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Best Fattoush in London

“Fried bread shards, sumac, and pomegranate molasses. The salad that refuses to be a side.”

Fattoush

What the real thing tastes like

Fattoush was born from thrift — stale flatbread fried or toasted into shards and tossed through tomatoes, cucumber, radish, purslane, and herbs — but its signature is the dressing: tart sumac and sweet-sour pomegranate molasses in olive oil. The bread must stay crisp against the dressing; the sumac must be fresh enough to buzz.

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The bread shard's crunch-lifespan is the quality metric in nearly every review — soggy shards get obituaries. The sumac-molasses tang is described as the flavour people try to recreate at home and never quite land.

Order it here when it has

  • crunch against tang
  • herb freshness
  • dressing depth
  • thrift made glory

Walk away when you see

  • sogginess is death
  • sumac quality varies

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