Where should I eat in London?

[luka]

thank you mate im pretty sure there isnt anywhere tho. ive looked into it. unless theres some obscure place in an outer suburb.

i also want to know whats good in se london. like for example, are any of the vietnamese places in deptford good?

 

[HMGovt’s Glorious Return!]

thank you mate im pretty sure there isnt anywhere tho. ive looked into it. unless theres some obscure place in an outer suburb.

OK, Jakarta in Colindale comes recommended, as does Nusa Dua in Dean Street, which you no doubt know about.

I miss Oriental City in Colindale, had the best sushi I've had anywhere at Noto in there.

 

[luka]

sweet... ive always wanted a reason to go colindale

 

[luka]

was oriental city like a giant indoor market with hundreds of food vendors inside? i really like those places and always wondered why london doesnt have them.

 

[HMGovt’s Glorious Return!]

was oriental city like a giant indoor market with hundreds of food vendors inside? i really like those places and always wondered why london doesnt have them.

It was - a big supermarket, food hall with Noto, amusement arcade, Japanese bookshop, all sorts. Durian sellers outside presumably because they weren't permitted inside. It was always busy too. I think it's a Morrisons now, last time i went must have been 8 or 9 years ago.

Wikipedia says there's something similar in Wembley now.

 

[luka]

http://thefoodpornographer.com/2013/05/food-alley-auckland/

We need this now

 

[luka]

There's a few places on lee st in Lewisham I want to try. Might dedicate a week to it

 

[luka]

I'm starting today hopefully this place is a winner

 

[luka]

Enjoyed China China on Lee st. I recommend it if you need food in Lewisham

 

[luka]

It also seems to be called taste Inn.
80 lee st http://tasteinn.co.uk/

 

[paulynch0]

Do you mean Lee high rd? There's a really good Turkish place in Lewisham called levante pide, the Italian deli on that road is really good too.

 

[luka]

No, but a new ambitious Italian has jusy opened there. I want to try levante though.
There's an Italian deli and a turkish deli there.

 

[luka]

There's a. Pair of bongos for £20 in scope there too which I almost bought, before thinking of the neighbours

 

[luka]

I mean yeah I mean lee high rd but not the rd you mean

 

[luka]

How do you feel about whitey muscling in on ethnic specialties? dom and ollie's bahn mi cart?
Luke and wills burrito shack etc
(burrito a bad example but..)

 

[luka]

Obviously Ive mapped out all the arguments in my head already I just wonder what the consensus is

 

[luka]

I was in Peckham for the first time in years on the weekend and going there and seeing choumert rd bought up similar questions, old boring questions but still...

 

[Slothrop]

Mostly only a problem if people are thick enough to think that pulled pork banh mi in a brioche bun is the be-all and end-all of banh mi. But then, people probably are that thick. I saw a food trends thing in the Observer the other day that was getting excited about "posh kebabs" for 2015 and the fact that someone in Clerkenwell is doing them now so they aren't just late-night e-coli vectors any more.

 

[Mr. Tea]

God, the idea of "posh kebabs" makes me cringe - assuming that by "posh" they mean "good enough to eat sober and probably not going to give you the galloping shits", as opposed to "served on a silver platter with a glass of Chateau Latour grand cru by a waiter dressed like a Victorian butler". Good kebabs have been available from Turkish and Kurdish-Turkish places all over NE London since forever, as long you know what to order, and no-one thought to call them "posh".

 

[Mr. Tea]

Also, anyone else seen this yet: "foodie tours" of Brixton market at 70 squid a pop.