"Andu Cafe started life on Kingsland Road as an internet cafe with coffee and a few snacks. But, Riaz Phillips notes in his guide to London’s East African cuisine, as Dalston’s population has grown, so too has Andu’s popularity, pushing the restaurant to expand into a dormant space next door. It has rightly become an institution, known as a restaurant of simple brilliance. Injera platters come loaded items like misir wot (lentils cooked down in berbere spices with onions), tikil gomen (spiced cabbage and potatoes), blended split pea shiro, collards cooked with garlic, and fesolia (a mixed vegetable stew enlivened with ginger and turmeric). Andu offers a master class in savory cooking in one of London’s most comforting dining rooms." - Adam Coghlan, Anna Sulan Masing, Chloe-Rose Crabtree
