I LOOOOOOVE ATARIYA!!!…read more Seriously! This is the best shop for Japanese food in London (I am shocked that I did not review it yet!!) It is tiny...so expect to queue around the whole shop for sashimi/ fish if you come here at the weekend! The sashimi is amaaaazing! The shop is busy, with a high turnover, so the fish never has a chance to rot or become smelly. This means when you enter the shop, you'll be greeted with a lovely smell of rice vinegar. It never smells fishy, despite all the fish. They cut the sashimi for you freshly, so you can ask for it to be cut sushi-style or sashimi-style. I like Sashimi-style better as you get larger chunks of fish. I recommend the following if you'd like to try their sashimi: - Hottate (Onmygoodness the raw scallops here are soooo good!) - Amaebi (sweet little shrimps) - Saba (mackerel) - Tamago (I really like their dashimaki, eggrolls - they'll slice as much as you like for sushi) - Salmon - Hamachi - yellow tail tastes lovely, and has a slightly 'bite-y-er' texture than salmon - The toro (tuna) is good (melts in your mouth) but to be honest, I love the other sashimi more. Other mouth-watering food available: * Frozen gyoza - we always have some in our freezer for tastey-fast-food emergencies * Frozen edamame - much cheaper than eating out! * Kabocha - a bit like butter nut squash...only better! * Croquettes - I love the curry-flavour ones :) * Huuuuge bags of rice (if you ask nicely, they'll open a bag, and just sell you part of it) * Frozen unagi and the sauce to serve it with * Cup ramen/udon and all the noodles to cook yourself! * Sooo many happy Japanese sweets * Essential speedy food like furikake (the yummy food to shake over rice to make an instant meal) or packets of ready-to-go miso soup. There is lots more...you'll have to head West to explore Atariya yourself!! The staff are all really nice, so if you need help in choosing, just ask for their advice. The Japanese bloke with a moustache is an absolute legend!! *Damn writing this review has made me hungry!!*

It's a tiny grocery store but has a great selection of fresh fish! I'd say almost half of this…read morestore is dominated by the seafood counter. And the men behind the counter are energetic. The selection of the Japanese packaged food is limited here if you are looking for snacks or dry food.

Negril, Jerk City, and Cottons were formerly my holy trinity for Jerk Chicken, but now we can add…read moreone more to the list. Last night was my first time to this Shepherds Bush spot, (which I believe was formerly known as Nubian Taste), and it did not disappoint. I started off with a a patty to satiate my appetite, then the real fun started when the meal came out. The chicken was tender, the sauce was tangy and spicy, and the coconut rice and peas were perfectly done. It was a fantastic dinner. Finally, the small restaurant had a very friendly atmosphere, with patrons chatting to each other and a relaxed feel all around, as though we were eating in someone's home. I'll definitely be back next time I'm in West London.

This is a great little Russian grocery store! They have canned foods (like kapusta and ikra), loose…read morecandy, lots of deli meat, and prepared dishes (like olivyeh salad). It's a clean and well-lit store, and the lady working there is very relaxed. And if you like some pretty terrible Russian pop music with your food shopping, this is the place to go. :)

I ordered some spice mix, some corn tortillas and some tomatillo sauce from this firm for a family…read morewake. The carrier delivered late, so I refused the package as it is perishable food. The company won't refund for the corn tortillas as they are claiming they were good for 5 days and it says that on their website. I've shown them the law for consumer contracts, had to open a paypal dispute, and may have to go to small claims court. This whole affair has wasted several hours of my time. And, I had to pivot the catering for a lunch after a funeral. It was not so cool chile. It is unfortunate. I grew up in the American west and eating and cooking Mexican food, and just don't feel that I can give this business my patronage. It frankly would have been easier to grow the tomatillos myself.

I grew up in the American Southwest where enchiladas and fajitas ranked right along macaroni and…read morecheese as your typical everyday fare. Some people seek out digestive biscuits if they're stomach is feeling a little unsettled... I crave tortilla chips with hot picante sauce. I therefore feel fairly qualified to rate the Cool Chile Co. with a pretty even hand. Let's start with the good things: their whole and powdered dried chilies are a valuable addition to London's culinary landscape... generally sooo hard to come by in a "regular" grocery store, and the wonderful layers of flavour these chilies impart leave the purely hot and slightly bitter green chilies used in much of Asian cooking far behind in the dust. Also, the fact that they carry dried Mexican black beans is a real treat... these were once one of my dietary staples (and essential for making a decent burrito), but I now rarely see these unless I'm on a trip home. And now, for the not-so-great... I find their salsas and hot sauces disappointingly underwhelming... the worst part is that this was where they could have really shined, and it's where they fell through. They may have met the mark with the tomatillo salsa (albeit, *just*)... but everything else lacks the outrageous punch of zest and tang and flavour that made this Mexican condiment such a superstar in the US.

This place used to be called Shabab - which is an excellent name for a kebab shop, but for some…read moreawful and unjustifiable reason they changed it to Sayed al Saddat Restaurant. In my heart it will always be known as Shabab. This kebab shop is clean and generally quite pleasant. What marks it out is the bread they use. They freshly bake the bread for each kebab they serve and the bread is deeeelicious. Generally I only get shish kebabs (I think shawarma meat is always dodgy, wherever you venture) and the ones here are tasty tasty tasty with the fresh hot bread. The only downside is that it obviously takes a bit longer, so it's not as fast as some other fast food. A friend of mine describes the fresh bread shish kebabs (which come with salad and your choice of sauces) as 'lush', and I concur.

Very good kebabs, bushgirl is right about the bread…read more My mate Max lives down Loftus Road and swears by Solomans but I prefer this place. Still not a patch on old Andy's in Turnham Green (now called Lara's and not as good). Jim

This store stinks like sausages. When I say stinks, I mean stinks. It is hard for a Vegetarian to…read moredeal with this shop. I was pleased to find frozen Peroggis in a case. You can get these little potato parcels and heat them up from Frozen. Awesome. This store also sells magazines of all types in Polish. Downstairs, the bookshop has a wide selection of Polish books. I can't tell you the sections because I'm not Polish but there is a lot of them.

This shop is essentially a Polish deli but they also have a Polish bookstore down the stairs at the…read moreback of the deli. They offer a large selection of deli meats and sausages at the deli counter. I bought some small spicy sausages for only 1.99. They have a lot more fresh stuff here than the other Polish store on the Broadway which focuses more on non perishable items. This deli is smaller and caters more for the fresh items with a large dairy selection ie cheeses, milks and the like. They also serve large cakes at the cake counter at the front of the store.