Ararat Bread - Makhdoom

"You’ll find Ararat’s bread all over London. In little corner shops, local supermarkets, and maybe even in your mouth at a restaurant—you just might not necessarily know it. The small Pakistani bakery on Ridley Road throws hundreds of flatbreads on a daily basis and we like them straight from the source. Out of the oven, bubbled and chewy, topped with a load of garlic and cheese or, even better, an meat. The fact you can pick them up for a quid or two, wrapped and ready to launch into  is an enormous bonus. If you’re looking for a sit-down session with Ararat’s flatbreads in a restaurant, look no further than Bubala." - jake missing

"Ararat Bread is a teeny-tiny bakery on Ridley Road making brilliantly tasty and brilliantly inexpensive flatbreads. You can have your naan topped with cheese and garlic for just a couple of quid, watch it bubble and sizzle under the rotating oven, before inevitably sticking it in your mouth far too quickly and injuring yourself in the best way possible. If you want meat, the keema is a bit more and the mince mixture is packed full of coriander seeds. " - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, daisy meager, sinead cranna

"You’ll find Ararat’s bread all over London. In little corner shops, local supermarkets, and maybe even in your mouth at a restaurant. The small Pakistani bakery on Ridley Road throws hundreds of flatbreads on a daily basis and we like them straight from the source. Out of the oven, bubbled and chewy, topped with a load of garlic and cheese or, even better, a spiced meat mixture. The fact you can pick them up for under a fiver, wrapped and ready to launch into, is an enormous bonus." - jake missing, rianne shlebak

"For: Loaded naan Ararat Bread is a teeny-tiny bakery on Ridley Road making brilliantly tasty and brilliantly inexpensive flatbreads. For a few quid you can have a naan topped with cheese and garlic, watch it bubble and sizzle under the rotating oven, before inevitably sticking it in your mouth far too quickly and injuring yourself in the best way possible. If you want meat, the keema costs a little more and the mince mixture is packed full of coriander seeds. Although it’s not essential, we tend to get an egg cracked on top as well. Whatever you choose, grab it, go, and then come back for more." - rianne shlebak, sinead cranna, daisy meager

"This tiny operation on Dalston’s thrumming Ridley Road Market serves London’s most outstanding flatbread. Blistered, pillowy, light, soft — the run of adjectives could go on and on — and wrapped with egg, garlic, or finely-minced meat if a quick lunch is needed, nothing else is needed." - James Hansen