An Indian Meal in Tooting for a couple of familes [London]

We will be catching up with some friends in London for a meal. It turns out Tooting is a handy place to catch up. Happy I understand this is a good area for indian food.

It would be great to hear any recommendations you might have for kid friendly Indian restaurants in Tooting. What that amounts to, I think, is :

-not too crowded;

- reasonably priced;

-food that is interesting to tempt the adults and has a broad enough menu to provide some interest for the less adventurous of the kids.

Sydney in U.K./Ireland

The mysteries of the aperitivo and the digestivo

I am frustratingly unenlightened about the contents of all those marvellous bottles that one sees above the bar in Italian restaurants and bars.

I'd love to be better informed about them, so that, on those occasions where one feels like gracing the dining experience with a little something before or after the meal (or maybe even both!), I could venture forth without fear of mixing up the after the meals with the befores, and without ending up with something rather too bitter for my taste.

I have had Amaretto, limoncello and, there was a decade back there where everyone was drinking incendiary glasses of Sambucca (was that the Eighties?) One of my brothers still turns up with a bottle at Christmas.

I am going to Rome, Ferrara and Venice with my family in June, so any insights or recommendations you have about aperitivi or digestivi would be appreciated.

Sydney in Italy

Borough Market + Fulham/Putney Gastropub

This is one place I want to go to when I visit London with my family in June.

I did a search and there hasn't been much posted for a while, the last discussion of any length looks to have been in 2008, and much of that was of a "she aint what she used to be" (before the tourists wrecked it) sort of flavour.

My wife and I and our children (7 and 9) enjoy a bit of a food adventure so we are still keen and it would be great if you could suggest any thing that that you would particularly recommend to try. We are staying in a hotel so it will be snacks and lunch etc that we will be on the look out for rather than veg for the week .

Also what would you suggest as a good family gastropub experience (hope that's not a contradiction in terms!) around Fulham or Putney. Or failing that anything else that is nice around Fulham and Putney.

I look forward to any thoughts you might have.

Sydney in U.K./Ireland

Dining out with kids in and near the Prati district

Thanks for that advice, especially re dinner rather than lunch.

Your comments really help to fill out my picture of what these restaurants are like.

RE L'Isola della Pizza (the "ditto" is an error). I thought I got that off Chowhound but now I've checked I can't find it.Google shows hits from Trip Adviser - probably that's were I saw it. It's on V. Degli Scipione Apparently they do a set price antipasto which they pretty much bring out as soon as you sit down.

We will be staying on V. cola di Rienzo so it's not far. That's how it made it on to the list.

Thanks again

Sydney in Italy

Dining out with kids in and near the Prati district

We are a family of four heading to the Prati district for 5 days in June . Our children are 7 and 9, they usually enjoy the restaurant experience and I'm sure that they will really enjoy dining out in Rome.

I'm encouraged to read that kids are generally made welcome in restaurants in Rome. With the help of Chowhounders I'm hoping to get a list of kid friendly places in Prati or close to it.

Over our stay we will probably have a couple of restaurant meals and a couple of pizza meals.

I'm thinking lunch is probably a better option than dinner for family dining?

These are the restaurant and pizza places that I've scribbled down from the recommendations of Chowhounders. I'm interested in your rating of them for kid friendliness and any other comments you might have. And if there are any other places you might like to suggest I add to my list, even better!

MICCI,

La Sagra Del Vino (But seems a way from the metro : is it hard to get to for little legs?)

Sor'eva,

DA CESARE

Ditto L'Isola della Pizza (What to they make of kids when it comes to the Antipasto which I gather is more or less compulsory!)

OSTERIA DELL’ANGELO, (again how does their fixed menu deal with kids)

Thanks for your help.

Sydney in Italy

The right ingredients in Rome

Vinoroma and mbfant,

Thank you to both of you for your wonderful advice.

Sydney in Italy