Sibling owners Jordan and Chyna opened Jam Delish off the back of stints at Kerb and a well-received six-month residency at Soho’s Sun and 13 Cantons pub. Here, at their permanent spot in Angel, the kitchen is headed up by Bajan-Jamaican chef Nathan Collymore. Food here is a vegan, relatively unadorned amble through West Indian classics like jerk 'chicken', 'goat' curry, 'saltfish' tostones, 'beef' patties and so on, but Collymore is doing seriously alchemical things with seitan, tempeh, jackfruit and soy. Try the silken 'oxtail' stew, with a wildly flavourful liquor, studded with cassava dumplings and served with perfect rice and peas.
It's official: London is experiencing a fast-mushrooming plant-based restaurant boom. Across the city, creative chefs are showing off their prowess with plants, creating pitch-perfect imitations of meaty comfort food classics, or dreaming up new vegetable-based delights. Whether you're after a lavish night of culinary theatre, a delicate Middle Eastern spread, or a carb-coma-inducing full English breakfast, you'll find it in our list of London's best vegan restaurants. Read on and plan your next plant-free feast.
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