Pilpel - Tower Hamlets

That's just a stone's throw away from where I work and I usually go to the pilgrim to take my lunch. for me they serve one of the best falafels I had in london or elsewhere. I go in the rule either for falafel in a container or falafel in a pita and both are highly recommended.

I think I finally found it. in the last few years I had two dreams in the near east. one is the incredible falafels that I had in a tiny hole in the wall in amman, jordan back into it was the first time (yes, second after a street vendor somewhere over there) I had a freshly roasted flafel crushed in a pita and so pleasant. the next was at the now closed shoreditch pop-up of yalla yalla

Ahh Pilpel. This place is heaven for falafel addicts. Moist, crunchy falafel sitting on a bed of fresh mixed salad and houmous, lathered in a wonderfully rich chilli sauce (always go for the green one and topped with a creamy tahini sauce. My usual order is a falafel container, with all the salads (extra pickles) and brown pitta – all for The staff here are always friendly, willing to accommodate most requests and always give freebies away (I have been given free falafel and drinks on numerous occasions

Falafel and hummus are the stars of the show here – it’s a great example of sticking to a small selection of lunch options and executing them very, very well. You can either opt for a filled pitta or my preference which is a container, filled with your choice of salads, dressings and either hummus or falafel, or if you are anything like me, both. The salads include everything from cucumber, pickled cabbage, tomatoes, feta and those Middle-Eastern staples of chickpeas, tabbouleh and an irresistible smoked aubergine that I’ve never tried outside of Pilpel which is frankly divine. The falafels themselves are fantastic – crispy and with crunch on the outside, but moist on the inside...read more

Sometimes I have quite a contrary feeling; I forget that I am a lawyer who resides in the B desk on the third floor of high end commercial building designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill architects an position of mute power in the hierarchy and an i