The team behind Dalston-based Japanese-Italian restaurant Angelina has launched a playful but gastronomically ambitious bar on Soho’s D’Arblay Street.
What: A Soho bar from the duo behind Dalston’s Angelina. Golden Gai takes its name from a district of Tokyo known for its narrow alleyways crammed with offbeat late night bars. The surprisingly expansive 40-cover site (65 in normal, non-socially distanced times) is a re-imagining of the tiny bar of the same name at Angelina, which has been rendered temporarily useless by Covid-19 rules and is now used to prepare desserts.
Who: Angelina’s founders Joshua Owens-Baigler and Amar Takhar have teamed up with friend and talented bartender Wilson Salemos, who is heading up the project day-to-day. The duo founded Angelina last year, offering a ‘surreal exploration’ of Japanese and Italian food by way of a 10-course Kaiseki-style menu that features the likes of o-toro, lardo, umeboshi and shiso; a