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Reserved A bite-sized guide to this month’s foodie destinations
THE LORD PALMERSTON
33 Dartmouth Park Hill, NW5; geronimo-inns.co.uk/thelordpalmerston
Why should you go? The pub’s been given a long-deserved makeover. There will be rotating guest ales, a new barbecue menu for the al fresco dining area (we’ve spotted sea bass in beer en papillotte – thumbs up) and a snug where you can control the lighting and music level and press a button for service. When should you go? The blackboard menu is refreshed not once, but twice a day. Try the deli treats after lunch if you like pickled squid, marinated chillies, home cured salmon and braised artichokes; small plates include smoked potato terrine with soft poached duck egg and roasted quail and saffron aioli.
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DOLLAR GRILLS & MARTINIS 2 Exmouth Market EC1R 4PX 020 7278 0077 FORMANS Stour Road Fish Island E3 2NT 020 8525 2365
BUNDU KHAN 43 Commercial Street E1 6BD 020 7375 2595
COMO 3 11-13 Theberton Street N1 0QY 020 7354 2341
LIKYA 68 -70 Golders Green Road NW11 8LN 020 8455 7171
MEAT PEOPLE 4-6 Essex Road N1 8LN 020 7359 5361
MEM & LAZ 8 Therberton Street N1 8LN 020 7704 9089
Disappearing Dining Club
224 Brick Lane, E1; disappearingsdiningclub.co.uk These guys have been busy. Back in 5 Minutes is their backstreet restaurant and private dining room, hidden behind a clothes shop on Brick Lane (they take bookings and walk-in diners Wednesday to Saturday evenings). They also hold supper clubs in a Fournier Street townhouse as well as dinner dances and weekends away.
Uyen Luu
Uyen’s home in Hackney; leluu.com Retiring from the fashion business, Uyen decided to hold Vietnamese-themed supper clubs in her Hackney home and is now a fully-fledged Vietnamese food consultant, with a number of television appearances under her belt. Her book My Vietnamese Kitchen comes out later this year and the suppers run every Friday throughout the month of June.
Ferdie’s Food Lab
Toynbee Hall, 28 Commercial Street, E1; ferdiesfoodlab.co.uk Simon Fernandez’ regular banquets take place at an actual banqueting hall, and see a horde of switched-on diners partaking of adventurous, experimental cooking in an atmosphere enticingly described as ‘mindboggling’. Expect all manner of mouth-watering morsels plus goblets and tankards of wine and beer.
SU SAZZAGONI 136 Lauriston Road E9 7LH 020 8985 8448
DALYAN 462 Muswell Hill Broadway N10 1BS 020 8442 2662
LA COLLINA 17 Princess Road NW1 8JR 020 7483 0192
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