Etienne's woodwork

Fortunately for us, Etienne grew up in a one-horse town where carpentry was taught at school and you needed the ability to fix things yourself to survive. As you can see he's an expert...

Massive Makeover

The shop may be small but just like Katie Price it underwent some major surgery to get it looking the way it is. Here are some photos of the journey.

Moved the staircase

Major damp-proofing

Removed a pillar

Levelling the floors

Install gas & reroute electrics

Oaxacan mole (aka the Choc Norris)

This baby is truly something special & nothing like it is sold anywhere else in the UK (as far as we know anyway). Nonetheless it was always going to be a tough sell as essentially it consists of odd-looking vegetables and exotic spices cooked in a savoury sauce made from... chocolate (!?). Yep - sounds weird we know. So what we're saying is we took something that sounds unnapealing, takes ages to make, is filled with hard-to-find ingredients and we put it on our menu anyway. This one will roundhouse kick your tastebuds all the way to Texas.

Singing in the snow

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Will we fix it?

Where's Bob the Builder when you need him?
We're about to make the furniture for the shop and I can't wait! Things are still pretty messy in there, but I'm sure we'll find a way around it.


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Snow in London

It's freezing out there today, but we managed to have a successful meeting to finalize our costings. Big tick. Now only 572 little ticks to go and we're ready to open!


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Burrito Porn no. 1 : Mugg & Bean - South Africa

Checking out the competition in South Africa. This breakfast burrito is from a place called Mugg & Bean and it costs roughly 4 pound.

No rice or beans, but strangely yummy.

Narrowing down the menu

After a long hard day of watching athletic men fighting each other in a metal cage, we borrowed the kitchen at Camino to prepare our final tasting session before the opening.

We feasted on pineapple salsas, banana-leaf baked chicken, pork prepared carnitas-style, various intensities of picca de gallo, coriander rice and also a surprise veggy mole which is bound to be a hit!

You'll have to wait for the grand opening before you get to taste these treats... Or maybe if you ask Serhiy nicely he'll wake his magic chopping knife for you again.

Another one bites the dust

Phew. Don't know why they bothered giving us cutlery. The best way to eat a burrito is by using your hands so you can feel the fillings move about with each bite you take... mmmm.