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1. 1. Nazar said, on 09 April, 2011 12:40

   mmmMMmm Squid Fish Sauce :) it's sad that I know that

2. 2. robin said, on 11 April, 2011 08:34

   Cant wait to try your latest venture when i return to london in july.
   in the meantime i am planning my passover sedars & thought i'd make them ottolenghi feasts.
   Any inspirations? do you offer special menu items for the holidays?

   your mackerel (from my table, with your credit) with relish was featured in the phillyfoodlovers blog.

   much thanks,
   Robin

3. 3. Yotam Ottolenghi said, on 14 April, 2011 02:11

   @Robin, wishing you a great Pesach. We don't have a special menu but loads of ideas here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/yotamottolenghi

4. 4. Chelsea said, on 19 April, 2011 00:20

   Yotam I live in Sydney, Australia.

   Last year I visited Israel and then London. Somehow I discovered you along the way and was fascinated by your rise in to cooking and your creativity. I visited your Notting Hill Gate cafe, and was utterly taken by the layout and the produce. The styling reminded me a lot of the Sydney food scene!

   Currently I'm posting a version of one of your recipes, Roasted butternut squash with sweet spices, lime and green chilli, on my blog pompandcircumstance.com.au

   Congratulations on your new venture, I cannot wait to visit again one day.
   Chelsea

5. 5. Yotam Ottolenghi said, on 22 April, 2011 02:11

   @Chelsea, Thanks for the blog and come back soon!

6. 6. valentina said, on 26 April, 2011 09:08

   Keiko's photos really capture the mood. I loved NoPi. Had a most wonderful meal with two of my girlfriends and I'm now planning on checking out the breakfast menu. Congratulations on such fabulous place!

7. 7. Gabriele Spangenberg said, on 27 April, 2011 05:50

   Congratulations! I wished you would open a restaurant here in Germany as I totally adore the Ottolenghi style after ahving visited your Notting Hill place years ago!!
   Do you mind if I link your site to my blog, even if it is not purely about food?
   Thanky you!
   Gaby

8. 8. Beatrice Walker said, on 02 May, 2011 18:21

   I really can't wait for an opportunity to visit Nopi, after having the most delicious, and enjoyable birthday meal ever, with my family at Ottolenghi's in Islington on Saturday evening. My Mum and I have pored over your cookbooks and columns in the Guardian for years. As of Saturday, my Dad and brother are also in love with your food. So are the many friends who came for a birthday party at my flat, and who gobbled up the carrot cake I made, following your recipe. (It differed slightly, because I added some sultanas, on a whim, and it also differed CONSIDERABLY because it ended up undercooked in the middle! It sunk and looked like a big Bundt cake! But apparently people adored the gooey centre!)
   So thank you, thank you, for your amazing, inspired cooking.
   If there's any chance that you might let me know the recipe of the roasted sweet potato dish that was on the counter menu on Saturday, I would be over the moon! It had a sauce, a sprinkling of nuts or seeds and pomegranate. It was incredbile, and I'm sad not to find it in either your first cookbook or in Plenty.
   Don't worry if it's state secret, though. It deserves to be.
   Very best wishes.

9. 9. joanna hicks said, on 15 May, 2011 16:25

   Could you let me know what 'its not an Ottolenghi' means (as the introduction above) because I want to go to an Ottolenghi restaurant - are you suggesting not to come to this new one?

10. 10. Yotam Ottolenghi said, on 16 May, 2011 16:43

    @Valentina, thank you.
    @Gabriele, thanks. Please do. Our honour.
    @Beatrice, the whole clan? That's great. I don't have the recipe for the sweet potato so you'll have to come again...
    @Joanna, I am sure you'd like NOPI too though it is different from Ottolenghi as it doesn't have a take-out counter and is a tad more formal. We'd love to have you in either.

11. 11. Mary said, on 03 June, 2011 14:56

    I live in Ialy and just now read about Ottolenghi which seems like an Italian name. Where or what is NOPI? I'm interested trying some of your recipes to see if you're as great as everyone says

12. 12. Katie said, on 04 June, 2011 10:23

    I know this probably sounds a bit silly and I am probably clearly missing something, but are Nopi and Ottolenghi vegetarian. My family and vegetarian (no meat or fish) and have been all of our lives. We would love to come but would like to know whether it is vegetarian or not.
    Thank you and sorry!

13. 13. yotam said, on 08 June, 2011 03:39

    @Mary, NOPI stands for North Of PIcadilly, which is where the restaurant is. Come and test us!

    @Katie, both are not vegetarian restaurants but they do offer lots and lots of vegetarian dishes. Hope to see you nonetheless.

14. 14. paolo said, on 25 June, 2011 15:28

    the ART 42 Basel is over, the most wonderful event for contemperary Art - and one evening with people from three continents wedreamed to meet together again: where ? in Isslington chez Ottolenghi I proposed: all agress spontanously, asi in March 2010 I enjoyed for the first time this place, all other knew the place, and today the weekend Magazin of three swiss newspaper gives seven full pages of London's places around Ottolenghi with a full page photo of Yotam, the man brings the near east together on his plates - best wishes from Basel.....

15. 15. Yotam said, on 26 June, 2011 09:58

    @Paolo, happy to be in Switzerland... Also have Cornelia Staeubli running the company, best Swiss import ever.

16. 16. Johnny said, on 07 July, 2011 19:57

    I've just seen the pictures of the new restaurant, and all a have to say is Congratu lations Yotam, for the new restaurant. It's been a pleasure to work with you guys. By Johnny

17. 17. Iain said, on 12 July, 2011 08:42

    I visited NOPI with three foodie friends last week. We meet every 6 weeks and always seek out the best new places in London! NOPI did not disappoint. Fabulous food, lovely staff and a super soothing interior design all made the evening a most memorable one. I am already planning my next visit.

18. 18. soledad said, on 12 October, 2011 11:26

    Yotam, I love your book and I very much look forward to going to any of your restaurants by the end of October when I am supposed to meet my husband- We live apart since I work and live in Geneva and he in Africa. I have cooked many of your recipees - Phil Hensher tasted my hazelnut chicken (inspired in your book) when he came over with his partner to my place not so long ago and loved it! They were thrilled that I had chosen Ottolenghi for our soirèe.

19. 19. Yotam said, on 13 October, 2011 09:02

    @Soledad, I am delighted. Hope it lives up to the expectations.

20. 20. Motti said, on 17 October, 2011 09:13

    I visited NOPI with my London friends last week for the first time. We had the most wonderful experience. Alex and Yotam made together an amazing place, the material combination of marvel and tiles, the playful elements around, with humour, visiting the beautiful toilets is a must... The place makes an excellent use of it's location and reflects it in the materials and design of the place, it is playful and delightful. The food was exquisite. My friends and I had a great evening in London.
    Hope to have you guys also in Tel Aviv and in Dublin... The two places I spend time the most...

21. 21. rubenn said, on 22 October, 2011 00:59

    I visited a small restaurant(Machneyudah) in Jerusalem in September and saw you working in their kitchen, A film crew from the UK was covering the event and told me that there was going to be a TV series about you. Please tell me where and when. My wife constantly uses your wonderful books and is inspird by them. Best wishes

22. 22. Yotam Ottolenghi said, on 23 October, 2011 16:49

    @Motti, thanks. You are very sweet.

    @Rubenn, the show will be out on BBC4 in the week starting November 28. Not sure about the exact day yet.

23. 23. danielle said, on 21 November, 2011 14:58

    Wow Yotam ! Another stunner !!! Hope you and Karl are happily eva after ! Love and miss you madly !
    Danielle

24. 24. Yotam Ottolenghi said, on 30 November, 2011 04:23

    @Danielle. Thank you dear!! Missing you very much too, both of us.

25. 25. Jo Negrini said, on 11 December, 2011 12:30

    My friend Ian and I popped in on Friday night without a reservation for dinner. Immediately friendly and helpful with a seat at the bar free. I would really recommend sitting at the bar. Much more a part of the energy of the place. We were served by Jamie, an Aussie with a great sense of humour and totally attentive. Amazing food and cocktails - thoroughly unpretentious. A fabulous night!

26. 26. Yotam Ottolenghi said, on 15 December, 2011 05:08

    @Jo, thank you. Jamie will be happy for the great comments too!

27. 27. Alison Clark said, on 31 December, 2011 14:18

    Do you cater well for vegetarians?

28. 28. Yotam Ottolenghi said, on 03 January, 2012 09:27

    @Alison, yes. 1/3 of the menu is vegetarian. Have a look at the menu's on www.nopi-restaurant.com

29. 29. martha said, on 01 March, 2012 07:42

    everything looks wonderful ! I'm realy keen on going there :)