Quick Suggestions for Dinner Tonight

[kentlad]

Out with a couple of friends tonight. Need suggestions for where to eat. Central/East London. None of us want Chinese or Indian so rules out China Town and Brick Lane. Suggestions?

[Hackney]

Mangal2 on Kingsland Road / Stoke Newington Rd in Hackney (Turkish)
Green Papaya (Vietnamese) on Mare Street, Hackney

[Studio117]

http://www.reddogsaloon.co.uk/index/

[FrankAbagnale]

Hackney said:

Mangal2 on Kingsland Road / Stoke Newington Rd in Hackney (Turkish)
Green Papaya (Vietnamese) on Mare Street, Hackney

Mangal2... I follow them on twitter for some reason. Quite funny and very un-PC.

[kiethton]

I like Tramshed, Hoxton...preserved cow in the middle of the place and great steak, not the cheapest mind.

Merchants Tavern, Shoreditch is also pretty good by all accounts.

[Hackney]

FrankAbagnale said:

Hackney said:

Mangal2 on Kingsland Road / Stoke Newington Rd in Hackney (Turkish)
Green Papaya (Vietnamese) on Mare Street, Hackney

Mangal2... I follow them on twitter for some reason. Quite funny and very un-PC.

IIRC the account is run by one of the waiters.
Follow the dolphin @The_Dolphin_Pub aswell, good for a laugh

[peter tdci]

Hackney said:

Mangal2 on Kingsland Road / Stoke Newington Rd in Hackney (Turkish)
Green Papaya (Vietnamese) on Mare Street, Hackney

You might see Gilbert and George (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_%26_George) in Mangal 2.

I prefer Mangal 1, just round the corner in Arcola Street.

[calibrax]

Studio117 said:

http://www.reddogsaloon.co.uk/index/

Never seen the point in these really. Much better to have just one burger in a bun with pulled pork, cheese, bacon, lettuce and tomato - that way it's easy to handle and eat. Then simply have three of them!

[kentlad]

Thanks for the input all. Ended up in Shoryu Ramen on Regent Street. Bloomin' excellent food. Great atmosphere. Proper Japanese food! Can definitely recommend.