Kaffana

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This is a new Serbian place. I'm in the dining room. There's a table of eight, a table of three, and me. The room is full. There are a few more seats out at the bar.

I'm recommended the Tapas - three small courses.

Gljiva
6/10

Swiss button mushrooms char-grilled then pan-fried with a zesty garlic oil.

These mushrooms are fairly plain, but their "zesty garlic oil" adds just enough taste.

Sarma
7/10

Pickled cabbage leaves filled with pork, beef and rice, slow cooked and served with a side of organic yoghurt.

These soggy rolls rest in a kind of a soup. They're only just strong enough to be extracted without disintegrating. They have a good cabbage flavour, but the little bits of mince are a strange texture here.

Riba
8/10

Lightly battered, dry marinated fish fillets, shallow fried and served with lemon sauce.

These crispy and leathery pieces of herby fish are pleasant enough, but the watery sauce adds a huge punch. There's lemon in the sauce, but I think there's vinegar too.

This is something like eating salt and vinegar chips.

"Talumba"
5/10

There is only one dessert.

This is almost identical to Spanish doughnuts ("Churros"), but isn't warm. It's made if rice flour, and doesn't really have a strong taste. It's harder on the outside, and like crumbly rice on the inside.

Only the honey on the plate has a real taste here.

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