The team behind the very, very good Marylebone restaurant Jikoni have opened a second restaurant and café at the new V&A East Museum in Stratford. Come day or night (it is literally open all day), the menu features new recipes including macaroni dhal, turmeric and ginger chicken pie, and butter bean aglio e olio with zhoug, tahini and a pangrattato breadcrumb topping. There are also sausage rolls, crumpets and cakes for simpler snacking.
This is a place that embraces global cuisine with open arms, and there’ll be something for every taste. Add to that the fact it’s set in a soft, cushion-filled kitchen space, with pictures of local women holding their favourite kitchen utensils on the walls, and you’ve got yourself a surefire winner.