FOOD & DRINK
Angel
The new Urban Angel, sister to the much
loved Hanover Street branch, is situated
Susie Lowe
where Tapas Tree used to be, just off
Broughton Street. It goes where many
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· eateries fear to tread, serving breakfast
right through to dinner. And if a Monday
Thomson
lunchtime with hardly a spare table is
anything to go by, it looks like the Forth
erry
K
Street newbie is a chip off the old block.
Lunch @ Urban
First impressions are good, with fresh
words
modern furnishing and a light and airy
feel. Urban Angel’s décor is clean, simple
and how I would like my own living room
T
he irony isn’t lost on me. After dining from a locally
sourced, organically produced menu full of fish,
to look if I didn’t have to live in it.
salads, detox teas with soya milk and fruit filled
The menu focuses on seasonal local
beverages, I’m chowing down on the biggest, gooiest
produce and, where possible, jams,
chocolate brownie ever. It’s so chocolaty I can feel my teeth
sauces, breads and cakes are homemade.
squeak, my arteries are probably hardening with every
It sounds like a marketing sound bite, but
delicious bite. At around five inches thick I may dislocate
it works, and the tastes and textures pay
my jaw with an overenthusiastic mouthful – it’s the epitome testament to a cook who cares about
of death by chocolate. Urban Angel brings out the sinner in what goes in the punters’ mouths. My
even the saintliest of dinners. Tuna Nicoise, £8.90, consisted of gently
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