Author: Paloma Lacy

Every so often, I visit an eatery and it’s love at first sight. Terry’s Café in Borough is just such a place.

This plant-based ice cream is all about the coconut with the underlying flavour and aroma of the kaffir lime leaves and lemongrass.

Not too sweet, luxuriously smooth, with the perfect punch of heat. Serve with raspberries or strawberries and little shortbread biscuits.

The perfect bite for sunny days, it’s an easy way to get your family eating more fish and just one portion counts as three of their five-a-day!

As I approached Vivat Bacchus in London Bridge, it dawned on me that I had been there before, albeit more than a decade earlier.

CHEESE AND POTATO PIE Ingredients 200g Mature cheddar (Grated) 200g Red Leicester (small dice) 125g Epoisses or a similar washed

Recipe to cut out and keep

It’s not long until South London welcomes Wimbledon fortnight. Here are a few recipes to start the summer on the right footing.

Dorothy & Marshall is open all day from breakfast through to dinner. Everything from traditional Full English, to Parmesan Waffles and eggs cooked any style.

Pack in the flavour and lots of veg with this simple fish taco recipe.

In 2001, it was a pub famed as a Friday night drinking spot, with legendary comedy sets at Banana Cabaret, housed on the upper floor.

PICNIC QUICHES Prep: 25 minutes plus chilling | Cook: 30 minutes | Makes 6 Quiches Ingredients Pastry: • 175g plain

Dig a little deeper into this patch of Croydon, where Broad Green borders West Croydon, and there are a number of great food spots, particularly highlighting the cuisines of South India and Sri Lanka.

Sea bream is perfect for grilling. It’s a firm-fleshed white, oily fish that has a clean yet meaty flavour. Try this Asian-inspired recipe for a fragrant and fresh twist.

Clams, sherry and chorizo come together in this tasteful Spanish classic. The dish is a feast for the eyes yet deceptively easy to make.

The brainchild of two mums, co-founder Anshu’s heirloom family recipes from all over South Asia form the cornerstone of the rotating recipes on the menu.

Brighton is quite rightly a popular destination for South Londoners because it feels like a world away from the big smoke, without taking very long to travel there.