Best East End pubs with outdoor seating open now
We have rounded up the best pubs with outdoor seating around Roman Road reopening their outdoor spaces this week. We’ve
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Eating and drinking
Reviews and recommendations for eating and drinking in Bow, Mile End, Fish Island and Hackney Wick: restaurants, bars, clubs, fresh produce and food stores.
Local larder: Almond and coconut tray bake
In the last instalment of Tamsin Robinson’s lockdown desserts, our resident Cordon-bleu pastry chef shares her recipe of almond and
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Local larder: Sticky Toffee Muffins
Local Cordon-bleu trained pastry chef Tamsin Robinson shares her recipe of sticky toffee muffins.
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Local larder: Apple, Pear and Miso Galette
As part of our ongoing series of winter lockdown recipes, local Cordon-bleu trained pastry Tamsin Robinson has created a recipe
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Local larder: Chocolate Fondant
Local Le Cordon Bleu-trained pastry chef Tamsin Robinson shares her recipe for delicious chocolate fondants, using ingredients that can be rustled up from the local convenience shop.
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Neighbourhood Bites: the local food bank shining a light through the darkness of lockdown
Neighbourhood Bites aims to serve the homeless and members of the community who are in need of fellowship. Since it was founded by Tom Edwards in 2018 the organisation, which operates in St. John’s church hall in Bethnal Green, has seen a huge increase of guests.
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Eato: mocktails, grills and colourful burgers
Eato is very much a reflection of me,’ says the founder Ali Emran.
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The Hub Cafe food review: the vegan-friendly heart of Victoria Park
Millahn’s go-to is stew or soups to compliment the cold weather, but Kata’s favourite dish of the day was The Hub’s quinoa salad. Vibrant cauliflower, wild couscous, and pungent beets are married to create an actually healthy and actually tasty salad, that mixes textures and flavours for a truly enjoyable, and filling meal.
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The Bakery Room: patisserie comes to Roman Road
Say hello to The Bakery Room. It is a new patisserie shop on the market stretch of Roman Road by the same team as Mile End’s The Pizza Room and The Coffee Room, who are now bringing their French and Italian-inspired bakes on the eastern of the high street.
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Roman Road’s newest food venture is a nod to the 80s and NYC
It’s the Biblical metaphor! It is all about neighbourhood dining, about this idea of everyone getting together and sharing delicious hearty food that isn’t too fancy, that you just want to tuck into.’
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Angel and Crown transformation into inclusive community pub wins Coca-Cola ad campaign
‘I just really want people to know that this is an inclusive, family-friendly place and being attached to the brand might hopefully make people realise that.’
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Silo: the zero-waste restaurant making sustainability accessible
‘For the longest time, it felt like no one was listening. I was trying really hard to show being zero-waste is possible. Then suddenly there was an episode about waste on Blue Planet and then suddenly it was everywhere.’
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