'I went to the London restaurant where they sell zebra, kangaroo and crickets and I could feel its legs against my cheek'
30.06.2022 - 00:17
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eatery is worth a recommendation. Inside, a man emerges from the back of the small, very orange restaurant to greet me. Whoever designed this space was a maximalist.
There's not an empty spot on the walls; they are adorned with pictures, masks, mirrors, turtles, boomerangs. . .
. it almost feels like an auction house. I am directed to a plush chair by the window.
It's basically a throne and the theme tune of I'm a Celebrity rings in my head. Will I be the Queen of the ( Westminster ) jungle today? READ MORE: 'I tried one of London's cheapest full English breakfasts for £6 and people were queueing out the door before 9am' I'll certainly be the Queen of the restaurant - I'm the only one here. It would seem no one else has an appetite for crickets or locusts at 1.
30pm on a Tuesday. The menu is presented in a little box, rolled up like a map and wrapped in plastic flowers. A few things stand out: will it be the crispy zebra jerky? The pan fired crickets? Spicy crocodile wrapped in vine leaves? Kangaroo skewers?I can feel the eyes of the decorative animals on me.
It's just us in here. The stuffed peacock in the front window poses for passers-by, trying to lure them in with his S-shaped neck. Every now and then couples stop and look at the menu outside with disbelief and intrigue.
They crane to peek through the window and stare past the peacock at me in my throne. My kangaroo arrives. It looks like a lamb shish kebab before I cut into the first square.
. . then it looks like rare steak.
The crimson meat is stark against the streak of white sauce on the plate. It's softer than any steak I've eaten; so soft I can use a butter knife. The kangaroo has been marinated in zhug, a hot sauce from Yemen, which gives it a warm but not
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