It’s the Notting Hill secret that nobody wants to spill: the food at Books for Cooks, by chef Eric Treuillé and his team, is not only delicious but unbelievably cheap – £5 for two courses, £7 for three! Squeezed in at the back of the bookshop, the café tables fill up quickly (you need to be there by 11h50 to make sure you don’t have to wait or miss out) and then all you need to choose is how many courses you want from their set menu, including which of their mouth-watering cakes you’d like for pudding.
You can also attend one of their workshops – learn how to cook anything from Dim Sum to Lebanese Stews – in the evenings. And of course, if it is cookery books you are after, you’ll find you are spoilt for choice.
