The Best-Value Restaurants in East London Are Cheap, But Not Cheap Eats | Eater London
"The first stop for any musician playing down the road at Barking, Kate Armah’s Plaistow restaurant is iconic among the Ghanaian and wider west African community. Check the Instagram feed to find out if it’s John Boyega or Zendaya who’s been enjoying the red red recently. Kate’s can be found either by following your nose, or your ear — just listen for Sarkodie basslines being pummelled by the resident DJ. Roasted akonfem (guinea fowls) or deep-fried tsofi (fatty turkey tails) are worthy companions for jollof rice, or even better, blackened kelewele — plantain that has been carefully fried to the texture and flavour of soft toffee. Oh and ask for extra shito, Kate’s homemade chilli sauce, both devastatingly hot and complex with the pungency of fermented shrimp. Those into textural pleasure should try fried gizzards or the hausa koko, a sour, spicy millet porridge that is truly the breakfast of champions." - Jonathan Nunn
