a food/restaurant blog

 Nice atmosphere, polite service, really poor amateurish cooking.........outragiously expensive

How do these rip off restaurants survive?

 Like Tom Yum Soup? Like Chicken/Prawn Cuury? Like Pad Thai?

You will love Thai Gallery. Delicious well presented Thai dishes served politely in an attractive setting inside or on their terrace.

Average meal price for 3 courses with no alcohol 40 euros pp

 My favourite London Italian..........a basic room over a pub in west London. Simple Italian dishes that look amazing on your plate. Great service..........

 Noisy atmospheric American diner.............great breakfast and great burgers. Three of us last night eat, a chicken noodle soup each, 2 generous chicken paillards and a burger only spoiled by soggy chips. New York cheese cake large and delicious. Coffee to finish. 80.00. Waiters a little irritating though!

 Big bowls of cheap, simple, delicious Vietnamese dishes. Cramped cafe s that just get better and better!!

 I am a season ticket holder at The Emirates Stadium........home of Arsenal Football Club. Today Arsenal were at home to QPR and I took my wife and daughter to the game and the buffet lunch. The eating area is large and quite corporate. You have to remind yourself you are in a football stadium. However it is bright with huge glass windows and plenety of room for every one. The buffet is just superb. A dozen different starters, lots of salads and vegetable choice. For the main course there is something for everyone. Seafood selection......prawns and crab. Cold roast beef and grilled chicken. Deserts are generous and plenty of choice. Hot coffee available together with soft drink selection. Not cheap at 70.00 a head but in my opinion, well worth it.

 Another treat at Londons best dining room. Its a priviledge to sit in this room. We both had chicken soup with dumplings, then zalyia had baked cod and i had boiled salt beef with dumplings. We shared a vanilla ice cream with hot bitter chocollate and ended with coffee. No alcohol as usual and the bill came to a reasonable 70.00. Lots of familiar faces including Helena Bonham-Carter, who is so so pretty and Patrick Stewart who sat next to us and has a great voice. The staff are friendly without being too "in your face" and the atmosphere is exciting and buzzy. The food is consistent and maybe a tad ordinarybut who cares? It remains a treat and a special night out.

 The best french bistro outside France........noisy, manic, and tables too close.......but it works. Traditional french dishes and many. I have never had a better onion soup or boeuf bourginoun, and the pot au chocolat was to die for. My wife had a delicicious fish stew and frogs legs to start. Staff were welcoming and proffesion and very New York ish in a nice way. Not cheap at $200 without alcohol but a must experience when in New York

 Old fashion burgers that taste of meat........Hache in Fulham Road is a must

Also the best chips.........3 different kinds!!   Dont like burger then try a tuna burger with no bun or a musnroom burger.

Wonderful service .......proffesional attractive staff. Last night we had, 2 beef burgers, one tuna burger, tomato salad which was tres generous, large bowl of chips and 3 diet cokes. Great value at 35 pounds

 I used to be a regular at the Ivy........but ceased to go about 5 years ago because of poor food, poor service and small tables too close to each other. Last night I tried it again. The first table we got was virtually in the kitchen and the second was virtually shared with another couple. I complained and they offered me a table upstairs in their "private club". On the way to the club I spotted various dishes people had ordered. All I can say is that this place is now GONE GONE GONE. Living on past glories of 20 or more years ago. The waiters look absolutely out of it........and so were we.