By Peter Kennedy - 01 Sept 04

Your restaurant is an edible embodiment of the exotic trek along the ancient trade route from the East to the West, complete with cultural fusions - you don't set it to a Chas and Dave soundtrack.

Last week Shish, the Willesden venue themed around the Silk Road experience, unveiled a sumptuous menu of world music designed to complement the dining experience.

Now diners can sample aural flavours as sapid as their culinary delights - Latin, Bollywood, South American drum and bass, Asian breakbeat, salsa and dub reggae. Iranian-born Cameron Hashemi is one half of Latin guitar duo Rumba Del A Mor, a lip smacking blend of South American and Middle Eastern spices at Shish every Wednesday night.

Cameron said: "Me and Pedro (Lopez, his Brazilian partner) have been playing together for around eight years, mixing a broad range of influences - Cuban, Brazilian, Spanish guitars and a flavour of the Middle East. Our influences include songs like Guantanamera and La Bamba, Antonio Carlos Jobim, The Gupsy Kings and Alabima, a Middle Eastern band."

The bands play in the bar area which means dancing's on the agenda after you've seen off your pudding and coffee.

Leave your hiking boots at home, this is an intrepid adventure for your ear drums and taste buds.