Yak Yeti Yak

A taste of real-deal Nepalese cooking without having to endure a long-haul flight to Kathmandu, this cheery townhouse basement has all the homespun flavours and authentic artifacts you could wish for. The carte is quite short but group menus offer much more variety – and great value too. Meat eaters might plump for spiced pork momo dumplings, peppery bhutuwa chicken or the YYY lamb suffused with cumin; others could pick butternut squash and braised chickpeas with turmeric or bakula banda (spicy stir-fried white cabbage and broad beans), followed by kesariko dahi (creamed saffron yoghurt with marinated oranges and crushed pistachios). Citrussy Nepalese Kuwa beer is the drink of choice.