Rotorino – restaurant review: Italian cuisine made with cocky simplicity
If you don’t have an Italian grandma, try Rotorino’s well-trained waiters instead
FOOD & DRINK
Verden – restaurant review: a sign of how far Clapton has come?
There’s an impressive selection of food and wine at Verden in Lower Clapton, though not much of a local feel
Absolutely pho-bulous food from Hanoi by way of Shoreditch
Food historian Gillian Riley looks at the provenance of Vietnamese food and offers recipes and tips on how to make it at home
The Wash café – review
The Wash on Well Street is a coffee drinker’s cafe with a community focus
Palmers – restaurant review
This E2 restaurant may lack the sheen of rival eateries but the cuisine is top quality
Tonkotsu – restaurant review
The Narrow Way is going upmarket with the arrival of a Japanese noodle soup restaurant and bar
Made in heaven – with love from Yum Yum
Enjoy one of four special Valentine’s Day cocktails when you celebrate your evening At Yum Yum
Kaffa Coffee brings a taste of Ethiopia to Dalston
Gillett Square coffee shop scores low on pretension and high on authenticity
New Dalston cafe makes healthy dishes from food diverted from landfill
Dalston’s new egalitarian eatery is serving grub on a pay-what-you-feel basis
Makerscafe: taking beans to another dimension
Half ‘maker-space’, half cafe lets customers turn ideas into 3D reality
Having an Ethiopian feast in Hackney
Gillian Riley discovers the unique culinary heritage of Africa’s oldest independent country
Have a Scandi Christmas at Nordic Yulefest
Popping up in time for Christmas is a Scandinavian banqueting hall set for yuletide revels
Princess of Wales – review
The Princess of Wales in Clapton has a more homely feel than the average East London pub
Gillian Riley on sausages – the breakfast of centurions
From Roman warrior snacks to Hackney’s designer links, food historian Gillian Riley tracks the many lives of the sausage
Restaurant review – Rawduck
Reopened restaurant’s quirky and eclectic menu is reasonably priced and packed with unusual (if slightly obscure) ingredients