We'd add
Xinjiang Lamb Shish
Lamb and fat roasted over charcoal with salt, cumin and chilli on a steel skewer. A few each as soon as you sit down.

AI-made picture of the dish, not a house photo
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Our dish — the plate we'd order here firstBig plate chicken, bone-in chicken with potato and green and dried chilli, with belt noodles, wide hand-pulled noodles, in the sauce. China's favourite Xinjiang dish, the menu says, and our plate for the table.
From Silk Road's own menu and pages, as we read them in October 2026.
Also on our table
Chinese · Xinjiang · Uyghur · Camberwell
49 Camberwell Church Street, London SE5 8TR
Camberwell's Xinjiang canteen, a world of cumin, charcoal skewers and belt noodles from China's far north-west. The big plate of chicken is the table's centre.
We'd add
Lamb and fat roasted over charcoal with salt, cumin and chilli on a steel skewer. A few each as soon as you sit down.
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