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Coco Restaurant Bar & Grill- Shad Thames 

@coco_restaurants 

As many of you have seen this place all over IG over the last few months & thought I’ll pay it a visit, as some of you know by now I try to be honest as I can. 

Interior as you can somewhat see is very dark inside but it is beautiful inside no denying that. 

Also this place has a fully alcohol free bar as well, however the drinks from that side are a bit on the pricy side considering the other drink with the cloudy thing on top, it’s literally done in like 3 sips or 1 even. 

So the pina colada I had, I can’t lie it was flipping beautiful, semi thick, creamy & very well balanced & it wasn’t 90% ice either thankfully. 

The Korean prawns: £13

Cooked well, however the sauce on the top just tasted of a normal bbq sauce you get at your local Morley’s, the grapefruit Mayo wasn’t my thing but again I hate grapefruit as it is. 

Tender Lamb chops: £35 

Asked for it medium rare & it came fully well done, took its time as it is but I assumed it’s fresh lamb so I didn’t mind too much, but restaurant was completely empty at the time so I don’t know how they managed to get it fully well done after all that time, sent it back & it came back medium rare & others came medium to medium well & at this point I couldn’t be asked as long as it weren’t well done, however even then the lamb lacked much seasoning or flavour until I was dipping in the chilli sauce which is really good but it didn’t taste like there was even any salt on the lamb :/ 

Overall it was underwhelming minus the pina colada, £35 for only 4 lamb chops I feel is a bit excessive knowing that it does not taste like it’s worth that price whatsoever. Won’t be coming back any time soon. 

Overall: 

Food: 5/10 
Service: 10/10 that can’t be faulted

Brisket Bar- E.Ldn 

@brisketbarldn 

So I finally got the chance to visit brisket bar after seeing them on here for so long! And basically it’s a dark kitchen on Mile End road & you gotta go through this alley looking thing but it’s a drive through & there’s a snooker place right in front of you once you drive in. 

Anyways I got the brisket bun but didn’t know it came with a meal so the chips personally I’m not a fan of these really thicc chips but these were okay, however the sauce pot isn’t enough for the chips you defo need to get another 2/3. The other sauce which was like a sweet chilli or something I can’t remember now but that I wasn’t a fan of as I’m not a fan of sweet sauces in general but the other chipotle sauce I think it was, much better & wish I had more of it. 

Now the brisket bun, the brisket was very juicy & tender, didn’t know it came with gherkins so removed them, and the crispy onions was a good touch would defo recommend getting extra dash of those, however I do feel like if there was a diff sauce to use in the bun that has something unique to compliment the brisket to take it to another level as I genuinely do think it has very good potential compared to the ones I’ve had. But also they are quite generous with how much brisket they put inside which is a plus! Not stingy at all. 

Overall: 

Food: 7/10 
Service: 10/10

Cuepoint- SUNDAY ROAST ALERT 

*invite*

For those of you who don’t know @cuepointldn have started doing Sunday roasts now but with brisket! And I think there’s a choice to have with smoked short rib too! 

Okay so it comes with roast veggies such as the onion, garlic, potatoes, parsnip I think there was & I’m sure there were carrots too & then ofc the Yorkshire pudding & the green stuff. Also the gravy was amazing & the jalapeño jam in the little tub as well was just insane with this, I have no words. 

Also the cauliflower cheese as well? Perfectly seasoned, solid amount of cheese & bechamel sauce so it’s not too rich or anything it’s just very well balanced & a beautiful side to have with your roast.

They do take walk ins but you defo should book online via their website for the Sunday roast to avoid a disappointment in your journey to risk walking in for this dish particularly!

I am 1000% certain if you do go here & try it you’ll be thanking me after 

Overall: 

Food: 10000000/10 
Service: 10000000/10 
Price: below £25 I believe

Doner Cave- Tooting 

@donercave 

I tried out doner caves new naga infusion kebabs, for those who haven’t been here the main concept here is pretty much similar to GDK. 

This thing was like a flipping volcano in my mouth, I did request the kebab to be cooked very well done but some reason it didn’t happen even tho I was the only customer there & staff member said it would be fine. But the garlic sauce here is really nice too can’t fault that. Other downside was there wasn’t much kebab inside there was more tortilla than the actual kebab, I think if they were to cook these with onions too until it’s caramelised it would be miles better as well. I think this cost roughly £5-£7 I can’t remember now. 

Overall: 

Food: 7/10 
Service: 8/10, just ordering for takeaway so not much to comment about that 

Parking available on side road after 5:30 I think it’s free

Hot Spot Grill - S.Ldn 

@hotspot_grill 

Okay so I tried out the other philly cheese steak spot near mine & can’t lie this was defo better than the MOB place I posted earlier this week! However, what you see at the end is partially my fault I thought it would be a bigger box LOOOL but regardless I’ve told them privately what needs to be improved & so on & I shall be revisiting again once I get the heads up! On this occasion I wasn’t a fan of the bread used as it was too tough for my liking & meat was too thick which I’ve given feedback on already so again, waiting for the heads up to see how it tastes next time BUT ALSO, flavour wise, it was BEAUTIFUL, dunno what they use to marinade it but it is good stuff, need to come back & try other items too & see how it is as well!

Fuwa Fuwa- Brunswick 

@fuwafuwalondon 

Tried out the pistachio flavour this time & all I can say is if you haven’t been here yet you are fully missing out, best soufflé pancakes you’ll have in your life, this flavour is just the one. No more to be said. 

Overall: 

Taste: 10/10 
Service: 10/10

Nanny Bills- Vinegar Yard 

@nannybills 

Managed to go nanny bills again after ages & tried out truffle fries, brisket croquette, chicken strips and a new addition which wasn’t there before which is called the yard burger, so the patty is made of rib cap & they include brisket added to it as well. 

Breakdown: 

Strips: 5/10 

These were okay but chicken was dry for me or maybe but also not enough sauce on top of it either 

Truffle fries: 10/10 

Couldn’t fault these, I love truffle as it is & it comes drizzled with truffle Mayo & Parmesan on top too I think if I remember correctly, nice crispy fries too & wasn’t greasy either!

The yard burger: 9/10 

Amazing, only issue for me was that it was more bread than meat so it did taste bready for me but I reckon it could have done with another patty, but regardless the flavour was just on point, very well seasoned too. 

If I remembered to get the gravy then I probs would have not been as bothered how thicc the bread was as I could have just dunked it in that but I’m defo coming back for another round soon! 

Overall: 

Food: 9/10 (avoid chicken strips) 
Service was just normal? Annoying because it’s all online & I prefer the old fashioned way, and then I had issues with the website to order food as I couldn’t remember login details & when I did I had to select all my stuff again which was annoying, it could have been avoided if I was I dunno able to have an actual staff member take my order or I go up & order myself. 

Everything is halal minus the bacon & they do have their halal cert from supplier next to the till so you’ll be able to see for yourself too.

Bindas Eatery- Westfield (location is tagged above) 

@bindaseatery 

So was invited here through @londoneid & I hadn’t heard of the place until this moment, and honestly I was quite shocked how nice the watermelon chaat was, but the star of the show was that butter chicken thigh burger with the butter chicken sauce as well, just WOW. Used the rest of the sauce to have the chips with but you gotta dip the burger in there or open it up & pour desired amount over the chicken too, bloody beautiful, I could have had another one easily as well, I’d defo go out my way for this alone so I’ll be back for round 2 very soon!

Also the salted caramel gulab jamun was beautiful too! 

Thank you @londoneid for organising this event! Good to see the other peeps too! 

@shaykhfoodie @oohwee.eats @outandaboutlondon_ @shayanshots @shaay.foodandstuff @shayanshots @londonfoodjourney @bengali_halal_foodie @hungrybitez 

#butterchicken #chicken #chickenburger #chickenburgers #indianfood #halallondon #halal #halalfood

Karak Chaii- Slough 

Okay so a little while ago I was invited to @karakchaii down in slough, unfortunately I had already eaten at the Eid festival prior to that so didn’t have as much space left 😅 but the fries were quite nice with the chicken, the kebab roll I did like it & the sauce that was inside was decent too, can’t remember the chana chaat exactly, but the iced pink tea wasn’t as good as I was hoping it’ll be, I’ve had plenty of pink tea in my time & it didn’t really taste much of what you’d expect pink tea to be but of course in iced form, but that’s pretty much my only criticism, I’d have to go again when I’m not 80% full to give it a more fair & thorough review 😅

Andy’s Burgers- Mile End

Okay so I’m sure a lot of you have seen me post about Andy’s from when they kinda first opened & all that but I haven’t been in a long time, I happened to be in the area for work stuff & thought I’d grab a quick lunch from there.

My toppings were as follows: Cheese (obviously, they make in-house too), jalapeños, piquante peppers, tobacco onions & truffle Mayo.

Side I got the loaded fries which comes with beef bacon which I believe they make in-house as well now, tobacco onions, cheese, jalapeños & chipotle Mayo.

Loaded fries were bloody amazing btw, for me I couldn’t find a fault with it.

Burger wasn’t the same as I remember as the patties were slightly over cooked, but then again it was super busy even at lunch time, but thankfully the toppings I had saved it & that cheese is just ridiculously creamy honestly.

What toppings do you guys normally get from here?

If you get ketchup on it pls refrain from commenting

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