london restaurants

went to ledbury in the end btw. very good. food was great and good to feel relaxed while being looked after. wine menu very reasonable! will go again.

Talking of which: http://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Events-Awards/The-Ledbury-wins-National-Restaurant-Award-hat-trick

Interesting to see Pitt Cue on there amongst lots of expensive high-end stuff.

they're breeding their own pigs and stuff now, they're closer to st john than meatliquor, in spirit.

xxp yeah its a great restaurant, i'd like to go back too, i havent been for a couple of years.

Meatliquor (and Burger & Lobster) are both even higher in the list than Pitt Cue.

meatliquor is opening in hoxton before christmas i think, incidentally.

and will take reservations

koya did very well on that list considering cost

I think Koya's kind of amazing (booking policy notwithstanding obv - I've only ever been there when it wasn't busy).

yes I had a very nice meal there too (again didn't really have to queue) enjoyed there being a section on the menu called "hiya hiya" *waves*

Good places to eat in Brixton on a Tuesday night?

Franco Manca, Honest Burgers and Mama Lan are all closed by 5pm.

Kaosarn looks promising...

That would be my choice, I really like it in there, I'd be pitching up early to get a table indoors in this weather. The Mexican place next door to it is somewhere I've been meaning to try properly since I bought a delicious £1 taco off them the other week.

I'm not really sure what's open and what's not around there on a Tuesday night.

I've heard this place is good, if you want something fancier: http://www.upstairslondon.com/web/index.html

Certainly sounds interesting.

Was in Asmara on Coldharbour Lane on Sunday, it's good Ethiopian.

had a great meal at tonkotsu on monday night.

Thanks.

Tried for Kaosarn but it was packed - even the outside seats were full in the freezing cold.

Opted for the Mexican next door which was okay-ish.

What time did you get there?

Just after 7pm. My own fault really - I should have booked.

The Mexican was perfectly decent.

late but fujiyama is pretty good. and apparently the jerk chicken place across the road from the windmill pub is decent

New rest/bar open on upper st called John Salt. Absolutely no idea if it's any good or not, but this is so O_o that I had to post:

Guests can expect Spalding's "chicken on a brick" - a London house brick coated in a caramel glaze, pairing chicken liver mousse with crispy chicken skin, circled by a mix of sweetcorn kernels, lingon berries, pearl barley and a white onion puree. This combination is so delicious, down to the glaze that, as Ben Spalding says “customers are encouraged to actually lick the brick”

I thought it was maybe a joke, but you can see pictures of it on twitter. It is, indeed, a brick covered in caramel.

Wishbone last night: very Brooklyn; very tasty; I particularly liked the Buffalo wings and the "salt and pepa" thighs; fries were a bit meh, though not bad in any way; wouldn't recommend eating the hot mess* with the Buffalo wings because the sauce is too similar; would happily go back but can't imagine gagging to do so any time soon.

Last weekend we went to the blogged-about but not-fancified Tasty Jerk in Thornton Heath. It was very good indeed. We decided to eat from the foil in the car as God intended, so as not to end up smelling of jerk smoke for the rest of the day. The jerk chicken in particular was amazing.

*sweet potato fries with jalapeno and blue cheese slathered in a hot sauce.

(the other thing about wishbone is the it is very Young People which is good but not necessarily for me because I am not one of the young people any longer, I'm afraid)

meat liquour is sort of like that too.

meat liquour is Young People in a super cheesy way

young "rock" people

young people "rock"

well that's because it's restaurants and streetfood which are the new rock and roll

if julian casablancas was alive today he would have a burger van

nice pub around brixton that might be showing football tomorrow?

well that's because it's restaurants and streetfood which are the new rock and roll

are you meant to be parodying somebody?

note the second line there...

It has been very dispiriting the last few times I've been through London how much high end american junk food has taken hold in London. If anyone serves me a drink in a fucking mason jar when I'm back at christmas, there will be blood.

sweet potato fries with jalapeno and blue cheese slathered in a hot sauce

this just sounds vile

shitty american food trend ugh

do we have to do this yet again

Crackle Box, I haven't ever watched football in Brixton, a friend of mine used to go watch it in the Canterbury Arms regularly... not sure I'd call it nice, though I haven't been there for a few years.

The Duke of Edinburgh is alright and shows the football I think?

Yeah don't worry Ed, there's still plenty of other stuff.

I know I know,

Ate at the bar at Dabbous last time I flitted through and that was pretty good.

What is good in high end Pub british comfort food right now?

The Gilbert Scott?

but I suppose that (+ Wareing at the Berkely, Dinner by Heston at high-high end) are more modern british than comfort food.

Pub (not high end) I was at last week offered "British Tapas" e.g. small pies (mustn't grumble), black pudding scotch egg (no complaints), "roasties" (fuck off).

oh look: "british tapas" - About 7,470 results (0.30 seconds)

Look Mum No hands has a good black pudding scotch egg

has anyone been to dishoom in shoreditch or i guess the covent garden one may be old news?

went there tonight in the midst of a crisis about where we'd go, i'd read about it and we saw it beaming at us on shoreditch high street of all places. it was one of the best meals i've had in ages, just blew me away. amazing booth almost diner style seats in the window, comfortably fitting four of us with real privacy, good beers and cocktails including their own ipa brewed by beavertown, friendly service and excellent value. we ordered loads and it came to about 36 quid each, including a few drinks and cocktails and desserts.

i can't recommend it highly enough, just a brilliant meal, as impressed as i've been by anywhere in ages.

Lorra money for a curry.

went to the south bank dishoom last year and loved the food, i still daydream about their bhel puri and egg naan roll.

Lorra money for a curry.

what are you talking about? for about 14 dishes none of which were "a curry". good man.

Ed, an answer to your "high end comfort food" question might be the new menu at Quo Vadis, actually.

At risk of further antagonising the fuck-off-with-yer-american-fast-food crowd: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-20/shake-shack-to-open-in-london-as-meyer-finds-site.html

Dishoom Covent Garden is terrific for pre-cinema eating. I've had better Indian food in London but the prices, atmosphere and concept are terrific.

Re: high end comfort food, people speak highly of the Delaunay although I haven't been.

Quo Vadis? Really?

I have heard good things about Quo Vadis - including the bit about the v. inexpensive oysters between 5 and 6 pm.