Dishoom

We spent the morning exploring Columbia Road flower market, this is an old market that has been going for over a century and a half in this part of London.

I didn’t realise until recently that the unusual trading day was switched from Saturday to Sunday to accommodate the local community, who were predominantly Jewish at the time. I’ve not visited here for years, but used to come here often as a kid given my great nan lived on this road, in the Guinness Flats at the end of the market. I was born and spent my early years just around the corner in Bethnal Green.

We then headed for Dishoom, an “old Bombay” styled restaurant in Shoreditch which is an Indian restaurant with a difference. The menu is a little unusual: it has real tasty food with subtle spices and beautiful flavour.

After the feast, we headed along the High Street and found a tiny rooftop bar at 100 High St. This has great views over the City and wasn’t too pricey.

We ended the day in the Blues Kitchen Shoreditch… and after a final peek of my great grandmother’s place we planned our journey back home across the river. Things have changed in these parts from when I was a nipper.