The Verdict
COAL OFFICE is Assaf Granit and Yotam Ottolenghi's King's Cross Israeli-Mediterranean restaurant in Coal Drops Yard whose Jerusalem-influenced cooking and the Coal Drops Yard setting — the Thomas Heatherwick-designed regenerated Victorian coal drops whose specific industrial architecture communicates London's most dramatically regenerated available neighbourhood destination — together communicate what Israeli-Mediterranean cooking looks like when the most globally recognised available Israeli chef and the most globally influential available Palestinian-Israeli food writer combine their culinary intelligence in London's most architecturally spectacular available contemporary dining environment. The Jerusalem-influenced menu whose Middle Eastern preparations communicate genuine knowledge of the Israeli-Palestinian culinary tradition.
Why It Works for a First Date
Coal Office's Coal Drops Yard setting and the Granit-Ottolenghi Israeli-Mediterranean — the Thomas Heatherwick architecture, the Jerusalem-influenced cooking, the King's Cross regeneration energy — creates the first date that communicates genuine knowledge of London's most architecturally spectacular available contemporary dining destination.
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