insulated from the moronic inferno blazing outside, is rochelle canteen. a green idol. the unpretentious brainchild of margot henderson and her business partner, melanie arnold. how long have you been up and running here? >> margot: ten years. >> anthony: oh my god. >> margot: ten years, where have you been? >> anthony: i can't believe -- i know, what is wrong with me? you were a chef before fergus, yes? >> margot: yeah, well i started cooking in restaurants when i was 12. >> anthony: yeah. >> margot: but this is fergus, peas in their pods. we met when i was working at the eagle and i said straight away to him we should open a restaurant together and he said, "well, that's a good idea, but let's be lovers as well." which i always thought was quite good. and then we had a restaurant. the whole area has changed around here. it's very shoreditch, groovy guys on little motorbikes with the handle bars. >> anthony: what was the neighborhood like before? >> margot: quite a large bengali community. before that it was quite a strong jewish community, but then they moved out, next group would move in. it was a poor area, a lot of people working in the fabric clothing industries. the bandstand in the middle is