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(thicker cut than French fries). On The Bab serves comforting The East End also has the
A range of accompaniments Korean street food, including largest number of pie and
includes baps (soft bread rolls) soup noodles and buns. In mash shops, which provide
for a “chip buttie” (a chip Soho, Tuk Tuk noodle bar an inexpensive and satisfying
sandwich), mushy peas, pickled serves up a range of Thai “nosh-up” of jellied eels and
eggs or onions. Four of the best noodle dishes, and is open potatoes, or meat pie with
places for such fare are the until late. Nearby Tonkotsu is mash and liquor (green parsley
North Sea Fish Restaurant, famed for its tasty ramen sauce). Two classic venues,
Rock & Sole Plaice, Faulkner’s noodles, while Taro is a busy both near Victoria Park are G
and Fish Central. Such is its Japanese diner offering Kelly and S&R Kelly; or try
popularity, fish and chips is inexpensive sushi, ramen and Manze’s on Tower Bridge Road.
increasingly available on the teriyaki. Family-run restaurant For the real East End
menu in smart restaurants and Viet Pho is small but certainly experience, you should wash
chains such as Fish! worth a visit for authentic you meal down with a mug
Vietnamese cuisine. of strong, hot tea.
Noodle Bars
A Taste of the East End Street Food
Popular chain Wagamama
still draws queues for its In the East End, Jewish bakeries Street food markets have
good-value noodles and other such as Brick Lane Beigel Bake become increasingly popular
Asian dishes in airy yet basic are open 24 hours a day. Fresh in London, and have gone far
environs; customers sit at plain bagels, with a wide range beyond the traditional roasted
long communal tables. of fillings, are available here. chestnuts sold on London’s
DIRECTORY
Breakfast and Coffee and Tea Paul Leon
Brunch 29 Bedford St WC2. 275 Regent St W1.
Bar Italia Map 13 B2. Map 12 F1.
202 22 Frith St W1.
202 Westbourne Grove Map 13 A2. The Ritz Pret a Manger
W11. Map 9 C2. 150 Piccadilly W1. 88 Strand WC2.
Bluebird Map 12 F3. Map 13 C3.
34 Mayfair 350 King’s Rd SW3.
34 Grosvenor Square W1. Map 19 A4. Sketch Wasabi
388 Strand WC2.
Map 12 D2. 9 Conduit St W1. Map 12 F2.
Brown’s Map 13 C2.
The Breakfast Club 47 Maddox St W1. Still Too Few
300 Westbourne Grove
33 D’Arblay St W1. Map 12 F2. W11. Map 9 B2. Delis
Map 13 A2.
Café Laville La Fromagerie
Christopher’s Little Venice Parade, 453 Museum and 2–6 Moxon St W1.
18 Wellington St WC2. Edgware Rd W2. Theatre Cafés Map 4 D5.
Map 13 C2.
Fortnum & Mason Benugo Luigi’s
Duck and Waffle 181 Piccadilly W1. Victoria & Albert Museum, 349 Fulham Rd SW6.
Heron Tower, 110 Map 12 F3. Cromwell Road SW7. Map 18 F4.
Bishopsgate EC2. The Original Maids Map 19 A1. Minkies
Map 15 C1. Café in the Crypt Chamberlayne Rd NW10.
of Honour
Joe Allen 288 Kew Rd, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Paul Rothe & Son
13 Exeter St WC2. Richmond, Surrey. Duncannon St WC2. 35 Marylebone Lane W1.
Map 13 C2. Map 13 B3. Map 12 D1.
Maison Bertaux
The Riding House Café 28 Greek St W1. Riverfront Bar Diners and
& Kitchen
43–51 Great Titchfield St Map 13 A1. BFI Southbank, South Burger Joints
W1. Map 12 F1.
Monmouth Coffee Bank SE1. Map 14 D3.
Simpson’s-in-the- House Byron
11 Haymarket SW1.
Strand 27 Monmouth St WC2. Lunches Map 13 A3.
100 Strand WC2. Map 13 B2. (All have several branches (One of several branches.)
Map 13 C2. around the city.)
The Orangery The Diner
Villandry Kensington Palace, EAT 190 Shaftesbury Ave WC2.
170 Great Portland St W1. Ken sington Gardens W8. 12 Oxo Tower Wharf, Barge Map 13 B1.
Map 4 F5. Map 10 D3. House St SE1. Map 14 E3. (One of several branches.)
The Wolseley Patisserie Valerie Itsu Ed’s Easy Diner
160 Piccadilly W1. 105 Marylebone High 31 Broadwick St W1. 12 Moor St W1.
Map 12 F3. St W1. Map 4 D5. Map 13 A2. Map 13 B2.
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