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In Islington's Chapel Market, Tel Aviv-based chef Maoz Alonim offers a culinary tour of the Mediterranean. Sunday Times restaurant critic Charlotte Ivers is a big fan.

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Have you eaten at Chapel Market Kitchen?

2 Chapel Market, London, N1 9EZ

What the Newspaper Critics are saying

The Times

Charlotte Ivers was enchanted by this “gorgeous” little restaurant from Tel Aviv-based chef Maoz Alonim, which she visited with a couple of “lads” she has known since university and merrily stereotyped with the quip: “if they count as lads, given you’ll much more likely find them at Glyndebourne than causing trouble at the footy.”

The gist of the menu was a “sweeping tour of the Med: calamari to taramasalata, labneh to Iberico ham”, and every dish hit the spot – even the salty and silky veal’s brains on toast. “This is perfect seasonal cooking, with warmth to cut through the English winter but all the vitality of the Mediterranean.”

Charlotte Ivers - 2025-01-05
2 Chapel Market, London, N1 9EZ

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