The stand-up and TV favourite has a fund of anecdotes, is passionate about food and would make the ideal dinner-party guest. But it’s perhaps best not to let him drive there
“Hellooooo!” The nice folk at Gilgamesh have tucked Omid Djalili and me in a quiet corner of their restaurant, which is roughly the size of an aircraft hangar. This is, I assume, because they imagine we will want a tranquil spot for our interview and also because they think that much loved comedian and actor Djalili might desire to slip in and out of the premises undetected. On this second point, they seem to have erred. Djalili is now on his feet, waving his arms in the manner of a castaway trying to attract the attentions of a ship on the horizon.
“Hellooooo!” he bellows across the floor again. In actual fact, he would just like to see a menu. “Over here!”
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