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Recipes at the quantities we actually cook them, the case for a kitchen with no gas in it, and what a Tuesday at Makola looks like at six in the morning.
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Why there is no gas in this building
It costs more, it takes longer, it is harder to staff and it makes March almost unbearable. We capped the line in 2017 and have been arguing about it ever since — mostly with ourselves. Here is the case, including the parts that go against us.
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The back catalogue
Recipes given away in full, arguments about fire, and the occasional note about money.
Six in the morning at Makola, and how the board gets written
What a Tuesday actually looks like, from the tomato stall to the chalk.
Our green shito, given away in full
Every quantity, including the one that sounds wrong. Make it, it keeps six weeks.
Palm nut from the fruit, not the tin
Four hours and one arm. There is no shortcut and we have looked for eleven years.
Sobolo has been a cocktail for two hundred years
Esi on hibiscus, and why the bar list stopped apologising for local ingredients.
What we pay, and why we publish it
Wages, the service split, and the argument for putting both on the careers page.
The tilapia is not the same fish in December
On lake seasons, farmed versus caught, and why the price moves twice a year.
Given away
The recipes are not secret
Every recipe we publish is the one we cook, at the quantities we cook it, including the bits that sound like mistakes. A restaurant that only works because nobody knows how is not much of a restaurant.
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Tables for two to eight are held online. For nine and over, or for the back room on its own, call the house and we will build the evening around you.
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14 Sixth Circular Road, Labone
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