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Roti Stop: Stamford Hill’s Trinidadian oasis

Welcome to our Hole in the Wall series, where we show some love to London’s best affordable eats off the beaten track. No fuss. No glamour. Just the good stuff. In nearly thirty degree heat, after an odyssey of public transport and three changes later, I was heaving myself up the stairs of Stoke Newington […]

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Niyazi Usta: East London’s Turkish delight

Welcome to our Hole in the Wall series, where we show some love to London’s best affordable eats off the beaten track. No fuss. No glamour. Just the good stuff. My first love was the steak burrito; its round shape a marvel of product design – the portable pleasure pellet – foil wrapped and, like […]

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Tzatziki: the dip that anyone can master

In Greece they call it tzatziki, in Turkey they call it cacik. Some eat it with doner (Turkish kebab cooked on a vertical rotisserie), others have it with gyros (Greek kebab, also cooked on a vertical rotisserie), but this cooling yoghurt and cucumber dip goes with everything. From South East Europe to Iran it’s a […]