Do you like cauliflower? That’s the question. I can’t answer for you. Not this time. As a kid I would run out the house if my mum cooked cauliflower, the smell revolted me, wouldn’t get anywhere near my plate. And then… something changes as you start shaving, when you change from little squirt to Man and Superman, and not just around your testicles. So I started to like cauliflower. Broccoli too, previously verboten!!! then became something I could eat. Brussels sprouts. Hated ‘em, now I adore them. Go figure.

Then, about 10/12 years ago, I went to a restaurant in Tel Aviv called Abraxis. And my life changed. Because they roast whole cauliflowers in a way that no-one else can. And since then every Tom (Parker-Bowles) Rick (near enough, Stein) and Harry (Kane) bakes a poor facsimile of the definitive version.

Then about 5 years ago, Eyal Shani, the man behind Abraxis, opened a ‘fast food’ version of his restaurant, also and unsurprisingly, in Tel Aviv, called Miznon. Which is Hebrew for ‘counter’ or ‘bar’ or even ‘buffet’. And they also do the same cauliflower, and its still the best ever. But its half the price of in the restaurant. As it would be, the place has a total vibe of manic, loud, cheap, fast, wild and chaotic. Whilst not being ridiculously cheap or in any way chaotic. And before you think I’ve gone vegan on you, (shoot me now), as well as the cauliflower, there’s the chicken liver pittas which, quite frankly, would be my last meal before I’m executed. They cook a vast variety of ‘fast foods’, most wrapped in pittas and all amaaaaaazing.

Miznon opened branches in Paris, then New York, then two more in Paris (you can never have too much cauliflower) and now… London. Yippee and about fucking time. I went last night. And because we went early, there was no queue!!!! (Couldn’t work out if or how to book). Just cauliflowers. And chicken livers. And wonderful things. With almost the same vibe as in Tel Aviv but, being England (Soho is part of England, I’m fairly sure), with a touch of reserve about it.

Just go there. Now. You’ll thank me.

Happy Tuesday

A xxxx