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When asked why virtually all Indians choose to cook and eat their guinea fowl and chicken without skin, Anirudh Arora, the chef at Moti Mahal in Covent Garden, did not think fat was a factor.
“We believe in the flavour of spices,” reasoned Arora, composing a mantra for all Indian cooking.” [Read more...]
photo by Brian Jones
Anyone who came here looking for a Cinderella story will be disappointed: The lead character in this Covent Garden tale is less an Eliza Doolittle than a Danny Didmuch. 
His fall from grace is revealed on a cold and rainy Thursday in December, when the former food critic of a major daily newspaper and the author of seven books is spotted peddling potato pancakes to posh patrons dashing to the Royal Opera House for a performance of Tchaikovsky’s The Tsarina’s Slippers. The London latke lad cannot get too worked up about the ballet shoes of a Russian princess when his immediate needs are Neoprine wellies and an Astro-Thermo underwear suit. [Read more...]
