Sohaila, London: "It's lovely, the food is excellent" - restaurant review

Sohaila, 232 Shoreditch High Street, London E1 6PJ. Small plates £4-£9, large plates £11-£15, desserts £7, wines from £32

These are desperate times. The Nusr-Et Steakhouse in Knightsbridge, famous for its hyper-priced steaks wrapped in gold foil, has, according to the hotel industry website Code, had to abandon the use of gold foil. As with chickpeas and vegetable oil, there are supply chain issues. So now they just whip up stupidly expensive steaks without any precious metals. Where is the joy in that? They don't even have that type of Salt Bae, the one with the sunglasses and the signature salting move, like Rod Hull's Emu, "naked and disgracing himself by puking in his own neck" (yes, I quote myself -even; I can't improve on that). He's at one of his other 15 restaurants, where they're still needlessly wrapping steaks in gold foil so the rich can hate each other a little more.

But wait. All is not dark. A new Mayfair joint has opened with the proud announcement that its menu will include a dish costing £3,000. Apparently it's a bucket of caviar with a dark sense of inadequacy on the side. I'm not naming the venue or the chef or the PR company promoting it because that's exactly what they want. All three should be ashamed of themselves. And if not, no worries because I'm ashamed of it.

Stories like this can make you despair of the restaurant business. What exactly is it for? So, let's have something to restore a little faith that doesn't involve gold leaf or caviar or an inflated disrespect for anything that costs less than a grand Fat Macy's is a social enterprise that tackles the homelessness issues by offering internships and internships in the hospitality industry for people who need help getting out of temporary housing.I have mentioned them several times in my online "News" section. .