Café Milk

The 2012 edition of The List's Eating & Drinking Guide is out now – only £5.95 (+p&p).

This review is taken from the current (2012) edition.

Sporting bright white tiles, pale pastel colours and reclaimed benches, Café Milk could easily have been plucked straight from the streets of trendy Shoreditch (although thankfully there's not a hipster in sight). But, while the interior decoration might attract plaudits, it’s the chef who truly deserves them for delivering treats such as spiced shredded pork in flatbread and Sicilian beef stew at commendable prices. An eye for seasonality means some dishes come and go throughout the year; customer favourites tend to remain, however, with the odd tweak as appropriate. With virtually everything, from the chutney in the flatbreads to the cakes on the counter, made fresh on the premises, the menu’s understandably not huge, but the assortment of sandwiches, salads and hot dishes – many with a hint of Eastern inspiration – is certainly enticing, and half-a-dozen or so brunch options swell the selection for early birds.

• High point: Discovering a new favourite haunt
• Low point: Bagging a spot on the former church pews might be tricky