The Café O’Porto has been an institution in the Ladbroke Grove area for decades, opened up by an earlier generation of Portuguese immigrants escaping the dictatorship of Salazar and settling around Notting Hill before its gentrification. All those years later they … Read More
We’ve been selling our potato cakes like er, hot cakes in the cafe. So, I decided to experiment with some ingredients and see what came up. The result – a very tasty, crunchy on the outside and gooey on the … Read More
If you don’t have a spice grinder then you can use a processor – if you’re a virgin grinder, the aroma will hit you like a train when you open it. Instead of Scotch bonnet chilies I have substituted red … Read More
What a difference a sauce can make to pep up a steak or a piece of chicken and there’s nothing simpler than shoving everything into a food processor and voila, thirty seconds later you have a shiny, bright green thing … Read More
When you sink your nashers into this these ambrosial tartines, the taste sensation is something to behold. Crunchy, soft, salty, tart, creamy yumminess all rolled into one. This was the first time I had married beetroot with hummus and substituted … Read More
Exploring different parts of our city with the crew from The Londonist website is always a much anticipated and stimulating pleasure and, on one of their monthly nocturnal ramblings, I came across this wonderful establishment in North East London. I … Read More
This sauce is not for the faint hearted. I like to serve it with cucumber raita, onion salad and some poppadoms as a starter as part of an Indian meal. Although it originates from the Far East, I’ve given it … Read More
Roast Duck Breast Just off West End Lane in West Hampstead there’s an Italian, family run restaurant that offers a set menu for £10.90 if you dine with them before seven thirty. That’s already a very attractive proposition, but when … Read More