139 Fika
London, United Kingdom
The read// why locals go
139 Fika is a contemporary Caribbean and West African restaurant on Bellenden Road, in the quiet Peckham backstreet that locals treat as their high street. Brunch leans on ackee, plantain and hard dough bread — scrambled ackee with crushed avocado and tomato salsa, smoked salmon with wakame and a saffron red red sauce — while the evening menu turns to bere bere roasted chicken, jollof-dressed cauliflower steak and suya-spiced aged sirloin. There is a pre-theatre menu for anyone eating early, coffee from Square Mile and pastries from Galeta during the day, and a few outdoor seats. Evening mains sit at the higher end, from around eighteen to thirty-five pounds.
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Bellenden Road 139, SE15 4DH — London
The read// why locals go
139 Fika is a contemporary Caribbean and West African restaurant on Bellenden Road, in the quiet Peckham backstreet that locals treat as their high street. Brunch leans on ackee, plantain and hard dough bread — scrambled ackee with crushed avocado and tomato salsa, smoked salmon with wakame and a saffron red red sauce — while the evening menu turns to bere bere roasted chicken, jollof-dressed cauliflower steak and suya-spiced aged sirloin. There is a pre-theatre menu for anyone eating early, coffee from Square Mile and pastries from Galeta during the day, and a few outdoor seats. Evening mains sit at the higher end, from around eighteen to thirty-five pounds.
