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oh, and a solid cheap eat is Safadi Express opposite Holborn tube. upmarket fast-foodish Lebanese joint that does a mean Schwarma wrap + fries for about four quid.

The Lebanese that used to be on Sicilian Avenue did much better food than Safadi Express, although apparently it closed down for an, ahem, unconventional attitude towards kitchen hygiene so maybe not.

Has anyone tried the Lebanese on Delancy St opposite the Crown and Goose? It seems quite overpriced.

Safadi's incredible and it's apparently a branch of something famous in Beirut. Wrap, drink and fries are like £5. Chicken and lamb shawarma wrap on its own is great and make sure they send you home with containers of garlic and chilli sauce as they're ample and the garlic sauce is good on leftover-chicken sandwiches.

Kebab wise, does anyone ever go to that place Savoy Grill beside the Drunken Monkey on corner of Gt Eastern St? It looks like a total dump but their kebabs (esp lamb koftas) are unbelievable.

what about Damascu Bite?? they do great kebabs too, but they're from the school of dudes who stick it in the grill for a few minutes post-wrap.

aaaand there's another new-ish place up past the Tesco that does kebabs in some weird traditional spongey type bread. it's too new for google street-view, so i can't find the name of the place.

fave felafel is probably from KEBAB CENTRE on Upper Street though. i mean, it's called KEBAB CENTRE ffs.

i actually like that place better than damascu bite, must check that new place. i billed that savoy grill place as "best kebab you'll ever eat" to all my irish friends and then got a bit nervous i'd overstated the case, but when they tried it they all were agreed. tho i'm defo sure there are better in london..i just know in dublin there's no way they've topped that.

Don't have huge experience eating out in London, but have recently had excellent meals at Tblisi and Zeytoon (Persian/Afghan place on Cricklewood Broadway). The week after next we're going to Mandalay, allegedly London's only Burmese restaurant and home of "omelet curry".

Mandalay is really good - and also extremely good value.

i am v intrigued by this kebab place

again i'm now nervous it won't live up to the hype, it's actually called corner savoy

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3247/2688030227_98da45127b.jpg

lamb kofta is the one i'd recommend.

yeah that place is amazing

yeah the large lamb kofta is sort of a once a year thing but fuck that's a big meaty veggy festival of food

yeah I've been in that kebab place and its very good, despite dodgy exterior.

same kebab font
http://www.tipped.co.uk/files/listing/0001/6842/IMG_2337_medium.JPG?1282595518

my cv is written in kebab

has anyone ever tried a burger from the meatwagon? http://www.themeatwagon.co.uk/
it's £5 and probably the best burger i've ever eaten

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these dudes have taken over the upstairs of the goldsmiths pub in new cross til mid-march

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cmAIhPDIe_o/TS25PcXGMxI/AAAAAAAAD9g/-

bunch of my friends went to the 'soft opening' the other day. apparently it was pretty mindblowing.

i can't really get my brain around the size of everything in his dude's photos: http://www.tehbus.com/2011/01/meateasy-getting-wagon-back-on-its-feet.html

I had one at a street festival type thing near Angel tube. It's as fantastic as they say...like a really good home-made style burger. Don't expect anything Hache-like, or nuanced or 'sophisticated' though..

yeah it's a good fast food style burger, which london needs more of imo

that chicken sandwich! those onion rings!

(from those photos that c sharp major linked to)

oh my fucking god i want those onion rings IN MY MOUTH RIGHT NOW

Would go here to celebrate handing in/(or making a start on!) my dissertation.

How long is it open for?

Mid-march?

If you see a chop chop i suggest you enter and take a bath in the seafood laksa.

love this thread. really need to go to that meateasy but why would i ever be in new cross? unless i went back to college

yeah i think we need to make a special pilgrimage down there soon. it's pretty far out of london, luckily we have the east london line now.

i kind of feel i should at least wait until i can run again before venturing into this place :/

gahhh want to go so bad but i'm out of the country for most of this month. planning to go down on the 29th with a bunch of people. love these burgers so much!

We should just have a Meateasy FAP some time soon, with beer somewhere after. NB not at the Goldsmith's Tavern, it is shit. Kind of hate New Cross but its pubs are pretty good these days.

God, Meateasy FAP, that sounds disgusting.

God, it is on the bike ride over to my girlfriend's house. In 1 fell swoop, I can cancel health benefits of cycling & get self dumped for smelling of onion rings whenever I turn up.

You should get really drunk and vomit on her doorstep for good measure.

Did anyone go last night? I'm holding off for a while because (if twitter noise ratio has anything to do with it) it looks as if it is absolutely packed atm. Don't mind waiting for the burgers, but if it's too crowded that could harsh yr buzz until the burger arrives, and then NOTHING could harsh your buzz ever.

You know they have a bar, right? They have some meantime beer in bottles (too dark, couldn't see what it was), and amazing cocktails from the Soulshakers, who are all lovely lovely people who make incredible drinks. Go for something with the excellent Mexican salt/chilli seasoning (Tajin!), mmm yum.

Christ, might have to go here. The pull is becoming too much.

The prices have had to go up a bit but I think he said nothing maxes out over £8.

(When you think of the c.rap you get at any other burger place for £8 it's enough to make you shake a fist angrily before eating another hot dog)

is it open in the daytime? i also want to wait until it's less crowded </ hate people>

I thiiiink it's 6-11 and when they get the late licensing properly sorted, 6-ridiculous-o-clock.

Also, Lex, quite far out of London? 13 minutes from Shoreditch and 7 minutes from London Bridge, sheeeyah right!

13 minutes from shoreditch, i think not!

but point taken.

perhaps if the lex were a crow

I've actually timed it d00d! I loooooove the Overground :)

Psychologically the distance is further than actual distance, I know as I play this game very well from the other way round innit.

It's now only about 35mins from Crystal Palace to Dalston so 13mins Shoredtich to New Cross sounds about right. Maybe closer to 15.

i really need to get with this ELL bizness huh

it will turn us all into supercrows!

At the moment it's a shining example of how good public transport in London could be, but mind you I used to think that about the Jubilee Line.

Is it just sit-down? Thinking of making a solo expedition tonight, wld be more comfortable if it's take-away.

I actually bought ELL merchandise in my xmas shopping at the London Transport Museum shop:

http://www.ltmuseumshop.co.uk/LTM/Homeware/Cups_and_mugs/Product/Overground-Mug-Moquette.html

'funky moquette' *indeed*.

xpost: you could takeaway - it's just everything is cooked to order so there may well be a wait. It's anything from 15 minutes if absolutely quiet to an hour if really busy. It's REALLY not formal. It's just like upstairs at a pub so you've got somewhere to sit and wait, but you may as well have a drink whilst you wait...

I might check it out on, say, a Tuesday night, see how rammed it is.