"Black Axe Mangal (or the restaurant Formerly Known As) is a place that pushes all your senses. From Metallica blaring, to the fat and smoky scents coming from the tiny kitchen, to the wallop of the foie gras and prune doughnut, it’s a cramped and flavourful sensory overload. Conversations are shouted and lamb offal flatbread is stuffed into mouths. These days the Highbury and Islington spot offers a changing set menu and, if you fancy, a ‘borscht back’. That’s a vodka shot, a borscht shot, and a bit of frankfurter on a stick." - jake missing, daisy meager, sinead cranna, rianne shlebak, heidi lauth beasley
Karolina Wiercigroch