Chow down capital
On a recent trip there, I visited several of my favourite haunts and tried out a couple of new spots. The Eagle in Farringdon, often referred to as London’s original gastropub, is a must. I love the easy atmosphere: mismatched furniture and crockery and my favourite food - bean stews, juicy pork sausages and lentils, and comforting soups. Also, this time I was delighted to find a past Ballymaloe Cookery School student, Ed Nassau Lake, in the kitchen.
Moro at Exmouth Market serves an eclectic mix of eastern Mediterranean, Spanish and Moroccan food. We loved the butifarra with braised kale and chiccarones (pork crackling) and the fish kibbeh with cabbage and caraway salad and tahina sauce with mint. One of the special joys of eating in Moro is the flavour of the food from the wood-burning oven: wood roasted chicken with nut and okra pilaf with pomegranate and cucumber salad was memorable, as was the lamb with white bean purée and braised artichokes.
