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Category Archives: Restaurants beyond E17
We found Kitty! Amazing Thai food
This post title won’t make sense to most people. But if you’ve been following this blog for a few years, then you might remember that way-back in September 2012 we posted about our search for Kitty She was the front of … Continue reading
Posted in Restaurants beyond E17
Tagged Penang curry, Purple Thai, South Woodford, Thai, Thai curry, Thai restaurant, Thai Street E18
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Peruvian adventures in Seven Sisters
If this weather has you dreaming of hot sunshine and tropical beaches, instead of booking the first flight to Rio, jump on the tube to Seven Sisters at the weekend for a taste of Latino life. Directly outside the … Continue reading
St Gabriel Ethiopian Delicatessen, Finsbury Park
It’s January – so you’re likely to be skint and promising yourself that you’ll be healthy, vegan, and off the booze for a month. So I’ll let you into a secret – our favourite Ethiopian cafe, not too far away, … Continue reading
Top 5 Favourites: Liverpool
We stayed in Liverpool for a few days recently and enjoyed exploring the foodie scene. Here’s our Top 5 Recommends: 1 – for Coffee: The whole Third Wave, designer coffee shop culture is hitting Liverpool right now, meaning better coffee and … Continue reading
Posted in Foodie Travels, Restaurants beyond E17
Tagged Bakchich, Baltic Bakehouse, Bold Street Coffee, Cafes in Liverpool, East Avenue Bakehouse, Leaf, Liverpool, Maray, Moose Coffee, Mowgli Street Food, Neon Jamon tapas, Petit Parle, restaurants in Liverpool, Roja Pinchos, Sanskruti
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New opening: Tuyo, Broadway Market, Hackney
Tuyo is a sunny, bright and airy Mediterranean restaurant with an Eastern slant. It opened in July just by the canal on Broadway Market in Hackney. We read the early reviews and excitedly booked a table, and after wandering the food stalls of Netil Market … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadway Market, Hackney, Mediterranean, Ricardo Pimental, Salt Yard, Spain, Turkey, Tuyo
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Farang – get there quick!
We stumbled across Farang during a weekend walk from Finsbury Park to Highbury, and after drooling over the menu we booked a table for Sunday lunch. This was a good move – they’re currently serving some of the best Thai food in … Continue reading
Posted in Restaurants beyond E17, Streetfood, Supperclub
Tagged Chilli Jaew, Farang, Highbury, Miang Bite, Nham Prik Ong, pop-up, San Daniele, Seb Holmes, Thai
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Bombetta – a little flavour explosion in Snaresbrook
Newly opened in August 2016 right next to Snaresbrook tube station Bombetta is already popular with critics, locals and foodies. Their Puglian small plates are pretty special. We booked for a Saturday lunchtime and the restaurant was packed, with only the counter running alongside the kitchen left for … Continue reading
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Tagged Bombetta, bombette, Italian, Meatball, Puglian, Snaresbrook, Wanstead
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Mora – a local Sardinian love affair
True love was declared on a Saturday afternoon in Leytonstone. The object of affection is the Sardinian restaurant Mora situated just past Leytonstone Overground and the fantastically good Thai restaurant Singburi. I was a little disappointed that this announcement of … Continue reading
Posted in Foodie Travels, Restaurants beyond E17
Tagged black truffles, homemade, Italian, Leytonstone, Mora, Pasta, Sardinian
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Little Saigon – Leytonstone
At the Green Man end of Leytonstone High Road, amongst the delights of Matalan, Wetherspoons and McDonalds, there are some great new foodie places including the Wild Goose Bakery for a delicious brunch, All You Read is Love – Danish … Continue reading
Posted in Foodie Finds, Restaurants beyond E17
Tagged Banh xeo, Leytonstone, Little Saigon, pho, Vietnamese
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Foodie Heroes – lunch with Claudia Roden & Jose Pizarro
One of the first cook books we ever bought was a battered, old copy from Oxfam of Claudia Roden’s, ‘A New Book of Middle Eastern Food’. Published in 1968, it changed the way we ate in Britain by introducing humous, … Continue reading
A whirlwind of restaurants
Recently life has felt like being caught-up in a whirlwind – we’ve been battered and blown along, and in the process eaten out far too many times, breakfast, lunch and dinner. So here’s a quick snapshot from our tour … Continue reading
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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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
Posted in Cafes, Restaurants beyond E17
Tagged Beef Rendang, Deeney's, Deeney's Cafe, Leyton, Masak, Masak Malaysian Kitchen, Nasi Lemak, Roti Chanai, Roti King
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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
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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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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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
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
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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Mussel Men Sunday seafood roast
This is my kind of Sunday Roast; when the sun is shining and the seaside is calling, Mussel Men in Dalston is the place to eat bucket loads of seafood. Mussel Men offer a short menu – focusing on what … Continue reading
Lithuanian Zeppelin dumplings
A trip to Lituanica, the Lithuanian supermarket on the High Street this week led to lunch… usually we only stay for a coffee and one of their amazing curd doughnuts. Today I decided to try Cepelinai, the Lithuanian dumplings named … Continue reading
Posted in Foodie Travels, Restaurants beyond E17, Shopping in E17
Tagged Cepelinai, Lithuanian, Lituanica, Zeppelin
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Rotorino – an Italian night out in Dalston
In a converted old bank on Kingsland Road, Dalston is Stevie Parle’s new East London restaurant. It’s only been open since mid-April but already seems to have developed quite a following. Stevie was the youngest ever chef at The River … Continue reading
Sumo Fresh – Japanese restaurant & bar, Wanstead
Eating in Satsuma in Soho many years ago, I was introduced to Japanese food and boy was that an experience! I learned the hard way (crying, coughing and spluttering) that the green lump of plasticine in my Bento box was … Continue reading
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Tagged Japanese restaurant, Katsu curry, Sumo Fresh, Sushi, Wanstead
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Tayyab’s restaurant – Whitechapel E1
We’ve been saying for ages how much we love Tayyab’s restaurant in Whitechapel. This is our favourite place for tandoori meat grills and we’ve been visiting for years, ever since we first moved to East London. But every time we … Continue reading
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Tagged chicken tikka, Curry, East London, Mutton tikka, tandoori, tandoori mixed grill, Tayyab, Tayyabs, Whitechapel
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Singburi Thai Cafe – authentic Thai food in Leytonstone
This week we needed a place to eat in Leytonstone on Friday night as we had tickets to watch a friend ‘s performance in Pygmalion with the Woodhouse Players. A quick google search led us to Singburi (Royal) Thai Cafe. … Continue reading
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Tagged Authentic thai, BYOB, Clam, Leytonstone, Sing Buri, Squid, Thai cuisine
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A find in Leyton – Chinese food in Leyton, Woo Lot
So there we were, hungry and annoyed having just walked down to Bakers Arms one afternoon with the aim of trying out an Indian restaurant which turned out to be firmly closed. We wandered around getting increasingly dismayed at the … Continue reading
Zahraa – new Indian restaurant in Chingford
We never go to Chingford. It is 10 to 15 minutes drive or bus journey away yet we never go there, how ridiculous is that? We’re still confused by the difference between Chingford Mount, Hatch and North – and I thought … Continue reading
Istrian traditional dishes – eating out in Pula and beyond
With its Italian, Venetian and Austro-Hungarian influences, Istrian food has rich culinary traditions which are passed down through each generation. Istria, in the north of Croatia, is already hailed as the new Tuscany for foodie travellers. With a bit of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bistro Odisej, Blitva, Cevapici, Croatia, Fazana, Istria, Kantina, Konoba Da Baston, Konoba Feral, Konoba Ferala, Konoba Vasianum, Orfej, Pizzeria Jupiter, Prsut, Pula, Rovinj, Skampi buzarra, truffle
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Gastropub – The Clapton Hart, Clapton, E5
It’s Easter – and it’s snowing! What is going on? We decided to set off for a walk across the marshes just to get out of the house. We explored through Winns Avenue, along Forest Road and down towards Tottenham Hale intent … Continue reading
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Tagged Clapton Hart, Clapton Pond, Easter, Lea Valley, Lower Clapton, Sunday, Sunday roast, Walthamstow Marshes
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Dead Dolls Club – certainly alive and kicking
You know when you really want to go to a new place in London but deep down you realise that ‘you ain’t getting in’, well that seemed to be the case for all my potential birthday choices last week. John … Continue reading
The Pig & Butcher – Islington
Is someone playing with the weather thermostat? It’s snowing in March when the daffodils are telling me its Spring! But it was one of the foodies birthday this week so we braved the icy weather and headed to Liverpool Road, Islington for a night … Continue reading
Posted in Pubs, Restaurants beyond E17
Tagged Butchers, Gastropub, Islington, Old Spot pork, Pig & Butcher, Rarebreed, restaurants
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Il Guscio – pizza restaurant in Clapton E5
We went exploring this weekend outside of the Stow (which meant we felt disloyal so we just had to lunch at the Ye Olde Rose and Crown yesterday). Booked a table at a restaurant I had seen a few times called Parioli, but we … Continue reading
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Tagged E5, Il Guscio, Italian sausage, Lower Clapton, Meat, Parioli, pizza, Sausage
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Friday night burgers
I don’t really know how it happened, but I ended up on Friday night in Westfield Stratford. Not being a lover of escalators or crowds this was not my idea of fun. I was on a quest – the other foodie had asked … Continue reading
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Tagged Beef, burgers, camel, greedy cow, hereford beef, john lewis, kangaroo, kobi beef, Meat, mile end, ravioli cutters, Steak, wagyu, wild boar
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Happy holiday memories – Fish (psari) a la Spetsiota
I remember it clearly. It was dark, quiet and no-one spoke. Six tourists had finally arrived at Kosta – a tiny village on the Greek mainland on our way to the sun-kissed island of Spetses, one of the Greek Saronic … Continue reading
East African food affair
About ten years ago we went to Zigni House restaurant following a Timeout magazine recommendation, never having tried East African food before. Spicy, unheard of exotic dishes were scooped up with the staple injera bread with its soft, spongy texture … Continue reading
Posted in Recipes, Restaurants beyond E17, Restaurants in E17
Tagged Dhal, East Africa, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Injera, Kik Alicha, Kitfo, Soups and Stews, Yellow split pea
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