Open Tuesday to Friday from noon-8.30pm and Saturday to Sunday from noon-7pm hokolondon. They also have a bar a short distance away on South Lambeth Road, the heart of London’s Portuguese community, but this is the. Meal for two plus drinks about £50 (soft drinks only). Meanwhile, the kitchen scours the subcontinent for regional ideas while offering dedicated menus for those with special dietary needs. And, ultimately, I really like that - a few doors down from the East End’s beigel shops and Bangla curry houses - we have an all-new, affordable institution, built upon principles of soulfulness, succour and the timeless appeal of something sweet.Ģ24 Brick Lane, E1 6SA. I like that the hallucinatory, Vegas-era Elvis sweetness of their HK French toast is balanced by a melting pat of pointedly salty butter. But, then, I like the fact that Ma and her team are not seeking to “improve” working-class dining culture through needless artisanal refinement. And if I had a small criticism then it would be that some of the more intriguing dishes in the broader cha chaan teng repertoire - the fish chowders or satay beef noodles - are currently conspicuous by their absence. A Miami restaurant where Donald Trump was cheered by supporters just hours after being indicted on Tuesday has been targeted with negative reviews on Yelp, with an 'unusual activity alert' being. There is a deliberate kind of arrested development to the food. Starters 4-9.50, mains 7.50-20.50, pastel de nata 1.50, wines from 14.99 Sometimes eating places name to me. You will be sensing, at this point, that Hoko only really has one culinary move, and that it is a move that generally involves the turning on of a deep fat fryer. South London Casa Madeira, London: ‘I love the Portuguese repertoire’ restaurant review Food Jessica comments off Casa Madeira, 46b Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TL (020 7735 0592). Nonetheless, I absolutely loved the bones of it. It is a place where the only thing resembling a nutrient-rich green vegetable is an occasional chopped scattering of spring onion, and the implicit off-menu special is a possible side order of Type 2 diabetes. Hoko is a true-believer riff on the pleasures of the cha chaan teng (essentially, a Hong Kong greasy spoon) a scuffed, egalitarian temple to inexpensiveness, efficiency and the comforting whump of sugar, salt and deep-fried carbs. At one time every chef in a fine dining restaurant would have this aide memoir. But, also, because they encapsulate so much of what makes this place such a nostalgic, deeply unsubtle joy. Not just because it was these teas, presented in slickly designed, clear pouches like lactic Capri-Suns, that were the original basis of founder Nicole Ma’s business. Though it is a drink rather than food, the milk tea is an important gateway to understanding precisely what is happening with this all-new, instantly mobbed, Cantonese- inspired cafe. New West End Company BRANDPOST | PAID CONTENTĪnyway, I thought of all this again as I sat in Brick Lane’s Hoko, nursing a glass of their Hong Kong milk tea: a chilled, proprietary blend of Ceylon leaves, evaporated milk, sugar and water that has a creamy, rounded sweetness that lands like a time traveller from a more innocent (and, yes, OK, probably more cavity-ridden) age.
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