I have been wanting to go to any of Jose Pizarro's restaurants for forever, so I was very happy to learn that I would actually be visiting the best one, Pizarro, for my friend Julia's birthday. We started off in The Garrison on Bermondsey St and virtually opposite his other no-bookings place, Jose, which had queues out the door for the duration. I first went to The Garrison in about 2006/7 when it opened, so was taken aback by how busy it was and how much the area as a whole

My friend Julia and I made these recently as a bit of a change from drinking gallons of white wine, and it was a good decision. Shoreditch House often do them in the summer, so we made an educated guess at the recipe and it turned out pretty well. I'd made Julia chilli vodka for Christmas, so she bought that over but you could just as well use plain and up the fresh chilli content... Ingredients: Fresh NOT FROM CONCENTRATE tropical juice Chilli vodka Fresh chillis Cuarenta Y