Delicious UK – (10)October 2019

THE LONDON

LOWDOWN

in the know.

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RestaurateurJamesRamsden
roundsupthebestof
London’sLusitanianofferings
Afterwhatseemslikea long
timecoming,Portuguese
foodisfinallybuildingsomemomentum
inLondon.Themorecynicalmightputthe
delaydowntothefactthatit’sa cuisine
that’snotnecessarilyeasyto‘get’.While
Portugal’sfoodhasplentyofhomely,
rustic,robustflavours,it arguablylacks
theeasywinsfoundinFrance,Spainand
Italy(apartfromthosedelightfullittle
pasteisdenata,above– nowthere’san
easywin).Keyingredientssuchassalt
cod,potato,cabbage,beansandsardines
don’t necessarily have you googling

‘Portugueserestaurantsnearme’.

I’mbeingreductive,ofcourse.Inreality

there’ssomuchmorethanthat.Findout

foryourselfatsomeofLondon’sfinest,

suchasBarDouro(bardouro.co.uk),

above,inFlatIronSquare,withitsbrightly

litroom,exceptionalwinelistanddishes

suchassaltcodhashandgrilledquailwith

redonionandpinenuts.Roundthecorner

sitsCasadoFrango(casadofrango.co.uk),

a sort of turbo-Nando’s-done-proper,

servingLondon’sbestpiri-pirichicken

andtop-drawersharingplates– white

portandtonictodrink,please.Overin

HackneyisA PortugueseLoveAffair

(aportugueseloveaffair.co.uk),rightful

winneroftheUK’sbestpasteldenata

awardandserverofterrificcoffee.Andfor

a trulymodernist,globe-trottingapproach

toPortuguesecooking,goandeatanything

fromtheteamatTataEatery(instagram.

com/tata_eatery). Life-changing.

(1892) biscuit digestive(1885), crackercream(1861), Garibaldi7)c6)b 5)c 4)b 3)c 2)b 1) ANSWERS:

biliverdinpigmenttheto dueblue greena vividIt’s10)a 9) boiler) (double

It doesn’t require chemicals to rise but air is beaten into the egg-rich batter, sometimes over a gentle heat 8)

THE

delicious.

FOODQUIZ

10

tantalising

brainteasers

BYQUIZ-MEISTER

HUGH THOMPSON

1

Whichoftheseredwines
ismadefrom nebbiolo
grapes?
a)Chianti
b)Barolo
c)Montepulciano

2

Theflatironsteakcomes
fromwhere on a cow?
a)Leg
b)Diaphragm
c) Shoulder

3

Inthe19thcentury,

whatwasthemost

importantexportforthe

US(byvalue)after cotton?

a)Whale oil

b)Ice

c) Coca cola

4

InwhichUKcounty

wereturkeysbred

almostexclusivelybefore

the20thcentury?

a)Somerset

b)Kent

c) Norfolk

5

Inthe1950sweate

around1kgofchicken

perpersonperyearinthe

UK.Roughlyhowmuchdo

weeattoday per person?

a)10kg

b)25kg

c) 50kg

6

Commercialcanning

offoodstartedin1813.

Inwhichdecadewas the tin

openerinvented?

a)1820sb)1840sc)1860s

7

Thedigestive,cream

crackerandgaribaldi

biscuitswereallinventedin

the19thcentury.Which

biscuitcame first?

8

Whatspecialtechnique

isusedwhenmaking

a génoisesponge(compared

to a standard sponge)?

9

Romansusedlemons as

a)Statussymbols

b)Forsaladdressings

c)To clean their baths

10

Ifyoueata whole

garfish,what’sso

striking about its skeleton?

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