Second, eastern wind for Le Moulin (RIP)

[Nigello]

I asked a man working at the site of the restaurant (near to The Plough at the top of LL) what the property would become once work is finished, and he told me it was to be a restaurant, most likely Turkish.

[Townleygreen]

What a coincidence!

Before it was Le Moulin, it was a Turkish restaurant. I ate there many times in the Seventies.

[Pugwash]

I am glad we are getting a restaurant back, this end of LL is getting dead with 5 shops closed down in last year.

[Seabag]

It's been owned by a Cypriot family for years. The son in law and the owners daughter are opening it as a restaurant again, I believe. I popped in there as they were clearing the place prior to the building work. They seem like a nice family. Good luck to them

[Jeremy]

I would question whether another Turkish place is really what the area needs, but hopefully they will rise above the generic kebab/bread/rice/salad/etc and it will do well.

[StraferJack]

All moot unless the place gets Louisa's blessing anyway

[Penguin68]

Turkish Cypriot food is somewhat different from Turkish - there is a greater Greek style of cooking influence, but good Turkish food, Cypriot or not, is very appealing - and much more delicate than exposure to 'taverna' style cooking would imply. Turkish (red) wines can be excellent, as is Turkish beer. 'Turkish' restaurants - together with Greek and Cypriot, can offer quite a wide raange of styles - certainly not as great as the whole Indian sub-continent can muster, but we normally only see a small selection (mainly Bangladeshi) on our high streets, so there is certainly room for more Middle Easter cookery generally, without becoming too repetitive. It is the ambience and service which often makes a restaurant anyway, almost as much as the food.

[Jah Lush]

Townleygreen Wrote:

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> What a coincidence!

> Before it was Le Moulin, it was a Turkish

> restaurant. I ate there many times in the

> Seventies.

Me too. Food washed down with bottles of Buzzbag. ;-)

[Jeremy]

Penguin68 - no doubt there is more room for middle eastern food (e.g. the excellent Peckham Bazaar), I just hope it's not another formulaic kebab type place.

[Mick Mac]

I'm glad its a restaurant - looked like flats to me. And a barber opening across the road.

[Seabag]

From what I remember, the boyfriend of owner's daughter is an English chef. So we may get a different take on the usual Turkish/Cypriot angle.

Or they could be doing something completely different, and surprise us all

Who knows eh!

[firekat2]

Looking forward to it and thank goodness it is not another Indian shop along Lordy lane.

[Louisa]

I will be Eric and Margaret's eyes ears nose and taste buds within the first week of the new restaurant opening. I will of course do them proud and report back with my findings.

Louisa.

[Romnarz]

Indian Shop ? Where?