― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 12 May 2005 18:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 12 May 2005 18:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 12 May 2005 18:49 (nineteen years ago) link
so, when should we FAH? (fancy a hana?)
― colette (a2lette), Thursday, 12 May 2005 20:11 (nineteen years ago) link
Apparently the little bay is meant to be really good, but I've not been in. I've also heard that the quality chophouse has gone downhill.
Moro on exmouth market is absolutely fantastic, if a little pricey, but the service in Sofra, the turkish place, is absolutely dire. We didn't even wait to order, having seen everyone else suffering while we waited 10-15 mins without a waiter coming near us. They even tried to give us someone elses starter!
― Porkpie (porkpie), Thursday, 12 May 2005 21:17 (nineteen years ago) link
London def needs some cheap sushi although given how expensive even normal restaurants are, is there any hope for that?
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 12 May 2005 21:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Porkpie (porkpie), Thursday, 12 May 2005 21:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― charltonlido (gareth), Saturday, 14 May 2005 09:11 (nineteen years ago) link
Clerkenwell trufax: it's not that the Chophouse has gone downhill, it's just been kicked into touch by Moro/Metcalf and the ever-reliable Eagle. You can still have a nice meal there. I'm glad the NYT didn't discover Metcalf, and it can KEEP the Little Bay - part of a chain of restaurants with cheap three-course meals where one of the courses is always bitty and one of the puddings offered is always banoffee pie. It has a few branches and although it offers the same meals at every one, the EC1 branch is more expensive.
Colette, veggies don't do well in Clerkenwell because of the Smithfield factor but at least Edible, the restaurant where they served BUGS, has closed. All the same, I'd still rather eat chocolate-covered scorpions than ever go to the Exmouth Market Sofra (which might, ironically, be your best bet for a veggie dinner).
― suzy (suzy), Saturday, 14 May 2005 10:03 (nineteen years ago) link
i regret not having the sea urchin though.
i'd go again for sure
― charltonlido (gareth), Thursday, 19 May 2005 04:09 (nineteen years ago) link
Were they hanging with Grauniad/Observ3r journos or summat? Little Bay is king of the cheapo management chat work hangout, apparently. The food's OK, decor OTT and tacky.
― Liz :x (Liz :x), Thursday, 19 May 2005 08:39 (nineteen years ago) link
Any recommendations from the cluster of indian restaurants around Euston?
― Bob Six (bobbysix), Thursday, 19 May 2005 10:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 19 May 2005 11:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 19 May 2005 11:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― suzy (suzy), Thursday, 19 May 2005 12:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 19 May 2005 12:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 15:23 (eighteen years ago) link
sorry, that wasn't very helpful was it.
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 21:24 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.london-eating.co.uk/171.htm
― mzui (mzui), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 21:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― charltonlido (gareth), Thursday, 16 June 2005 14:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 16 June 2005 14:23 (eighteen years ago) link
Andrew Edmunds is absolutely gorgeous and has NEVER disappointed me over 10 years of going there. Last time I had a lovely lobster salad because H4rp3r's and Qu33n were paying.
― suzy (suzy), Thursday, 16 June 2005 14:39 (eighteen years ago) link
have la porchetta taken their eye off the ball, and been overtaken by their stroud green road rivals?
― charltonlido (gareth), Monday, 11 July 2005 13:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― lauren (laurenp), Monday, 11 July 2005 13:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― charltonlido (gareth), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 12:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― charltonlido (gareth), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 13:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― terry lennox. (gareth), Monday, 3 October 2005 11:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Monday, 3 October 2005 12:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Monday, 3 October 2005 12:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paranoid Spice (kate), Monday, 3 October 2005 12:24 (eighteen years ago) link
Not a restaurant, but the Royal Oak Pub, Tabard St, Borough (as recommended by RickyT some time ago) does excellent food (really good steak and kidney pudding) at reasnoble prices with a great selection of beer as well. We should FAP there sometime.
Any one with anyt suggestions for this evening, what with Glas not being open and all?
― Ed (dali), Monday, 3 October 2005 12:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paranoid Spice (kate), Monday, 3 October 2005 12:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Monday, 3 October 2005 12:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Monday, 3 October 2005 13:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Monday, 3 October 2005 13:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Monday, 3 October 2005 13:29 (eighteen years ago) link
And now I'm hungry and want fried tofu.
― Paranoid Spice (kate), Monday, 3 October 2005 13:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Monday, 3 October 2005 13:45 (eighteen years ago) link
I was there with a friend who has food allergies, and he ended up just not eating at all.
― Paranoid Spice (kate), Monday, 3 October 2005 13:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― suzy (suzy), Monday, 3 October 2005 14:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― toby (tsg20), Monday, 3 October 2005 15:09 (eighteen years ago) link
Preferably in the Soho/Charing X area - nice enough to feel like an event but as they're paying and there's a few of us I'd feel guilty picking somewhere too expensive.
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Sunday, 5 February 2006 22:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Bob Six (bobbysix), Sunday, 5 February 2006 22:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― emsk ( emsk), Monday, 6 February 2006 01:33 (eighteen years ago) link
it seems (to my surprise) that square meal agree about the prices (and i've never encountered the bad service they're talking about in 5 or 6 visits):
http://www.squaremeal.co.uk/restaurants/london/display.php?Rest_ID=82949
― toby (tsg20), Monday, 6 February 2006 10:21 (eighteen years ago) link
sardo, mentioned upthread, was fantastic and it's quite reasonable as long as you curb wine consumption. likewise andrew edmunds, although it might not be good if you've got a largeish group of people.
― lauren (laurenp), Monday, 6 February 2006 12:14 (eighteen years ago) link
As reviewed in the observer on sunday Gourmet San on the bethnal green road is uttterly awesome. The first time i have had good szechuanese food in the UK and so cheap too. Recommend Cumin chicken, xinjiang lamb skewers and chilli crab.
― Drinking Island is inside every one of us (Ed), Thursday, 11 September 2008 11:53 (fifteen years ago) link
YES
― Local Garda, Thursday, 11 September 2008 11:56 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah i want to go there.
can also recommend leong's legend, the new taiwanese place in chinatown. fried oysters wrapped in egg mmmmmm.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 11 September 2008 11:58 (fifteen years ago) link
that sounds very good,
best bit is that I have left over chicken for lunch.
― Drinking Island is inside every one of us (Ed), Thursday, 11 September 2008 12:04 (fifteen years ago) link