Coren likes food at La Bodega Negra but defers to wise mate Richard over is it cool?

“This always happens when a really cool New York thing is brought to London, It ends up being toned down and turned into a theme joint. This is basically a hen party venue. In New York, this place is louder and busier and you have to share tables with strangers. Everyone is fashion or music, and there’s always a queue. It’s so cool that there are times of the day when it’s less cool than others, and if you go when it’s not so cool it’s massively not cool. I guess London just doesn’t have enough cool people for that.” “Don’t get me wrong though. It’s still BRILLIANT!”