BIRD
Kingsland Road, E2
A challenge for you: peruse new Shoreditch chicken joint BIRD's menu and try not to salivate profusely. We failed. Put simply, it's home-style fried chicken with different spicy-sweet glazes, and US- and Asian-influenced sides. Just like mama made. birdrestaurants.com
CHICKEN SHOP
High Holborn, WC1V
Chicken Shop's 1950s American-style rotisserie is a great addition to the roster at the new Hoxton Hotel in Holborn. Marinated bird is served with a choice of the restaurant's signature sauces. Smokey or hot? The choice is yours. chickenshop.com
FIRE AND FEATHERS
King's Road, SW10
The phrase 'peri-peri' may call to mind a somewhat ubiquitous chain, but this joint's smaller, tastier and made with a lot more love. As well as flagship peri-peri or 'dynamite' poussin, dive in to Portuguese garlic prawns and presunto cured ham. fireandfeathers.co.uk
