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  • Blue Legume

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  • Blue Legume is best known for its sterling brunches, making it a mecca for locals at the weekend. Hungover twenty-somethings dawdle over sticky, maple syrup-drizzled waffles with fruit and yoghurt, eggs benedict or mushrooms on toast with crème fraîche, while families pile into the conservatory area out back; on sunny days, the strip of pavement tables on the street is prime people-watching terrain. In the evening, it morphs from a sunny café into a low-key neighbourhood bistro, with candles flickering on the mosaic tables,jazz playing in the background and an ambitiously extensive menu, encompassing everything from seafood tagliatelle and tapas to moussaka and home-made burgers. Amiable waiters deliver giant plates of food: we barely made a dent in a heaped dish of spicy, saffron-infused paella, while a rack of lamb (slightly fatty but perfectly pink) was accompanied by a mountain of fluffy mashed potato and plump mushrooms covered in Madeira sauce. Desserts, while equally enormous, were disappointing: a baked cheesecake was too bland, and a banofee pie unexceptional.

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  • Details

  • 101 Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington, N16 0UD
  • Area: Stoke Newington
  • Tel: 020 7923 1303
  • Category: Modern European
  • Travel: Stoke Newington rail/73 bus
  • Times: Open 9.30am-11pm Mon-Sat; 9.30am-6.30pm Sun
  • Price: Main courses £4.95-£8.95
  • Credit cards: (Mon-Fri) MC, V
  • Services:
    • Child facilities: Babies and children welcome: high chairs
    • Outdoor tables: 5, pavement
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