When Amy Corbin and Patrick Williams, the husband-and-wife duo behind Kudu, opened the restaurant in 2018, they wanted to pay tribute to the latter’s South African roots. Amy is the daughter of noted London restauranteur Chris Corbin, and good food clearly runs in the family: Kudu pulls off the tricky balance of being of a friendly neighbourhood place that’s also a swishy destination for a special occasion. We’re talking about a restaurant that’s famed for its bread and butter, which is less surprising when you know that butter comes with deeply delicious melted seafood or bacon lardons. As for the rest of the menu: think braai-cooked sirloin steak as tender as it is robust and a weekend brunch menu rich with the likes of African carrot piled high with ras el hanout and goat’s curd. All in all: mission accomplished.
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If anything, Corbin and Williams might have overshot on the original goal, given that there are now numerous Kudus in the capital. Little Kudu is a smaller affair, while Kudu Grill does what is says on the tin and can be found in an old Nunhead pub.
What’s nearby?
Kudu is all things nu-Peckham, while the Old Apple Tree is a proper old-school boozer that’s stayed frozen in time while the area around it has changed so much.
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