Thai noodles at Slurpp

I have been meaning to try slurpp when I saw pictures of these dark and strong looking broth for the boat noodles.

Finally visited the SOHO Slurpp in late March and discovered that the menu is very different to the London Dock branch.

On this visit, I had the five spice noodles with beef but pork arrived, despite that wrong meat the noodles and broth looked promising.

They changed the noodles for me because it was not beef but the noodles were undercooked which you can visually see because Cambodian noodles when not fully soft are slightly opaque with defined edges but as they remain longer in the broth they absorb the broth and take up some of the colour and the edges are not so prominent after it expands.

Anyway, since that was the case, I started on the beef first so by the time I finished the beef and veg the noodles were just right, however the beef was quite chewy.

The Yen Fa To with Jade noodles was way too sweet for my liking however the I like the way you get mooli and a big chunk of snow fungus!

It was supposed to come with blood curd jelly which was not there so after I pointed it out they gave me some on a plate which I plonked them in the bowl for pictures.

 

Revisited Slurpp again in April, a month later to try the po sian noodles which is glass vermicelli stir fried with mushrooms.

I've not seen this dish in the many Thai restaurants I have tried nor could I find it on google but it was nice dish of vermicelli stir fried in soy sauce with bits of egg, onions, Chinese Cabbage, Pak Choi, mushrooms and tofu.

During this visit, it was late lunch and service was worse than the evening visit because there were not waitresses around when I wanted dessert.

When I finally ordered dessert, the wait was a waste of time because she had totally forgotten I ordered through her 5 minutes ago and said she thought I'd finished.

On a side note, phone signal is poor in the restaurant.

Great Thai restaurants

Great Thai specializes in street noodles and there are four branches in Central London.
One is grab and go, one serves Thai noodles and one serves noodles and rice.

Then there is GT corner which serves drinks and desserts.

Tried the chicken with rice, yen fa to and beef boat with egg noodles.

Overall, the beef boat noodles were delicious as the broth was rich while the other two dishes I've had better elsewhere.

Claypot noodles and skewers at Dage

Randomly wandered into Brunswick square again because the restaurant in mind was full.

Newly opened was DAGE, a place specializing in Claypot noodles and skewer.

When I first walked in, the whole place was rather confusing, I couldn't tell whether the cuisine was from and the fact it was very daunting as I thought they didn't speak English so we walked out.

After a little thought we went back in because my other half said it should be simple as you just tick the sheet on what you want so I decided to let my other half fuss about it!

Anyway, it turns out that two of the staff spoke English which was relief.

The reason for the other confusion was the decor and design as it was very different to the ones I've seen when visiting Asia.

It was bright and young with neon art and they had this TV which seemed to have Peppa Pig in Chinese.

At the entrance, they actually had these functional oil drum tables.

There was an English menu which was good and I was later told by a friend who knows their Chinese that them menu was in Traditional characters and they said that the noodles were designed by a Hong Kong chef which makes sense as they have fermented pork trotters etc and other Hong Kong things.

Back to the topic of food, we chose the noodles in a pumpkin soup with some balls.

To be honest, I only wanted the noodles so I chose the Korean ramen because I am not fond of the chewy jelly thick rice noodles that are a popular choice.

The pumpkin broth albeit a bit spicy was surprisingly nice as it was not sweet but had a lovely meaty savoury kick to it.

The lobster balls and fuzhou balls are the usual stuff you can get from Asian supermarkets which my other half chose.

Finished with the fried crispy sticky brown sugar rice cake which is a Sichuan dessert which was not listed on the menu but spotted in the chilled cabinet.

Overall, glad we checked it out.

DAGE:

4 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AW

Small Breakfast at Wetherspoons

Small breakfast for £2.25 at Wetherspoons.

The last time I had a breakfast like this under £2.00 was at ikea but wetherspoons is better.

I got the small and they let me change the hash brown for black pudding for free.
It wasn't bad except for the sausage texture which was waxy like those vegan sausages and the egg could have done without a crater in the yolk.
The black pudding was really crispy and airy like those popped cheese snacks.
I really wanted the eggs Benedict too but they were not available.

Asian food at dim t

Another place that serves Asian inspired food that has been here for decades with a branch in Winchester.

The decor was interesting because it looks like a Japanese restaurant but then you have Thai stuff like statues and Chinese stuff like mugs.

I wouldn't say the food was nice especially the plain noodles which were really oily and you could taste the metal pan.

The McRib is back in the UK

Smoky and delicious topped with onions and gherkins in a maize dusted bun.
However the patty was strangely soft and squidgy compared to the last time I had it.

Definitely not nice as it used to be, the Rustlers version is nicer while some people say the iceland version is good too.
This is the first day it was launched so maybe teething stages in serving it.

NANDOS X Fanta ZERO spiced chicken

NEW at Nandos from October 15th!!
Fanta wings and cheesy garlic pitta.
Finally the fanta glazed wings can now contend with cola wings which are popular in the East.

There were also new chicken skewers so I had it with FANTA ZERO sugar sauce.

Trying the fanta sauce alone, you can taste the sweet orange flavour similar to that of the lemon sauce at Chinese shops where they add orange juice but the spices in this are intense.