london restaurants

Is it DJ Q?

I just saw that do on facebook, i know paul whos playing from his place as a constant fixture on scenes. Is it someone exciting? Im doing visuals at the new rons eels warehouse place off broadway market that night so its a perfect dinner spot

Back on grub, enjoyed Ritas but the service was predictably a nightmare until the waitress serving said she would knock some drinks off for the second round of tacos taking ages so i paid a sum total of £14 for 2 peoples booze and food. Enjoyed the ox-heart tacos but the star of the show was the duck heart and pork baked beans which had a really nice crust on it so was more like a cassoulet. Really similar to something I had at Arbetus a while ago (when my girls mum was paying)

Anyone been to Morgan M in Farringdon yet? It's reasonably new but have booked a table for the end of the month. Looks amazing.

ah i know paul also. the guest dj may not happen now, though he will be there, no records with him.

he can sign autographs.

xxp I went to Morgan M when it was on Liverpool Rd, probably about 6 years ago. Seven course taster menu plus a glass of wine with each course. Possibly the best meal I've ever eaten.

i woudl definitely be at burnt enz on saturday but instead am having a super expensive lunch at river cafe

i'm in full on annoying promotion mode now but here's the burnt enz menu tomorrow:

https://p.twimg.com/Az77dAuCcAAHhDe.jpg:large

Damn them for selling the cheapest cuts of meat ever for £25/K *ducks*

looks amazing. i think £25/kg is fine? i'm p sure onglet is abt £18/k or so at e.g the ginger pig

a saddle of lamb is an expensive cut... get your pointless interjection right.

Will you be playing techno or will it be a more dining-friendly set? Never been there so don't really know what the vibe is.

This is just curiosity really as I will be out of town on Saturday.

it's v laid back there really, more of a bar for the day part of it then as it gets later they move away a few tables and there's a good little space for dancing. even in the evening it will only touch on house late on... maybe disco and stuff before that.

it is really nice, basically my favourite place to hang out all summer, i'd say we'll be doing another day too if it goes well tomorrow, before their license ends at the end of august.

Ronan, don't be like that - my interjection wasn't pointless at all. I know saddle is expensive. So why is saddle priced the same as super-cheap 'onglet'? FYI if your UK butcher isn't calling that cut SKIRT and charging £9/kilo, your butcher is levelling a wanker tax.

cos all beef is exactly the same, everywhere.

i think largely burnt enz is pretty good value, having been there.

I don't think food brings out the best in people.

Alba, our neighbourhood butcher (supplier to Moro, Cigala, the Eagle etc) is amazing and undercuts Ginger Pig's prices by roughly half. If you go there early Saturday mornings, there might not be a ten-person queue.

May be in Green Lanes tomorrow. Any Turkish/Cypriot recommendations?

Harran just north of Green Lanes Harringay station? I'm assuming you're closer to the Newington Green end of green Lanes than the N21 end?

Friend's family live about two minutes from Turnpike Lane. Thanks, YMOF.

Used to live near Green Lanes (Carlingford Rd nr Turnpike Lane station) and eating regularly at the Turkish places there was a definite high point. Is that magnificent bakery still there?

Also, where's Alba, suzy? A cheaper version of the Ginger Pig wd be great.

is the burnt enz dj m4n0 l3 t0ugh

we didn't ask in time for him to bring records, he is coming to hang tho.

Alba lives near me, and I live near Russell Square. The butcher is called McKenna's and it is opposite Lamb's Conduit Street police station, next to the Fryer's Delight. Everything's quality, and they try to suit most pockets. Large organic eggs are £1.60 for six, they have a dozen different kinds of sausage, game birds, whole legs of Parma and Serrano ham, herbs, charcuterie, cheeses and regular amazing specials eg. black-leg chickens for £6. Once they bought in a big box of Whitstable oysters on a whim and sold them for 30p a pop. They'll sharpen knives for a few quid each and all the guys working there will gracefully answer even the stupidest questions. I cannot recommend the place highly enough.

fantastic, thanks suzy. that's not far from me either and I shall use them from now on.

McDonalds is good

heard great things about them

how was saturday?

awesome actually, it was incredibly busy even before friends etc came down, i played at the end and the place was full, most fun i've had djing in a long time.

i'd say we'll do another one, i also hear talk that their license has been extended until the end of sept.

i saw something about that! hope its true, i'm definitely keen to eat more meals there and i'm busy for the next few weekends

sorry for being a dick in this thread, im just envious of all y'all who get to eat at these nice places.

i was sickened by how good burnt enz looked via instagram pics, was stuck in the house prepping videos of fish and being harangued down to set up early at 8pm in a club that was still a building site

Where can I get some classic British food done well and suitably expensive to go along with the quality?

St John is your friend here, depending on what you mean by "classic British food".

well I see kedgeree is on the menu so that looks perfect

Hawksmoor's Breakfast is unfuckwithable. Also features espresso martinis!

http://www.thedelaunay.com/

not billed as classic british but i think you'll enjoy. fairly sure they do kedgeree too.

thanks ronan that is exactly what I am looking for

Best <£4 i have spent on food in London in forever: the "sun-dried Spinach" at Meraz Cafe on Hanbury Street. Ridiculously delicious, I could eat this by the crispy kilo.

Finding a curry house in the environs of Brick Lane where I'm excited to eat is a genuinely amazing thing.

I've barely mentioned it and then up pops a cute little van selling korean barbecue pork tacos in SE22. Well done them, they were delicious. Think the van was called Arbiente but I might have got that wrong. Short menu too (3 types of taco + patatas bravas + agua fresca and that's it).

Finally made it to Meat Liquor last night, ten years after everyone else stopped caring about it. Could have done with the music being turned down a tad - though it was kinda cool to hear Rock and Roll Part One being blasted loud and proud at half 6 in the evening - and the beer price is fucking HORRIFIC (£4.20 for a can of Vedett?!), but got-damn the burgers have somehow gotten even better than they were when it was Meat Easy in New Cross. Loved watching the people around us order waaaaaaaay more food than they could handle/anyone could ever want. Will go back, seeing as it was cheaper than a shitty Nandos, which is where my girlfriend normally drags me.

On a similar top, is Dukes Brew & Que worth visiting?

dukes is okay/good, but go to pitt cue co first if you can.

has anyone been to this bright field on cambridge heath road? sounds good.

also i'm waiting for duck and waffle to go 24-hour so i can go there at 4am or something.

where's good around southbank? pubs or restaurants. i am meeting my brother there later to go the cinema but we a lot of time beforehand.

could easily just go to pitt cue trailer or the anchor and hope if it's back open, but if anyone has any other ideas that'd be good.

there's the wahaca popup - both a burrito/taco truck and a sit-in place. canteen is decent, the bfi bar (on the riverside) also perfectly acceptable food wise. the national theatre prop store popup bar does bar food.

I quite like that Propstore bar in a festivally kinda way but it's expensive IIRC. Probably no more so than anywhere else in the area though, except maybe Concrete at the Hayward Gallery if there's a happy hour on.

If it's nice weather just go to one of the trailers for food and drink beer on the bank itself I reckon. Most of the actual restaurants are really chainy or touristy.

nothing particularly wrong with yo sushi except a bit mainstream

yeah been to propstore, nice spot. i wasn't crazy on the wahaca place when i went, tho my only other wahaca experience was pretty good.

If you fancy something restauranty then I heartily recommend RSJ http://www.rsj.uk.com/Home.htm - they would have been cutting edge 20 years ago, now they're just really tasty / good.

Ate at Rita's last night and really enjoyed it. The service was great and it was novel to be able to eat some good food and then head straight downstairs for the Cass McCombs gig.

Shared a bunch of dishes with a mate; ox heart tacos, green chilli mac & cheese, patty melt, fried chicken sandwich and pig neck & chicken skin nachos. All excellent. We probably ordered one too many things, judging by how stuffed we both were by the end. But it was too difficult not to...

so this is the last weekend for burnt enz :(

I am DJing the last day on Monday actually. Kinda weird, they're paying me more in bar tab than cash so I can't account for how drunk/full of steak I'll be.