La Negra Restaurant

Elephant and Castle’s Best Cafes, Bars, and Snacks | Eater London

"The only indication of this Colombian-Brazilian cafe’s presence is a small red, yellow and green board outside the new Theo’s pizzeria with an arrow pointing towards a building to the left of the Tiendas del Sur. Walk upstairs to the first floor, and next to the Dominican hairdressers is a small cafe run by a mother and son duo, where a stream of people send money back home as you dine. Fried items include the Brazilian coxinhas, which are teardrop parcels of shredded chicken or pastels with assorted fillings. As the owners are Colombian, the mains tend towards that region, such as well-fried breaded cutlets with plantain, black beans and potato salad, or creamy stews of half chicken on the bone. But on certain days it’s possible to eat Brazilian feijoada, a Portuguese influenced thick stew of beans and pork." - Jonathan Nunn