london restaurants

The Sardinian restaurant near me is nice.

http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/restaurants/nuraghe-info-18798.html

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Anyone know where I might find London's tastiest cottage pie? Or to widen it a bit...general amazing new discoveries in and around town?

Just thought Tayyabs in Whitechapel deserves a mention - their lamb chops really are very good. And Relais de Venise in Marylebone, although I think there's another one in the city. No menu, just steak. Always full and really decent.

But all this is just an excuse to tell people to go to Gelupo in Soho - seriously the best ice creams I've had, including Italy. Had their pear, cinnamon and ricotta last night and it was absolutely amazing. Astonishing in fact. Opposite the apparently excellent but expensive Boca di Lupo restaurant - their chef likes experimenting with ice cream apparently.

tayyabs is ace. relais de venise is ace too, had a great time! second helpings!

i live in covent garden and have never been to gelupo's before, gonna remedy that now as i fancy some ice cream. cheers!

yeah i went to gelupo and got some of their sour cherry granita + it was the bomb

Anybody ever been to the Wolseley? Cecconi's?

wolseley pretty popular, v busy, good eggs benedict kinda thing

Yeah, I really enjoyed it and Cecconi's is an excellent Italian place.

has anyone been to the hawksmoor? holy jesus they can cook a steak. best sirloin i've ever had by miles and miles, and fucking huge. bring your wallet tho...

yeah ive been there! we went their for breakfast the other day as well + it was craaazy

The Hawksmoor Breakfast £30.00
(for 2 to share)
Smoked Bacon Chop, Sausages (Pork,
Beef & Mutton), Bury Black Pudding,
Short Rib Bubble & Squeak, Grilled
Bone Marrow, Trotter Baked Beans,
Fried Eggs, Grilled Mushrooms, Roast
Tomatoes, Unlimited Dripping Toast &
HP, Onion and Bone Marrow Gravy.

!!!

argh 'there'

fuck that's not even that expensive really...the dinner last night was about 40 quid each but my brother brought me along. will definitely be heading there for that soon, sounds fucking unreal. christmas breakfast plus booze. they have excellent ipa too.

yeah it's not too expensive at all, but you kind of need a lie down afterwards esp when they also have bottomless bloody marys on the menu

i've tried their burger and it was pretty good but so rich. that breakfast looks amazing

Hawksmoor has just opened a branch by my flat, which will be convenient when I roll home from that brunch menu.

Last night I was taken to Barrafina. WIN.

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

My bro gave me a tastecard for my birthday, but I haven't had the chance to use it yet. Does anyone else have one? Any North/East/Central recommendations?

Trullo was great.

not been to the meatwagon but byron is good imo, anyone tried that? gourmet burgers are such overkill and mostly horrible, byron a lot juicier and less like choking yourself with bread/meat

As an American whose first job was 'drugstore soda fountain waitress/short order cook' I'm here to tell you that if you can't get my own version of cheeseburgers, you may as well eat them at BYRON. They're good, also PROPER ONION RINGS.

Meatwagon is also tempty - will report back.

the burgers at byron are really nice but i always end up spending loads when i go there. yes the onion rings are great!

oh must try the onion rings out sometime. this thread isn't revived half often enough.

another good place i've been recently is this small argentinian place near my flat (just off middlesex st.) called Moo: http://www.moogrill.co.uk/
we had the delicious steak sandwiches (lomitos) with a massive argentinian beer. great service will be going back frequently i imagine.

i second the meatwagon burgers, they're really good, just wish they were closer to where i live

they travel around. for instance a few weeks ago they were set up by the canal basin just off city road. need to watch the twitter i guess

Gourmet Burger Kitchen was great when it started, but is dreadful now it's part of that general chain. Yeah, Byron is pretty good, I think. Another vote for the onion rings.

GBC and Hamburger Union are pretty shit - identikit 'medium' burgers and they will not do med rare, for example, which is a sure sign the meat is not as good as it could be. You don't need to cite health and safety in a spurious way if your beef is good.

Moo! looks fabulous, must go before Christmas.

I've been meaning to try the new Hawksmoor in Covent Garden for some time, looks amazing. Moo! looks good as well.

In other expensive meat news, I ate at the Old Brewery in Greenwich last week, which is terrific if you're in the area. They have a sausage roll that costs £14 (!) and is full of foie gras and other goodness.

i have a tentative date who likes korean food - any suggestions?

nice...

gbk and all those places are terrible imo. just big nasty dry slabs of meat and way too bready buns. london is full of terrible burgers.

oops my "nice" was in relation to the foie gras sausage...not the tentative date.

for korean koba's pretty good iirc? went there quite a while ago tho http://www.koba-london.com/

not tried many Koreans in town but Dong San is great

Korean: ASADAL is right next to Holborn tube and is ideal for a date, nice lighting and grills in the tables - and although it's affordable, it's a bit dearer than other ones because of the interior, which is very New York. Otherwise most of the dilapidated ones by Centre Point are pretty good and do lunch specials for about £6. They're heaving with Korean students pretty much whenever.

kaya in mayfair was where i had my first korean food and it totally converted me - not unduly pricey despite location

Asadal is phenomenal, best Korean I've been to in London, and a very good date restaurant - good lighting etc. Also the tabletop barbecues are fun and have good value as a conversation point.

yet always the risk of immolating your love before it has had a chance to grow

The couple of times I went to a Korean in London they had us in and out in 45 minutes (waiters hovering impatiently for me to finish my mouthful etc), so may be a quick date.

They'll never do that at Asadal. Centre Point cafés, however, might.

Incidentally if you go to Asadal remember there are bells under the table to call the waiting staff, otherwise they'll ignore you all evening.

Arang is my favourite Korean resto in london but it's not particularly date-y. I'm not a huge fan of Koba but that's more abt atmosph/experience than food, which was pretty good istr.

i always want to get tabletop barbecue and never feel like i can justify it in terms of faff/cost (when you could be eating bibimbap) - a date seems like the perfect opportunity.

ok i need to eat at Asadal!

what are ppl's tips for indian/pakistani restaurants in east london? there are too many here and the few times i've tried the places on + around brick lane they've been pretty bad.

Tayyabs in Whitechapel is the one everyone always recommends but be warned it is VERY popular. Murgh Masala and Lahore Kebab House are also good. Any of the Rasas dotted around are good as well if you want something slightly less heavy.

tayyabs (having a brain freeze on the spelling) or lahore in whitechapel, go at a non conventionally busy time for tayyabs tho.

another really great indian imo is rasa in stoke newington.

anyone got anything new or different? feel a bit jaded with endless great ethnic food. cheap is good too...

x-post lol mindmeld

Not East London, but Dishoom on St Martin's Lane is a new favourite, it's cheap and quick and cafe-like but a lovely space and the food is great. Also Chowki off Shaftesbury Avenue, which is mostly a set-menu kinda place which they rotate round different regions of India.

the old tayyabs restaurant manager opened up Needoo literally round the corner and the menu is mostly identical and just as good. I actually prefer their lamb chops to tayyabs. it's pretty popular itself but nowhere near as crazy as tayyabs and it's a wee bit cheaper too. Delhi Grill at chapel market is also great, but their grilled stuff is better than their curries.

drummond st near euston great for vegetarian indian - bhel poori house & chutney's both tried and tested.

thanks everyone! i have some eating to do

on a different note, tblisi near highbury station is definitely my favourite georgian restaurant in zone 2