Midsummer Nights
Friday 31 July 2026
83 Dalston Lane, London (map)
On the last evening of July, we celebrated a warm summer’s evening with a fantastic buzz and great chat around the table - laid with a delicious three-course meal expertly crafted using seasonal, organic and artisanal produce.
It is officially midsummer, so of course we had a supper club at our Dalston home to celebrate the warm evenings, joy of community, and bountiful food harvests. This event marks our first event of a new partnership with The Castle Garden - a thriving organic urban food garden in Hackney who are generously donating some of their seasonal, home-grown produce to support our non-profit supper clubs. And what a wonderful spread they offered us! Marrows as long as your arm, cucumbers triple the width of supermarket ones, and runner beans in four varieties in green, yellow, and purple. Along with this, we received artisanal Sicilian sausages from the West Hampstead branch of The Hampstead Butcher & Providore London. Our chefs Andi, India, and Alan were delighted and quickly began to plan a delicious three-course meal that allowed to ingredients to shine. Guests began arriving and immediately conversation flowed easily and there was a lovely buzz in the air. The food went down a treat, along with delightful glasses of rosé and specially selected wine. We had a fantastic team of volunteers on the night - Brogan, Meggie, and Dolly - who ensured the night was a seamless success. Everything was so smooth that we all had the opportunity to sit and enjoy some food together once everything was flowing.
Meanwhile, Daniel, our long-term volunteer pastry chef, was crafting spiced summer plum cakes, which was so popular that many people had seconds! And finally of course was the raffle - cinema tickets generously donated from Rio Cinema, a shop gift voucher, bottle of prosecco, and a box of chocolates. We couldn’t have asked for a better summer supper club. Once guest commented: "It's ages since I've been to a dinner party" and that’s exactly what we hope to achieve - community dinner parties with restaurant-quality food and great conversation. Thank you to everyone that came, donated something, served, sat, ate, chatted, cooked, and generally made this night the wonderful dinner party that it was!
The Menu
Thank you to our generous friends at The Castle Garden, who donated an amazing, colourful spread of seasonal, organic produce and [butchers] for the incredible Sicilian sausages, from which our chefs to craft a delicious supper. Here’s the menu from the night…
Drinks:
Glass of L’Abrunet Rosé by Celler Friach, Spain.
Tacherons Chardonnay and Tacherons Pinot Noir
Selection of soft drinks
Anti pasti:
Burrata
Korean cucumber salad
San Marzano tomatoes
Kalamata olives
Stone ground tortilla chips
Main course:
Vegetarian: Chickpeas, summer veg and pasta salad
Or
Meat: Sicilian sausage with roasted marrow
Side: Harissa green beans with nigella and sesame seeds.
Dessert:
Spiced summer plum cake with vanilla custard
The Team
Kitchen: Andi, India, Alan, and Daniel
Front of House: Brogan, Meggie, Dolly, Louise, and Georgie
Our Partners
As always, the night was made posssible by the generous donations of our wonderful partners:
The Sicilian sausages were kindly donated by the West Hampstead branch of The Hampstead Butcher & Providore London.
The organic fruit and vegetables were generously donated by The Castle Garden.
Plum cakes were lovingly made by Daniel.
Cinema tickets warmly donated by Rio Cinema.
We are so grateful to you all.
And, as ever, we couldn’t do it without our wonderful charity partners:
Carers Network Compassionate Neighbours HostNation New Art Studio Nova New Opportunities Prisoners Abroad Room to Heal
Kind words from our guests
“Having twice had the pleasure of visiting Mike’s Table, I can’t praise the organisers enough. Apart from the lovely food, the way you are greeted with hugs and smiles and how you are served during the evening is absolutely heartwarming. I would recommend anyone who is lucky enough to get an invitation to go and enjoy the fantastic hospitality!” - Guest
“Thank you all for my wonderful evening at Mike’s Table.” - Guest
“"It's been ages since I've been to a dinner party." - Guest
““Mike’s Table events are full of warmth and joy! The team is supportive and it is always lovely to care for the lovely guests we receive.” - Kitchen volunteer
