1905 London is a Cretan restaurant at 40 Mortimer Street in Fitzrovia. Its focused regional identity brings food from Crete together with organic wines, serving lunch and dinner daily and adding brunch at the weekend.
Starters explore distinctive island ingredients through dishes such as boureki with courgettes, potatoes and Cretan cheese, dakos with carob rusks and xinomyzithra, and pitakia filled with fennel and herbs. Snails with rosemary and vinegar and tarama with anchovies provide further traditional flavours.
The main courses include handmade Cretan pasta, slow cooked lamb and goat, gamopilafo with rice, lamb, chicken and yoghurt, and antikristo lamb cooked using an old grilling method. Fish soup, the catch of the day and vegetable dishes such as chestnut stifado make the selection broader than meat alone.
Sweet mizithra pies, bougatsa with vanilla cream and koliva inspired by a traditional grain and nut dish continue the Cretan theme through dessert. Regional cheeses, smoked pork and a carefully chosen wine list allow diners to extend the meal into a fuller exploration of the island’s food culture.
Address: 40 Mortimer Street, Fitzrovia, London W1W 7RQ, England
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