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Time Out says
Tue Sep 25 2012
The Roundhouse is a surprising place to find a rocking restaurant, let alone cooking of this calibre. A note-perfect mix of concert posters, panoramic windows, dark wood and red seating counterpoints the confident fusion dishes of Camden Town boy Josh Katz (ex-Ottolenghi). Diners are advised to choose two or three plates each to share, depending on appetite. There’s clearly a formula to Katz’s style – a flavourful goop topped with protein, scattered with something crunchy and drizzled with a zingy sauce – but we’ll forgive the repetitiveness when the combinations sing like this. Witness sumac and lemon-pepper calamares with pumpkin jam and sriracha chilli aïoli, or grilled chicken with miso carrot purée, pickled cucumber, shiitake and coconut. Fried fennel with feta, pistachio and salted caramel will convert any hater of the aniseed-flavoured bulb. The weekend brunch menu features a global grab-bag of eggy and cheesy things. We like that they aim to keep things local, serving the full range of Camden Town Brewery beers, wines from Bibendum in Primrose Hill and coffee from Caravan in Exmouth Market. We don’t like coming when there’s a concert on – the bar influx leads to extraordinary waits for the even simplest things.
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