Dishoom Kensington for Irani cafe snacks evocative of colonial Bombay. These cafes thrived through the 1960s and were owned by Zoroastrian Irani immigrants to British India fleeing persecution in the 19th century. They lived and cooked alongside established Parsi families, who had already been there for centuries, before opening their own places serving this wonderful and v specific style of Irani-Mumbai cuisine.
Buttery bun maska comes with chai for dunking.
House chai.
The legendary bacon naan roll (which I recreated as a late-night snack at our wedding) with Ramsay of Carluke’s Ayrshire smoked streaky bacon, cream cheese, cilantro, tomato-chile jam, and chopped green chile.
India gimlet with celery and dill.
Chile-cheese toast- also a classic train snack throughout India.
Chicken tikka roll and paneer roll (same idea but not pictured).
The sweetly spiced halwa on the side of the curry tasted like the traditional Bahraini version with saffron.
Table at The Ivy after Lunch II with the family.
Then on to the Lamb & Flag for some classic British pub food: fish cakes, fish and chips, g&t giving GoT.
As ever, in its traditional goblet.
Except that I made the booking at the totally wrong pub on *James St* with the *exact same name* as the correct pub in the *St James* area. Realized only once the food had arrived and was truly horrible. Chewy frozen fish, mealy fries and cole slaw that was disturbingly effervescent.
Couldn’t get through any more of it than that ^, but I wasn’t about to let this be our last meal in London.
On to The Mayfair Chippy for a triumphant final dinner of West London’s best fish and chips.
Coronation chicken fritters and house pickles.
Haddock
Vs. cod
Both were exceptional but the cod won handily.
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