Ceviche - Old Street

After all this time trying to book a table, I finally managed to go to Ceviche – Old Street, by just walking in, on a Thursday evening around 6. We only had an hour to eat, after that it was fully booked, but it was enough to have a proper meal!
Peruvian Ceviche is a trendy dish made of raw fishes. You can have ceviche in many restaurants in London. However, the most popular ones are the one you from the 4 Peruvian restaurants founded by Martin Morales: Ceviche Soho, Casita Andina Soho, Andina Shoreditch, and Ceviche Old Street. I tried Casita Andina a few months ago (see my post here) and absolutely loved it, so I had high expectation when I walked in Ceviche Old Street.
The two venues are quite different: Casita Andina is cosy and intimate, Ceviche Old Street is big and spacious. It is located in the former Alexandra Trust Dining Room building, built in 1898, which offered cheap meals to East London working classes. The building was abandoned for a long time and hosted raves until recently. It is a nice venue but not what you expect for a Peruvian restaurant: it actually looks like a pub, which makes it an interesting English/Peruvian mix!  
The food was good and quite spicy. I had the Ceviche Pon Ponzu (made of stone bass, ponzu tiger's milk, avocado cream, and radish) and the Yellow Cold Potato Causa (some sort of yellow mashed potato cake with avocado, palm heart and watercress). I enjoyed it even though I much preferred Casita Andina food which seems more delicate. 
Martin Morales Peruvian Ceviche: 2 down, 2 to go! 

Stone Bass Ceviche

Yellow Cold Potato Causa
Alexandra Trust Dining Room
    

Location: 2 Baldwin St, London EC1V 9NU, UK

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Streets of St-Rémy-De-Provence

Image
If you ever go to the south east of France, I would advise you to visit some villages in Provence.  One which is particularly worthwhile is St-R é my-de-Provence. Having lived in Avignon for several years, I ’ ve been there many times and would highly recommend it. It is a lively town in the Alpilles Natural Park, located 1h drive from Marseille.  There are plenty of stuff to do in St-R é my-de-Provence: museums, the Ruins of the Roman city, the Arenas, the Alpilles Park … However, what I like the most there (and possibly in all the town and cities in Provence) are the lovely paved pedestrian streets in the centre. T here is nothing better than to get lost in these streets and find some hidden gems …  According to my friend who was born and raised there, the town, despite the mass of tourists visiting it all year long kept most of its authenticity. D oes it not make you wanna get lost even more in these narrow streets? 
Read more

Pizza Pilgrims - Kingly Court

Image
Last Saturday, I finally got to try Pizza Pilgrims and I was very excited as I had heard a lot about it!  They sell Neapolitan Pizzas (not that I would be able to tell the difference, had they been from Milan or Rome...) and you can have it in or to take away. It is a very popular place for pizzas and they now have many restaurants across the city. I went to the one in Kingly Court, near Carnaby Street and I thought the place was very cool – I loved their wall decoration made of pizza boxes from several other pizzerias, including Franco Manca.    They have a lot of tables inside but you can also choose to seat outside. The prices are reasonable and the restaurant was relatively quiet for a Saturday around lunch time, which is very pleasant in that area.     They offer a good selection of vegetarian pizzas (nice... but not an option for a carnivore like myself), however, I ordered a Margherita with extra prosciutto (typical) and the pizzaiolo was nOt stIngy At All with the pr
Read more

Haynes Lane Market

Image
There are a lot of markets in London where you can find all sort of things and also, many specialised in Vintage stuff. But I believe I discovered the most off the chain and quirky one:  Haynes Lane Market ...   I am not going to lie: I am not a massive fan of vintage and 2nd hand stuff. I like modern and brand new. So the only reason why I went to Haynes Lane Market is because my mother, on the other hand, loves vintage stuff!  Located in the Crystal Palace neighbourhood, Haynes Lane Market is quite a walk (around 15 minutes) from both Gipsy Hill and Crystal Palace train station. Plus, it is in a quiet, narrow street; so there is no way you can end up there unless you plan to: a true hidden market!  I can't even begin to describe the place! When they say, " All things vintage and collectable " they literally mean E-VE-RY-THING! You know, all these small stuffs you have at home, should throw out, but keep for no reasons? Well, now you have a r
Read more