ThePeopleAlchemist Lifestyle Edit: #MyBestMealIslington - Essex Road - Welcome to Salut

My quest to find nice places to eat and provide you, my lovely readers, with an inside guide to the most foodie London borough ever - Islington - continues (I know, I'm a tiny tad bias). So let me help you experience Islington like an Islingtonian and introduce you to Salut- a modern European restaurant situated in Essex Road, also #MyBestMealIslington September monthly feature. Salut was opened in 2016 by brothers Martin and Christoph Lange who grew up in Germany ( Christoph has worked at kitchens all over Europe including Norway’s Maaemo and Denmark’s Noma - now relocated to Copenhagen), with Martin’s girlfriend, making the most of local meat producers, sustainably sourced fish, and organic vegetables all mixed with incredible passion. ‘Salut’ is the French for ‘hi’, or otherwise ‘cheers!’ in other parts of Europe and the name fits perfectly this special little place. A great bonus here is the open kitchen which means you can see the magic as it happens. The food is wonderful and the prices are fairly aligned to some other Islington semi-posh establishments (someone might call them pricey ) with the portions on the small side but completely worth it.