(643 Hudson St, Meat Packing)
Wow. Mind-blowingly good.
Chicken Wings
Crispy Pork
Nasi Lemak
Rendang
Fatty Duck
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Saturday, January 20, 2007
London recap
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Quick roundup of memorable London meals:
*** Arirang Korean Restaurant (31-32 Poland Street, Soho)
*amazing* stuff. bi bim neng myun (spicy cold noodles with cold meat and hard-boiled egg) was, as always, gorgeous. worth the pain. the pork bbq was fantastic. kim chi jigae was spicy and awesome.
* Busaba (Thai, 22 Store Street, British Museum)
crowded hipster Thai. it was fine. good, even. but not that memorable. mussaman duck, pad thai, and roti. fairly cheap, better than my neighborhood joints, but not terrific.
***New Tayyabs (Pakistani, 83 Fieldgate Street, Hoxton)
wowzers. those pakistanis really know how to torture. all the anglos were weeping -- the air was thick like mace with burning spices. the food, just as hot, was so good you couldn't stop eating it. lamb chops on the bone were heavenly. keema naan, so moist. arrive early to beat the queue (which was huge by the time we left). I don't recall the vegge dish being memorable, but I could be wrong. (channa? I can't even recall.) Service was insanely fast, sloppy, and the food was served from vats that you pass on the way to the bathroom. Must return. Bring alchohol.
**Masala Zone (Indian, 9 Marshall St, Soho)
Two big ol' thalis - the first, goa prawn curry, definitely worth eating. the second, chicken mangalore, worth returning time and time again for. loved it. the paratha is so buttery it's like eating a piece of godliness.
Belgo Noord (Belgian, 72 Chalk Farm Road, Camden)
Enh. It was fine... not amazing. Probably due to the fact that it was NYE, they were drunk or distracted, there were kids running around the restaurant with balloons. The company, at least, was fantastic.
***Satay House (Malaysian, 13 Sale Place, Paddington)
Wowzers! Just ordered their hoity-toity version of Nasi Lemak, but it blew my mouth off. Loved it! Wanted to return but never managed to. (Too many Malay options to explore in London!!!) The Banana Fritter dessert (pisang goreng) was merely acceptable, but I could have also just still beenthinking about my main course.
***Malaysian Student Union Dining Hall (Malaysian, 13 Sale Place, Paddington)
Okay -- now this was so amazing. it's across the street and in the basement of where you would logically expect to find it (based on street numbers). we ordered two meals... one was a point-and-pick of hard-boiled egg in red sauce, lamb curry, fried egg & pickles (pictured) - wow!!!! - and the other meal was a beef rendeng nasi lemak, I think, and that was just insane! so spicy, so tasty, and so cheap! (we could have ordered one dish for the two of us, but still force-finished the entire meal.)
***Ranoush Juice (Lebanese, Edgeware Road, Marble Arch)
Of course, the old traditional. The old standard. Lamb shawarma to obsess over. (Dry chicken shawarma to be disappointed with.) Hummus and vine leaves to desire. Oh yes. (Note: Don't try going at 3am on NYE.)
Garfunkel's (UK, 114 Praed St, Paddington)
Why, oh why? No no no.
Metropolian Cafe (Italian/UK, Edgeware Road, Paddington)
Greasy greasy diner run by a manic Italian and his daughter, neither of whom can stop running up and down the restaurant. Filled with homeless (or merely academic?) folk. Cheap, tasty, probably all defrosted or from a can, but really worth it.
*** Arirang Korean Restaurant (31-32 Poland Street, Soho)
*amazing* stuff. bi bim neng myun (spicy cold noodles with cold meat and hard-boiled egg) was, as always, gorgeous. worth the pain. the pork bbq was fantastic. kim chi jigae was spicy and awesome.
* Busaba (Thai, 22 Store Street, British Museum)
crowded hipster Thai. it was fine. good, even. but not that memorable. mussaman duck, pad thai, and roti. fairly cheap, better than my neighborhood joints, but not terrific.
***New Tayyabs (Pakistani, 83 Fieldgate Street, Hoxton)
wowzers. those pakistanis really know how to torture. all the anglos were weeping -- the air was thick like mace with burning spices. the food, just as hot, was so good you couldn't stop eating it. lamb chops on the bone were heavenly. keema naan, so moist. arrive early to beat the queue (which was huge by the time we left). I don't recall the vegge dish being memorable, but I could be wrong. (channa? I can't even recall.) Service was insanely fast, sloppy, and the food was served from vats that you pass on the way to the bathroom. Must return. Bring alchohol.
**Masala Zone (Indian, 9 Marshall St, Soho)
Two big ol' thalis - the first, goa prawn curry, definitely worth eating. the second, chicken mangalore, worth returning time and time again for. loved it. the paratha is so buttery it's like eating a piece of godliness.
Belgo Noord (Belgian, 72 Chalk Farm Road, Camden)
Enh. It was fine... not amazing. Probably due to the fact that it was NYE, they were drunk or distracted, there were kids running around the restaurant with balloons. The company, at least, was fantastic.
***Satay House (Malaysian, 13 Sale Place, Paddington)
Wowzers! Just ordered their hoity-toity version of Nasi Lemak, but it blew my mouth off. Loved it! Wanted to return but never managed to. (Too many Malay options to explore in London!!!) The Banana Fritter dessert (pisang goreng) was merely acceptable, but I could have also just still beenthinking about my main course.
***Malaysian Student Union Dining Hall (Malaysian, 13 Sale Place, Paddington)
Okay -- now this was so amazing. it's across the street and in the basement of where you would logically expect to find it (based on street numbers). we ordered two meals... one was a point-and-pick of hard-boiled egg in red sauce, lamb curry, fried egg & pickles (pictured) - wow!!!! - and the other meal was a beef rendeng nasi lemak, I think, and that was just insane! so spicy, so tasty, and so cheap! (we could have ordered one dish for the two of us, but still force-finished the entire meal.)
***Ranoush Juice (Lebanese, Edgeware Road, Marble Arch)
Of course, the old traditional. The old standard. Lamb shawarma to obsess over. (Dry chicken shawarma to be disappointed with.) Hummus and vine leaves to desire. Oh yes. (Note: Don't try going at 3am on NYE.)
Garfunkel's (UK, 114 Praed St, Paddington)
Why, oh why? No no no.
Metropolian Cafe (Italian/UK, Edgeware Road, Paddington)
Greasy greasy diner run by a manic Italian and his daughter, neither of whom can stop running up and down the restaurant. Filled with homeless (or merely academic?) folk. Cheap, tasty, probably all defrosted or from a can, but really worth it.
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