Run by a Greek guy called Tony, Broadway Café does a range of Greek and English breakfasts. My favourite is bubble and squeak with poached eggs. It’s a great place for chatting over great big cups of tea.
I'm a fruitcake addict and W Martyn have an incredible array of them: I don’t think I've ever seen so many. They also roast their own beans and pump it out into the street so you get a wonderful whiff of fresh coffee.
Roni’s does the kind of Jewish food I had as a kid: bagels, flatbread, chicken soup, houmous. Their chicken soup with lokshen [noodles] is perfect – if I have that with a poppy-
seed bagel, my cup runneth over.
I get my hair cut at AJ Memphis. The owner is a wonderful mixture of philosopher, TV scriptwriter and barber. We talk about the world, the universe, atoms, the meaning of life and Arsenal Football Club.
Toff’s is one of the greatest fish-and-chip shops in London. It’s also the only place I know where you can have the batter made like my mother used to make it, using matzo meal. It’s a trip down memory lane.
We chat to actor, rapper and comedian Ben Bailey Smith, who grew up Willesden, about his favourite places to hang out in west London.
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