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Anglo Anatolian
By Annette Crimbstone
The Anglo-Anatolian restaurant has been a fixture on Church Street for longer than I can remember - reliable, consistent, good value Anatolian food that offered a twist on the otherwise ubiquitous kebab offerings widely available elsewhere.
Over the years, the restaurant has been slowly but surely refurbished and the menu gently developed; in late 2004, and under new management, the Anglo-A upgraded big time. Our intrepid tasters gathered on an otherwise miserable Saturday evening to check it out.
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Gratifyingly, the new menu is confident, focused, but not too worryingly expansive: familiar
standards mixed with an good range of vegetarian and fish dishes, a sound spread of hot and cold mezes, and - thankfully - the reassuringly traditional Anatolian classics, Kleftiko, Islim
kebab and lamb chump.
Confused by the range of mezes on offer (our fault),we had a faltering start with only two cold dishes: kisir, a piquant mix of crushed wheat, red peppers, celery, spring onions, lemon and olive oil, and the much spicier mercimek keftesi - more crushed wheat, red lentils, spring onions and parsley. Plates were wiped clean - no problems there.
For mains, we ordered kleftiko (oven-cooked lamb with potatoes, celery, onions, peppers, tomato sauce and rice), chicken apricot (grilled chicken served with fresh parsley, orange juice and
- naturally - apricots), pan fried fresh sardines and yogurtlu adana (minced lamb
served on bread with yoghurt, peppers, melted butter and tomato). Ten minutes later, all but one of the plates had been stripped bare. The lamb was tender, the sardines fresh, the chicken perhaps a little overcooked and the adana so generously served that it proved impossible to demolish - but no one was complaining. House wines worked a treat.
So the Anglo-A is still what it always has been - and always should be. Excellent value, hearty food, real flavours, Just a bit smarter and fresher.
123 Stoke Newington Church Street, 020 7923 4349
Farmers Market
by Hannah Bullock
From Saturday 9 April the Stoke Newington Farmers' Market will be at William Patten School, Church Street. The Market takes place every Saturday
from 10-2.30, and is run by Growing Communities.
www.growingcommunities.org
020 7502 7588.
. Eating your greens has never tasted so good. Look out for the wonderfully named cavallo nero (black kale), Swiss chard, rocket, mustard greens, pak
choi, and more cabbage varieties than you'd ever imagined: try them chopped in thin strips and stir fried with ginger, garlic and soy sauce.
. For winter warmers, stock up on leeks, beetroot, white turnips, carrots and potatoes.
. Lettuce, fresh bunched garlic and herbs including coriander and parsley are still available throughout the cold season, thanks to those ingenious
polytunnels.
. The first fruit of this year is rhubarb - available from mid-March. It's easy to cook, chopped up with a bit of sugar sprinkled on, cooked till soft and served with Greek yogurt or cream.
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The Prince now offers a 2 or 3 course lunchtime
set menu, noon-2.30pm, Monday - Friday
Soup of the day w/ a basket of bread
Classic Caesar salad
Chicken liver pate w/ Melba toast & Cumberland sauce
Rare-breed Roast Beef & horseradish or Roast Pork,
stuffing & apple sauce ciabatta
s/w fries & salad
Indonesian fish laksa soup finished w/ bean sprouts,
coconut milk & coriander leaves
Spaghetti w/ field mushrooms, garlic, pesto, cream &
parmesan
Cheese platter w/ a selection of cheeses, biscuits, celery,
grapes & chutney
Dessert of the day
Ices & sorbets
2 courses £7.00
3 courses £9.50
The Prince, 59 Kynaston Road,
London N16,
020 7923 4766
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