My London: Big Zuu

Which restaurants can you always rely on?

Maison Bab in Covent Garden, you can never go wrong. Eat Tokyo, they do good Japanese food. There’s so many of them, different branches, and they all have their own little twang and different ways they make things even though it’s a chain.

Where do you go for a night out?

I don’t really go for nights out but if I was going to go to a club I’d probably go to Tape, near Oxford Street. Tape is like where most rappers go — rapperhood. If you don’t go there I don’t think you’re a rapper. I don’t go there all the time because I don’t have money.

Where would you go on a first date?

West London. Just the whole of west. I think Soho is also good for a first date; it’s busy, it’s popping, there’s so many things to talk about, just having a stroll round and getting some food — there’s so many types of food and bars. If you don’t like central London, I can’t date you. I love going to Oxford Street and just chilling. You can catch me in Golden Square just relaxing, I love it. It has an energy that I like to use to charge up my batteries. People can get caught in that mundane lifestyle, so I like to go to central to remind me how beautiful our city is.

If you could buy any building in London, what would it be?

Whiteleys — but they’ve already bought it. The old Whiteleys in Bayswater, they’ve turned it into housing, but it used to be a shopping centre. It’s a very beautiful building, the greatest shopping centre — but shopping centres are dying innit, so makes sense.

Who is the most iconic Londoner?

JME, he is the epitome of London. He loves British music, he is Britain, he is of the times, the greatest human being and someone I look up to.

What would you do if you were Mayor for the day?

I would reinvest in every youth club and give them all the budget they need. I’d make all the rich people pay for all the youth clubs.

Most memorable thing a cabbie has ever said to you?

I’m in a black cab right now! A guy picked me up the other day and said, ‘You’re Big Zuu.’ I said, ‘Yes I am,’ and he said, ‘Well, I know where you live now.’

Any secret spots in London?

The canals in Little Venice, that’s a very underrated spot. Warwick Avenue, incredible little parks and places to walk, local restaurants.

Where do you want to be buried?

Buried!? F***ing hell. Where would I want to be buried!? Somewhere weird and funky, like in the middle of central, in Old Street, in Oxford Street. You know how they have the benches commemorating people? I don’t want a bench, I want a portion of the road that says ‘Big Zuu was buried here’. I’d wanna get shot, like Tupac. I don’t know how but I would love to go out like Tupac and have a legacy like him. That’s all I have to say.

Big Zuu’s Big Eats’ returns to UKTV’s Dave on 4 July. All episodes will also be available on UKTV Play