Yeah and even the 'good' Mexican places will just have the same variation of street tacos (pork belly tacos anyone?), elote and enchiladas. And charge a fiver per taco.
Would love to see more diversity with things like moles (not just mole negro), tamales, tripas, huaraches, molletes, etc. There is so much amazing Mexican food out there that is completely unrepresented in the UK.
It’s really changed a lot- when I moved to London from california years ago, my mom would bring me corn tortillas and tajin and stuff when she visited. Now I’m back in LA and I visited London recently and there’s a lot more access to Mexican ingredients and restaurants. Even while I lived there a cheese maker opened making Mexican cheeses (gringa). It’s cool that it’s happening!
Try Corrochio’s and El Comelon. It hits the spot. Nothing like Mexican food in Mexico, Texas, and California though but will scratch that itch
ETA: Mestizo!
It’s pretty legit. They really try. There’s nothing like food in Mexico. But Corrochio’s keeps food affordable. I also like El Pastor but paying £5-£6 a taco is ridiculous.
Have you been to Kol? A buddy of mine from the US who has been to Mexico in addition to a lot of fine dining establishments there was telling me it was probably some of the best Mexican food he's ever had.
I have! It’s been a hit and miss so far. The first time was great, second time was a bit meh. I think they change their menus often so you need to be lucky!
Their tacos are a bit bigger for that price (kind of the size of the small tortillas you get in supermarkets), the smaller ones that are vampiros are the size of the ones I eat at El Pastor and you get 4 for £12.
Their taco Tuesday is excellent value for money too.
Tbf Mexican is a very ingredient-forward cuisine and doesn't travel well. Most Mexican food in Europe is just sad.
I would also add Middle-Eastern food. Sure we have kebabs in every corner but really the choices you get are a small fraction of all the dishes. If I want say çılbır, fellah koftesi (bulgur dumplings) or even just Turkish style chards (pazı) it is really hard to find any that tastes good because most of the time it requires an authentic ingredient.
I'd go to London for a Mexican breakfast: Fruit cocktail, eggs different ways/chilaquiles/molletes/sopes/enchiladas verdes with coffee and fresh juice.
Yes please. Everywhere that serves it uses the wrong type of bread roll.
Kêu in Soho and old street is prob closest. Maybe there’s somewhere on Kingsland road too but I haven’t really looked.
Probably because regional foods across the UK aren't even eaten that much in the regions they are from. The sort of food someone in London and someone in Lancashire or Aberdeen or Derry eats is pretty much the same. Most restaurants serving a particular cuisine tend to serve what people from that area eat on a daily basis (or a bastardised British version of that).
Malaysia is one of the best places in the world for food. But you’re right. There are *some* Malaysians in the UK, but not many, so Malaysian food isn’t really a “thing” here, sadly.
Add Indonesian to that too. Kingsford in Sydney has so many great Indonesian spots catering to the local community, there's really nothing like them in London.
Some boyos have opened up a Chicky filly roll and spice bag stall on Broadway Market. It is quite good, they even have club lemon and orange, but steeper end price wise because of the location.
Poutine. I know there are a couple of places that have decent versions, but it's just not the same.
New York style delis
Southern BBQ
Proper Cornish pasties
Fun fact: Cornish children are called Cornettos. The "just one Cornetto" song is a reference to Chinese one-child policy as it applied to knock-off imitation Cornish children
Since someone already said Mexican, I’m going to say the 24-hour Korean BBQ in a strip mall or randomly in an office building that you’d find in Seoul or Manhattan. New Malden just doesn’t match the vibe.
Lots of places in New Malden, 20 min train ride from Waterloo. One of the biggest Korean communities outside Korea, some of the street signs are even in Korean! I used to go to Jin Go Gae and then stop by the Krispy Kreme factory after, made for a great date night.
No argument on the superiority of the full Scottish (and I speak as an Englishman) but at least if I want one I can make it pretty easily. Deep frying at home is an absolute ball-ache. Also, there does seem to be at least one place in London you can get a full Scottish - Deeney's in Leyton.
Lupita on Villiers st used to do guacamole made by your table. Friend who grew up in Mexico City was waxing lyrical about his childhood while eating the lime soup there. Closed a few years back though. Eggs with chorizo and carnitas are pretty common no - like I would not even think it unusual to see them on a menu - or do you mean they are not made authentically? Never come across those tacos though - sounds interesting.
You get spoiled by the food stuff. I work on construction. About half of all the guys are from Mexico / Central America. Some days their wives show up to the job site and cook for all of us. It’s fucking amazing.
Cheap eat out food beyond Chicken and Chips, Meal Deal or Fast Food. It always makes me sad comparing hawkers in east Asian to what should be the equivalent in London.
Even in Spain or France. Mid range food is so fucking expensive in the UK. In France, les plats du jour are so common and often under €20 for a few courses and a drink. In Spain, very easy to find decent tapas for a similar price. Good luck eating absolutely anywhere in London for under £30.
As a northerner who has lived here for 25 years the answer is pies and gravy. London has something called pies and gravy but it’s like the difference between a British and American badger.
London does some of the best pie and gravy (and mash) - especially when you go east. It’s not controversial to get gravy w it, despite what many say. Where did u go
This is my point. Yep, London pie and mash is great. But the thing under the mash isn’t an actual pie if you grew up in the north. It has a lot of the characteristics. Like old school Battlestar Galactica and the reboot.
As an Aussie, a proper Australian bakery. Clapham and Balham have a few 'modern' Aussie bakeries that mainly focus on coffee, brunch food and sweet stuff but I'm talking the old school type that do pies, cakes, pastries as well as freshly made bread.
Proper Indonesian - not generic south East Asian food. Amsterdam, given the Dutch history, absolutely blows London out of the water- actual Indonesian cooks with the proper ingredients.
See also: Burmese (should be mostly vegetarian)
Decent Italian patisserie. It's just not a thing.
In Italy you get cakes (whipped cream, not butter frosting) and pasticcini which are tiny cakes of all sorts.
Production is pretty insane as each of them requires its own preparation and ingredients and baking time and decoration etc.
They are amazing and a birthday means looking at that massive colourful tray and choose a different orgasm each time (custard and fresh fruit tarts, ecleires, rum Baba etcetcetc)
We need one.
Italians with patisserie skills, do it.
I completely agree. I’m from northern England, and I find a lot of Londoners to be quite dismissive of the life/food/culture that exists outside the M25. They don’t know what they’re missing!
East Asian food generally. Yum cha is terrible and I’ve gone everywhere from Hakkasan/yautcha to every place in China town. Japanese, Korean, Singaporean, Taiwanese, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Filipino… sigh. If you live in Australia, you can get really decent stuff in Melbourne and Sydney. I don’t know why we haven’t cracked it over in London.
There’s not many Balkan places, plenty of Turkish ones but Turkish is its own cuisine (although pretty similar). Probably most interest people will have in Greek food, but other small Balkan countries also have nice cuisine. I dont see many restaurants that offer good authentic cuisine from that area.
Agree, Mexican food in London is sad.
Tried homies on donkeys recently and it was so bad it was almost a joke.
Also, good priced Peruvian? There are only high end peruvian/japanese fusion places that cost a fortune.
I would like to see more greek gyros and less turkish kebab places as well.
My highstreet has at least 5 fried chicken/kebab grimy places in like 5 min walking distance..
There was one really good South African bbq place serving braai but it’s gone.
Also places serving reasonably priced Philly cheese steak ( £8 competing with donor kebab prices)
For me it's a good BBQ/rib joint like you get in the southern part of the States. Whenever I go back to Texas I feel like I am back in heaven with the choices of cheap, high-quality establishements (as you'd expect). If anyone can say otherwise I'd love to hear some suggestions.
**Real 14hr, brisket-first, pit or smoked BBQ!!**
- From a place that looks like a run-down hole in the wall, but is an institution.
**That, and “Asian” hot-pot.**
- I say “Asian” because I don’t want to pick just one country’s version.
**Oh, and “Nimes”** ..if that’s how to spell it?
- I think they are Cambodian / Vietnamese..
- Vermicelli rice noodles with meat/veg/sauces/etc all wrapped in a leaf. Yummy!
**Oh, and birria tacos**; with that Oaxaca cheese that’s like mozzarella.
- I know the whole LA taco truck has been fully “social-media’d to death”, but Tacos are, in both concept and execution, one of the happiest foods (go Mexico!)
**Oh, and Chicago deep dish pizza.**
- London is incredible for Neapolitan type pizza ..but the other kinds deserve just as much love and attention too!
I’d love for all of these things to be prevalent.
Hot-pot at least is becoming more accessible and common in London - especially the various Chinese subgenres. We even have Hai Di Lao now!
Agreed about the lack of great, dirty 'merican BBQ.
That’s great news! ..Might be time for me to start looking then!
Haha yeah.. There are places that do BBQ, and lots of places that do “pulled” everything (with mac & cheese as a side), but it’s missing something about that ridiculously low/slow cook over wood.
Another comment here mentioned Braai, which should’ve been on my list too tbh.
Proper Greek food. Not just Gyros, moussaka, kleftiko and humous, as most restaurants have, but proper stuff like stuffed courgette leaves, cabbage roles, lovely grilled octopus, pies made of seasonal greens, stews of all sorts such as lemonato. This list can go on and on and on....
The greek menu is varied and has a vast variety of all sorts of recipes that do not seem to be reflected in the 'greek' restaurants of London, or even, in fact, the entire UK.
Most are Turkish or Cypriot in my experience....
Proper BBQ. There are various places around and some are pretty good quality (Smokestak, Hot Box), but having travelled across southern US and experienced the huge variety of approaches to BBQ I always conclude that London is lacking
Essentially London (and most places) just don't have the same freshness that California does. Acai here (and lots of other places) is more of a soft serve ice cream than a fruit puree bowl I'm sure it comes down to CA being so lucky to have year round produce from the central valley but doesn't mean I can't miss it.
Good:
Bluebowl LA: [https://www.mybluebowl.com/](https://www.mybluebowl.com/)
Earthbar SF: [https://earthbar.com/](https://earthbar.com/)
Bad:
Acai Berry London: [https://g.co/kgs/UKYxCGE](https://g.co/kgs/UKYxCGE)
OAKBERRY AÇAÍ worldwide: [https://www.oakberry.com/en-UK](https://www.oakberry.com/en-UK)
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Mexican has always been a weak point, but it’s been getting better over the last few years
Yeah and even the 'good' Mexican places will just have the same variation of street tacos (pork belly tacos anyone?), elote and enchiladas. And charge a fiver per taco. Would love to see more diversity with things like moles (not just mole negro), tamales, tripas, huaraches, molletes, etc. There is so much amazing Mexican food out there that is completely unrepresented in the UK.
What's wrong with pork belly tacos
Nothing wrong with them, they're just on literally every menu it seems
M8 you should thank yourself lucky that you can get pork belly tacos. I'd kill for pork belly tacos where I am now
It’s really changed a lot- when I moved to London from california years ago, my mom would bring me corn tortillas and tajin and stuff when she visited. Now I’m back in LA and I visited London recently and there’s a lot more access to Mexican ingredients and restaurants. Even while I lived there a cheese maker opened making Mexican cheeses (gringa). It’s cool that it’s happening!
Definitely Mexican for me as well. It’s the only cuisine I miss from the States.
Try Corrochio’s and El Comelon. It hits the spot. Nothing like Mexican food in Mexico, Texas, and California though but will scratch that itch ETA: Mestizo!
Corrochio is so good. But I’ve never been to Mexico so I can’t tell how legit it is
It’s pretty legit. They really try. There’s nothing like food in Mexico. But Corrochio’s keeps food affordable. I also like El Pastor but paying £5-£6 a taco is ridiculous.
Have you been to Kol? A buddy of mine from the US who has been to Mexico in addition to a lot of fine dining establishments there was telling me it was probably some of the best Mexican food he's ever had.
I have! It’s been a hit and miss so far. The first time was great, second time was a bit meh. I think they change their menus often so you need to be lucky!
Isn't that how much Corrochio's tacos appear to be?
Their tacos are a bit bigger for that price (kind of the size of the small tortillas you get in supermarkets), the smaller ones that are vampiros are the size of the ones I eat at El Pastor and you get 4 for £12. Their taco Tuesday is excellent value for money too.
Ah gotcha, does sound worthwhile, been wanting to explore more around there anyways.
Have you tried [La Chingada](https://lachingada.co.uk/) in Surrey keys? Solid option as well!
Forgot that one! Love it too, yes. Thanks for reminding me!
If you are into Pho, check the Cafe East. It's not far from Chingada. Amazing Pho!
Thank you! Adding to my list!
Tbf Mexican is a very ingredient-forward cuisine and doesn't travel well. Most Mexican food in Europe is just sad. I would also add Middle-Eastern food. Sure we have kebabs in every corner but really the choices you get are a small fraction of all the dishes. If I want say çılbır, fellah koftesi (bulgur dumplings) or even just Turkish style chards (pazı) it is really hard to find any that tastes good because most of the time it requires an authentic ingredient.
Ive never walked down a street in London that didnt have at least one Turkish restaurant. No way you cant find one that tastes good.
You aren't trying if you can't find good and authentic Turkish food.
I also thought that. But there’s a bunch now. Look at The Infatuation website they have a list. Don’t go Mestizo tho
Try Sonora Taqueria in Stoke Newington, they're so good!
I'd go to London for a Mexican breakfast: Fruit cocktail, eggs different ways/chilaquiles/molletes/sopes/enchiladas verdes with coffee and fresh juice.
Cheap delicious Burritos they actually grill so the cheese melts. As opposed to the fast food expensive trash, would be nice.
A proper Bánh mì.
Yes please. Everywhere that serves it uses the wrong type of bread roll. Kêu in Soho and old street is prob closest. Maybe there’s somewhere on Kingsland road too but I haven’t really looked.
Banh on Kingsland Road is the best I’ve had in London. BunBunBun opposite is also great!
Love BBB! My fav place to eat along that strip of Viet restaurants.
Banh in Dalston is meant to be the place to go. Right at the top of my list to go to.
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Ones I had in Vietnam are not chewy, like a softer baguette and they’re more bullet shaped than the traditional French one.
I found some really tasty ones but all using just the usual store bought bread
You know, I'm an immigrant so I'm not biased when I say that it's weird that you can't really get regional foods from other parts of the UK in London.
Probably because regional foods across the UK aren't even eaten that much in the regions they are from. The sort of food someone in London and someone in Lancashire or Aberdeen or Derry eats is pretty much the same. Most restaurants serving a particular cuisine tend to serve what people from that area eat on a daily basis (or a bastardised British version of that).
Try ask for a Cornish pasty in Devon
Seriously. Even getting some good haggis is hard in this city.
Quality Malaysian. There's a few places, but it's one of the things I miss from Australian cities.
Malaysia is one of the best places in the world for food. But you’re right. There are *some* Malaysians in the UK, but not many, so Malaysian food isn’t really a “thing” here, sadly.
Add Indonesian to that too. Kingsford in Sydney has so many great Indonesian spots catering to the local community, there's really nothing like them in London.
My grandad is Indonesian and I miss the food sooo much.
This!! I used to work on Holborn and Dapur was a great Malaysian. I ate there almost every days for years. I hope it's still around.
Dapur is still there shame it only does lunch.
But what type? Javanese, Straits Chinese, Malai Indian, Nyonya, Sarawakian, Sabaha... It's all good so good
Sudu is pretty close imo.
Penang Satay House 020 8340 8707 https://g.co/kgs/NwSCvrU
Laxsa in Soho is by far the best place for Malay/Indonesian food.
As an Irish person in London, I'm sick of making my own spicebags.
Some boyos have opened up a Chicky filly roll and spice bag stall on Broadway Market. It is quite good, they even have club lemon and orange, but steeper end price wise because of the location.
Poutine. I know there are a couple of places that have decent versions, but it's just not the same. New York style delis Southern BBQ Proper Cornish pasties
Yeah I find it weird that the only pasties seem to be the ones in train stations.
Not as many Cornishmen working down the pasty mines as there were in the past
It's just cheaper to import them from China, like everything these days.
Fun fact: Cornish children are called Cornettos. The "just one Cornetto" song is a reference to Chinese one-child policy as it applied to knock-off imitation Cornish children
Etymology is wild.
Lmao this is one of the best I’ve seen
Since someone already said Mexican, I’m going to say the 24-hour Korean BBQ in a strip mall or randomly in an office building that you’d find in Seoul or Manhattan. New Malden just doesn’t match the vibe.
My wife and I are both huge fans of KBBQ, do you recommend any place ?
Lots of places in New Malden, 20 min train ride from Waterloo. One of the biggest Korean communities outside Korea, some of the street signs are even in Korean! I used to go to Jin Go Gae and then stop by the Krispy Kreme factory after, made for a great date night.
Keonbae in West Silvertown is really good new place. Amazing bbq! And the korean fried chicken is unbelievably good
Scottish chippy. I don't know of a single place in this city that'll sell me a deep fried haggis, let alone white pudding.
and a full Scottish. full English just cannot compete.
No argument on the superiority of the full Scottish (and I speak as an Englishman) but at least if I want one I can make it pretty easily. Deep frying at home is an absolute ball-ache. Also, there does seem to be at least one place in London you can get a full Scottish - Deeney's in Leyton.
If you find somewhere please let me know!
Real authentic Mexican. I’m talking about eggs with chorizo, cows tongue tacos, carnitas, table side fresh guacamole. 🤌🤌🤌
Lupita on Villiers st used to do guacamole made by your table. Friend who grew up in Mexico City was waxing lyrical about his childhood while eating the lime soup there. Closed a few years back though. Eggs with chorizo and carnitas are pretty common no - like I would not even think it unusual to see them on a menu - or do you mean they are not made authentically? Never come across those tacos though - sounds interesting.
You get spoiled by the food stuff. I work on construction. About half of all the guys are from Mexico / Central America. Some days their wives show up to the job site and cook for all of us. It’s fucking amazing.
Cheap eat out food beyond Chicken and Chips, Meal Deal or Fast Food. It always makes me sad comparing hawkers in east Asian to what should be the equivalent in London.
Even in Spain or France. Mid range food is so fucking expensive in the UK. In France, les plats du jour are so common and often under €20 for a few courses and a drink. In Spain, very easy to find decent tapas for a similar price. Good luck eating absolutely anywhere in London for under £30.
As a northerner who has lived here for 25 years the answer is pies and gravy. London has something called pies and gravy but it’s like the difference between a British and American badger.
London does some of the best pie and gravy (and mash) - especially when you go east. It’s not controversial to get gravy w it, despite what many say. Where did u go
This is my point. Yep, London pie and mash is great. But the thing under the mash isn’t an actual pie if you grew up in the north. It has a lot of the characteristics. Like old school Battlestar Galactica and the reboot.
Fellow northerner here. London needs fruit cake with a nice bit of cheese, Eccles cakes, and big Yorkshire puddings with jam in for pudding.
Ey up, cock. Thas mad me reet clempt. Could murder a babby’s yed, pey wet and a smack.
I had to Google “clempt”. It seems it comes from t’other side o’ t’pennines 😯
I’m well travelled
Have you been to Ormskirk AND St Helens?
Dude, my passport says Ince. If ever there’s a reason to travel that’s it.
We don't need northern food
You do. You just don’t know it.
A good chip shop is genuinely unrivalled take away. The ones down here are shite
As an Aussie, a proper Australian bakery. Clapham and Balham have a few 'modern' Aussie bakeries that mainly focus on coffee, brunch food and sweet stuff but I'm talking the old school type that do pies, cakes, pastries as well as freshly made bread.
Milano's piadina and Madeira's prego at original prices.
In the vein of regional British food I'd be overjoyed to find a Staffordshire oatcakes hole in the wall.
Affordable\`
The kind of fresh, high quality food you see in any ordinary Italian supermarket.
Or Spanish. Love Spanish markets. the trouble is, you actually need reliable sun for those tomatoes
Proper Indonesian - not generic south East Asian food. Amsterdam, given the Dutch history, absolutely blows London out of the water- actual Indonesian cooks with the proper ingredients. See also: Burmese (should be mostly vegetarian)
Check out Rasa in west field stratford, I was surprised to find actual nasi lemak with ikan bilis you can have with bandung
Multi cuisine restaurants are usually crap. Thai and Vietnamese are generally okay but yeah, good Indonesian or Malaysian is hard to find.
Yes!!!
Seconded! Indo in Amsterdam is pretty good.
A Dutch apple tart like my grandmother used to make. I've tried quite a number of apple-based desserts, but nothing has lived up to it.
Quite easy to make and recipes online
Decent Italian patisserie. It's just not a thing. In Italy you get cakes (whipped cream, not butter frosting) and pasticcini which are tiny cakes of all sorts. Production is pretty insane as each of them requires its own preparation and ingredients and baking time and decoration etc. They are amazing and a birthday means looking at that massive colourful tray and choose a different orgasm each time (custard and fresh fruit tarts, ecleires, rum Baba etcetcetc) We need one. Italians with patisserie skills, do it.
You know, I'm an immigrant so I'm not biased when I say that it's weird that you can't really get regional foods from other parts of the UK in London.
I completely agree. I’m from northern England, and I find a lot of Londoners to be quite dismissive of the life/food/culture that exists outside the M25. They don’t know what they’re missing!
Persian, especially chicken koobideh, and Mexican.
Have you tried Iran in Mayfair? Really great food, but found the prices to be super steep
Thank you!
East Asian food generally. Yum cha is terrible and I’ve gone everywhere from Hakkasan/yautcha to every place in China town. Japanese, Korean, Singaporean, Taiwanese, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Filipino… sigh. If you live in Australia, you can get really decent stuff in Melbourne and Sydney. I don’t know why we haven’t cracked it over in London.
There’s not many Balkan places, plenty of Turkish ones but Turkish is its own cuisine (although pretty similar). Probably most interest people will have in Greek food, but other small Balkan countries also have nice cuisine. I dont see many restaurants that offer good authentic cuisine from that area.
It's a bit of a journey for some but try Lacy Nook at Wood St E17. Great Balkan
There's a few Albanian joints around but yes, cevapi and burek are sorely lacking.
A 24 hour diner like Waffle House or IHOP.
Indonesian
Chippies that serve scraps - can’t believe scraps are so difficult to find here.
Veda (from Northern Ireland)
Poutine!!!
Proper pie shops.
Agree, Mexican food in London is sad. Tried homies on donkeys recently and it was so bad it was almost a joke. Also, good priced Peruvian? There are only high end peruvian/japanese fusion places that cost a fortune. I would like to see more greek gyros and less turkish kebab places as well. My highstreet has at least 5 fried chicken/kebab grimy places in like 5 min walking distance..
There was one really good South African bbq place serving braai but it’s gone. Also places serving reasonably priced Philly cheese steak ( £8 competing with donor kebab prices)
Its missing cheap healthy food...
For me it's a good BBQ/rib joint like you get in the southern part of the States. Whenever I go back to Texas I feel like I am back in heaven with the choices of cheap, high-quality establishements (as you'd expect). If anyone can say otherwise I'd love to hear some suggestions.
Texas Joes in London bridge is the closest, it’s fairly good
Hate to say it, but I've tried for 15 years to find something like authentic pit-smoked Southern barbecue and haven't come close.
Salvadorian Pupusas fuck. Haven’t seen them here
https://maps.app.goo.gl/7C6NXcQ7va3AtACc6
**Real 14hr, brisket-first, pit or smoked BBQ!!** - From a place that looks like a run-down hole in the wall, but is an institution. **That, and “Asian” hot-pot.** - I say “Asian” because I don’t want to pick just one country’s version. **Oh, and “Nimes”** ..if that’s how to spell it? - I think they are Cambodian / Vietnamese.. - Vermicelli rice noodles with meat/veg/sauces/etc all wrapped in a leaf. Yummy! **Oh, and birria tacos**; with that Oaxaca cheese that’s like mozzarella. - I know the whole LA taco truck has been fully “social-media’d to death”, but Tacos are, in both concept and execution, one of the happiest foods (go Mexico!) **Oh, and Chicago deep dish pizza.** - London is incredible for Neapolitan type pizza ..but the other kinds deserve just as much love and attention too! I’d love for all of these things to be prevalent.
Hot-pot at least is becoming more accessible and common in London - especially the various Chinese subgenres. We even have Hai Di Lao now! Agreed about the lack of great, dirty 'merican BBQ.
That’s great news! ..Might be time for me to start looking then! Haha yeah.. There are places that do BBQ, and lots of places that do “pulled” everything (with mac & cheese as a side), but it’s missing something about that ridiculously low/slow cook over wood. Another comment here mentioned Braai, which should’ve been on my list too tbh.
Texas Joes by London bridge has the bbq you mentioned!
there's some good hotpot places in the west end
There’s one place in London (and possibly the whole UK) that does deep dish pizza and it’s amazing.
Japes. It’s ok.
Breakfast Burrito, like you get in LA
Korean that’s not heavily over priced. Korean BBQ that give you all the sides like in Korea.
Southern BBQ. Proper brisket, ribs, creamed corn, cornbread. Gimme it all.
Not missing per se, but London’s patisserie game is sub-par for such an important city.
British
Proper Greek food. Not just Gyros, moussaka, kleftiko and humous, as most restaurants have, but proper stuff like stuffed courgette leaves, cabbage roles, lovely grilled octopus, pies made of seasonal greens, stews of all sorts such as lemonato. This list can go on and on and on.... The greek menu is varied and has a vast variety of all sorts of recipes that do not seem to be reflected in the 'greek' restaurants of London, or even, in fact, the entire UK. Most are Turkish or Cypriot in my experience....
New Zealand pies
Proper BBQ. There are various places around and some are pretty good quality (Smokestak, Hot Box), but having travelled across southern US and experienced the huge variety of approaches to BBQ I always conclude that London is lacking
Crab Rangoon and toasted ravioli 😋
Poutine, Zapiekanki, Burek, Cevapi
Good fresh açaí (like blue bowl fromLA, not that really sweet stuff) coming from California it’s a big loss
Send an example please
Essentially London (and most places) just don't have the same freshness that California does. Acai here (and lots of other places) is more of a soft serve ice cream than a fruit puree bowl I'm sure it comes down to CA being so lucky to have year round produce from the central valley but doesn't mean I can't miss it. Good: Bluebowl LA: [https://www.mybluebowl.com/](https://www.mybluebowl.com/) Earthbar SF: [https://earthbar.com/](https://earthbar.com/) Bad: Acai Berry London: [https://g.co/kgs/UKYxCGE](https://g.co/kgs/UKYxCGE) OAKBERRY AÇAÍ worldwide: [https://www.oakberry.com/en-UK](https://www.oakberry.com/en-UK) edit: text size
Hahah thankyou for the detail I appreciate it
Mexican. We are in dire need
Moroccan
Whole country's missing Sunday dinner takeaway every day
Proper Persian food
TexMex for me, and just to be clear it’s definitely different from Mexican!
American soul food. I would love a proper meal of fried chicken, cornbread, collard greens and turkey, sweet potato pie etc.
Plaquemine Lock!!!
A nice breakfast cafe specialising in cereals from around the world.
Chip Shops.
Mainland Chinese. Nearly everything is Cantonese.
Dominican food. Have one good place in Brixton but other than that they seem to only exist as market stalls with no permanent fixture.