The Black Pig After walking around for a long time, we…read morestumbled upon the Black Pig. Seeing people walk away with a sandwich tray piled sith freshly shaven Parmesan, drew us in, and so glad it did. Such a uniquely delicious and hearty sandwich. The line is long, but it goes pretty quick. Highly recommend getting it. We shared one, but could have easily eaten one on our own. It's ok, bc it leaves room for us to try something else. Northfield Farm Got the special Rueben and shared it. It has salt beef, emmental cheese, sour kraut, pickles and their secret sauce. It was cool to see him make it in front of you quickly. It's only one person at a time, so the line might take a while to make its way through.

Definitely a must if you're in london but it's very easy to get over-stimulated and lost in my…read moreopinion because it gets super packed. I went in 2 different times: saturday at 3pm and wednesday at 10am. Two completely different vibes. I tried the famous sandwich from the black pig, viral chocolate covered strawberries and bread ahead. Black pig - the best one sandwich: it was AMAZING!!! I was a bit scared to get this since i was by myself but let me tell you, it was not heavy as i expected it to be. Just delicious overall and would totally recommend. Chocolate strawberries: I love strawberries and chocolate but definitely think you can find cheaper alternatives anywhere in london. Bread Ahead: my new favorite pastry place. I pretty much got a donut from this place (not this location) everyday because the black currant cheesecake donut was that good. I got the tiramisu and crème brûlée donut which my brother liked and i wish i could've tasted them before they went bad but anyways, I would totally recommend the donuts from here! Their chocolate chips cookies are HUGE and delicious as well. This was probably one of my favorite markets!

Very good spot for take-away home-made Vietnamese food done by a lovely old lady. I had a…read moreLemongrass Beef Bun (Noodles) that was very well seasoned and with a nice mild spicy punch. Be aware that it is CASH ONLY.

Literally the definition of "hole in the wall." You will miss it entirely if you're not looking for…read moreit on a map app. The bun bo hue is superb. However it is small by US standard. It's a little sweet so for those who don't like sweet, this may not be up your alley. The grilled pork com is OK. The shrimp roll is 4.8 lbs which is expensive compared to the states. Good Vietnamese food in London. No pho and small portions, which may not be enough for us fat Americans. :)

Fancy taking a holiday but don't have the money? Come here for your injection of Columbian culture…read moreand cuisine. A bit like a private social club this place can be intimidating but seriously, everyone is welcome. You can enjoy the amazing tasty treats on offer, I had a chicken and potato pattie that was awesome, as well as a whole load of Columbian food that you can take home yourself and cook. They hold Salsa lessons here and have amazing "Old Boys" singing to all the families sat around. This is a cultural hub for the local Latin American community and is just fantastic!

Best Salsa bar in London. If you are looking for real Salsa and Latin music, this place is probably…read morethe best in London. Its not fancy, but feels like a real Latin American Salsa bar. Lots of drinks, Colombian street food also available. Great people and great Salsa!

12/04/2018: Aobaba Vietnamese Restaurant and Grocery Store is literally two buildings away from…read moreSafestay; I'm relieved noticing there are substantial necessities you may purchase at Aobaba such as Asian pears, fresh bananas, H2O, Asian beverages, vegetables, etc. without trudging ten minutes walking to Elephant and Castle's Shopping Center and the Elephant and Castle Underground Station. However, upon ordering my late breakfast/lunch, i.e., the jet-lagged, groggy, dispositional meal after 24-hours landing at Heathrow, the special Won-Ton soup was lacking notably, bean sprouts, mint leaves, bay leaves, more assorted vegetables, and slices of chili peppers: I guess it's safe assuming the soups created here are catering to the local residences' taste buds and not those who are familiar with experiencing true ethnic, Vietnamese cuisine. Still, the broth was good, filling, laced with thin noodles, and a smidgeon of Won-Ton noodles filled with pork costing £8.50; nonetheless, the soup was . . . meh~boring. In addition, I ordered the mango/green tea, bubble tea for £3.50 which was absolutely disappointing to my utter dismay: The bubble tea was like a Lipton pre-mixed green tea mixture and the same applies for the mango-definitely a questionable mixture; the mango tasted straight from a tin can and definitely not from pulverizing a fresh mango fruit sold at the Aobaba Grocery Store adjacent to the restaurant . . . Ironically, drinking the mango/green tea bubble tea was undoubtedly a disappointing surprise . . . Moreover, there were no tapioca pearls or flavored jelly cubes added to the mango/green tea bubble tea, i.e., surprisingly shocking. https://aobaba.com/menu I was literally taken aback, astonished the URL for Aobaba doesn't list the menu physically seen at the restaurant. Therefore, I'm submitting three stars for the decent broth, docking two stars for the lack of ingredients for the soup, Boba lacking tapioca pearls or flavored jelly cubes but, giving allowances for the extremely calm, soothing, pleasantly congenial, Aobaba Staff; aside, the Pho I ordered and ate was truly a . . . MEH, i.e., boring~I'll just shop at Aobaba's grocery store making my own Pho, just buy the fruit, and the vegetables.

I actually stopped by Hoa Phuong first, which was down the street, but they were closed (idky since…read moreI came after 5pm), so I went here instead. Service started off horrible. There was only one staff at the time and I think she was new. She was busy making drinks for a student in front of me after she got it wrong so I was neglected for a while. Until another staff noticed me and ask if she could help me instead. I thought they had menus on the walls, based on the pictures here on yelp, but there wasn't any. Only a menu on the counter where you placed your order. The staff told me they had vermicelli, banh mi, beef/chicken pho, and bun bo hue (spicy beef and noodle soup). I ended up getting their bun bo hue. I didn't know what to expect, but when they called my order and I picked it up, the ingredients in the bowl blown me away. The first taste of the broth was so flavorful and gave me a nostalgic feeling and made me homesick for a bit. Right balance of spiciness, saltiness, sweetness, and flavors of lemongrass. The noodles tasted like it was just gotten off the pot. The bun bo hue was hot and freshly made. Nice ratio of meats to noodles. I wasn't impressed with the service, but I am with their bun bo hue.

Cute little place right next to the new Elephant Park. Deliscious Tonkatsu with a rich, hearty…read morebroth that's a got a little kick to it. Great price of just 8.50 for lunch! Next time I'm going to add nitamago (marinated egg) and extra pork. The menu is limited so you should only come here if you want ramen or gyoza.

Good small Ramen place. I had Mellow Miso Ramen which was…read moregood, fairly priced and with a very tasty broth. Service is friendly but slightly messed up with the added toppings.

If you ever, for some bizarre reason, end up in the quite dire location that is Elephant and…read moreCastle, and you feel like a bite, I would recommend this place. The outside doesn't look like much, neither does the inside coming to think of it. But they do serve some very good Thai food, cooked by Thai chefs, and served by Thai staff. The Thai part works as a separate entity to the bar, and is the only good thing about this pub/ restaurant. I had Gueytiew Phad Keemao (stir friend spicy noodles) with pork, which was great and very spicy and just how I had expected it to be like. Also their stir fried pork with chilli and basil, and Pad Thai is good too. The menu in general is authentic and extensive, just that it's a bit odd eating rather decent Thai food in such an awful location! Oh, and it's cheap too...

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Getting Neapolitan pizza right is easier said than done. Theo's excelled in producing a…read morehigh-quality margherita pizza earlier today. To boot, they had five-star customer service, with the manager taking an active interest in the patron experience. The pizza seemed large when it came out, but I was able to demolish its entirety--fluffy crust, cheese topping and all--in fifteen minutes and still felt like I had some room for dessert. And I was pleasantly surprised to see that the manager took off four pounds from an already reasonable price, as a discount for keeping me waiting a tad longer. I have had many a slice of similar quality at Luzzo's in New York, but that did not come with this level of customer service. Come to Treo's for the rare combination of great ambience, food quality and service. You are unlikely to be disappointed.

12/09/2018: Theo's Naples pizza RIVALS those pizzas made in Genoa, Portofino, Pisa, and Rome,…read moreItaly sans the pepperoni, i.e., bell peppers plus, Moorea, French Polynesia's pizzeria close to Club Bali Hai! Yeah~I must vehemently state the owner of the Genoa pizza close to the Ostello della Gioventù Genova located in Genoa, Italy surely left me palette-traumatized! I was wondering if, the Naples pizza made and served here would also leave me palette-traumatized- accosting me with an unadulterated-no, PLETHORA of bell peppers heavily laced on top of the pizza I ordered as well: Wow~I was undoubtedly incorrect summarizing my assumptions regarding the Naples pizza made by these two Pizza Chefs! My humble apologies for incorrectly assuming creating bad pizzas, Pizza Chefs! In fact, the pizza I ordered had this haunting smoky flavor I couldn't decipher what created the smoky flavor . . . I'm still puzzled as I write my review for Theo's . . . Hmmmm~What was that smoky flavor-Smoky Margherita, eh?

If you had a inebriated Australian come up to you waving a crushed plastic hat covered in pink…read moresparkles in your face and shouting "Will you put on this hat?", would you comply? (If your answer is yes, I'll probably try to manipulate your agreeableness, asking for back rubs and gourmet meals, so watch out). Well, would you? They guys who work at this Superway would (after a bit of nudging, and no, I'm not asking them for the aforementioned things). You might think that sparkly hat ordeal is made up considering I say plenty of ridiculous things in my reviews. It's not.. I promise. I leave near by this place and I'm always in and out like a turtle and his shell when he's really scared then really relaxed then really scared then really relaaa.... right so. I go in here a lot. The guys who work here are always nice and put up with any hilarious shenanigans silly drunk Australians through their way. My roommate once broke a jar of salsa on the floor there when she knocked it with her bag, and the guys in the shop cleaned it up and told her not to worry about it. They could have gotten mad, but they did not. They could have danced a fiery tango with the broom, but they did not. This store also has a nice selection of humus, in case you wanted to know. It's basically an average grocery I suppose, but it holds a fondness in my heart. You can also top up your Oyster here. Now if that's not the cat's pajamas, I don't know what is

Hum Hard to not be mean on that mall. Sincerely it desperately requires to be refurnished. Why?…read moreWell I think you'd better have a look there to work it out then! Once you'll step in you'll remark how much it stinks ... can't barely describe it. Except for the fact that there is a Tesco to provide us in acceptable food, no interests to pop into that place to have good time at all.

The E&C Mall opened up in 1965, an advanced indoor shopping centre in the heart of London. Bowling…read moreAlley, all supplemented by the growth of the surrounding market place. There is a large shopping mall with the usual shops, but also with some Polish, Afro Jamaican and W African shops. Outside under the trees in the shade is a small food court with Thai, Chinese, African and Caribian food. The specials are showed in the windows, making someone hungry. The smell is nice and the sellers are more than friendly. The Thai people selling home made excellent chicken springrolls and amazing good tasting curries. The Caribian people sell many local dishes as spinash Rice, Jolloh Rice, beef stew (hot), goat and oxtail dishes. Just try it, the food is marvelous and inexpensive, as for under 5 pound, one can eat as much as he want. Also there is a vegetable and fruit stall with all the ingredients one need for home cooking as: Durian (the worth/nice smelling fruit worldwide) stinking so badly that it is even forbidden to carry on a plane, jams, pomelo's, sweet potato or casava leaves. Have a look around and enjoy.

Mercato Metropolitano was such a fun find! It's spacious, lively, and offers an incredible variety…read moreof cuisines. The beer garden out front is perfect for hanging out, while the indoor food court--though a bit tucked away--opens up into a huge space filled with a variety of great food options. I tried The Duck Shed's Vietnamese wrap, which was packed with flavor, and the fish & chips, which were fresh and perfectly crispy. Whether you're looking to relax outside or explore the numerous indoor food stalls, it's a great place to hang out with friends.

I believe that the name Mercato Metropolitano is for the retail area. It was open early matching…read morethe hours listed on yelp. The Food Hall itself opened at noon. As I remember it, there was a cheese monger (who also greeted us), cafe, and some fresh produce. There were also a few tables and chairs for folks to relax and enjoy their beverages and pastries. The man in the cafe, who made our latte was friendly and charming. He asked where my wife's family was from and then spoke some rudimentary Japanese with her. When a regular customer came in with his dog, Molly, the business owner sliced some meat and served it to Molly. It was obvious that while much of his business was probably transitory, he took the time to get to know his customers, even the K-9's. Oh yeah, and the latte was pretty good too!