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That's so cool! Has anyone here been to Maltby St Market? It's like Borough Market but for locals. Inside there was a small antiques market, all terribly terribly middle class but absolutely the nicest way to spend an afternoon with your dad who cannot stop himself from buying (and sharing with you) all of the food up this narrow street. Among the things i tried were wild smoked salmon with dill, a gin bloody mary with horseradish, waffles with egg and maple bacon, and this absolutely mindblowing tartiflette. Next time you want a foodie day out or whatever, head that direction (and walk from London Bridge along the river - especially if you have touristy family vibes going on!)
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Neris posted:That's so cool! Yeah, it's fantastic. When we went we had lunch at 41, which is mainly a natural wine specialists supplier. A small menu of excellent food. I saw one of the owners of Koya there, who seemed to be a regular! I vaguely know the owner; his parents founded Neal's Yard cheese and Monmouth Coffee respectively (can't remember who did which one).
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Kaiho posted:I'm still waiting for decent Peruvian food. The problem is getting the quality fish at decent prices I suppose. When you say decent, do you mean stripped down and affordable, like burgers? Because I think it has quite a way to go - you can't even really get decent tapas here yet. You can go to the Opera Tavern or the Salt Yard or Brindisa and get some ££££ but loving lovely spanish food, but it's not really down to basics and appealing. However, http://cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/andina-shoreditch.html is supposed to be pretty good? And Pisco sours are the new trendy thing, so that might herald in some more S. American style dining?
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Feb 7, 2014 13:28
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Picante Victoria is closing forever  and Picante Blackfriars may not reopen. My work lunchtime options just got a lot worse.
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Neris posted:When you say decent, do you mean stripped down and affordable, like burgers? Because I think it has quite a way to go - you can't even really get decent tapas here yet. You can go to the Opera Tavern or the Salt Yard or Brindisa and get some ££££ but loving lovely spanish food, but it's not really down to basics and appealing. Spanish and Peruvian food are worlds apart though. And what I mean is decently-priced, unpretentious. Pisco sours are great, but until people in the UK get their head out of their rear end about egg whites, they're going to be marginal.
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Feb 7, 2014 21:32
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Went to Busan and it was good. It was great to come out of a decent meal feeling full but not heavy, our group decided that the freshness of the cuisine was a big hit. Cheers, Neris! Been wanting some decent Korean for a while now.
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Feb 8, 2014 01:47
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Neris posted:When you say decent, do you mean stripped down and affordable, like burgers? Because I think it has quite a way to go - you can't even really get decent tapas here yet. You can go to the Opera Tavern or the Salt Yard or Brindisa and get some ££££ but loving lovely spanish food, but it's not really down to basics and appealing. Pix-Bar is pretty great affordable and according to the girl from Pamplona I was working with, entirely authentic. Technically Pincho and not Tapas but hey.
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Feb 8, 2014 13:10
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I want to take my special lady-friend out on Saturday night She is vegetarian, and gluten-intolerant. Somewhere nice. Any suggestions? Not Mildred's or Vanilla Black. North or Central preferred. I might just try Manna in primrose Hill but I was hoping for something more exciting, like Nopi (fully booked).
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Feb 11, 2014 22:36
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I took my whole vegetarian family to Salt Yard recently and we ate every single item in the vege section. It was awesome.
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Feb 11, 2014 23:00
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sweat poteto posted:I took my whole vegetarian family to Salt Yard recently and we ate every single item in the vege section. It was awesome. I was thinking of that or one of our old favourites Fino. Maybe I will... Thanks!
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Feb 11, 2014 23:45
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I went to Manna a couple years ago. Horribly disappointing .
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Feb 12, 2014 01:49
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angor posted:I went to Manna a couple years ago. Horribly disappointing I've had some decent meals, but not spectacular.
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Feb 12, 2014 09:21
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therattle posted:I want to take my special lady-friend out on Saturday night She is vegetarian, and gluten-intolerant. Somewhere nice. Any suggestions? Not Mildred's or Vanilla Black. North or Central preferred. I might just try Manna in primrose Hill but I was hoping for something more exciting, like Nopi (fully booked). I've heard good things about The Gate. There's one right next to Sadler's Wells. My girlfriend is veggie and we've been meaning to go for ages.
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Feb 12, 2014 10:08
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ineptmule posted:I've heard good things about The Gate. There's one right next to Sadler's Wells. Thanks! That's a good call too. I went to the Hammersmith one ages ago; didn't know there was an Angel one a 19 bus ride away. I dub thee Competentmule.
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Feb 12, 2014 14:34
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I've been to that Gate a couple of times. Tasty.
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Feb 12, 2014 14:58
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Gate was busy. Got into Pix Angel. Pretty happy with that given lateness of booking.
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Feb 12, 2014 20:54
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Can anyone recommend a decent fish/seafood restaurant (the fish part is important), or else a trendy/upmarket-ish Indian place (that isn't on Brick Lane), preferably in either central London or the Battersea area? Bonus points if I have a snowball's chance in hell of getting a reservation for six days from now (i.e. it's not ram-packed 24/7), or they take walk-ins. I have a decent budget (I won't mind paying £30-40 a head before wine), it's for my mother's birthday.
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Lemon Curdistan posted:Can anyone recommend a decent fish/seafood restaurant (the fish part is important), or else a trendy/upmarket-ish Indian place (that isn't on Brick Lane), preferably in either central London or the Battersea area? Bonus points if I have a snowball's chance in hell of getting a reservation for six days from now (i.e. it's not ram-packed 24/7), or they take walk-ins. I have a decent budget (I won't mind paying £30-40 a head before wine), it's for my mother's birthday. J Sheekey's. perfect for mothers.
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therattle posted:J Sheekey's. perfect for mothers. Had a look at their menu and it looks excellent - thanks!
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Feb 13, 2014 15:32
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Cinnamon in Soho is great for fancy Indian food.
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Feb 13, 2014 21:35
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I just want to say for upmarket Indian food someone here has to go to Gymkhana and report back because their menu looks absolutely amazing.
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Feb 13, 2014 23:40
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Dishoom is quite good for "upmarket Indian".
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Feb 14, 2014 01:00
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Dishoom is amazing. Fantastic atmosphere and amazing food.
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Feb 14, 2014 07:04
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Yeah Dishoom is lovely
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Thanks for the recommendations - I'll have to do one of those the next time I have dinner with her.wickles posted:Dishoom is quite good for "upmarket Indian". I've been before and couldn't remember what it was called, and was hoping someone in here would recommend it - and yeah, it was good. J. Sheekey's was fully booked out by the time I checked, so after consultation with my mother, she's decided she wants to go for proper tapas, which means I booked a table at the Tapas Brindisa branch in South Ken. Shame since J. Sheekey's menu looked amazing, but I've been to Tapas Brindisa Soho before and it was great, so there's that at least. I'll keep Dishoom/Cinnamon/Gymkhana and J. Sheekey up my sleeve for another time. Lemon-Lime fucked around with this message at 14:29 on Feb 14, 2014 |
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Feb 14, 2014 09:52
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Oh man, good breakfast at One Leicester Square this morning. Perfect mushrooms on toast and preserves on gnarly caraway rye sourdough toast. The hotel guests cleared off before midday and it was just us two while the kitchen staff had their breakfast nearby. Divine.
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Feb 16, 2014 23:48
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Shiiiiit, five stars for the reopened Polpetto (with double covers!). This review makes me want to go. http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/restaurants/polpetto--restaurant-review-9138030.html
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This has probably been asked to death in this thread, so apologies in advance if so. I've got a first date next weekend on the South Bank, so can any goons recommend a good place to take a potential ladyfriend? You know the drill, good food and wine, not too loud, nice surroundings, intimate atmosphere etc. We're meeting at Waterloo station, so within walking distance would be pretty good too!
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Feb 20, 2014 19:13
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Walk across Waterloo Bridge (best view in London), goto The Delaunay (book table before hand), have fancy dinner, cross road, have cocktails at Radio Roof Top Bar (make reservation), thank me later.
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Feb 20, 2014 22:13
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Any suggestions for somewhere (north-ish/generally easily accessible) decent but not too pricey or busy that has some worthwhile veggie options? My dad and brother are visiting and I've had no time to prepare, so by 'not too busy' I pretty much just mean somewhere we can walk into with a decent chance of getting a table.
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Any recommendations not to far from Trafalgar Square? In particular I'm interested in good bakeries or coffee shops, but anything else would be fine. Simple budget friendly places wouldn't hurt either, but I'm open to anything.
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Feb 24, 2014 07:51
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Coffee near trafalgar square? https://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msid=206910253493714863976.0004d2859a862c696faf3&msa=0&dg=feature There's a bunch in Soho and apparently some place called Notes near there! I'd probably want to walk up to Monmouth though. God their coffee is amazing. My other personal favourite is The Fleet River Bakery but that's over in Holborn, so better to combine with Covent Garden. edit: Bollock Monkey, what about pub grub? The Old Dairy et al? Bull and Last in Highgate?
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AriTheDog posted:Any recommendations not to far from Trafalgar Square? In particular I'm interested in good bakeries or coffee shops, but anything else would be fine. Simple budget friendly places wouldn't hurt either, but I'm open to anything. Patisserie Valerie for all its horrible chaininess is still pretty decent.
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I'm not quite sure what you're after though - are you staying nr Leicester Square and want a location to get some food at , or are you working there and want lunch options...? For restaurants, Kulu Kulu on Brewer Street is good conveyer belt sushi. Hell, if you can make it to Soho, and you're almost there, you have a world of options.
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Neris posted:Coffee near trafalgar square? Notes is really good coffee, as is the cafe at the top of Snow + Rock (Bullet?) Monmouth still do the second best coffee I've had in this country though.
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I went to Dishoom on Saturday, hour wait without a reservation but definitely worth it. Some of their small plates are a little basic (disappointing samosas, paprika crisps) but the main courses were divine. I had the lamb boti kebab which was large chunks of spiced and grilled lamb and the gunpowder potatoes. It doesn't quite hit Taayabs/Needoo/Lahore in terms of authentic indulgent Indian/Pakistani but it makes up for it in ambience. One to take parents to. It's reasonably priced as well, I think we paid £85 for four people, though we stuck to soft drinks and lassis.
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Went to Rita's on Mare Street this weekend. Good food, but massively overpriced for what it was I thought. I love American bbq-style stuff, but the point is generally that it's cheap and plentiful - small plates priced at £8-16 each did not feel that appropriate to the food. Their speciality deep-fried half chicken was twenty five quid and not too far off what Chicken Shop will sell you for £8. /edit: just looked at the receipt. 5 small plates + the chicken, 2 beers and 4 cocktails came to just shy of £140. I can see why it reviewed well among people that don't have to pay for their meals, but loving hell. peanut- fucked around with this message at 13:46 on Feb 24, 2014 |
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Feb 24, 2014 13:26
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Neris posted:Coffee near trafalgar square? We ended up going to the Vietnamese just up the road (since they had already done a bunch of travelling) then we stayed in the next day. It's just hard sometimes finding places where my brother can get something decent, especially now he's given up fish! Cheers, though. Been meaning to go to The Old Dairy myself, actually.
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It's not brilliant for food, I have to say, but it's good for the family dinner vibe and has quite a selection of veggie stuff.
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Oh, really? I had heard good things. I'll keep it in mind for next time though.
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