Overeating seems to be the order of the day whenever Rehana and I meet up for dinner. Tonight’s venue for the glutton-fest was the North African restaurant Azou in Hammersmith. Apparently Gordon Ramsay picked it as the best North African Restaurant in 2010 in his TV series.

We started with Baba Ganoush which was pretty incredible and served with warmed pitta bread.

Our other starter was Brik – a Tunisian speciality of crisp thin pastry filled with potato, egg & tuna. This was absolutely massive and after having filled ourselves with both the Baba Ganoush and the Brik we were already reaching our limits! The Brik was tasty although tasted a bit too oily.

We really should have shared a main course, instead we got one each! Both of us liked the sound of the Tajines. Mine was the Tajine romanne (chicken breast in a sweet/tangy pomegranate sauce, garnished with almonds, raisins & caramelised onion) and Rehana the Tajine Marrakech (lamb and vegetables in an aromatic sauce.) Both were incredibly tender and juicy. I preferred my dish of course as it wasn’t lamb! Ha. But I do like sweat and sour combinations in my food and my chicken was perfectly balanced.

As you can imagine … no room for dessert!

Service at Azou was friendly and efficient. The restaurant is quite small so the tables are very close and intimate – moving around requires some care! It was very busy tonight – I wonder if its still the knock on effect from Gordon’s recommendation!

Rehana and I were so full afterwards that we walked to Barons Court before getting on the tube.