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Sai Kei Chinese Restaurant, Greenwich, London
Sai Kei is a popular Chinese restaurant in North Greenwich. It is based in the Holiday Inn Express with car parking spaces. Before 5pm it serves a wide selection of dimsum but then, you cannot reserve a table. Some days, like on Sundays, the queue can go beyond the restaurant entrance. This particular evening, I went […]
Kawagishi Japanese Restaurant
On a weekend, I felt like Japanese food, especially sashimi, so we chose Kawagishi by the riverside. If I am honest, I would say I am disappointed. On its website, it boasted “Our mission is to capture the healthy, fresh-food feel of traditional Japanese cuisine, and mix it up with a modern, Kawagishi touch.” It […]
Wong Kei, Chinatown, London
I was asked for a recommendation for an accessible restaurant in Chinatown (London). We are now in the month of March where its not warm enough to eat outside yet. I say this because many restaurants in Chinatown had set out tables outside since Covid, making them ‘accessible’ if you’re okay to eat alfresco. It […]
Maracuya/ Rico Sabor restaurant, Greenwich Peninsula
It was a sunny Sunday, I decided to choose a restaurant by the river. It was suggested to me actually. The weblink I was given signaled it was wheelchair accessible and LGBQ+ friendly (?!). We were a party of four from different parts of London so the proximity to Jubilee Line was useful. We were […]
Hotpot at Haidilao, 02 Arena
The last time I posted here was in 2014, ten years ago. My friend encouraged me to continue inspite of the gap – the previous restaurant does not even exist now. Reading Jay Rayner’s article in the Guardian where he spoke to Jamie Hale about the impossibility of finding out the accessibility of restaurants also […]
Betjeman Arms, St Pancras: Swordfish with capers
It was on one of those rare occasions when you bump into a friend at the British Library. This is how I found myself being lead to dinner by Carol at the Betjeman Arms at St Pancras (not that I needed much persuading) next to the Renaissance Hotel. She had just had a long leisurely […]
The Grain Store: Vietnamese style salad, seatrout and squid à la plancha
The bit of London I am most familiar with would be Camden, more specifically the area where the three stations of Euston, St Pancras and King’s Cross congregate. These are the three stations where I arrive in and exit from the capital. However, it was nice to have the time to walk around the new […]
The Hare and Tortoise, Bloomsbury: Laksa and Char Kway Teow
It was boxing day and there were not that many businesses open – we ended up at the Brunswick Centre and into the Hare and Tortoise. We ordered Malaysian street stall favourites: Char Kway Teow (Char Kuey Tiew), Laksa and some Chinese leaves to go with them. Given that the Hare and Tortoise is not […]
Rixs: Grilled lamb and Malabar Fish Curry
I went a few weeks ago and totally forgot I meant to write about it! It was a sunny day and I was set on sitting outside for lunch. Peni came with it and we sat out at Priory Place Rixs. They offered grilled meat and we both decided on the lamb. I also chose […]
Antalya restaurant: Sauté prawns and spinach
Our conference is finished – Annie and I were shattered but we needed to eat before catching our separate trains. We started walking and stopped outside the Antalya Restaurant. A waitress gave us a table by the window. We started to relax. We had mint tea. We had some aubergine caviar and a spicey fresh […]
The Eclectic Gourmand 