but then im with some other people later in the week and we need another recommendation.
― gareth (gareth), Monday, 27 January 2003 17:25 (twenty-one years ago) link
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― Sarah (starry), Monday, 27 January 2003 18:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
They recommend the place you mention sarah
― Alan (Alan), Monday, 27 January 2003 18:19 (twenty-one years ago) link
sushi-say is like 15mins walk from my house...
― toby (tsg20), Monday, 27 January 2003 18:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
― gareth (gareth), Thursday, 6 February 2003 13:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
Sarah, sushi-say is fantastic, and the chef thre is very very cool.
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― Tag, Thursday, 6 February 2003 13:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
I've heard far too many stories about Pollo ever to go back there, which is a shame as I used to like it.
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― suzy (suzy), Friday, 7 February 2003 14:10 (twenty-one years ago) link
How is Cafe Grove? Has anyone tried Viet Hoa? What about Goddards Ye Olde Pie Shop?
― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 21 August 2003 04:17 (twenty years ago) link
Viet Hoa is very reliable (and popular) but since the opening of about a dozen Vietnamese restaurants next to it, of course there are one or two of these that are better than Viet Hoa, like Song Que a few blocks up and the Viet community centre on the Dalston end of Englefield Road.
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― charltonlido (gareth), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 13:10 (eighteen years ago) link
*ok, i don't eat sushi, but i like loads of their food.
― colette (a2lette), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 13:12 (eighteen years ago) link
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― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 12 May 2005 18:49 (eighteen years ago) link
so, when should we FAH? (fancy a hana?)
― colette (a2lette), Thursday, 12 May 2005 20:11 (eighteen years ago) link
Apparently the little bay is meant to be really good, but I've not been in. I've also heard that the quality chophouse has gone downhill.
Moro on exmouth market is absolutely fantastic, if a little pricey, but the service in Sofra, the turkish place, is absolutely dire. We didn't even wait to order, having seen everyone else suffering while we waited 10-15 mins without a waiter coming near us. They even tried to give us someone elses starter!
― Porkpie (porkpie), Thursday, 12 May 2005 21:17 (eighteen years ago) link
London def needs some cheap sushi although given how expensive even normal restaurants are, is there any hope for that?
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 12 May 2005 21:24 (eighteen years ago) link
Fizzles, I did consult a regional policeman & he says: Hope and Anchor is your only man
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Thursday, 25 January 2024 10:27 (two months ago) link
Anchor and Hope, even
Gyac’s right, Elliot’s is good, though the times I’ve been there it’s always worked out to be more expensive than I expected. More or less next door to that is Rambutan, a somewhat fancy Sri Lankan place - I’ve only been once but I thought it was genuinely excellent. If Bermondsey Street is on the agenda, consider Casse-Croûte, a pleasingly trad French place. Similar distance in the other direction is the Anchor and Hope of course, can’t go wrong there.
― Tim, Thursday, 25 January 2024 10:28 (two months ago) link
Haha XP, I do like agreeing with gyac
― Tim, Thursday, 25 January 2024 10:29 (two months ago) link
excellent stuff, thanks everyone. Anchor and Hope was on my mind and is a really good shout.
And good question about 'high end' - she doesn't want me taking her out somewhere expensive basically. BUT also she is a massive snob and annoyingly fastidious.
Will check out Elliot's and Rambutan - thanks Tim. I was wondering whether to head down to 40 Maltby Street - never been to Casse-Croute.
lol bob six - i kind of know what they mean tbh! (tho Ginger Pig in any forms is a marvellous thing, as gyac says).
At the very least this is giving me a very good list of places to go not with my mum.
― Fizzles, Thursday, 25 January 2024 10:37 (two months ago) link
Love 40 Maltby St but it’s not terribly comfortable, think I’d have thought twice before taking my mother there. Of course there is no reason to assume Ma Fizzles would react like my mum.
― Tim, Thursday, 25 January 2024 10:42 (two months ago) link
Mater Fizzles is a massive shire Tory iirc so probably not
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Thursday, 25 January 2024 10:44 (two months ago) link
It is incredibly uncomfortable, and it's annoying because it's my favourite place to eat and drink. It's all elbows and stools. And why is the goddam bar so high? It would annoy her too.
― Fizzles, Thursday, 25 January 2024 16:02 (two months ago) link
Shire Tory not right tbh. East Anglian lower middle class protestant snobbery mutating into a sort of irritable hodge-podge of it's-nobody's-business liberalism, social conservatism (ie doesn't like people or says she doesn't, turns out she has a good time if she forgets this) and odd outcrops of socialism: fervent supporter of council housing, loathes the police, public transport and cycling infra stan. idk, when you get old you just accumulate a load of incompatible shit and become cranky i guess. would never happen to me ofc.
anyway *we get on* and like a gossip and as long as we steer clear of politics and don't get too twatted actually have a serviceable relationship, so i'll stick with that. Anchor and Hope booked up, unless we want to eat at 12:30. Tempting tho as I've been meaning to go for ages and it seems perfect.
― Fizzles, Thursday, 25 January 2024 16:08 (two months ago) link
Go to Elliott’s and get the cheesecake
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Thursday, 25 January 2024 17:17 (two months ago) link
it’s the leading option rn.
― Fizzles, Thursday, 25 January 2024 17:20 (two months ago) link
Anchor and Hope a great success. we had a lovely time. good atmosphere and drinks were all excellent. thanks everyone for seeing it over the line.
― Fizzles, Sunday, 28 January 2024 15:50 (two months ago) link
Really enjoyed the food at Honey & Co (Lamb's Conduit Street) last week. Had a sharing menu of mezze then a main and would have been happy with just the former, to be honest. Not as special as Ottolenghi, I don't think ... and felt a bit squeezed in to the venue but would still recommend. Had *bonus wine* across the road at Noble Rot (there's scope to have a relatively priced drink as much as a hideously expensive one). They had a set menu that seemed decent/highly reasonable (but wasn't vegetarian, so no good for me). Seemed a venue where people were happy to dip in for a glass of wine with their book.
― djh, Sunday, 28 January 2024 20:04 (two months ago) link