Where to eat in London, England

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cyberia: Jun 24, 2011; Do not call me that!
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RazorBunny posted:

When I saw that some of the hotels and such were offering "special rates for the Olympics!!!!" I got a little panicky, but we're leaving ten days before the events start, so hopefully we'll miss the absolute worst of it. I want absolutely nothing to do with that insanity. Why do they host the Olympics in major cities? The 1920 and 1980 winter games were held in a town called Lake Placid, NY and it only inconvenienced a couple thousand people, rather than millions. (My grandfather grew up in the next town and got to play in the Olympic arenas as a kid )

We'll be down the block from Goldhawk Road Station. The rates for the studio are pretty good, less than I've paid for hotel rooms on the majority of my vacations. Hopefully that's not because it's in a lovely neighborhood, I just don't know enough about the city to gauge that. Then again, I get the impression nowhere in London is as bad as, say, Atlanta or some of the seedier parts of DC, which I've successfully navigated without getting raped or murdered, so I'm not that concerned.

Anyplace right by there that I should definitely try, or do I need to go further afield to sample awesome restaurants?

There's a Thai restaurant near Goldhawk Road station that's good but nothing amazing. Shepherd's Bush itself came off as kind of ghetto (from the perspective of a suburban white dude from Australia) but no-one actively tried to stab me or anything. I also saw a dead guy on the pavement just outside Shepherd's Bush station one morning when I was there.

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cyberia: Jun 24, 2011; Do not call me that!
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Is the Nandos everyone is talking about the Portugese chicken place that specialises in peri peri sauce?

In Australia Nandos is considered fast food and is maybe a half-step above McDonalds or KFC in terms of quality and setting :psyduck:

They've got branches everywhere but it's still just somewhere you go to get a quick burger or chicken and chips, certainly not a place you would schedule into your day or brag to your friends about.

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cyberia: Jun 24, 2011; Do not call me that!
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drgitlin posted:

It's South African, not Portuguese. Well, it's technically Mozambiquian, but either way, Africa, not Europe.

In Australia they lean heavily on the Portugese angle; I don't think I've ever heard or read that it has South African / Mozambiquian origins.

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cyberia: Jun 24, 2011; Do not call me that!
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teacup posted:

Why do Poms get all up in arms over these questions. What is more cliched, people hating British food (which I don't, and legitimately want to try some good English meals, and my snobby comment was into one particular cuisine) or British people going "lol you colonists, you don't know good good anyway so you'll just say ours is poo poo"

I've had a look at the Op but just thought since it was old things in London may have changed a bit. Any recent tips would be appreciated

As someone from Melbourne who has been to London my tips are: eat anywhere, it'll probably all be good. I don't think I had a bad food experience while I was there. And even if Asian cuisine isn't high on your list go to Chinatown and have yum cha for lunch at least once. Also, find a coffee shop run by Australians to get coffee from because anywhere else (especially coffee shop chains) are going to be awful.

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