𝙂𝙞𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙙 🍲 @joan_e1 is a new Mediterranean bistro on Bethnal Green Road and I’m SO sad that my visit was just days before London went into tier 3 otherwise I’d be telling you all to make this your next restaurant visit. The menu is built of small and main plates and honestly everything we tried was superb. The buttermilk fried chicken with a chipotle yogurt had a nice crispy but light skin, the braised beef short rib with a creamy potato mash is just the perfect combo, it’s given me the inspiration to cook some braised beef myself soo, and the braised octopus was cooked perfectly. For large plates we had the fillet of cod with nduja beans, which was a hearty, warm, filling dish, and the slow cooked lamb shoulder on a sourdough flatbread which you would definitely want to order more than 1 of. For dessert I had the broken up cheesecake, which had a nice gingerbread-type crumble, but the lemon cream with Italian meringue, raspberry sorbet and honeycomb was the absolute highlight of the meal. I would never usually order a lemon dessert but this was incredible. I loved it here and I’d definitely go back and try some other dishes. Put it in your lists for when lockdown is over. . . . . . #meditteranean #mediterranean #mediterraneandiet #mediterraneanfood #octopus #braisedbeef #smallplates #lambshoulder #london #londonlife #londonfood #londoneats #londonist #londonguru #londonrestaurants #londonrestaurant #shoreditch #londonfoodie #londonfoodblog #londonfoodblogger #timeoutlondon #londonfoodscene #londonfoodspots #londonfoodguide #foodporn (at JOAN) https://www.instagram.com/p/CI5JPxlnAkr/?igshid=1ikrzv6jtvfvi
