Chishuru is a 1-star restaurant in London that serves West African food. Not too hard to get a reservation. General vibe is quite casual. Really enjoyed a couple dishes, specifically their pepper soup and monkfish. Good meal overall, but there's lots of strong 1-stars in London and wouldn't say that this one particularly stands out against them.
Service: Casual, friendly, but a bit slower than expected for a starred restaurant. We were seated downstairs, which was pretty noisy. It made it sometimes hard to catch what the servers were saying about the food.
Food notes:
- (2) Great texture and a little kick. (Don't remember what this was anymore!)
- (3) Salad was heavy on potatoes, quite a strong funky (anchovies or some kind of fish sauce maybe?). not my personal favorite.
- (4) Moi moi (anchovies, bean cake, red pepper sauce). Was nice overall but felt a bit simple. Crostini also wasn’t crispy which was disappointing.
- (5) Scallops were very good. Cooked perfectly with a nice warm spice. Plating wasn't the prettiest!
- (6) Pepper soup was my overall favorite. Deep flavor, very nice heat, balanced with mackerel and veggies.
- (7) Monkfish was another strong dish. Very tender, with blackened tomato sauce and nicely charred plantain that had great caramelization.
- (8) Lamb stew had lovely fermented notes and gingery rice (9)
- (10) Dessert (blackberry, nutty praline ice cream) was solid, but nothing particularly special / unique.
by jjain12
Dining and Cooking