Qype: Hummus Bros in London

London - Eating & Drinking - Restaurants - International - Eating & Drinking - Restaurants - Mediterranean


So I've sort of side-stepped Hummus Bros for some time due to my 'over it' feeling toward hummus. When the big hummus plague happened I was in the frontline, visitng parks and BBQs with fresh french loaves and tubs of hummus in different colours and flavours. And then one morning I awoke, and could not bare to look at another beige chunky pot. And that was that.

So somewhere called 'Hummus Bros' was as likely a perfect shoe fit for me as another termed 'Offal Aunts'. And I neglected it besides recommendations from friends.

But then a group of friends were heading down and I begrudgingly came along and was pleasantly surprised. I could get a bowl of tasty meaty lumps in a swish salty gravy with a line of hummus around the top that you could swipe in or mostly ignore as you scooped it up warm wholewheat pittas = win.

Can get busy at lunch times and they have a 'small' (medium) and 'regular' (large) - if it's just lunch the small should do - I went for the regular and ended up leaving left half.

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Qype: Tortilla in London

London - Eating & Drinking - Restaurants - Mexican


Mexican eateries have bred like rabbits throughout London - and if you can't match or better what's already out there, you're doing Londoners a bit of a disservice.

I was thrilled to bits as I saw this joint being tediously put together down the road from my work - cutting the closest Mexican hit from a 15 min walk to a 3 min walk would be a.m.a.z.i.n.g.

But alas. The burrito that was spawned by Tortilla was under par, woefully disappointing. The sour cream was watered down to the consistency of milk. The black beans were swimming in water and slapped together with my usual favourite of pork and completely unspicy medium salsa, resulted in a big bag of liquid that continoulsy trickled through my tin foil as I hate it - luckily in-house.

My friend had gone for the 'hot' salsa and still we doused both in a bottle of chilly sauce we found off to the side. The staff seemed a bit disinterested in being there and altogether the experience was a let down.

Until something drastic happens I'm resigned to a fifteen minute walk to get some 'proper' Mexican food.

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Qype: Pizzeria Malletti in London

London - Eating & Drinking - Restaurants - Italian & Pizza


I have a habit of going to a place that specialises in something, and ordering the opposite, so in Pizzeria Malletti I opted for the pasta; £4.95 for a takeaway box.

I asked for 'halfnhalf'; an artichoke and gorgonzola tortelloni with a penne and sausage meat. And it was pretty good - a decent lunch portion that was pretty tasty.

Don't let the queue out the door put you off, it all moves along pretty quickly and the people behind the counter are friendly and boisterous.

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