From The Ashes Parrilla | Paddington | London

You'll find yourself in Paddington Square Market Halls, surrounded by the sort of food traders who actually know what they're doing. From The Ashes does one thing and does it well: they take a parrilla—that's an open grill—seriously. The whole setup feels proper Argentine, none of that overthought London restaurant theatre. The meat comes out properly charred, with that crust you're after, cooked over fire the way it's meant to be. It's busy in there, the kind of place where you're rubbing shoulders with people who've sought it out for real reasons, not just because it's near the West End.