Bang Bang Oriental Food Hall

Bang Bang Oriental Food Hall is an eco-friendly venue that has bought a pan Asian culinary experience and cultural entertainment concept to London. Bang Bang has a food court, restaurant, shopping experience and community space all under one roof. With 33 individual kiosks offering a mix of Chinese, Korean , Indian, Vietnamese, Singaporean, Taiwanese and Malaysian cuisine. The sophisticated and affordable food court, seating up to 450 guests will bring the energy and authentic vibe of an Asian street food market. The Bang Bang concept layers a contemporary filter over the pan Asian culinary experience. The design emphasis is on clean lines and eastern minimalism utilising robust natural materials and a muted pallet that is peppered with the colours of the orient. Timber is celebrated and the signature diagonal tiling draws the Bang Bang brand into the architecture. The new food court is built on the site of the Oriental food court in Colindale, North London. Occupying a modern warehouse building, created by Sheppard Robson Architects, on the Edgware Road with a striking diagonal facade. The entrance from Edgware Road is through a large steel framed ornate cedar screen forming the traditional gate way into the entrance hall. The entrance hall forms the access from the car park and Edgware Road and the Golden Dragon restaurant on the ground floor. The ceiling is lined in stained timber with timber down stand beams mimicking the construction of Asian housing. Access to the main food hall is by a feature stair to the first floor lined in purpose made black glazed tiles installed on the diagonal forming a processional route with Chinese lanterns indicating the route. On the first floor one arrives at the large open hall. The food hall has been designed with reference to traditional Asian building design, materials and colour. A mezzanine floor has been inserted to the rear of the hall that is accessed by a feature blackened steel stair lined in a blacked steel balustrade. The mezzanine level houses consulting rooms, plant and administration offices. The food hall extends below the mezzanine creating two distinct areas a high hall and a lower back dining area. The main elevation of the mezzanine forms a back drop to the high food hall and is formed in a timber slatted screen fixed to a Chinese red acoustic backed fabric. Kiosks are constructed around the perimeter of the open courtyard filled with natural light and to the space below the mezzanine. A temporary stage can be constructed using the dining tables, purpose built so they can be pinned together with gantry lighting overhead. Each kiosk is framed in a traditional timber construction found in Asia bolted to form a framework of varying sizes unified with the stained timber of the framework and dark stained counter fronts with honed black granite tops lipped in brass. Bespoke jade tiles set on the diagonal line the divisions to the kiosks adding a traditional Asian element to the design. The kiosks are serviced from service corridors to the rear of the units. Purpose made traditional-style fabric lanterns line the front of the kiosks to the main hall. Natural materials have been selected through out, each referenced to Asia, installed in a contemporary manner whilst drawing reference to the Asian tradition. Island kiosks have been constructed framed in stained timber and illuminated opal panel to reference Japanese shoji screens with blackened steel gantries for signage and lighting constructed in an Asian style. The exciting hub will also be home to the stylish Golden Dragon flagship restaurant. The 300-cover restaurant will offer dim sum lunches and an extensive traditional Chinese menu in the evening. Lined in stained burr maple and traditional Chinese lacquered panel with light coffers to the private dining room lined in gold leaf and cedar coffered ceiling to the main dining room. The bar is formed in brass with a forest green granite walls to the bar and countertop. A bespoke carpet in gold and black runs through out the restaurant based on a traditional Chinese pattern. Bang Bang Oriental is a green iniative and features state of the art technology such as bio fuel cylinder (Rothenburg) which will collect food waste for energy regeneration and heat taken from the cold rooms of adjoining supermarket to power the heating and cooling via heat exchangers to Bang Bang.