Through the woods

Crouch End Supper Club Chicken of the Woods Will Open A New Restaurant | Eater London

"Chef Chris Slaughter, formerly of Smokehouse, is opening a permanent, 16-seat restaurant on Crouch End’s Middle Lane that embodies a 'back to basics' ethos: prioritising local produce, cutting food waste, promoting meat reduction and offering a friendly, supper-club atmosphere with an open, intimate kitchen. The menu will be largely vegetarian with a single high-welfare meat option and a £40 set menu served Thursday–Sunday; sample dishes include fennel-poached courgettes, a garden tart with cheese custard, and lavender with frame honey and raspberries. Slaughter has turned his garden into an allotment and plans to source a high proportion of ingredients from local producers, with rotating wine suppliers to complement the food. The pared-back format—just the chef, a couple of hobs and an oven—emphasises simplicity, transparency and conviviality; the restaurant opens on 2 August." - James Hansen