• Jikoni is not just the title of Ravinder’s book. It is also the name she gave to her London restaurant, for very deliberate reasons.
  • “Jikoni means ‘kitchen’ in Kiswahili,” says Ravinder, “It is a very simple name, and I wanted it that way. Many guests ask what it means, when they first come to the restaurant. And I tell them, so that they walk away learning a little bit of the language, a little bit more about Kenya.”