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Gökyüzü Chingford – Turkish restaurant
We love Turkish food, however on a cold, dreary Monday night as we pulled the car off the roaring North Circular into a dark, pot-holed carpark, one of the Walthamstowfoodies expressed concerns that we were going to be the … Continue reading
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Tagged Chingford, Dinosaur Crazy Golf, e17, Gokyuzu, Kebab, Turkey, turkish, Walthamstow
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Diwana Bhel Poori House, Euston
The Diwana Bhel Poori House restaurant on Drummond Street in Euston is an Indian institution, loved by locals, tourists, vegetarians and bargain seeking students and cheap-eaters. It’s been years since I last visited, but a couple of weeks ago I … Continue reading
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Tagged cheap, Diwana, Diwana Bhel Poori House, Dosa, Euston, indian, Restaurants Euston
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E17 Cook Book Club
The E17 Cook Book Club is a foodie social evening, everyone brings some food to share and their cook book inspiration (plus a £3 contribution to cover costs). We eat, talk and have fun. The themes, chefs and recipe … Continue reading
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Wok a week! A visit to Hoo Hing & new cookbook from Ching-He Huang
It’s been a funny old week with a Chinese theme. It started with a Stow-at-home day on Tuesday when we decided to try out the restaurant in the Hoo Hing Chinese supermarket hidden on a trading estate in Leyton. Maybe … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinese supermarket, Ching-He Huang, Hoo Hing, Tofu & Kale stir fry
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Sodo Pizza Cafe E17
We usually wait until a new restaurant has gone through their teething problems before we step over their newly polished door step. But we threw out the rule book when it came to Sodo Pizza Cafe who opened on Friday, … Continue reading
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Tagged Hatherley Mews, pizza, Sodo pizza cafe, Sourdough, Walthamstow
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E17 Cook Book Club goes monthly!
We have some very exciting news about this year’s E17 Cook Book Club. We are going monthly! The last Wednesday of every month to be precise – starting February – not the next one which remains on 20 January. Last … Continue reading
And now the other end of the market – St James’ Street food stalls
After writing all about the changes on Hoe Street, this week I took a walk down the market to St James’ street and discovered some exciting foodie stalls I can’t wait to check out. It was too early for lunch … Continue reading
Posted in Markets, Shopping in E17, Streetfood
Tagged Husvagn, St James' Street, street food
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The changing face of Hoe Street E17
Hoe Street has for a long time been a bleak, bus-choked thoroughfare, famous for a disused cinema and numerous estate agents, Algerian coffee shops, indistinguishable fried chicken shops, working men’s clubs, hairdressers, tattoo shops and Turkish supermarkets. It’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Foodie Travels, Shopping in E17
Tagged Aura Rosa, Clapton Craft, EMD cinema, Hermanos Mexicanos, hoe street, Marvel and Maud, Mirth, No 70, Saw Chocolate, Sodo Pizza, Yum Yum Thai
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Baby it’s cold outside! … quick Thai sausage stir-fry
When it’s cold, wet and dark outside it’s time for comfort food, the stuff that warms you up with a big foodie hug. And for me that means chilli and sausages! So a trip to Parsons butchers lead to this … Continue reading
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E17 Cook Book Club – It’s Christmas!
The concept for the E17 Cook Book Club is simple: it’s a foodie social evening, everyone brings some food to share and their cook book inspiration (plus a £2 contribution to cover costs). The themes, chefs and recipe books change … Continue reading
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Two new openings in Leyton – Masak Malaysian Kitchen & Deeney’s Cafe
After being held under house arrest by a college assignment that seemed to take over our lives and dining room table for the past few weeks, we escaped into the sunshine today. A walk was in order so we set … Continue reading
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Tagged Beef Rendang, Deeney's, Deeney's Cafe, Leyton, Masak, Masak Malaysian Kitchen, Nasi Lemak, Roti Chanai, Roti King
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Yakamoz, new Turkish restaurant, E17
***UPDATE – NOW CLOSED: MARCH 2017*** Yakamoz is a Turkish word with no English equivalent, meaning something like ‘the reflection of the moon on water, the ocean or the sea’ and was once voted the most beautiful word in the … Continue reading
Do we want to be the next Brixton?
I went to Brixton this week for the first time in over a year and couldn’t believe how fast the place has changed. Brixton is racing through it’s gentrification, as shops, market halls and houses are redeveloped, bringing increasingly affluent folk to this once dilapidated urban area. There’s the cafes and … Continue reading
Tenerifan tapas – Papas Arrugadas and Mojo sauces
‘Papas Arrugadas’ are small, salty, wrinkled Canarian potatoes in their skins. Along with the red spicy pepper and milder green coriander mojo sauces they are served across the Canary Islands with meat and fish dishes or as tapas. Traditionally the … Continue reading
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Tagged Canarian potatoes, Mojo Rojo, Mojo Verde, Papas Arrugadas, Tenerife, Wrinkly potatoes
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Grillstock Festival E17
We were gutted to miss the Grillstock festival, but a hol in Tenerife compensated well! So we sent along our guest foodie writer Raz Ahasan who describes himself as ‘friend of the foodies & native east Londoner, enjoying what’s to … Continue reading
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Tagged BBQ and music festival, Grillstock, Grillstock Festival
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Best Sunday Lunch – our favourite places in and around E17
A classic British Sunday roast is one of our favourite meals of the week – it’s comforting and satisfying and marks out the weekend as special. And this must be a shared passion as it’s such a frequent search on … Continue reading
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Tagged Beef, Eat17, hornbeam cafe, Marmelo Kitchen, Mussel Men, roast, rose and crown pub, Sunday, Sunday roast, The Bell, The Castle, Walthamstow
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Wild Walthamstow Jam
We love foraging – or “scrumping” as a friend still calls it. Free food, endless recipe possibilities, a chance of food poisoning if you get it wrong and the reminiscent childhood thrill of adventure! I’ve always got a carrier bag … Continue reading
Posted in Foodie Finds, Recipes
Tagged apples and pears, blackberries, Foraging, fruit spread, jam making, wild jam
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Ezo Gelin Corbasi – Turkish red lentil soup
Today was supposed to be the E17 Cook Book Club summer picnic – cue torrential rain! So a quick Plan B re-think led to an indoor get together and suddenly a warming lentil soup seemed more appropriate than cucumber sandwiches. … Continue reading
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Tagged cheap, Ezo Gelin soup, Lentil, Red lentil soup, Turkish lentil soup
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Salvation in Noodles – Vietnamese in Finsbury Park
We were definitely NOT eating out this week after a whole weekend of indulging in street food at the Walthamstow Garden Party. But then it was Monday evening and after a virtuous swim outdoors in Covent Garden, we somehow really … Continue reading
Slovak foodie surprises – Bratislava & Piestany
It certainly didn’t start well. The flight was delayed, our hotel room wasn’t ready when we arrived in Bratislava and we found the whole of the old town was swamped by riot police and anti-capatalist protesters, then to top it … Continue reading
Copita del mercado, Petticoat Lane
I’ve been walking past this place for a few months on my way home from work. There’s a whole bunch of restaurants and quirky shops opening up in this area. On a whim I decided to book a table for … Continue reading
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Tagged Copita, Copita del mercado, Petticoat Lane market, Shoreditch, Spanish, tapas, Wentworth Street
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Fancy a burger?
A good burger has to be a lip-smacking, sticky fingered, messy-plated feast. If you’re not wearing it, you’re not enjoying it. So we had a good time pulling together this post – it wasn’t a hardship! We’ve listed our favourites, … Continue reading
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Tagged Burgers E10, Burgers E17, Eat 17, Le Delice, Proper Burger, The Bell, The Castle, Turtle Bay
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Village Kitchen Restaurant, E17
Do you have days in the week that if you don’t prepare ahead for, you’ll never eat? Well Wednesday and Thursday are those days for us. We often have something quick late at night, but if we are ahead of … Continue reading
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Tagged Sunday Lunch, Sunday roast, The village e17, Village Kitchen, VK, Walthamstow
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Moroccan-style spiced preserved tangerines
Tangerines, satsumas, mandarins, clementines… boxes of these little oranges look so beautiful when they arrive in the Turkish supermarkets. We bought a whole box recently, but after eating a handful every day for lunch we were beginning to tire of … Continue reading
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Tagged Moroccan, oranges, preserved lemons, preserved tangerines, spiced tangerines, tagines, tangerines
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For the love of tea
I drink a lot of tea, mainly the herbal variety. I stopped drinking alcohol well over a year ago so I’m always on the lookout for interesting and flavoursome drinks. Chai tea was a recent revelation as was Tamarind sherbet. … Continue reading
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Tagged Dalston, Indulgence, Kandula, Massis Tea, Redemption, Route, Tea Huggers
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Roasted red grape chutney
I don’t know why, but every time I walk past the Turkish supermarkets I seem to be drawn in to buy a big bunch of grapes. Despite the protests of the other foodie, I promise to definitely eat them this … Continue reading
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Tagged cheese, grape chutney, old grapes, red grapes, roasted grapes, roasted red grape chutney
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Froth & Rind – cheese and beer in the village
We’re really happy that a particularly sexy combo of artisan cheese and craft beer – East London Cheese Board and E17 Tap Rooms got together to offer another new shop to the people of the Stow – Froth & Rind. … Continue reading
Birthday Banana Bread – let’s see how this turns out!
I’ve never tried to bake a banana bread before – so maybe experimenting whilst needing to create a birthday cake wasn’t the best idea! After a lovely slice at Wynwood Art District cafe last weekend, I was inspired by some … Continue reading
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Yoghurt waffles
Do you have a cupboard full of kitchen gadgets? We do – the rice cooker, slow cooker, pressure cooker, deep fat fryer, juicer, whisk, blender… this Christmas we got an electronic waffle-maker too. We tried it out straight away but … Continue reading
Lazeez Lebanese Tapas – Marylebone
Just around the corner from Selfridges is Lazeez Tapas, a quiet place to grab a drink and some authentic Lebanese street food after a day of shopping on Oxford Street. Lazeez Tapas is set over two floors with a large … Continue reading
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Tagged Lazeez Tapas, Lebanese Tapas, Meze, Oxford Street, Selfridges
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Turtle Bay – Walthamstow
Turtle Bay, is the newly opened Caribbean restaurant and bar loudly dominating the corner site of The Scene cinema complex, at the top of Walthamstow’s High Street. Interestingly the owner of Turtle Bay is Ajith Jayawickrema, also the founder of … Continue reading
Dabbous – Whitfield Street, London
Dabbous, in central London, launched in 2012 to rave reviews. It was quickly impossible to get a table, with a year-long waiting list, especially after winning it’s first Michelin star in 2013. But it’s not about formal fine dining; the … Continue reading
Hipster hangouts – the changing food scene in Palma de Mallorca
Palma, the capital city of the Spanish island of Mallorca has changed over recent years and eating out now has become an amazing culinary experience which really took us by surprise. There’s a tidal wave of Peruvian ceviche, Japanese fusion … Continue reading
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Tagged Bros, Can Trispol, Cristal Bread, Fibonacci, hipster, Hostal Cuba, La Molienda, llonguets, Majorca, Mallorca, Palma, Pep lemonade, Santa Catalina, The Room, Toque de Queda
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E17 Cook Book Club – 28 January, Spanish theme
Our next E17 Cook Book Club get-together will be on 28 January 2015, 8pm in the back room at The Bell, 617 Forest Road, E17 4 NE. The concept for the Cook Book Club is simple: it’s a foodie social … Continue reading
Last minute Christmas food shopping in the Stow
I love to be organised, so you’d think that all our Christmas food shopping would be in hand. Well it’s not. I’ve just started a new job and seem to be spending a lot of time travelling up and down … Continue reading
Pizza Express – Walthamstow
We’ve watched ‘The Scene’ cinema complex develop over the past 15 years on the corner of High Street and Hoe Street, Walthamstow. A WW2 flying bomb first cleared the area in 1944, then the derelict 1960’s concrete arcade was demolished … Continue reading
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Tagged Mare Rosa pizza, Peppes Pizza, Pizza Express, Pizza Express Walthamstow, Sodo
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Tassili – Algerian cafe on Hoe Street
*Revision – Tassili was awarded a one star score by the Food Standards Agency in November 2014, previously when we visited they had a three score. Original post below. It’s not a glamorous location – sandwiched between a barbers and … Continue reading
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Tagged Algerian cafe, hoe street, Tassili
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E17 Cook Book Club
Ever since I heard about Thane Prince’s Cook Book Club in Islington, I thought it was a great idea. Being a bit shy I had put off attending and I wasn’t sure about taking food to complete strangers for their … Continue reading
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Tagged Bygga Bo, Cook Book, Cook Book Club, cook books, E17 Cook Book Club, Thane Prince
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North Gran Canaria restaurants – a different flavour
Eating-out in northern Gran Canaria is different in many ways to the south of the island. The southern resorts with their beautiful beaches, shopping centres, hotels, holiday villages, marinas, bars & restaurants are tourist-focussed. Although we found some authentic Canarian … Continue reading
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Tagged Aji, El Apartmento, Gofio, Kano 31, La Bikana Cantina, La Dispensa, La Marea, Limon y Canela, Panaria, Piscos y Buches, Terraza El Puertillo, Xokolat
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Our favourite restaurants in Gran Canaria – the south of the island
With 350 days of sunshine a year, an average temperature of 28 C, budget flights from the UK and plenty of self catering accommodation – Gran Canaria ticked all the boxes for our late October holiday. It is one of … Continue reading
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Tagged A Gaudi, A. Gaudi by Patrick Hartl, Arguineguin, Bravo Cocina, Cacoa, Cofradia Pescadores de Arguineguin, gluten-free, Gran Canaria, ice cream, Los Jose's La Tapita, Maspalomas, Patrick Hartl, Piccola Italia, Pizzissima, Playa del Ingles, restaurants in South Gran Canaria, San Agustin, San Fernando
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The Culpeper – Spitalfields E1
Next to the magnificent Toynbee Hall, on a busy corner of Petticoat Lane and Commercial Street, The Culpeper is a recent refurbishment of an old East End Spitalfields boozer. It’s now a brasserie style gastropub with stripped back oak doors, … Continue reading
Windfall Green Tomato Chutney
Our lovely neighbour dropped off a whole shoebox of green tomatoes, meaning only one thing – windfall chutney! For years my mum has made green tomato chutney in a bid to use up the last fruit on the vines from … Continue reading
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Tagged apples, chillies, chutney, glut, green tomato chutney, green tomatoes, windfall
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Coffee & cakes in E17
We have our old-favourite coffee shops, the new ones that we just love and those that we just occasionally pop into for a quick takeaway coffee before jumping on the tube. So after lots of difficult reseach & tasting, we … Continue reading
Posted in Cafes, Restaurants in E17, Shopping in E17, Takeaways
Tagged 56 St James, almond eclairs, Auro Rosa cakes, bakery, baklava, Bygga Bo, Cafe Bonito, cakes, cappuccino, churros, coffee, deja vu, deli, e17, Gözleme, Golden Rustic Deli, L'Hirondelle, Le Delice, macaroons, Mother's Ruin Gin Factory, Niyazi Usta, Oasis, pretzels, Tierra Madre, Walthamstow, Windmill
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It’s raining cakes!
We arrived home one evening this week soaked to the skin – squelching sandals and soggy T-shirts and jeans. What happened to the summer sunshine? So – time to bake a comforting ‘cheer-me-up’ cake. A quick raid of the fridge … Continue reading
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Tagged Cake, egg-free, egg-free cake, Yoghurt, yogurt & blueberry cake
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The Ferry Boat Inn – Tottenham Hale, N17
Like lots of Walthamstowers, one of the foodies was caught out on Friday night by the tube disruption and was forced to do the long walk home across the reservoirs from Tottenham Hale. But this reminded us that we’ve been meaning to … Continue reading
Bygga Bo – Scandinavian cafe
We love Bygga Bo (meaning ‘to make a nest’) – how did we live without it? We waited months for it to open, and when it did we were there! It’s in an old hairdresser’s shop just near The Bell. The décor … Continue reading
Sodo – Sourdough pizza cafe
Fancy an amazing pizza this weekend? Get yourself to Sodo in Clapton or in the George & Vulture pub in Hoxton (they have a branch in Honor Oak Park – but that’s south of the river!). We went to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Burrata, Clapton, George & Vulture, growing communities, Hoxton, Nduja, Picco Salumi, pizza, pizza cafe, Sodo, Sourdough
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