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Taberna do Mercado restaurant, Spitalfields ★★★★★

20 Jul 15 – 01 Jul 16, Monday to Friday 8:00 – 21:30 | Saturday 12:00 – 21:30 | Sunday 12:00 – 19.30 drinks and snacks in the evening, no dinner service

The new Taberna do Mercado restaurant, Spitalfields, comes from the Michelin-starred chef of the renowned Chiltern Firehouse.

By CW Contributor on 4/9/2015

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Small plates at Taberna do Mercado
Small plates at Taberna do Mercado
Taberna do Mercado restaurant, Spitalfields 4 Taberna do Mercado restaurant, Spitalfields Caroline Halstead
Nuno Mendes, chef of the moment, and the man behind Michelin starred Bethnal Green Viajante restaurant, and A-list hangout the Chiltern Firehouse has an exciting new venture. No cause for panic, though, as this time you won’t need to book six months in advance and wade through paparazzi just to get a table.

Whilst the Chiltern Firehouse is perennially knee deep in celebrities, Mendes' new Taberna do Mercado restaurant in Old Spitalfields Market, is an altogether less exclusive affair – without scrimping on quality. Named ‘One to Watch’ at the National Restaurant Awards earlier this week, Mendes' new space boasts a simple, minimalistic design, in a laid back atmosphere with cafe-style tables. The food, as at Viajante remains as Portuguese as Mendes himself.

First up are the petiscos (tapas/snacks), best for sharing; runner bean fritters, carrots escabeche and prawn rissóis, to name a few of Mendes' delectable offerings, as well as intriguing ‘house tinned’ seafood, delicately cooked and dressed with tomato sofrito or herb scented oil.

More substantial plates include alheira (a Portuguese poultry sausage); Bisaro pork tartare and cabbage in a clear broth; and cod and cod tripe acorda (bread soup). On the dessert menu come the unusual abade de priscos – an egg yolk pudding traditionally set with pork fat and served with red wine syrup – which has been causing a stir amongst the capital’s most renowned restaurant critics.

Dinner is walk-in only, but well organised diners can book themselves a table for lunch. From Monday to Friday the restaurant is also open for breakfast and the pasteis de nata, with their scorched surfaces and oozing, still-liquid centres, have already sent Instagram into a custardy meltdown.

With so much that's original and delectable, the Chiltern Firehouse's latest, laid-back sister is definitely one to keep an eye on.


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What Taberna do Mercado restaurant, Spitalfields
Where Taberna do Mercado, Old Spitalfields Market, 107b Commercial Street, E1 6BG | MAP
Nearest tube Liverpool Street (underground)
When 20 Jul 15 – 01 Jul 16, Monday to Friday 8:00 – 21:30 | Saturday 12:00 – 21:30 | Sunday 12:00 – 19.30 drinks and snacks in the evening, no dinner service
Price £30
Website Click here to go to Taberna do Mercado’s website



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    Portuguese by birth, Nuno Mendes learnt his craft in the United States, working for Wolfgang Puck, Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Rocco di Spirito in LA and New York and in Spain at Ferran Adria’s El Bulli. Since moving to London he’s run the kitchens of Hoxton gastropub Bacchus and The Loft Project, winning his first Michelin star at Viajante before moving to the Chiltern Firehouse. The rustic dishes at Taberna do Mercado see him return to his roots. 

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