about what I eat but the luxury of assigning time at the beginning of the day to enjoy it. We are all so BUSY nowadays, I suspect we feel the same about lunch. @georgia_levy_ wrote a wonderful cookbook, “Let’s Do Lunch,” highlighting what lunch might represent: a break, excitement, something that isn’t typing emails or Zoom meetings. To lure you away from a sandwich at your desk, we are excited to be launching our express lunch bowl options from Tuesday 14th April. Designed to be enjoyed within the hour, you can choose 2 courses for £22 or a bowl and a drink for £18. In addition, we have daily specials of some of my favourite one bowl wonders - Hong Kong Chicken Curry, Steamed Pork & Salted Egg Haché, “Char Siu” BBQ’d Pork and Soup Vermicelli with Duck & Pickled Snow Vegetables. 12-2:45, Tuesday to Friday. View menu in full and Book online. Walk-ins always available. #Poons #PoonsLondon #Lunch #ExpressLunch #SomersetHouse

I promised my eldest Anzac Cookies from @huskandhoneygranola and remembered at the eleventh hour so I RAN through the railway arches on Rail Sidings Road. Now, I don’t really run, I mean I can’t even run for the bus. It must have been the heightened oxygen levels from my gasping for air that boosted my brain performance and somewhere along the way I thought “chilli soy something savoury sprinkly granola!” Hedie is brilliant. She deciphered my incoherent brain dump and now we have a wonderful collab, Husk & Honey X Poon’s limited edition Wildflower Honey Granola with Soy Roasted Cashews, Chilli & Fermented Soy Bean for sprinkling on salads, eggs, congee, roasted veg, avocado on toast, scattering over just-married couples... Limited edition - buy online or grab from the Arch tomorrow and tell us how you get on. #Poons #PoonsLondon #Granola