Oldy but a goody (Chopsticks restaurant venue)

[Wid]

Think this topic has been raised before but what is the word on the street re. the chop sticks premises?? We're still mourning the world's best sweet n sour chicken balls...not another Indian surely?

[Sue]

Isn't that where the new barbers has opened?

[Jeremy]

I thought the new barbers was on the site of the old off-licence. Chopsticks is still standing empty.

Wid, if you liked it fair enough - but there are much, much better chinese restaurants around (and much better dishes than s&s chicken balls!)

[Wid]

Where? Plenty in town but I'm talking local. Reccommendations welcomed!

Chop Sticks was so good because it wasn't swimming in grease and felt mildly healthy...excluding the s&s chicken balls of course although at least they weren't re-fried...

[Fuschia]

They were very welcsoming to children too, and did a good variety of vegetarian food, which many chinese restuarants do not...

[Loz]

The barbers are on the site of the old sports shop.

[Jeremy]

Loz, you are right... I realised that this weekend. The offy is still there.

Wid, unfortunately there's not much choice locally, but if you are willing to get on the bus/bike/car/train then Dragon Castle near Elephant & Castle is very good. People seem to rate Lamoon in Camberwell, I have not tried it though.

[v_the_gelfling]

Mildy healthy? Jeeeeeeez

[charliecharlie]

new veggie indian restaurant - SMBS and cheeseblock link

[Horsebox]

charliecharlie Wrote:

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> new veggie indian restaurant - SMBS and

> cheeseblock link

Tis true there is a link. One of the SMBS guys was coming out of the chopsticks building on Friday afternoon.

Hope it's going to be a bloody good Indian place and not just generic dishes. Does the fact that it will be veggie offer more hope?

[Fudge]

surely there must be some kind of control for variation in the type of shops provided.

How many Indian restaurants does one street need !!!!

I do like curries but is there really a need to have so many ?

[Jeremy]

If it's a veggie indian, I would (perhaps foolishly) assume that it's some sort of authentic regional cuisine. Hopefully it won't just be mix veg curry with onion bhajis.

[Michael Palaeologus]

Will there be meat options for those that chose not to eat veg?

[charliecharlie]

only time will tell......

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acting enigmatically since 1980

ie. not

[chrisz]

Lordship Lane ---> Brick Lane

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chrisz Wrote:

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> Lordship Lane ---> Brick Lane

Almost. It just needs a few cool bars, a few cool sneaker shops, an old brewery, a few

cool people, a bit more irony, a few cool bagel shops, a giant D-face sculpture, a few more

cool kids and a touch of slightly uneasy religious/cultural harmony and yeah, it's Brick Lane.

[charliecharlie]

spot spot spot on HB... great reply

http://www.weeklypropertyrental.com/images/Cressy/BrickLane.jpg

more like east grinstead than east london!

mind you I do agree with the 'how many curry house do we need' question

[Shaila Shah]

Hi,

"Curry house" has been mentioned more than once in this thread...It's a pity that this term is used as Indian cuisine is much more than curries! It's almost tantamount to calling a restaurant serving British cuisine a chip shop! Anyway, it is likely that an Indian vegetarian restaurant would serve all sorts of snacks e.g. dosas (very thin rice flour pancakes stuffed with tasty fillisng), bhel puri (tiny little flat breads heaped with lovely tasty things topped with a date chutney); idli sambar (rice cakes with a hot gravy with vegetables)...and more like this. If this is the case, it will certainly not e a "curry house" or like other Indian restaurants on LL. We'll have to wait and see what they come up with.

Someone mentioned Brick Lane...two major differences. The waiters in LL are not hanging out on the road hassling people to try out their highly over-rated fare; secondly, the food in LL is far superior to that in Brick Lane today - they seem to think that pouring different coloured gravies on thawed chicken should result in a chicken curry - well, IMO it doesn't!

[pepsi]

I LOVE bhel puri and dosas but can't stand sickly spicy nondescript meat dishes like you get in most anglicised Indian restaurants so food as Shaila describes would be very welcome. If we had something like Diwana (sp?) in Drummond Street they'd be packed all the time.

[charliecharlie]

apologies for 'short-hand' use of expression 'curry house'

quite agree that Indian cuisine is a various and wonderful thing...

Shaila Shah, your description of the dosas, bhel puri and idli sambar made me feel really peckish... delicious... can't wait

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[Shaila Shah]

Glad that Charlie and Pepsi are suitably enticed! I'm going to ask them if I can write their menu!

[charliecharlie]

write away... yes please

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