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Japanese restaurants are generally very good for eating alone imo, and you can find one to fit any budget.
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I'll be spending a long weekend in London with my mother, who has celiac disease and is intimidated by very posh things. One of the things I'd like to do is take her for a traditional-but-not-too-fancy afternoon tea, and obviously it needs to be gluten free. Any ideas? Also, how difficult is it to find gluten free food in general? Does the average restaurant mark gluten free options on their menus?
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jkk posted:I'll be spending a long weekend in London with my mother, who has celiac disease and is intimidated by very posh things. One of the things I'd like to do is take her for a traditional-but-not-too-fancy afternoon tea, and obviously it needs to be gluten free. Any ideas? I have no idea where you'd get gluten free afternoon tea. Most restaurants don't mark GF on menus. Your best bet would be to select a couple of places and call them in advance. Some places will be difficult, like Chinese and Japanese which use soya sauce.
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Apr 3, 2016 19:51
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More and more places do mark their gluten free options. You should be absolutely fine when it comes to breakfast, lunch and dinner options. Just look at the kind of places you're interested in and look at whether their online menus indicate it. I've never cared for afternoon tea and wouldn't know about that, though.
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Apr 3, 2016 22:24
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but the main point of afternoon tea is delicious gluten-filled cakes
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Apr 3, 2016 22:49
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jkk posted:I'll be spending a long weekend in London with my mother, who has celiac disease and is intimidated by very posh things. One of the things I'd like to do is take her for a traditional-but-not-too-fancy afternoon tea, and obviously it needs to be gluten free. Any ideas? I know both Ottolenghi and Dishoom have a seperate gluten free menu you can ask for. If you can't find a GF traditional afternoon tea, Ottolenghi's selection of cakes and desserts actually could be a pretty good option as many of them are gluten free (and delicious). There's also Niche in Islington that was visited by a coeliac friend which is apparently very good.
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Apr 3, 2016 23:28
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Thanks for the suggestions! Will check out Ottolenghi, and probably Niche too  Yeah, I get that the point of afternoon tea is delicious cakes. She was diagnosed 20 years ago and she rarely gets to have delicious cakes unless she makes them herself (she's not bad at gluten free baking, though), so I'm determined to find a place where she can have some nice choices, instead of just getting the one gluten free thing on the menu.
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Apr 5, 2016 17:43
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Claridge’s has a gluten free option for their high tea.
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Went to Grill on the Market for a friend's birthday. We shared a chateaubriand and it was some of the most delicious steak I've tasted. I also had an apple tart with a gorgeous salted caramel sauce that tasted like Werther's Originals. I also stayed for a couple of drinks and found their all-day Saturday 2-for-1 a very good deal, with a nice selection of cocktails. I tried a carrot cake martini and a cherry and thyme drink. Both were pretty good, though the cherry one was very sweet.
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Apr 10, 2016 13:11
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HK Diner has closed! They did one of my favourite dishes (five spice beef brisket), and now I'll have to search Chinatown menus again looking for it.
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Apr 11, 2016 16:27
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My partner's parents are coming to London as part of is mum's 60th birthday celebrations. She's asked us to find "somewhere nice" to eat on Friday but hasn't given us much direction. We're tempted to go for Bocca for some solid, good quality dining but I was hoping to get some recommendations for places that are a bit more unique/unusual/very 'London' that we could check out since they're coming from a little town near Leeds with not much diversity. It'd be nice to maybe arrange something that's a bit more of an experience.
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Apr 17, 2016 16:00
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I often find that when people think they want something 'a bit London' they don't actually want all that off the wall.
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Apr 17, 2016 16:14
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I didn't necessarily mean off the wall, just something a bit unusual that you probably wouldn't find in a little town. For example I have been looking at Kopapa because it has an interesting take on the idea of fusion food. Or there are places that have unusual views - I've been to a restaurant near London City airport where you could see planes taking off. Just something that has a uniqueness to it, not necessarily a weirdness.
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Apr 17, 2016 16:45
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Duck & Waffle maybe?
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Apr 17, 2016 17:37
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It feels like there is a wahaca on every street now, they are everywhere
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Apr 17, 2016 17:52
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Bollock Monkey posted:I didn't necessarily mean off the wall, just something a bit unusual that you probably wouldn't find in a little town. For example I have been looking at Kopapa because it has an interesting take on the idea of fusion food. Or there are places that have unusual views - I've been to a restaurant near London City airport where you could see planes taking off. Just something that has a uniqueness to it, not necessarily a weirdness. I'm thinking of higher-end Asian food: they probably know curry house Asian and cheapish standard Chinese (I know I'm being patronising but probably right), but they don't know food like Hakkasan, Yauatcha, Cinnamon Club etc. Otherwise London classics like Sheekey's
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Apr 17, 2016 18:42
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Bollock Monkey posted:I didn't necessarily mean off the wall, just something a bit unusual that you probably wouldn't find in a little town. For example I have been looking at Kopapa because it has an interesting take on the idea of fusion food. Or there are places that have unusual views - I've been to a restaurant near London City airport where you could see planes taking off. Just something that has a uniqueness to it, not necessarily a weirdness. Kopapa and its sister restaurant Providores are off the hook, love them.
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Apr 17, 2016 20:13
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therattle posted:I'm thinking of higher-end Asian food: they probably know curry house Asian and cheapish standard Chinese (I know I'm being patronising but probably right), but they don't know food like Hakkasan, Yauatcha, Cinnamon Club etc. Otherwise London classics like Sheekey's gymkhana might be a good option if it is in the right price range.
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Apr 17, 2016 20:52
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London doughnut chat. I don't like St.John doughnuts. Give me a Crosstown doughnut instead any day. Deliveroo me a Crosstown doughnut, cycleman.
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Apr 18, 2016 11:37
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I had a donut from the yellow door on Columbia Road a few weeks ago, was epic.
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Apr 18, 2016 13:53
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Cheers for the suggestions, guys. They're pretty well-travelled and we've taken them for good curry and Chinese, but Scratch that, birthday girl is running the London marathon the day after and doesn't want to risk "anything too spicy." Booked at The Petite Corée. Bollock Monkey fucked around with this message at 21:51 on Apr 18, 2016 |
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Apr 18, 2016 19:46
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Bollock Monkey posted:Cheers for the suggestions, guys. They're pretty well-travelled and we've taken them for good curry and Chinese, but it occurred to us that Ethiopian/Eritrean/something along these lines could be a good shout! Any recommendations? The only Ethiopian I've had, or ever had recommended, was http://www.lalibelarestaurant.co.uk/
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Horse Clocks posted:The only Ethiopian I've had, or ever had recommended, was http://www.lalibelarestaurant.co.uk/ Nah, not even close. Gojo, Ladbroke Grove, or Zeret Kitchen are where it's at.
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Apr 18, 2016 23:37
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Horse Clocks posted:The only Ethiopian I've had, or ever had recommended, was http://www.lalibelarestaurant.co.uk/ That's not even the best one on Fortress Road. Queen of Sheba down towards Kentish Town is much better.
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Apr 19, 2016 09:14
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Finally went to trullo in Highbury on Sunday. It was really loving good but a little spendy. For 3 of us, 3 courses a bottle of wine + coffee was 145 including service.
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Apr 19, 2016 09:26
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Vanilla Black tomorrow! Anyone else had their lunch? It looks astoundingly cheap.
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Kaiho posted:Vanilla Black tomorrow! Anyone else had their lunch? It looks astoundingly cheap. We did Vanilla Black two-ish years ago and were massively disappointed: the service was unenthusiastic and the food was very tasteless. We didn't even finish our main course before giving up and asking for the bill but, at least to their credit, they totally got that they'd massively undelivered and took it on the chin. Honestly think there's far better vegetarian places in London to go to these days.
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Going back to London after a few years away, just for a weekend. Will be me and a few carnivorous friends in and around Camden, any recommendations? Hache is definitely on the list, unless they suddenly became crap, but beyond that I'm a wee bit lost.
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Spuckuk posted:Going back to London after a few years away, just for a weekend. Will be me and a few carnivorous friends in and around Camden, any recommendations? Inverness Street, which Hache is on has a bunch of good restaurants, there's Ma Petite Jamaica (Caribbean), Made in Brasil (Brazilian), Bar Gansa (tapas), Bayou, a surprisingly decent Cajun/Creole place (and as someone who lived in Louisiana, that's praise), Zen Sai, a pan-asian bar/restaurant...
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The_Doctor posted:Inverness Street, which Hache is on has a bunch of good restaurants, there's Ma Petite Jamaica (Caribbean), Made in Brasil (Brazilian), Bar Gansa (tapas), Bayou, a surprisingly decent Cajun/Creole place (and as someone who lived in Louisiana, that's praise), Zen Sai, a pan-asian bar/restaurant... Thanks for this! pointsofdata posted:It feels like there is a wahaca on every street now, they are everywhere Hell, they opened one up here in Liverpool a few months back.
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Spuckuk posted:Hache is definitely on the list, unless they suddenly became crap, but beyond that I'm a wee bit lost. You're much better off going to one of the Meat* group places for a burger. Seriously. kim jong-illin posted:We did Vanilla Black two-ish years ago and were massively disappointed: the service was unenthusiastic and the food was very tasteless. We didn't even finish our main course before giving up and asking for the bill but, at least to their credit, they totally got that they'd massively undelivered and took it on the chin. Honestly think there's far better vegetarian places in London to go to these days. Completely the opposite experience from what I had in the end! Very attentive if somewhat too shy service (they could advise on what a goddamned Ribblesdale pudding is, I'm a foreigner!) and everything was fresh, vibrant and tasty. Kaiho fucked around with this message at 16:23 on Apr 27, 2016 |
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Apr 27, 2016 16:21
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Kaiho posted:You're much better off going to one of the Meat* group places for a burger. Seriously. I respectfully disagree. Last time I went to one of the Meat* places I went away very disappointed.
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Apr 27, 2016 17:16
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Bibigo near angel is pretty impressive for the price. Dodgy service but good food and drinks.
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Spuckuk posted:Going back to London after a few years away, just for a weekend. Will be me and a few carnivorous friends in and around Camden, any recommendations? Although it's not on the top of my recommendation list for places to eat in London, if you want some live music with your food the Camden Blues Kitchen has some surprisingly solid BBQ.
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Artificial Idiocy posted:Although it's not on the top of my recommendation list for places to eat in London, if you want some live music with your food the Camden Blues Kitchen has some surprisingly solid BBQ. Oh, I've been meaning to check that place out. Bodean's is my go to, but DAE find their food cold a lot of the time?
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Yeah Camden Blues Kitchen is alright and gets some pretty good acts. Prices are high but it's basically to compensate for the free live music.
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sweek0 posted:Yeah Camden Blues Kitchen is alright and gets some pretty good acts. Prices are high but it's basically to compensate for the free live music. Went for the work Christmas party, great hot wings, and the doughnut oreos we're worth feeling like a fat piece of poo poo for. On the Meat* places, I went to MeatLiquor by Oxford Circus because a few colleagues were doing the Dark Souls hot wing challenge and really liked it. Had their tower chicken burger equivalent and thought the meat was exceptional,
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sweek0 posted:Yeah Camden Blues Kitchen is alright and gets some pretty good acts. Prices are high but it's basically to compensate for the free live music. Yeah, the regular price was pretty high for what it was, but I went a couple weeks ago to see my sister's band from Canada that was touring the UK, and they had some kind of ribfest running that was pretty good value. I think they have a cheap night each week too. The_Doctor posted:Oh, I've been meaning to check that place out. Bodean's is my go to, but DAE find their food cold a lot of the time? I've only gotten takeaway with work lunches from Bodean's, so yes, but a colleague insisted I go to Red's True BBQ in Manchester with her when we were on a work trip which was pretty tasty. They've opened up a location in Shoreditch which might be worth a try. Artificial Idiocy fucked around with this message at 16:03 on Apr 29, 2016 |
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BizarroAzrael posted:Went for the work Christmas party, great hot wings, and the doughnut oreos we're worth feeling like a fat piece of poo poo for. This is a thing that I missed by not knowing about it and That, I regret.
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Rigged Death Trap posted:This is a thing that I missed by not knowing about it and That, I regret. It finishes today! http://www.techtimes.com/articles/142946/20160321/prepare-to-dine-in-the-dark-souls-3-hot-wings-challenge.htm
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