Khamsa

, Our focus is simple, it is to provide delicious and quality Algerian food at affordable prices to our guests.

khamsa

http://www.khamsa.co.uk

New Restaurant Review: Khamsa | Londonist

How hard would it be to convince you that Algerian food could be London’s next big thing?

Probably not as hard as it would be to convince you that Brixton was the place to eat it.

Run by a husband and wife team determined to show off their nation’s food and prove that not everything that comes in a tagine is Moroccan, Khamsa is out to become to Algerian what Brindisa is to Spanish.

A platter of eight between two is good value at £12 and offers the chance to try the Algerian take on Merguez sausage as well ajhroum di felfel - a sumptuous roasted red pepper salad.

As much a bakery as a restaurant, Khamsa’s indulgent line of pastries and cakes are necessary to be explored.

Khamsa, 140 Acre Lane, Brixton, London, SW2 5UT - Restaurant ...

Khamsa, Brixton

Wooden panelled walls and furniture are the basic ingredients to Khamsa's authentic Algerian look.

Open for merely a year, Khamsa emphasises the importance of “raw” ingredients, shunning “copy and paste” restaurants, preservatives and frozen foods while embracing organic, halal and fair-trade ingredients to ensure its healthy dishes cater for everyone.

Perusing the menu, we're both struck by the alien dish names, all strangely spelt and virtually unpronounceable, and the amazing array of mixed fruit juices, boasting inventive ingredients: apple and fresh mint, apple, cucumber, spinach and lime.

With Kirsty's unfortunate serious allergy to pepper and chilli, main courses are more difficult as the main base ingredient of many Algerian dishes is a specially formulated chilli paste.

Both dishes are comparable to Indian curries but, like our starters, ingredients taste extremely fresh and unlike some greasier Indian dishes, these delicious Algerian counterparts feel healthier and less stodgy.

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Khamsa | Restaurants in Brixton, London

The marvellous meze selection (£12, large enough for two) includes velvet-smooth zaalouk (aubergine and walnut paste), beetroot salad with fennel and anchovies, garlicky chickpeas topped with spicy meatballs, lentil and bulgar wheat salad, and a light yet flavoursome couscous salad.

The ‘modern couscous’ dish featured a fantastically punchy broth, fresh vegetables, succulent grilled chicken and a spicy merguez sausage, but was let down by chewy pieces of lamb.