Sometime in 2008, London food bloggers unanimously join in chorus to sing the praises of arguably one of the greatest (and cheapest) restaurants ever to grace London, elevating it’s status to that of legend and institution. The restaurant in question is Tayyabs. As 2009 closed, the crowded favourite is as hard as ever to secure a weekend table, and the now signature meandering queues into the restaurant and in between the already crammed tables are still ever present. It is likely that you have already indulged in the Tayyabs magic, like the rest of us, and like the rest of us, probably failed to call well in advance to reserve a table. Which is why you should be happy to learn that late last year, the former Tayyabs restaurant manager, a certain Mr Ali, opened a new restaurant in the similar vein to his former employers.

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