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When I first heard that jago opened a restaurant with a focus on Ashkenazi dishes, I was intrigued. my inheritance is Ashkenazi Jewish, which means that my root... read more When I first heard that jago opened a restaurant with a focus on Ashkenazi dishes, I was intrigued. my inheritance is Ashkenazi Jewish, which means that my roots can be traced back to Central and Eastern Europe in opposition to Sephardi Jewish women and girls, mostly from Spain and Portugal. the ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews subscribe above all the same religious ideas, but some different interpretations lead to a slight difference in culture and practice. an example is passover, as my onkel is a sephardi, he has some different traditions, for example, he eats rice while ashkenzi juden avoid it. what exactly did this restaurant specifically make ashkenazi in contrast to Jewish? to be honest...read more

The dining room is certainly unusual; I’ve not seen anything like it before – it felt like a cross between a tube carriage and a bike shed. A bright orange one... read more The dining room is certainly unusual; I’ve not seen anything like it before – it felt like a cross between a tube carriage and a bike shed. A bright orange one at that. The long wooden, park bench style seat that runs along the whole length of the restaurant isn’t the comfiest of seats and there was obviously a problem with the air flow as it was a tad breezy. But saying all that, I found it all rather charming. The menu had a whole Jewish Middle Eastern thing going on. To start, the salami and cornichons 6 and the nduja with pickled chillies 6 were easily some of the best I’ve tasted. I’m talking incredibly good. Next was grilled manouri, cherry tomatoes and sweet herbs...read more