london restaurants

I was there with a friend who has food allergies, and he ended up just not eating at all.

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.

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

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.

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.

YES

yeah i want to go there.

can also recommend leong's legend, the new taiwanese place in chinatown. fried oysters wrapped in egg mmmmmm.

that sounds very good,

best bit is that I have left over chicken for lunch.

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.

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.

and it's pretty crazy that gourmet san got reviewed in the observer, i didnt think anyone knew abt that place

yeah shame on their dissing Bethnal Green road tho...back to Kensington with thee

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?

Serves me right:

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i134/dgoobl/thai.jpg

Busaba?

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.

Patara on Greek Street maybe?

Gave up and booked at Haozhan in Chinatown. Thanks though.

Yay, Haozhan is outstanding. Good pick.

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

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...

you could go along to spitalfields + go to st john bread + wine, which has the same sort of food as rochelle canteen?

want something a bit less pricy than that, ideally...

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

i guess i want something a bit more casual too! though i've never done lunch @ st john...

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.

(prob my fav place to eat in london)

(obv i meant comparing it to the st john in smithfield)

oh yeah i know how great it is! been for dinner there many a time

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.

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?

is s+m cafe still there?

last visit to s+m (in angel) was disappointed to find a new gourmet burger-like aesthetic, poorer sausage selection.

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.

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.

E Pellici is also listed, FWIW.

what's a good spot for a valentine's day dinner in London with my boyfriend? the date approaches and we're going to be in London that week- I'd like to make a reservation but I bet things are getting fully booked right about now . . .

we eat anything, no dietary restrictions, and we're willing to be a bit spend-y since it is Valentine's day and all . . . come on people!

http://www.stjohnrestaurant.co.uk/
http://www.pasha-restaurant.co.uk/

http://www.deanstreettownhouse.com

http://www.momoresto.com/restaurant/london/momo/

worst night of the year to eat out...but Veeraswamy on Regent Street.

What's Veeraswamy like Bob? I mean, obviously you rate it, otherwise you wouldn't have recommended it (er, I hope), but I'd always kind of avoided it as being well past its heyday.

http://www.matsuri-restaurant.com/

http://www.moro.co.uk/moro/restaurant/default.asp

prob mad hard to get a table mind you...