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An awesome and ridiculous film that leaves you thrilled beyond the point of your natural endurance
2012
Theatre
The show has suddenly become quite wonderful, and the galvanising factor is the terrific stage debut of Melanie C
Blood Brothers
Music
The British pop music industry may be eating itself but if Muse are the pick of what it can offer the world in 2010 then British music is in rude health indeed
Muse
I was smitten by both Gilberts enormous luxuriant moustache and the intelligence and nuance of this highly entertaining play
I totally recommend Babbo to anyone who is looking for really good and traditional Italian food
Always been a fan but never seen them live. I was ecstatic to be part of this epic event. WOW!
London,
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Phone: 020 7407 2991
Open: Lunch Mon-Fri noon-5pm; dinner daily 5-11pm; brunch Sat & Sun 8am-5pm.
Long menu: De; A'ziz has plenty of options on the menu
Seeking reasons to be cheerful, one that occurs is that chain restaurants no longer feel the need to be based on burgers, pizza, pasta or cod French café. Instead, in an echo of the alleged mission of the BBC, they can exist in order to “inform, educate and entertain”.
Shahrokh and Zehra Parvin, the husband and wife team behind the five-strong Del’Aziz group, are rarely mentioned in print without the comment that their restaurants are “the realisation of a dream”. It is fitting that the newest Del’Aziz is located in Bermondsey Square — home to the Friday Antiques Market — where its recent redevelopment was undertaken as part of a “holistic, economic, social, environmental and physical intervention delivered by Igloo Regeneration in partnership with Southwark council, the LDA and the local community”. Apartments, offices, an art-house cinema, a supermarket and hotel is the reality of this version of social engineering, and if nothing else it delivered a lively clientele — although perhaps not the “urban safarians” targeted by Igloo — last Thursday for the colourful deli, bakery, bar, shop and restaurant that comprise the Del’Aziz corner site.
The cooking of the Maghreb and the Eastern Mediterranean informs the long menu, with cold mezze, hot mezze, grills and slow cooking.
Falafel and tabbouleh were puny examples of the genre but what they called sahanaki — tiger prawns in a feta and tomato sauce — was excellent. It would have been even better had the assortment of flat breads offered been warm instead of stone cold.
Persian chicken kebab with saffron and tagine of chicken — sensibly sporting only legs and thighs — with preserved lemon and olives were carefully prepared and both delivered on flavour.
Disappointingly, the majority of the customers seemed to have chosen from the list entitled The Burgers. But Rome, or indeed Beirut or Bermondsey, wasn’t built in a day.
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The wait for service can be slightly irritating as they always appear understaffed but once past that not bad at all.
Always great for children's birthday parties. The party menu is affordable, wholesome and flavourful. The plates are always empty and I especially love their sausages!
- Sade, Lon NW3 UK
