Guidebook for Greater London
Food Scene
This no-frills restaurant, serving the food of Xinjiang, China, has won numerous awards and continues to be hugely popular with, well, pretty much everyone.
Some of the dishes here are London classics now, like the middle plate chicken which is a vat (yeah, it’s really big) of star anise-scented broth swimming with chicken, potatoes and flappy, handmade belt noodles.
The lamb shish skewers, too, are a must (eat them fast, before the shimmering chunks of fat cool down), along with the home style aubergine (sweet and soft) and the home style cabbage, which is the best cabbage you will ever eat. Everyone has tried to recreate it at home, with zero success.
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Silk Road
47 Camberwell Church StThis no-frills restaurant, serving the food of Xinjiang, China, has won numerous awards and continues to be hugely popular with, well, pretty much everyone.
Some of the dishes here are London classics now, like the middle plate chicken which is a vat (yeah, it’s really big) of star anise-scented broth swimming with chicken, potatoes and flappy, handmade belt noodles.
The lamb shish skewers, too, are a must (eat them fast, before the shimmering chunks of fat cool down), along with the home style aubergine (sweet and soft) and the home style cabbage, which is the best cabbage you will ever eat. Everyone has tried to recreate it at home, with zero success.
Nandine is a family-run business tucked away on Vestry Road, owned by the same people who run Yada’s Kurdish Kitchen in Peckham. Mum Pary Baban is the star here, cooking her own Kurdish meze recipes, which are fresh, healthy and excellent. She collected them from the many people she met during her time fleeing the Gulf War in her home country, faithfully recording them in a tattered notebook.
We love her handmade börek, made using a special kind of pastry called galgali, and her baklava is world-class – just sweet enough, with the layers of crackly pastry and nuts soaked in perfumed syrup.
They also do delivery, FYI.
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Nandine
82 Vestry RdNandine is a family-run business tucked away on Vestry Road, owned by the same people who run Yada’s Kurdish Kitchen in Peckham. Mum Pary Baban is the star here, cooking her own Kurdish meze recipes, which are fresh, healthy and excellent. She collected them from the many people she met during her time fleeing the Gulf War in her home country, faithfully recording them in a tattered notebook.
We love her handmade börek, made using a special kind of pastry called galgali, and her baklava is world-class – just sweet enough, with the layers of crackly pastry and nuts soaked in perfumed syrup.
They also do delivery, FYI.
Tafe Belayneh has been running a business in this spot on Walworth Road since 1993. Although she started it as an English café, it soon became clear that customers wanted the classic Eritrean and Ethiopian food she cooks so well.
She expertly makes the huge, bubbly injera that come with every meal in Ethiopia and Eritrea. On top go the various stews and other dishes which make up this fascinating cuisine.
Two important ingredients are berbere, a rust red spice mixture which defines the flavour profile of many dishes, and niter kibbeh, a seasoned, spiced butter. We can spend hours in here, sipping St. George beers and nibbling at the injera which, by the way, she sells to take away.
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Zeret Kitchen
216-218 Camberwell RdTafe Belayneh has been running a business in this spot on Walworth Road since 1993. Although she started it as an English café, it soon became clear that customers wanted the classic Eritrean and Ethiopian food she cooks so well.
She expertly makes the huge, bubbly injera that come with every meal in Ethiopia and Eritrea. On top go the various stews and other dishes which make up this fascinating cuisine.
Two important ingredients are berbere, a rust red spice mixture which defines the flavour profile of many dishes, and niter kibbeh, a seasoned, spiced butter. We can spend hours in here, sipping St. George beers and nibbling at the injera which, by the way, she sells to take away.
Drinks & Nightlife
Stormbird specialises in craft beer with a staggering range of options to choose from so be warned, it will take a little while to absorb them all.
We love their hand-drawn pump clips and the all-round vibes, including the fact that they’re relaxed about people spilling out onto the pavement at the side. Despite the traffic, it’s a lovely spot when all the doors are flung open in summer.
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Stormbird
25 Camberwell Church StStormbird specialises in craft beer with a staggering range of options to choose from so be warned, it will take a little while to absorb them all.
We love their hand-drawn pump clips and the all-round vibes, including the fact that they’re relaxed about people spilling out onto the pavement at the side. Despite the traffic, it’s a lovely spot when all the doors are flung open in summer.
The Tiger near Camberwell Green is popular with a younger crowd, open late until 3.30am on Fridays with live music, and The Old Dispensary seems to be attracting an ever younger clientele too. They also show sports on numerous TVs.
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The Tiger
18 Camberwell GreenThe Tiger near Camberwell Green is popular with a younger crowd, open late until 3.30am on Fridays with live music, and The Old Dispensary seems to be attracting an ever younger clientele too. They also show sports on numerous TVs.
The Sun next to King’s College Hospital (formerly the Son and Doves) still looks oddly unfinished but is a good place for a pint if you're around that area, and it also has a beer garden for the summer.
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The Sun of Camberwell
61-63 Coldharbour LnThe Sun next to King’s College Hospital (formerly the Son and Doves) still looks oddly unfinished but is a good place for a pint if you're around that area, and it also has a beer garden for the summer.