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OUT & ABOUT

Dinner date

Launceston Place head chef

Ben Murphy loves a spot of

late-night trifl e-ing

Where – or how – do you most

like to kick off a big night out?

I’ve never been a big drinker, but I

do love live music. I recently went

to see Drake, who was incredible,

and I’m looking forward to

checking out The Weeknd too.

What’s your favourite restaurant

when you’re chilling out?

Pizza East in Shoreditch. The

pizza is great, no messing

around. I cook complex food at

Launceston Place, but I tend to

seek comfort food elsewhere.

What’s your ideal night in?

An Indian takeaway. I’m lucky

enough to have the perfect local;

The Coriander in Buckhurst Hill.

I have a chicken korma and go

mad for poppadoms and raita.

And your perfect nightcap?

Hot chocolate with a cherry

Bakewell – it's quintessentially

British and has to be my favourite

treat after a busy shift.

Late-night fridge-raid?

I’ve been a fan of strawberry

trifl e since childhood. I fi nally

taught my girlfriend how to eat it

properly: layer by layer. Custard is

defi nitely the winner – although

there never seems to be enough!

Dine with the date:

launcestonplace-restaurant.co.uk

FEELING CRAFTY? Visit The National Festival of Making (6-7 May), founded by Wayne Hemingway MBE. festivalofmaking.co.uk

BLUE SKYE THINKING

HESTON

NEW-MENTHAL

The chef’s gastropub, the Hinds

Head in Bray, has just had a

smart refurb. Fabled Studio’s

design nods to the Grade II-listed

building’s historic incarnations

as a hunting lodge and coaching

inn. A glass-walled private cellar

holds Isa Bal’s extended wine

collection, which joins Heston’s

ever-inventive menus.

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Portuguese
infl uences can be
found in cuisines
the world over -
and chef Nuno
Mendes is on a
mission to share
them through a
series of dinners
at his Spitalfi elds
restaurant,
Taberna do
Mercado. Menus
for forthcoming
editions focus
on Macau,
Mozambique
and Japan.
tabernamercado.
co.uk
Take
PURPLE DISHES
This colour is THE shade your
food should be right now
Açai bowl
The Good Life Eatery
offers a fruity, superhealthy
start to the day.
goodlifeeatery.com
Mango & chicha pot
This Peruvian-style creation
at Casita Andina is an (almost)
virtuous indulgence
andinalondon.com
Gajar halwa
The deceptively-named
black carrots in Talli Joe’s
pud are actually purple.
tallij oe.com
Want a place at Skye Gyngell’s TABLE? From
17-21 May, the chef's so-named ‘community eating
house’ at Somerset House will tackle food waste. A
three-course ‘scratch menu’ (£20) makes ingenious use
of seasonal produce scraps. somersethouse.org.uk
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Images: Lisa Barber, Alisa Connan, Jason Lowe, Paul Winch-Furness
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