Lamb chops (pirzola)

Cooked overCharcoal

Pirzola, lamb chops grilled over charcoal on the mangal. Two each, to begin.

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We'd keep it that simple

Lamb chops at 9 more kitchens

Mangal 1

Turkish ocakbaşı · Dalston

10 Arcola Street, London E8 2DN

An ocakbaşı, a Turkish grill house, on Arcola Street, where the charcoal mangal sits in the room and the grill is the whole show. Lamb over the coals is the Dalston order.

We'd add

Adana kebab

Adana, hand-minced lamb and chilli pressed onto a wide skewer, off the same coals. To pass round beside the chops.

Adana kebab at 4 more kitchens

Same plate, other kitchens

Lamb chops: which one?

Mangal 1 and 2 others in London all lead with it. What sets each apart, and who it suits:

Mangal 1
This kitchen
CharcoalDalston
The Arcola Street grill-house chops, with Adana from the same fire.
Pick it if you're in Dalston and want a charcoal grill. No website, so the card is unchecked; tables are walk-in.
Morito
Exmouth Market · Menu checked Oct 2026
Moro's little sister does lamb as a tapa, with salt cod croquetas.
Pick it if you want lamb as one of several tapas plates, to share.
Tayyabs
TandoorWhitechapel · Menu checked Sep 2026
Sizzling chops at a Whitechapel family house since 1972.
Pick it if you're in east London and want a loud, fast Punjabi dinner, with your own bottle.

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