Nandos is like a huge thing in London and has a sort of chicken religionsque cult that follows it. The only thing on the menu is chicken in various forms and flavors but it was pretty finger lickin' good if I do say so myself. I had been walking around Borough Market with my family and we had worked up an appetite and happened across Nandos. Probably one of the best impromptu lunch decisions we could have made. There's a type of chicken for everyone and my Mom forced us into getting the sharing platter which was actually the perfect size for three! And it had free refills! The holy grail of coke is what I shall refer to it as now. We got the lemon and herb chicken with corn on the cob, salad, garlic bread, and French fries (chips, ugh brits) with peri-peri sauce (crucial!) They have a bunch of fun tasting dipping sauces which were a great addition to meal too. Overall, I was impressed and delightfully chicken-filled so obviously I was ecstatic. Also, the Nandos we stumbled into looked like an art gallery it was so beautiful. Definitely one to check out!
Tanya Burr is one of my favorite make-up/ lifestyle Youtubers so when she posted that she went to The Electric Diner in Notting Hill, I was really intrigued and eager to try it out. My parents took me since it's an eclectic mix of French cuisine and diner food. My Dad is a huge fan of French food so I thought that it would be a fun place for us all to try. The inside of the restaurant is extremely cool, kind of a modern hipster rustic approach to a diner. It looked the inside of a tube tunnel almost with a tiled ceiling and all the dim lighting and shiny red leather boots. The menu was slightly disappointing, though! I was sold when I slid into the booth but my mood fell drastically when I realized how expensive it was and how plain the menu as a whole was. To start you have to order a main, and then a side which jacks up the price of your meal drastically. Our waiter was pretty pushy too which did not help at all. I ended up getting mac'n'cheese (not as good as my local place in VT or my Mom's) and I remember my Mom getting the fish and it being pretty tasty. Dad got some type of chicken but was less than impressed. The redeeming quality of this restaurant was the chocolate cream pie it offered. Usually whenever I come home from college I am greeted with spaghetti and meatballs and a big ol' chocolate cream pie. Yum. My parents thought it was appropriate considering our reunion and I didn't object. It was pretty tasty! But overall I'm not running back to go here considering it'd be on my own dime and it wasn't anything extraordinary. Although I've been seriously slacking on the food related posts, you can rest assured I've been eating tons and tons of great food. Really. I've just been lazy on the upkeep... Whoops. But anyways! About the food!
Pizza is one of those things that if you mess it up, it just tastes terrible. But to eat a really good pizza. I mean, like a mouth watering, cheesy covered mess of a pie, is hard to come by. I'd be lying if I said I don't order domino's cheesy bread and think that its super dope but Franco Manca knows how to do a good pizza. Like really good. Trust me. My Mumsie and I both got the #3 which is a cheese pizza with wild rocket, and spicy Italian sausage on it and its sauce less. It was also probably the best thing I've ever eaten. It was hot out the brick oven, had a crispy crust and was magnificently cheesy. There's not one thing to dislike about this place so go on and try it! |