Outside, there are about 10 metal tables spread over Luma’s terrace and the neighbouring estate agent, with comfortable chairs and blankets for cooler mornings that have descended upon us in recent weeks. Inside, the place is stylish and cosy, with healthy salads and yummy cakes on display as well as daily papers and weekly magazines scattered on one of the shelves near the entrance. The place looks inviting and I was greeted with a broad smile before the busy waitress had a moment to attend to me.
To start with I opted for an immune booster drink , bursting with freshly squeezed orange juice, carrot, ginger and some other “good for you” ingredients I can’t remember right now. It was slightly spicy, but refreshing. I was told that Luma has a different soup of the day (hello autumn!) and dish of the day every day.
For now, I was still not ready to eat soup and relinquish the summer in my mind, but I was intrigued by shakshuka , that day’s dish of the day. In case that you don’t know what I am talking about, shakshuka is “a Maghrebi dish of eggs poached in a sauce of tomatoes, olive oil, peppers, onion, and garlic, typically spiced with cumin, paprika and cayenne pepper” . Shakshuka is a popular dish throughout North Africa and the Middle East.
Mine was served in a stylish looking ceramic bowl and accompanied with two slices of fresh sourdough bread. Initially I was a little disappointed seeing just one egg in it, but this quickly turned into a smile as I spotte.
