Magnetic: the lamb with beautifully-seasoned rice (Matt Writtle) Still, if you are here at all then you should be here for the slow-cooked meats (there is salmon for pescatarians but veggies will have to heavily improvise) and their abundant accompaniments. There is biryani, lavishly-sauced spaghetti (a vestige of Italian colonial rule in Somalia), and griddle-warm sabaayad (flatbread) with an urgent rip tide of buttery sweetness. The menu is short and, to those unfamiliar with the commingled food cultures of the Horn of Africa, perhaps outwardly idiosyncratic. The changes feel both seismic (the once permanently shuttered street-level space has been opened up to reveal a proper entrance and large new dining room) and subtle (they’ve sprayed some metal supporting columns gold). Well, a few months and some inevitable construction delays later, the rebooted restaurant is finally here.
But then, upon hearing that a major expansion and spruce-up was planned for early this year, I held off. Tipped off late last year about the hush-hush cult around Al Kahf (which means “cave” in Arabic), I went along and was duly blown away. This is a drum that I have been wanting to bang for a while. Though it may not look like much, I genuinely think it may be serving what is, pound-for-downturn-pound, some of the most viscerally brilliant food in the capital. Because that is the second thing to know about Al Kahf. Which is to say, a hidden grotto of home-style East African cooking that spikes endorphins, costs next to nothing and is only intensified by the lightly confounding, clandestine nature of its surrounding context. Waiters tap orders into their phones and can be hard to flag down (or identify) opening hours are so capricious that I have twice arrived to find the place mysteriously shut and, up until a recent major refurbishment, the sole access point was a side door down a rubbish-strewn, darkened alleyway that did not look like the most likely pathway to dining nirvana.īut then, once you have navigated all these potential deterrents, what you are left with is the prize of something truly remarkable. Where much of the city’s restaurant landscape is defined by pomp and guest appeasement - by alluring decor and resting pedestals for weary handbags - attempting to eat here can, at times, feel like negotiating an obstacle course of hazards and discouragements. The first thing to know about Al Kahf, a basement Somali spot in Whitechapel, is that it very much operates on its own terms. ".We love that Singal Vine allows us to send pre-scheduled messages to students around key steps to college success as well as allows our student's mentors to communicate with their mentees through a secure platform that doesn't require them to use their personal devices.A prize: Al Kahf is hidden away, but worth seeking out (Matt Writtle) Peer review by Becca B, Associate Director, Strive for Success, Education ".We love that Singal Vine allows us to send pre-scheduled messages to students around key steps to college success as well as allows our student's mentors to communicate with their mentees through a secure platform that doesn't require them to use their personal devices." Peer review by Verified Reviewer, Education ".I enjoying being able to send messages quickly either through my phone or on my computer." Peer review by Karla K., Consultant and AuthorĬommunication Management with Phone Calls
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