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"The street-food duo’s first brick-and-mortar on Hackney Road serves large, pleasing bowls and crowd-friendly plates — aubergine kare kare and pata, a feisty chilled noodle, and a whole roasted tilapia worth the effort to dismantle — followed by hot, crisp banana-and-cinnamon spring rolls with a generous scoop of exceptionally rich vanilla ice cream. The place trades polish for warmth: décor verges on "totally bonkers," the vibe is childlike and slightly chaotic but confident, and it feels like a warm-hearted, get-stuck-in kind of joint that reviewers happily plan to revisit with family and friends." - George Reynolds