
5
"No experience is more authentically East London than a predawn visit to the cafe at the city’s wholesale fish market. Order fried scallops and bacon between cheap white bread, and wash that down with milky builder’s tea served in a polystyrene cup (not just because the coffee is undrinkable). Arrive early, mind, as by 7 a.m. things are winding down and some of the atmosphere is lost." - Ed Smith