Food, Glorious Food

Reekwind · 25-04-2013 9:16pm

Gourmet geniuses, I come with a humble question. Can anyone recommend a decent food-eating facility around South Bank slash London Bridge? I fancy stretching my taste buds this weekend

Playboy · 25-04-2013 9:43pm

Reekwind wrote: »

Gourmet geniuses, I come with a humble question. Can anyone recommend a decent food-eating facility around South Bank slash London Bridge? I fancy stretching my taste buds this weekend

Mango Tree is an Indian close to London Bridge and its great. More modern Indian than a typical curry house

iambrazil · 30-07-2013 3:12pm

I have a really good pre-theatre meal in Five Guys yesterday.

Veggie sandwich with cheese, cajun fries and more Coke than I would normally drink in a month (free refills).

I went at about 6pm and it was busy but there was only about a ten minute wait for food. By 6.30 there were 50 people queuing outside. I'd never queue for it but I will be back. I'm thinking the cajun fries with a bottle of Punk IPA would be a nice snack.

enda1 · 30-07-2013 3:14pm

Reekwind wrote: »

Gourmet geniuses, I come with a humble question. Can anyone recommend a decent food-eating facility around South Bank slash London Bridge? I fancy stretching my taste buds this weekend

Applebee's Fish shop on Borough market do quite a good dinner service.

Playboy · 31-07-2013 11:43pm

Five guys do a nice burger! Glad to hear they have come to London. Went to Meat Liquor a couple of weeks back and walked out without ordering as the staff were so rude. Cant be arsed giving money to a place no matter how good a burger they do if the staff treat you like crap... think it may have become a victim of its own popularity.

Fysh · 05-08-2013 1:59pm

If you're around Kilburn there are a couple of recent new openings that are pretty good IMO - Caldo for Spanish food and Ostuni for Italian (specifically Puglian) food. Nom nom nom says it all for me

BraziliaNZ · 15-08-2013 12:11pm

I'm not into all this burger mullarkey that much but I've been to Hache which was quite good, and most recently Honest in Brixton Village. There's an Honest in Soho now too, best burger I've had here I think.
I'm finding it incredibly hard not to be a disgusting fat bastard pig living in this city. Too many options

silvervixen84 · 27-08-2013 10:48am

For all the burger lovers, apparently it's Burger Day so Mr Hyde have a 20% discount voucher on loads of yummy burgers across London:

http://burgerday.shortlist-apps.com/

Seeing how today goes at work, I might be tempted to use the offer myself later...

83ste · 03-01-2014 12:32am

Went to Five Guys in Covent Garden tonight.

Verdict?

FTA69 · 03-01-2014 12:54pm

I hit Five Guys in Angel last month, granted I was manked out of my tree but it really was a delicious burger.

Santa Cruz · 03-01-2014 6:20pm

OhThePenguin wrote: »

Just to give y'all the heads up. The people behind MEATliquor are opening a new burger place in Covent Garden, MEATmarket. Slightly different set up to meatliquor, looks interesting and the food will be just as good.

Trying to find out when it officially opens, but there are some reviews already up like here.

Is there one in Shelbyville?

breadmonkey · 04-01-2014 2:59am

Plum Valley in Soho

http://plumvalleylondon.com/

A million miles ahead of any other place I've eaten in China town (mostly crap tbh).

BraziliaNZ · 08-01-2014 11:49am

breadmonkey wrote: »

Plum Valley in Soho

http://plumvalleylondon.com/

A million miles ahead of any other place I've eaten in China town (mostly crap tbh).

No way, me and my gf have been eyeing up that place for a while now, looks lovely from the outside and not tatty like the rest of the Chinatown dives. Must give it a whirl soon!

breadmonkey · 08-01-2014 2:21pm

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

No way, me and my gf have been eyeing up that place for a while now, looks lovely from the outside and not tatty like the rest of the Chinatown dives. Must give it a whirl soon!

It's really nice inside as well. I highly recommend the beef rendang!

FTA69 · 08-01-2014 3:23pm

Song Que in Hoxton. Went there today for lunch for a bowl of pho (noodle soup) with steak, flank and tripe. Lethal tack altogether and surprisingly filling!

frag420 · 13-01-2014 12:19am

breadmonkey wrote: »

It's really nice inside as well. I highly recommend the beef rendang!

Been searching for a good rendang since i moved here.

Cheers for the heads up!!

breadmonkey · 13-01-2014 1:46am

frag420 wrote: »

Been searching for a good rendang since i moved here.

Cheers for the heads up!!

Ekachai also does really delicious beef rendang. Good spot for a quick bite imo and reasonably priced. They have restaurants in Wandsworth, Oxford St. and Liverpool St.

http://ekachai.co.uk/

frag420 · 13-01-2014 12:24pm

breadmonkey wrote: »

Ekachai also does really delicious beef rendang. Good spot for a quick bite imo and reasonably priced. They have restaurants in Wandsworth, Oxford St. and Liverpool St.

http://ekachai.co.uk/

Its two mins from the office, thats fridays lunch sorted!!

Reekwind · 13-01-2014 12:38pm

breadmonkey wrote: »

Plum Valley in Soho

http://plumvalleylondon.com/

A million miles ahead of any other place I've eaten in China town (mostly crap tbh).

What's it like on the inside? Any room for a decent sized party?

If anyone else has any suggestions for a party of a dozen in Soho then please let me know

iambrazil · 13-01-2014 12:51pm

Reekwind wrote: »

What's it like on the inside? Any room for a decent sized party?

If anyone else has any suggestions for a party of a dozen in Soho then please let me know

if you're thinking of Chinese then maybe Barshu?

I think there were a few large groups on the evening I ate there. Food was excellent.

breadmonkey · 13-01-2014 2:21pm

Reekwind wrote: »

What's it like on the inside? Any room for a decent sized party?

If anyone else has any suggestions for a party of a dozen in Soho then please let me know

It's very nicely finished on the inside and seems to be over a couple of floors. Last time I wandered in there were 7 or 8 of us and we got a large table no bother. They can definitely accommodate 12 somewhere in there.

djpbarry · 13-01-2014 5:17pm

Reekwind wrote: »

What's it like on the inside? Any room for a decent sized party?

If anyone else has any suggestions for a party of a dozen in Soho then please let me know

Been to both of these places a few times for work dos - they both handle large groups well:

www.meleepere.co.uk
www.navarros-tapas-london.co.uk

frag420 · 25-01-2014 4:57pm

breadmonkey wrote: »

Ekachai also does really delicious beef rendang. Good spot for a quick bite imo and reasonably priced. They have restaurants in Wandsworth, Oxford St. and Liverpool St.

http://ekachai.co.uk/

Finally popped into the L'Pool st branch yesterday for lunch.

Sweet Zombie Jesus it was delish! One of the tastiest Rendangs I have tasted.

Cheers for the heads up!!

silvervixen84 · 03-02-2014 5:50pm

Someone's done a tube map of the best coffee shops in London:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/ailbhemalone/this-tube-map-of-the-best-coffee-shops-in-london-is-marvello

silvervixen84 · 04-03-2014 5:13pm

For serious burger fans:

http://www.designmynight.com/london/events/burger-fest-2014?utm_source=Lightbulb+subscribers&utm_campaign=0708671c8d-Lightbulb_Rumble_Part_Deux2_21_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7d5518c61-0708671c8d-59173233

Advanced Tickets are £35, but include 5 half burgers, a bacon & maple syrup burger cupcake (veggie option available), with a side of vanilla cookie fries for dessert from. If you arrive before 5.30pm, you'll get a free bottle of BrewDog beer.

frag420 · 04-03-2014 6:23pm

silvervixen84 wrote: »

For serious burger fans:

http://www.designmynight.com/london/events/burger-fest-2014?utm_source=Lightbulb+subscribers&utm_campaign=0708671c8d-Lightbulb_Rumble_Part_Deux2_21_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7d5518c61-0708671c8d-59173233

Advanced Tickets are £35, but include 5 half burgers, a bacon & maple syrup burger cupcake (veggie option available), with a side of vanilla cookie fries for dessert from. If you arrive before 5.30pm, you'll get a free bottle of BrewDog beer.

Harps · 15-03-2014 4:30pm

Can anyone recommend somewhere in central or west of the city that does good burritos? Chipotle near Leicester Square has been my go to place for the past while though their choice is quite limited

Fysh · 15-03-2014 7:59pm

Harps wrote: »

Can anyone recommend somewhere in central or west of the city that does good burritos? Chipotle near Leicester Square has been my go to place for the past while though their choice is quite limited

I'm a big fan of Wahaca, and I reckon it's probably your best bet for quality. There's one in Covent Garden, but my experience is that it tends to be quite busy. There's also a Benitos Hat a couple of streets away and a Tortilla at the bottom of The Strand, but I suspect they're along the same lines as Chipotle. Lupita on Villiers street is also decent.

There's also Cafe Pacifico and La Perla (both part of the same group and in Covent Garden) - I've not been to La Perla but Cafe Pacifico was good.

breadmonkey · 16-03-2014 10:35am

Indian place: Meraz Café just off Brick Lane. I've been to Lahore, Tayyabs etc. and this place is still the best food imo.

http://merazcafe.co.uk//

Harps · 18-03-2014 8:23pm

Fysh wrote: »

I'm a big fan of Wahaca, and I reckon it's probably your best bet for quality. There's one in Covent Garden, but my experience is that it tends to be quite busy. There's also a Benitos Hat a couple of streets away and a Tortilla at the bottom of The Strand, but I suspect they're along the same lines as Chipotle. Lupita on Villiers street is also decent.

There's also Cafe Pacifico and La Perla (both part of the same group and in Covent Garden) - I've not been to La Perla but Cafe Pacifico was good.

I've tried wahaca before but the one I went to only had three different burritos on the menu with no option to choose your own ingredients, nice enough burritos though to be fair. Never heard of the rest so I'll try and get to one of them next weekend.

Thanks!

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