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Help with meals in Chelsea and around St Paul's or other tourist areas [London]
yep, thats a good alternative. come to think of it, so is st. john.
Help with meals in Chelsea and around St Paul's or other tourist areas [London]
at the bosph kebab price point, kebabs are almost always over cooked, dry and probably inferior meat.
but bosph kebab house has good quality meat, the kebabs are succulent and the chilli sauce is moreish.
no?
Help with meals in Chelsea and around St Paul's or other tourist areas [London]
st pauls - westminster: you aren't really walking back are you? it is a good 2 miles or thereabouts. anyhow, if you finish up at st. pauls, try and take in postmans park about 5 minutes away. then walk over to charterhouse square and eat at cafe du marche. if time permits, take in smithfields and st. bartholomews church, which has a bit left over pre-the great fire. wonderful stuff.
Help with meals in Chelsea and around St Paul's or other tourist areas [London]
there are plenty of not-so expensive choices in the area! i'd try and go for stuff you can't score that easily in nyc.
a) al-dar, kings road or beirut express, old brompton road. both good lebanese counters, inexpensive. i prefer al-dar.
b) bosphorous kebab house, old brompton road. good turkish kebab grill. a meal for 6 quid.
c) rocca di pappa, old brompton road pizza made by the owners of franco manca. personally, i'd consider the car service costs to chiswick high street and back worth it to go to franco manca.
d) brindisa, around the corner from south ken tube for spanish tapas
e) le pescalou, fulham road. fruit, veg, cheese etc sourced from france. a nice selection of pre cooked things made fresh daily.
f) gessler at daquise, thurloe street. legendary polish restaurant. excellent (see limsters review)
g) polish hearth club, 55 princes gate. if you have any curiosity re: ww2, this place is a must. its where teh poles met when fighting ww2, and the the room is steeped in that history. it also has al fresco dining overlooking a lovely garden square. food is ok, but thats not really the point.
h) la cave a fromage, cromwell place. outstanding french cheese shop. buy some baguette, some cheese, some wine from handford wines on old brompton road and you are in business. or sit at the (small) seating section in the shop, same idea.
Late night dinner in Kensington?
yes, you're right. so i'll end by saying that maggie jones was dreadful the one and only time i ate there, about eleven years ago, where does the time go.
Late night dinner in Kensington?
i'd go straight to the restaurant first and then later to the hotel, no?
Late night dinner in Kensington?
i've done heathrow to my place often in 25 minutes - so if you're at the gate at 9pm, at border control 9.20pm, no queues and no checked baggage and no taxi rank queues, its possible. but of course, everything has to go just right - ie, get through the hammersmith flyover with no hassle (should be ok at that time of the night though).
Late night dinner in Kensington?
what day do you land and where in kensington are you staying? if you only have carry on luggage and everything goes fast, you'll be in kensington by 10.00, just in time for dinner at launceston place or le cafe anglais. but any later and i think you are out of luck for british food - restaurants close by 10.30 on weekdays.
Good breakfast near Edgware Road, London
edgware road is massive! where off it are you?
Best Chinese restaurant in London?
if you like that, try taiwan village - the chef is ex-hunan and does the same deal, with the proviso that you have to specially ask (i don't think even saw that as an option on the menu last time i was there)
Best Chinese restaurant in London?
we're highly sophisticated these days: for example, would you prefer sichuanese, hunanese, or cantonese?
in any case, you'll be spoiled for choice.
Local Friends, Golders Green, London
update: had dinner at local friends last night. the downstairs is completely re-done and looks very trendy. the hunanese menu is no longer separate, but is at the back of the 'regular' menu.
the cooking is still fabulous - i liked their farmhouse style pork (pork with chillies here) much better than ba shan and the sheets of bean curd with minced pork were a textural and savoury delight. i wish i was there with more people, but from the few dishes shared with my wife we could see the kitchen is still at the top of its game.
bizarrely empty for a saturday night; i hope its because easter has started.
notting hill farmers market/fresh eggs/raw milk [London]
finally! the search for fresh eggs is over - you can find them at the above mentioned market. they're within 2 to 3 days of being laid.
it's easy to spot their freshness - the yolk sits in a thick coat of albumin and as eggs age, the white evens out to a single layer.
it is remarkable the difference fresh eggs make - this afternoons carbonara took on a silky feel and a golden hue that staler eggs simply can't achieve.
oh and the raw milk won't be there next saturday.
[Birmingham, Edgbaston] Shiraz
good stuff. the eggplant dish almost certainly is kashk-e-bademjan, a personal favourite (kashk is the tahini looking stuff spread across the dip, and some sort of whey i think).
do try the stews next time - persian stews are glorious. and next time in west london, try mohsen on warwick road to compare and contrast. a little more upscale is kateh in madia vale, endorsed by limster.
[Bradford] Mumtaz
"I ordered a starter and a main but asked for everything to come together so I could mix and match the food. "
hallelujah!
Between st pancras and heathrow....lunch? [London]
if it were me, i'd hightail it to a lebanese restaurant. maroush on beauchamp place is rocking these days, and will serve you throughout the day. here's your chance to explore ksara wine.
lebanese food is exceptional in london, and can be outstanding in a way many of the more home style places are not. beauchamp place also has interesting shops - like the map house, in which i spend many a happy hour browsing through old prints.
[London, Covent Garden] Moti Mahal
harters - now that you prefer tandoori roti over naan, i proclaim you as a good indian food guide. congratulations.
Just 2 nights in London
MUCH less pretentious than the harwood arms/bull and last is the white horse pub on parsons green - and the beers are outstanding.
Best Indian set lunch in central London--Moti Mahal, Bombay Brasserie, others?
you are safe at either the brasserie or moti mahal. i don't know what they charge for lunch, but trishna is mangalorean - a cuisine you almost certainly won't find in the states.
Looking for a large private dining room in London
try
a) st john in smithfield - classic british fare, but you knew that
b) berry brothers - THE bordeaux merchants, events in cellars several floors (and centuries) deep
i've been to corporate events at both, and they have were both handled smartly. if you want a unique experience, go with bbr; for food, its certainly st. john.
forget camembert, take up tunworth instead
available from neals yard, tunworth's cheese is superior to any camembert i've tasted. so tasty, such great texture and such a wonderful mushroomy damp forest floor aroma. an astonishing cheese.
Tristan Welch Has Left Launceston Place [London]
well here's hoping it'll have the same style and none of the 'white prawn foam' so beloved of whatley manor.
Last Minute Recs [London]
try nipa
http://www.niparestaurant.co.uk/?cid=3
thai outpost of the nipa at the landmark hotel in bangkok. if you go early enough, you'll be treated to views across the park.
London the capital of Indian restaurants? [moved from UK board]
klyeoh - this post is too good to languish here - why don'y you re-post under china?
bar shu, bar shan - both phenomenal [London]
i've eaten some outrageously well cooked meals at both these soho stalwarts recently - there is some seriously superb cooking going on here these days.
over the course of a few weeks and several dishes, i didn't hit one bum note. two dishes stood out for me in particular: at ba shan, there is a soup of finely cut beef in a red stock, similar to that of water boiled beef, over a bed of bean sprouts and noodles. the stock is just this side of unbearably hot and is completely addictive - the beef, noodles and bean sprouts are there for respite. heavenly.
at bar shu, bears paw tofu. sooooo much more interesting texturally than ma po dofu. this is a truly elegant dish in which everything has to come out just right - the pork pieces, tofu have to be exactly cooked to attain their texture, a little more oil and it might get gloopy ... just phenomenal.
London the capital of Indian restaurants? [moved from UK board]
that was meant to be a joke - punjabis are world famous in india for extravagance etc. it got lost in translation.
Need Restaurant Recommendations for London, Please
is your husband working and only free for dinners? then i would highly recommend he stay within kensington - and there are some truly stellar meals to be had here. if it were me on a business trip, thats what i'd want - a chance to get out and walk to dinner, see how the locals live etc.
assuming that is the case, here's where i'd go for dinner:
a) launceston place
b) sally clarkes
c) le cafe anglais
d) either racine/cheyne walk brasserie/min jiang/gessler at daquise
also as a word of warning, i'd give moro/chabrot/galvin a huge miss.
