Ali Zaidi
Casa Ali is a supper club where Ali Zaidi’s art and life intuitively converge. At his Southeast London home, guests are invited every fortnight to what he calls ‘gatherings of love and more love’. He chooses not to give his dishes any names. The recipes are seldom repeated as if the dishes are all a work in progress. Each time some new flourish is added or an ingredient is changed making the food taste totally different.
"I concoct mixtures of imagined memories and tastes and open up my casa. It is an act of trust and intimacy on both sides. My passion that goes in the making of food, once consumed, animates and reflects the passion of the guests. There is an exchange of love. Those who break bread at Casa Ali take a little of me with them. To see them blossom fills me with an inexplicable joy”. Ali Zaidi