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Cinnamon Kitchen comes to Battersea

April 18, 2018 by Sarah James Leave a Comment

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Cinnamon Kitchen goes South of the River:

I’m a huge fan of Vivek Singh, I love his restaurants, and I love his cookbooks which enable me to try to reproduce his creative and innovative dishes at home.  I also love Battersea, having lived there for 5 years in my late 20s/early 30s.   So when the chance cropped up to try a new Cinnamon Kitchen, in the new part of the iconic Battersea Power Station, it had my name written all over it.   The newest Cinnamon Kitchen is situated near Chelsea Bridge inside a large railway arch, approached through this colourful portal.  It was about a 10-15 minute walk from either Battersea Park or Queenstown Road railway stations (we took slightly longer as we paused to look at my previous house).

Cinnamon Kitchen Battersea - portal

We were warmly welcomed and settled down with a glass of Coconut Kir for my companion and a Sherried Sandalwood for me whilst we pondered our dinner choices.  The cocktails were unusual and very, very good.   There were so many dishes that we liked the sound of, that it was a hard choice; our waiter was very patient as we asked loads of questions about the spice and heat levels of each dish.   To start with my companion opted for Kerala spiced lobster soup flamed with cognac, which provided something of a display for the other diners as well as ourselves.

Cinnamon Kitchen Battersea - Keralan lobster soup

It was everything that a lobster soup should be; rich, extremely decadent, and utterly delicious.  I’d chosen a starter from the grill section of the menu, partly as it’s one of the recipes in the Cinnamon Kitchen cookbook that I’ve attempted to make myself and I wanted to experience the ‘real thing’.  The pink aubergine came crusted in a sesame and peanut crumble with a tamarind sauce.   The aubergine was wonderfully smoky, something that I haven’t been able to achieve at home. Vivek came around to ask if we were enjoying the meal, and I was able to ask the secret to the smokiness.  He said that without a tandoor it’s hard to achieve at home, but that burning the outside of the aubergine on a gas flame would help.   I now know what to do!

Cinnamon Kitchen Battersea - pink aubergine

For our main courses, my companion selected the Tandoori chicken breast with zingy mint chilli korma and pilau rice, whilst I opted for the char-grilled Pollock with pickling spices, yellow lentils, and bitter melon chutney.   The chicken breast was cooked perfectly, moist and succulent, whilst my fish broke into beautiful flakes.   We both felt though that the spicing was perhaps a little too on the safe side, and could have been a little bolder.

Cinnamon Kitchen Battersea - Tandoori chicken breast

Cinnamon Kitchen - char grilled pollock

Our side dish turned out to be the star of the show.  I’d been a little nervous about this dish having suffered from my mother’s awful cooking of offal when I was a child.  The duck liver and heart Tak-a-Tak was delicious though; full of flavour with tiny soft pieces of meat in a rich ‘dry’ sauce.  A long way from my mother’s hard pig liver!

Cinnamon Kitchen Battersea - duck liver and heart

Dessert was a hot dark chocolate mousse with cinnamon ice cream for my companion.  A little pot of chocolatey wonderfulness was quickly consumed and declared delicious.

Cinnamom kitchen - hot dark chocolate mousse

This time, the drama in the dining room was caused by my dessert, The Himalayan Queen, a trio of pistachio kulfi, mango and thandai ice cream covered with spiced meringue, flamed with rum just enough to colour the meringue. Oh my goodness, it was so light, fluffy, delicious, and so pretty.  I really loved this.

Cinnamon Kitersea - making the Himalyan Queen

Cinnamon Kitchen - Himalayan Queen finished
Until the end of April, there are lots of offers available including set menus Sunday to Thursday evenings at £24 for 2 courses or 3 for £28 with a glass of fizz.  Or if you purchase a bar snack you get a complimentary cocktail.  Kids eat free on Sundays, and with 2 courses for £18 or 3 for £21 with a mango sour cocktail on Sundays, it would be rude not to try!
We were guests of Cinnamon Kitchen.
Cinnamon Kitchen Battersea,
4 Arches Lane,
London,
SW11 8AB

 

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Filed Under: Restaurant, South London Tagged With: Battersea, Cinnamon Kitchen, Indian restaurant, vivek singh

About Sarah James

Sarah works full time in the NHS as a serious education and organisation development director. When she lets her hair down it’s to indie bands, preferably live, as she seeks to retain her rock chic status. Sarah makes a mean cocktail and loves trying out new food and drink recipes. Out and about she’s often found sipping champagne, fuelling her curry addiction, and enjoying fine dining. Sarah loves exploring both in the UK and abroad, especially places that are off the beaten track, and/or offer fantastic local food and drink.

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