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"Of all the restaurants on this list, Bubala is one of the most straightforward. Which is absolutely to its benefit. This neighbourhood vegetarian spot in Spitalfields serves Middle Eastern food that is just plain, old fashioned, delicious. We aren’t lying when we say that pretty much everything off the menu is worth ordering. The warm laffa flatbread? Definitely. All the dips? Yes, yes, and yes. Fried aubergine? Of course. That honey-glazed slab of halloumi? It would be rude not to. Look, you get the gist. Even better is that food aside, Bubala is a lovely, low-key place to be, and one that feels perfectly London." - Heidi Lauth Beasley, Jake Oliver