Loki Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Thought I'd break this out into a new thread, as it'd be bloody useful and I know the Mods aren't very good at splitting threads...  I reckon there's a thread in this - good places to eat in London and environs. I was recommended an amazing Taiwanese place called Leong's Legend Continues, in Chinatown. Fucking great food, not that pricey and not somewhere you need to dress up for. Definitely recommend.  Found a great place near Oxford Circus tube station called the Cape Town Fish Market. Great food, great prices and something a little different to your usual steak and chips. Try the potjiekos - it's gorgeous.  We went there for my little sister's birthday, it's great. You can get a pretty decent deal there if you book it through Top Table.  Also, part of my current job is researching restaurants in London, and, in some cases, writing the odd review. There's a place call Flat Iron Steak in Soho which is awesome. Sorry for the shill, but here's hoping this helps (and any feedback on my writing wouldn't be bad, either):  What Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted January 22, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted January 22, 2013 Also, check out my mate's blog - he's been reviewing quite a few new places recently. His writing doesn't really go beyond basic description, but it gives you an idea of the quality and what to expect. Also, his pics are pretty good: Â Wilkes 888 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted January 22, 2013 Moderators Share Posted January 22, 2013 The best sushi I have had in London was at a place called Yashin in Kensington. Really amazing stuff. It's not cheap, but they do those assorted tasting plate type things for a decent price so you can try a bit of everything. Â It's a small restaurant so it's worth calling ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted January 22, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted January 22, 2013 Finding good sushi for a decent price is becoming increasingly more difficult in London, so thanks for the tip. The best sushi I've ever had was at Umu, a mega-elite place in Bond Street - a friend and I went there just to try as a one-off a few years ago, and it's exorbitant. Astoundingly great sushi and sashimi, but we ended up paying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scott Malbranque Posted January 22, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted January 22, 2013 Somebody please take advantage of the topic title and they fact sushi is mentioned... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted January 22, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted January 22, 2013 Somebody please take advantage of the topic title and they fact sushi is mentioned... Â Â By sheer dint of your post, you've done that. Â Â META AS FUCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Nexus Posted January 22, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted January 22, 2013 There's an awesome Mexican restaurant called Wahaca, serving Mexican street food. It has probably the friendliest staff I've ever been served by, and the food is delicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted January 22, 2013 Moderators Share Posted January 22, 2013 They've got quite a few branches these days. Quality control is pretty decent - It's still been very nice at every outlet I've been to. Their selection of tequilas has gone a little downhill though. Â Â Somebody please take advantage of the topic title and they fact sushi is mentioned... Â Right now on the main page, next to Off Topic it says: Â "Eating out Chest Rockwell" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted January 22, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted January 22, 2013 They've got quite a few branches these days. Quality control is pretty decent - It's still been very nice at every outlet I've been to. Their selection of tequilas has gone a little downhill though. Â Yeah, Wahaca and Chipotle have been buying up all the smaller chains around central London. Â If you want a great selection of tequila, then El Camion in Brewer St is a pretty cromulent place to go - their basement houses The Pink Chihuahua, a Mexican-themed cocktail bar run by Dick Bradsell, who apparently was the world's top cocktail barman/mixologist at one point. He runs this now in semi-retirement, and does an amazing rum-shack punch. Â They've got a really wide selection of drinks - cocktails, batidas, gringas, plus lots of tequilas - Ocho, Tapatio, Patron, Corralejo - of all types, including Ocho's esoteric curado (smoked) tequila. And, to top it off, they've got a pretty good line in mezcals as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathrey Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 I went to Wahaca last time I was in London, I enjoyed it, the food was good and they had a decent vegetarian selection for anyone who would want to know that. I tried cactus for the first time, it was interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted January 22, 2013 Moderators Share Posted January 22, 2013 On the topic of Mexican food.. A lot of Burritto places have been opening up in the last year or two. Good quick lunch food takeout places. I've made a point of trying every one that I've found and Poncho 8 are the best so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted January 22, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted January 22, 2013 Man, if only Pick More Daisies in Crouch End was still there, that place was the place. Â If you're after steak I recommend The Bountiful Cow in Holborn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted January 22, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted January 22, 2013 If you're after steak I recommend The Bountiful Cow in Holborn. Â What's it like, price-wise? And is there any particular cut you'd recommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted January 22, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted January 22, 2013 Price wise it could actually be better. You're looking at about twenty quid for a t-bone and chips. But, it is so far the best t-bone I've ever had. I've also had their rump, and that was about fifteen quid with chips, and again it was really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patiirc Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Theres a great pub in Euxton (The Plough) that has an exotic meat menu and you cook it yourself on a boiling hot stone slab. Only had it once but there was Wildboar, Springbok and Bison on it which I had. Many people have objections to eating veal but for me theres no greater taste than it being used in a Wienerschnitzel.  Nice, one of the people I work with went their for their birthday just after Xmas, said it was good, shall add it to the list. Having said that ,the amount of good food pubs around here is verging on the ridiculous anyway. Here is just a small selection  In no particular order :-  The Plough at Eaves, Woodplumpton  Ye Horns Inn  Three Fishes, Mitton  The Fence Gate Inn, Fence  The Parkers Arms, Newton in Bowland  The Inn at Whitewell, Whitewell  Three of the above made it into the independent 50 Best Country Pubs of 2012 in The Independent  Chuck in further places like The Hospital Inn, Bamber Bridge, The Derby Arms, Longridge, and The Clog and Billycock, Blackburn as well as others, truly spoilt around here!   Ill chuck this in the elsewhere as should have a place here   Also in London, can recommend Brixton Village Grill, in Brixton Village Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.