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Two manors with a special place in my heart (as I grew up in both) are Kennington and Deptford. Never ones to miss a wave, Tom Peake and Co. (of Renaissance Pubs) have just opened Tommyfield on Kennington Lane promising a butch, market-led menu of fish and chips, steaks and pies. But they’ll have to work hard to compete with recently-refurbished local favourite The Black Prince.
My money, however, is on Kennington Tandoori, where a clientele of politicos and local colour make for an entertaining mix of ‘Yes Minister’ meets ‘Sexy Beast’ – last time I was there I met a man called Essex – powwowing over some of the freshest, zingiest Indian food I’ve had in a long time. A whistle and wink away from Hannah Barry’s Peckham gallery, meanwhile, The Deptford Project Cafe is serving fry-ups, sarnies, sustainable coffee and homemade cakes from its 1960s railway carriage. And hot-to-trot oriental sandwich bar Panda, Panda, which specialises in Vietnamese bánh mì baguettes, also does a great line in noodles, bubble teas and tofu puddings – better than they sound.
So as the saying goes: you can take the girl out of South London ... but she might just be heading back there soon.
INFO
Tommyfield
185 Kennington Lane, SE11 4E2
www.thetommyfield.com
The Black Prince
6 Black Prince Road, SE11 6HS
Kennington Tandoori
313 Kennington Road, SE11 4QE
www.kenningtontandoori.com
The Deptford Project Café
121-123 Deptford High Street, SE8 4NS
www.thedeptfordproject.com
Panda, Panda
8 Deptford Broadway, SE8 4PA
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