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The_Doctor posted:Misato or Ichibuns virtually opposite eachother on Wardour street. If you do Ichibuns, try the amazing Japanese loo. Tonkotsu on Dean is pretty good too.
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If I go into Misato I'm probably going to end up having the teriyaki katsu but well worth a go.
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Apr 1, 2018 20:10
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Misato is very easy for favourite dishes. I usually have the tori soba soup. So big and filling.
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Apr 1, 2018 20:41
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The_Doctor posted:Misato or Ichibuns virtually opposite eachother on Wardour street. If you do Ichibuns, try the amazing Japanese loo. Misato suuuuucks. Kanada-Ya in St Giles or on Panton Street. I also like Tonkotsu although their portions have got stingy since they first opened.
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Apr 1, 2018 21:52
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ineptmule posted:Misato suuuuucks. Misato is cheap and massive portions, no complaints
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Spuckuk posted:Misato is cheap and massive portions, no complaints I’d rather have good food and a smaller portion, thankyouverymuch. Quality over quantity. 
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Apr 3, 2018 16:15
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There's something to be said for both, Roku was gorgeous through and through, but i would not turn down the six meals I could get at Misato for the same price. Right now I'd go to Misato for kutsu, Eat Tokyo for tempura and Roku for sushi.
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Apr 3, 2018 16:35
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No love for Kanada-Ya ITT? Best ramen I’ve had in London hands down.
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Well, Kanada-ya close at 3 like loving idiots. Didn't help that buses just didn't bother running and made me an hour late.
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therattle posted:How’s the cleft arsehole going? <titter>
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knox_harrington posted:<titter> If you want to get it looked at I can recommend a good doctor. He’s a good man, and thorough.
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Apr 5, 2018 22:06
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I went to Claude Bosi at Bibendum yesterday and it was excellent. Definitely recommended - it was pretty inventive but not properly weird like some places. http://bibendum.co.uk/ (trying to get in as many good meals as I can before I leave London  )
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ineptmule posted:No love for Kanada-Ya ITT? Best ramen I’ve had in London hands down. Somebody here recommended them to me 2 years ago when there was only 1 place. We went there and queued up for 15 mins. The ramen was amazing and I plan to go again when I go to London in June. That said: Is there anything new (opened in last year) that's a must try in terms of streetfood/low key eating in London? Has anyone of you ever eaten at the Indian YMCA? It came up as a "secret London thing to do" in some website but I am not sure it would hold up. Hopper fucked around with this message at 17:41 on May 2, 2018 |
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May 2, 2018 17:18
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I’m doing the Poons pop up tomorrow, as I have many happy memories of going to their Leicester Street branch as a kid. That said, the menu is properly tiny, and doesn’t have anything I remember having at the proper restaurant.
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May 2, 2018 17:51
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Thanks to whoever recommended the ROKA tasting menu above. Went there over the weekend for the best sushi I have had in my life.
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May 2, 2018 19:21
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Hopper posted:Somebody here recommended them to me 2 years ago when there was only 1 place. We went there and queued up for 15 mins. The ramen was amazing and I plan to go again when I go to London in June. I ate at IYMCA a while ago. It’s cheap and decent, unpretentious and tasty but not amazing. Good value though. On the other side of the spectrum we went to Fera for our combined birthdays and 10th anniversary. Very, very good. The food is innovative and quite challenging in some ways (unlike, say, Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley where everything is just delicious) but almost always to good effect. Service is as you’d expect.
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May 2, 2018 19:30
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Poons was really good, but sadly nothing like I remember. 
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The time has come. Flying to London on Monday till Thursday. I did some research and have some things I want to do/eat, but I am still looking for tips on these, ideally near Circle or Jubilee line: - a real pub (no chain stuff) with good pub grub at reasonable prices - a good place to just stroll and check out street food/low key dining other than Covent garden market/Mayfair/chinatown area
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Hopper posted:The time has come. Flying to London on Monday till Thursday. I did some research and have some things I want to do/eat, but I am still looking for tips on these, ideally near Circle or Jubilee line: Broadway market on a Saturday is pretty great
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I always recommend Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese for tourists. Very accessible, very authentic. Part of a smaller chain of pubs, but they do simple traditional pub food and have decent beer at low prices for London. Upstairs is standard looking, but I always sit in the dingy cellar. It's one of the few pubs that are part of that pissing contest of "oldest pub in London" that is actually legit, in that the building has been there since it was rebuilt after the Great Fire of London in 1667.
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Jun 2, 2018 15:00
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For street food go check out Leather Lane at lunchtime on a weekday, which also has London's best speciality coffee shop - Prufrock.
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Hopper posted:- a real pub (no chain stuff) with good pub grub at reasonable prices Visit the Royal Oak near Borough tube station at lunchtime. Great boozer and does decent home cooked food. Seconding the Leather Lane recommendation for street food and dining (weekday lunchtime)
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Yeah leather Lane is great, as is nearby exmouth market
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I wouldn't generally recommend Brick Lane as it's just a crappy tourist trap now but it's a little bit of a waste of a trip to London not to go to Beigel Bake (any time - it's open 24 hours) and get a salt beef bagel with mustard. e: LAC, dunno if you've tried it but getting them to deliver a shitload of bagels during a night shift is an A+ way to generate permanent good-will among your nursing colleagues.
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Jun 2, 2018 17:09
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Brick Lane is poo poo now. The touting is just naff.
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Yeah, my pals organised last years’ Christmas curry to be in brick lane because the usual place got too small for us. Wouldn’t go again, was shite.
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90% of places on Brick Lane are just tourist trash coasting on the reputation nowadays, but there are still a couple of decent places - Beigel Bake is great and the donut shop (which I forget the name of) is excellent too. Also just round the corner is the Truman Brewery which has Mother Clucker.
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Jeza posted:I always recommend Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese for tourists. Very accessible, very authentic. Part of a smaller chain of pubs, but they do simple traditional pub food and have decent beer at low prices for London. Upstairs is standard looking, but I always sit in the dingy cellar. It's one of the few pubs that are part of that pissing contest of "oldest pub in London" that is actually legit, in that the building has been there since it was rebuilt after the Great Fire of London in 1667. I really like the Sam Smith chain, and the cider will get you rekked.
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If there's one thing in Brick Lane that I will bat for that isn't Beigel Bakes it's that one falafel stall that was offering halloumi chips. Extremely good.
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I will check Bagel Bake, I had Brick lane bagel shop on my list so I was gonna try to get there anyway. Haloumi fries? Any pointers whereabouts that is, it sounds amazing. I will walk up ajd down the street for that if need be
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Been to Kanada-Ya for dinner, the one next to the Odeon at Picadilly. Tonkotsu X is still a drat good ramen. Then had a sesame red bean bun in Chinatown for desert. All in all a good start. Tomorrow is probably golden Union for dinner than some drinking in Mayfair. Wednesday still undecided, either a trip to Grenwich or Neasden Temple in the afternoon, then Ye olde Cheshire Cheese if time permits Thursday lunch will be Brick Lane/Leather Lane.
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I fuckin’ love Kanada-Ya. Haven’t been for ages as I’ve had to go to my nerd club round the corner less often since moving house. Edit: Did you pile on the pickled ginger? Ohhhh sweet lord. Edit 2: I’ve now posted like six times about this place on this page alone 
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Went to Sticky Mango, 33 Coin Street yesterday, near Waterloo. Meh. Food was luke warm, not spicy at all, the flavours had not reached inside the beef rendang, the prawns smelled off and were completely unshelled (at least mention it to us). Will not be going back.
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That sounds dreadful. Did you have a recommendation?
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Golden Union was okayish. Kerbisher&Malt is way better. Fish was okay, fries were meh and gravy was forgettable. Not impressed sadly.
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ineptmule posted:That sounds dreadful. Did you have a recommendation? Nope. Just google maps found it.
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We had dinner at the Indian YMCA today. They serve a set menu in their dining hall which is open to all for 9£. It was great food, a mix of 3 dofderent mains (veggie curry, beans, chicken curry, naan, a soup, desert, tea). Wasn't fancy of course but tasted amazing.
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I discovered bang bang in cricklewood the other week. Oh Lordy. Weekends are now booked out for years.
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Horse Clocks posted:I discovered bang bang in cricklewood the other week. That’s Colindale, Cricklewood is a way aways. Bang Bang is where the Yaohan Plaza/Oriental City used to be. I’ve tried to go twice, but it’s been an hour wait each time. For a food court!
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The_Doctor posted:That’s Colindale, Cricklewood is a way aways. Bang Bang is where the Yaohan Plaza/Oriental City used to be. I’ve tried to go twice, but it’s been an hour wait each time. For a food court! An hour wait to get in? Jesus. I go with the wife and baby on the weekends for lunch, it’s usually busy, but there’s free tables and no waiting.
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