Happy New Year to You All ^_^ My 2012 started with a cancelled holiday, a lukewarm winter, a depressingly lukewarm washer-dryer, a cat that shuns me and no bloody decent restaurant opened during those festive days. No resolutions. Not too much to look forward to in 2012, apart from the grand opening of Pitt Cue …
A leaflet was dropped in my mailbox informing of the new-ish, fast-food-ish Lebanese grub clustered with MacDonald’s and English Language Schools near Holborn tube station, Hiba Express. Drenched in weekend laziness and feeling not bothered enough to pay a re-visit to Edgware Road, I went.. Hiba Express isn’t Beirut Express (which I love to death!!)… …
Right the title speaks for itself and I shall not ramble. There you go – all the cheap ones I have recently come across in and around Soho. MD SANDWICH Canape-looking open-top “German” sandwiches priced at £1 per piece. Handsome toppings on soft white bread. All made at the premise. While one quid won’t get …
There is a good reason why one would travel as far north as Dalston to Mangal II. I came across a drunk man unleashing his pole-dancing talent on a busy street; I saw fresh seabass and king prawns being sold on that same street; but these were not the reason. Was it the ocakbasi-style restaurant …
In this 21st century, Britons and the immigrants seem to agree that kebab is the new chips. Despite its popularity, it is not always easy to tell where your dose of kebab originate from. There is, surely, a cross over of origins – India, Central Asia, Iran, Lebanon, etc. – which, if you do not …
UPDATED 7 JUNE 2011 The best Shawarma wrap in London.. Somebody told me this. I was first taken to Beirut Express by my other bib. I didn’t do cheap caff-like restaurants back then. But, as it happened, I was thrilled by the offering at this unassuming Lebanese eatery. The theatricality is unmissable. Tons of rotating …