Top 10 budget restaurants around ExCeL, east London. Disco Bistro EC4. Carl Clarke has been one of my favourite London chefs for a while now.
I've been to all of his pop-ups and couldn't have been more excited when he announced his new venture, "Disco Bistro". It's taken me a while to get over there (East London is pretty much another planet when you live this far west), but oh boy, was it worth the trip! I dragged DP along with the promise of some of the best fried chicken this side of the Atlantic (we all know the way to an American boy's heart is paved with fried things & hot sauce).
Flesh & Buns. Ross Shonhan is a brilliant chef.
He used to slice & dice for Nobu but always knew he was bound to captain his own ship. Earlier this year he opened his roaring success of a ramen shop, Bone Daddies in Soho. Review of Shoryu Ramen on TwelvePointFivePercent. Little Bay - About. Navajo Joe restaurant - London. The Pig and Butcher review – a pig’s ear or worth a butcher’s? « The Picky Glutton. Yet another Islington gastropub or something more?
Travel with Wingz~*: Sushi Tetsu = Sushi Heaven. Indonesia Mini Market « Tamarind and Thyme. There’s a curious stretch of Charing Cross Road right by Chinatown – you may know the one I mean.
It’s a row of shops filled with kitsch and restaurants serving all manner of Asian foods. At one end is a terrible Korean restaurant and at the other end is a bar. I never really paid much attention to this stretch with the exception of the Malaysian Kopi Tiam and it turns out that I possibly should have! Take that complex of shops full of kitsch, for example. Travel with Wingz~*: Duck & Waffle - As Good as it Looks. Yes, the elevator journey up to the 40th floor at Heron Tower is as impressive as what everyone says.
And it’s interesting how Level 40 feels much higher in London than it does in Hong Kong. Since I’m literally working next door at the moment, I decided to check out the bar before dinner. My heart sank when a guy at the bar told me, “Food is not the point here, check out the view!” Hell yea the view is absolutely stunning with the Gherkin glowing and the glittering city stretched beyond darkness. But food matters! EAT AND BE MERRY, FOR TOMORROW WE DIE(T): Hazev, England by Bureaucrat. Hazev is an ambitious restaurant, bar, cafe and deli.
Located alongside the many docks around Canary Wharf, Hazev is a Turkish restaurant that predominantly caters for the suits that work around the area and the local folk. I'm quite a newbie to Middle Eastern cuisine. Cafe East - Rotherhithe. Based in Surrey Quays and conveniently located next to the Odeon and Hollywood Bowl complex (the parking is grrrreat!)
, this place is bigger, badder and a little bit better than it's previous incarnation when they were based in Deptford. A Girl Has to Eat - Restaurant Reviews & Food Guide. Cinnamon Soho is the latest restaurant from chef Vivek Singh, the man behind the much-loved one star Michelin restaurant Cinnamon Club and its sister Cinnamon Kitchen.
In contrast to the chic elegance of Cinnamon Club which caters more to politician types from its location in The Great Westminster Library, Cinnamon Soho exudes a more urban feel to it from its home in the trendy Carnaby Street area. Cinnamon Soho has a good value Sunday brunch/lunch menu where £25 will get you a three-course menu with a side dish. The evening a la carte prices also seemed reasonable with starters at about the £6 mark and mains ranging in price from £11 to £17. We kicked of our lunch nicely with a sweet lassi smoothie (£4) which was wonderful – icy cold, creamy and not too sweet, this was one of the nicest lassis I have ever tried. Stir-fried shrimp with curry leaf and black pepper was exceptional with the prawns being well cooked, firm and juicy. Stir fried shrimp Coorgi pork. Assa: Comforting Korean Heat. The Begging Bowl: Truthfully Thai in South London. Minor non-Thai issues There were a few issues that annoyed me at The Begging Bowl.
Firstly, there was a soup bowl placed on top of my plate in a manner that resembles what the Chinese do with rice bowl. Most diners put food in that bowl and ate from it. 100 best dishes - London eating. Salt beef bagel at Brick Lane Beigel Bake There are tens of thousands of places to eat, and millions of options of what you might eat.
So if your time and your appetite are limited, we’ve just made choosing a little bit easier for you. Time Out’s food and drink critics anonymously visit more than a thousand bars, cafes, gastropubs and restaurants every year, both the spanking new and the classics, so that the reviews on our website are regularly refreshed (and refreshing, as our critics never accept invitations or freebies). Our key critics have now pooled our expertise to come up with shortlists of their own favourite dishes of the last year. Rahat in Leicester « Tamarind and Thyme. Travel with Wingz~*: Pierre Victoire has Aged. This use to be the French bistro in my student days; the classic Steak & Frites, melting candle wax on wine bottles and live music by the pianist in the evening… Then I got distracted by the constant stream of restaurants popping up in the neighbourhood, Mister and I hadn’t been back for a good while.
On a chilly Monday afternoon, we revisited as a group of five. Little has changed since, still the cosy little spot with worn down wooden tables, unassuming wall lamps and paintings up for sale. The menu, however, is now printed to replace the artistic, yet illegible squiggle. Traditional Escargot style grilled Mussels in garlic, parsley and pernod butter with bread crumbs Not as good as real escargot obviously, but not too far off the mark either. Smoke Salmon and Prawn Timbale with fresh horseradish crème fraiche, mizuna salad, sundried tomato coulis. Tonkotsu review – proper ramen comes to Soho « The Picky Glutton. Noodle kaboodle. The bar/kitchen/cocktail lounge – The parlour Canary Wharf « The Food Connoisseur's Blog. Sometime ago, me and my friends was looking for desserts to eat in the Canary Wharf area. Having seen many photos of my friends on Facebook posting delicious looking food and desserts I suggested the Parlour. Kiasu review - London Bayswater's Singaporean and Malaysian restaurant, good food let down by indifferent service ~ London Chow.
Koba: Korean Fire Without Smoke in Fitzrovia. Fire without smoke. Dim Sum at Princess Garden of Mayfair « Tamarind and Thyme. Sedap review (revisited) Old Street Malaysian food - still as good as ever and getting quite popular too ~ London Chow. Address: 102 Old Street, London EC1V 9AVTel: 0207 4900 200Nearest Tube station: Old Street. A rather unusual chinaman: Da Polpo: The Norman Conquest gathers speed. Ever since the opening of the original Polpo, Russell Norman's empire has grown rapidly, one establishment at a time. KOYA — Japanese Udon Noodle.