Cotto

(£££) ***½ Tucked away in a little courtyard off of a rather dismal section bit of the East Road, Cotto serves up tasty, healthy and innovative lunchtime cuisine. The ambience is warm and friendly, with wooden furniture and pots of herbs growing in the windows. We had a nutty soup of parsnips and cashews, a trio of salads including a tasty green lentil and spanish sausage combination, and cheddar cheese sandwishes with caramelised onion chutney. With a 50l carafe of French wine, it all came to a very reasonable £22. This is an oasis of organic, creative fare, and the only drawback is that both staff and clientele - who tend towards smug Guardian-readers with loud, boastfully precocious children - are all too aware of this.