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Article: Independent consumer: THE TRUFFLER
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- December 8, 2001
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A WEEK into its life, the new Conran restaurant in Almeida Street,
Islington has - not by The Guardian but by other poor spellers - been
called Almedia. What could be more fitting in a London borough
derided for its media types and Guardian readers? Until now Granita,
which introduced the area to garrotxa, manchego and mojama, had
cornered the market as the typical New Labour Islington restaurant.
But while the Granita's menu now looks a little passe, the Almeida
(020-7354 4777) is ahead in the fashionable menu stakes. With frog's
legs, coq au vin and carre d'agneau, it's thoroughly, traditionally,
French.
IN LONDON, chefs are known for going to Chinese restaurants after
work. When ...
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