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Tag Archives: chicken
Café François review – the French brasserie that’s not French enough
Crowd pleasing isn’t always a pleasure Continue reading
Pho Thuy Tay review – step out of your Vietnamese comfort zone in Surrey Quays
The best things to eat are all there in black and white Continue reading
The best and worst takeaway Cantonese roasts in London
55 portions of roast duck, 47 of char siu, 49 of roast pork and 39 of chicken from 43 eateries. This isn’t your racist uncle’s Chinese takeaway. Continue reading
Jerk Yard review – the Deptford hole-in-the-wall trying to be the jack of all trades
If necessity is the mother of invention, then not having enough space must be its midwife. Continue reading
Humble Chicken vs Junsei review – chicken skewers, but with guts
Soho vs Marylebone yakitori face-off. Continue reading
Alhaji Suya review – Nigerian barbecue for takeaway and next day delivery
Some parts of London are more blessed with takeaway bounty than others, with surprises tucked away in the most unexpected of places. Alhaji Suya serves up Nigerian suya and kilishi, grilled marinaded meats and jerky respectively, from a unit in a North Greenwich industrial park having relocated from Peckham. Continue reading
Nando’s vs Roosters Piri Piri review – cheap and cheeky chicken comparison
With lockdown, I have fewer respites from the amateurish tedium of my own cooking. It was this, combined with the need to run errands for an ill dining companion, that led me to pucker up for a cheeky Nando’s for the first time in years. At the same time, the existence of a notable competitor in the form of Roosters Piri Piri, a franchised chain with branches in London as well as farther afield, piqued my curiosity. There’s only one thing for it – a takeaway piri piri chicken-and-chips comparison. Continue reading
The Georgian review – Clapham’s Caucasus restaurant that must survive
No, not that Georgia – the other one Updated 24/03/2020 – corrected mislabelled/misidentified dish At the time of writing, the entirety of London’s restaurant industry – and indeed the UK’s – has entered a period of intense uncertainty. The Covid-19 coronavirus crisis has forced the shutdown of literally every sit-down restaurant in the capital (along … Continue reading
Yah-So review – look beneath the chintz at this Jamaican restaurant in Croydon
Bring your loved ones – and even your frenemies – to this Thornton Heath restaurant We all, at some point or another, have to break bread with people that we’d rather spend less time with – not more. Although there’s always the distant hope that it’s *this* meal that will finally help put that fractured … Continue reading
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