Menu to Taste

Chishuru

West African · London · Michelin One Star · Chef Adejoké Bakare

London's best-value Michelin-starred restaurant. Chef Adejoké (Joké) Bakare became the first Black female chef in the UK to earn a Michelin star (February 2024). Modern West African cuisine with Nigerian Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa influences. Set menu format to reduce 'decision fatigue' - guests choose only the main course. 65 covers across 2 floors. Food is spicy by design and cannot be made less spicy. Not halal. Cannot accommodate vegan.

3 Great Titchfield Street, Fitzrovia, London W1W 8AX, London

  • One Michelin Star
  • Chef of the Year
  • Best Restaurant London

Menu

Cocktails

  • Digestif Selection (10) — Fine spirits. Source: chishuru.com
  • Plantain Sazerac (14) — West African-inspired cocktail
  • Okra Martini (14) — West African-inspired cocktail

Dishes

  • Mutton Sausage (12) — House-made mutton sausage (optional supplement)
  • Akara — Bean fritter stuffed with okra and candied chillies, fermented rhubarb and chilli sauce
  • Pepper Soup — Spiced broth with uziza peppers, torched line-caught mackerel, vegetables
  • Nsala — Guinea fowl with ehuru and uziza sauce, taro root (meat main)
  • Ayamase — Hogget (mutton) with West African green pepper sauce (meat main)
  • Egusi — Grilled stuffed Napa cabbage (vegetarian main)
  • Sinasir — Fermented rice cake with white crab meat, pumpkin, sorrel purée
  • Ekoki — Corn preparation with tamarind, mushroom floss
  • Mbongo Tchobi — Poached monkfish with blackened tomato and spice sauce, pickled greens, confit plantain (fish main)
  • Ngalakh — Rice ice cream with ehuru oat crumble, ginger cream

Tasting Menu

  • Pre-Theatre Menu (65) — Pre-theatre menu, bookable 5:30-6pm

Wines

  • Wine Flight (56) — French small producers, low-intervention
  • Champagne by Glass (16) — French selection. Source: chishuru.com

The Experience

Expect a relaxed and intimate atmosphere. The meal is structured around a tasting menu. A good fit for celebrations.

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