Favourite places to eat in London - Phillippa

Question of the week: what are some of your favourite places to eat in London?

"My top five London eating experiences on a map


My top five London eating experiences as a list:

1. Mango Tree http://www.justmangotree.co.uk/
Cuisine: Indian
London is full of Indian restaurants: some are great, some are dreadful (as you might discover if you ever find yourself in Soho and in need of dinner). However, this is easily my favourite in the city and redeems the place entirely: the menu is excellent, the food is excellent – even the wine list is pretty good. And you can get ice cream in the shape of a penguin for afters (though I’d recommend the cardamom tea).

2. Zigni House http://www.zignihouse.com/
Cuisine: Eritrean
So exciting, you’d eat it with your fingers even if there was cutlery (there isn’t). Wonderful food, well washed down with any of their selection of traditional drinks. Try sharing a mixed platter.
What to do afterwards: Zigni House is a bit of a walk, but that just gives you an excuse to pop into Brazilian bar Barrio North on the way back to K-M.

3. Satay House http://www.satay-house.co.uk/
Cuisine: Malaysian
Beautiful food to a Malaysian film soundtrack.
What to do afterwards: Take a walk down Edgware Road and try a Lebanese coffee.

4. Mar I Terra http://www.mariterra.co.uk/menus.html
Cuisine: Spanish
Excellent tapas in a tiny, family-run place tucked away in a Southwark railway arch.

5. New Haven
Cuisine: Cameroonian
A bit different to the other West African establishments in the area, which are mostly Nigerian or Ghanian, I only noticed this place because I didn’t know what any of the words meant on the menu outside – it’s well worth an experiment! Very relaxed, a great place to get talking to local people, if you can hear them over the TV (ignore it – it’s just how we do things in south London)."
- Phillippa

* Photo by chotda, used under Creative Commons.