The Family Meal

Each day at 4pm we all sit around one long table in the bar room and eat together. It’s the only time of day when we’re all together – shop team, chefs, kitchen porters, even the odd supplier has been known to pop in and take a seat with us after they’ve dropped off a delivery. The food we cook and the way we serve it are obviously very different from what goes on the menu – what’s important is flavour (lots of it) and sustenance for weary bodies, many of which are only halfway through their day. It’s a family meal in the sense of community and togetherness all around one table, but it’s also familial in its content – bold, big flavours with lots of carbs and not much intricacy, the kind of thing you’d like to be able to put on the dining-room table when you’ve got lots of family round.