― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Monday, 3 October 2005 12:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paranoid Spice (kate), Monday, 3 October 2005 12:24 (eighteen years ago) link
Not a restaurant, but the Royal Oak Pub, Tabard St, Borough (as recommended by RickyT some time ago) does excellent food (really good steak and kidney pudding) at reasnoble prices with a great selection of beer as well. We should FAP there sometime.
Any one with anyt suggestions for this evening, what with Glas not being open and all?
― Ed (dali), Monday, 3 October 2005 12:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paranoid Spice (kate), Monday, 3 October 2005 12:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Monday, 3 October 2005 12:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Monday, 3 October 2005 13:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Monday, 3 October 2005 13:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Monday, 3 October 2005 13:29 (eighteen years ago) link
And now I'm hungry and want fried tofu.
― Paranoid Spice (kate), Monday, 3 October 2005 13:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Monday, 3 October 2005 13:45 (eighteen years ago) link
I was there with a friend who has food allergies, and he ended up just not eating at all.
― Paranoid Spice (kate), Monday, 3 October 2005 13:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― suzy (suzy), Monday, 3 October 2005 14:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― toby (tsg20), Monday, 3 October 2005 15:09 (eighteen years ago) link
Preferably in the Soho/Charing X area - nice enough to feel like an event but as they're paying and there's a few of us I'd feel guilty picking somewhere too expensive.
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Sunday, 5 February 2006 22:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Bob Six (bobbysix), Sunday, 5 February 2006 22:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― emsk ( emsk), Monday, 6 February 2006 01:33 (eighteen years ago) link
it seems (to my surprise) that square meal agree about the prices (and i've never encountered the bad service they're talking about in 5 or 6 visits):
http://www.squaremeal.co.uk/restaurants/london/display.php?Rest_ID=82949
― toby (tsg20), Monday, 6 February 2006 10:21 (eighteen years ago) link
sardo, mentioned upthread, was fantastic and it's quite reasonable as long as you curb wine consumption. likewise andrew edmunds, although it might not be good if you've got a largeish group of people.
― lauren (laurenp), Monday, 6 February 2006 12:14 (eighteen years ago) link
As reviewed in the observer on sunday Gourmet San on the bethnal green road is uttterly awesome. The first time i have had good szechuanese food in the UK and so cheap too. Recommend Cumin chicken, xinjiang lamb skewers and chilli crab.
― Drinking Island is inside every one of us (Ed), Thursday, 11 September 2008 11:53 (fifteen years ago) link
YES
― Local Garda, Thursday, 11 September 2008 11:56 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah i want to go there.
can also recommend leong's legend, the new taiwanese place in chinatown. fried oysters wrapped in egg mmmmmm.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 11 September 2008 11:58 (fifteen years ago) link
that sounds very good,
best bit is that I have left over chicken for lunch.
― Drinking Island is inside every one of us (Ed), Thursday, 11 September 2008 12:04 (fifteen years ago) link
I've been wanting to go to Leong's Legend for a while. Also the Deptford Project, mostly because it's a cafe in a disused train carriage.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 11 September 2008 12:06 (fifteen years ago) link
co-sign both gourmet san + leong's legend. i cant believe how big the servings are at gourmet san! you definitely want to take a few ppl so that you get to try out different things. and man i love those soup dumplings at leon's legend.
― t_g, Thursday, 11 September 2008 12:07 (fifteen years ago) link
and it's pretty crazy that gourmet san got reviewed in the observer, i didnt think anyone knew abt that place
― t_g, Thursday, 11 September 2008 12:08 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah shame on their dissing Bethnal Green road tho...back to Kensington with thee
― Local Garda, Thursday, 11 September 2008 12:10 (fifteen years ago) link
back to Dublin with me
(next week in the observer I want to read a review of Noodle King)
Decent Thai in Soho/Covent Garden/Carnaby that's not grotty?
― Doghouse O RLY (G00blar), Friday, 12 September 2008 15:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Serves me right:
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i134/dgoobl/thai.jpg
― Doghouse O RLY (G00blar), Friday, 12 September 2008 16:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Busaba?
― Drinking Island is inside every one of us (Ed), Friday, 12 September 2008 16:00 (fifteen years ago) link
not nice enough, I'm afraid. Out-of-towners with enough cash to want somewhere that feels nice, even if it's not too expensive.
― Doghouse O RLY (G00blar), Friday, 12 September 2008 16:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Patara on Greek Street maybe?
― Matt DC, Friday, 12 September 2008 16:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Gave up and booked at Haozhan in Chinatown. Thanks though.
― Doghouse O RLY (G00blar), Friday, 12 September 2008 16:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Yay, Haozhan is outstanding. Good pick.
― aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, Saturday, 13 September 2008 02:39 (fifteen years ago) link
did anyone know that gourmet san has a sister restaurant on middlesex st? havent been there so i dont know if the menu is any different
― t_g, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 09:27 (fifteen years ago) link
can someone recommend a good café type place in shoredicth, suitable for a wkend lunch? my default is the rochelle canteen but it's closed at weekends. don't want vietnamese food or anything too heavy...
― lex pretend, Friday, 28 August 2009 09:14 (fourteen years ago) link
you could go along to spitalfields + go to st john bread + wine, which has the same sort of food as rochelle canteen?
― just sayin, Friday, 28 August 2009 09:20 (fourteen years ago) link
want something a bit less pricy than that, ideally...
― lex pretend, Friday, 28 August 2009 09:28 (fourteen years ago) link
bread + wine's pretty reasonable! i seem to remember it being pretty close to rochelle canteen's prices? but i havent been to rc for a while.
apart from that, yea i dont know, i dont eat in shoreditch v often
― just sayin, Friday, 28 August 2009 09:32 (fourteen years ago) link
i guess i want something a bit more casual too! though i've never done lunch @ st john...
― lex pretend, Friday, 28 August 2009 09:38 (fourteen years ago) link
you shld do it, it's really really good. and if yr comparing it to the st john in spitalfields, it's definitely more casual + cheaper.
― just sayin, Friday, 28 August 2009 09:47 (fourteen years ago) link
(prob my fav place to eat in london)
(obv i meant comparing it to the st john in smithfield)
― just sayin, Friday, 28 August 2009 09:49 (fourteen years ago) link
oh yeah i know how great it is! been for dinner there many a time
― lex pretend, Friday, 28 August 2009 09:51 (fourteen years ago) link
In Spitalfields: the other 'Canteen' in the market annexe is worth visiting for a Sunday brunch option. Bread and Wine is like RC in that it's as cheap or expensive as you want ti to be.
― lacoste intolerant (suzy), Friday, 28 August 2009 10:46 (fourteen years ago) link
might be too far out of your way and might also not be what you are looking for and also I have never been
but...Pellucci's on Bethnal Green Rd?
― cherry blossom, Friday, 28 August 2009 12:15 (fourteen years ago) link
is s+m cafe still there?
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Friday, 28 August 2009 12:39 (fourteen years ago) link
last visit to s+m (in angel) was disappointed to find a new gourmet burger-like aesthetic, poorer sausage selection.
― ledge, Friday, 28 August 2009 12:46 (fourteen years ago) link
What? That diner is listed, as Alfredo's it was in Quadrophenia. S&M are not supposed to fuck with it.
E Pellici is closed on Sunday.
― lacoste intolerant (suzy), Friday, 28 August 2009 12:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Didn't know it was listed so didn't pay too much attention, but it felt like it had had a new paint job at least, and window decor (big tacky letters). Could be wrong.
― ledge, Friday, 28 August 2009 13:03 (fourteen years ago) link