KOYA

Koya on frith street, Soho is pretty awesome. Classic Japanese udon noodles, with hot & cold options and a large range of specials that cross the line from japanese to english.

Koya recently got a mention from chef David Chang in Lucky Peach as one of his favourite places to go when in london, which is a pretty big deal.

I thoroughly enjoyed everything i had apart from the pickled cabbage with bergamot (i ordered pickles and they had none, this was the special on), i can safely say that this was the most disgusting thing i have ever eaten in my entire life. Slimy and revolting.

Stick to the noodles i say!

Koya.

Koya bar (next door)

I started eating pretty much everything before i took a photo. Pork belly cooked in stout and honey with the strongest mustard i've ever had.

Fish tempura, little dull but was still nice none the less.

Emily refused to ask for a fork, i dont even know if they have forks. 

The worst thing i've ever put in my mouth. lol.

oh god.

Beef Atsu-Atsu hot udon in hot broth.

Same again but with duck, only 3 small pieces along with what i think were 3 pork balls. I think...

Definitely will be going here again for my udon fix.

http://www.koya.co.uk/

Ben's Canteen

Ben's Canteen on St Johns Hill in Clapham is usually heaving most days and most definitely every weekend. You'd reckon that was the case because of their amazing food or maybe it's just the fact Gordon Ramsay has been seen eating there a few times, who knows why.. because it sucks..

It was saturday about 11am and the inside of my head resembled the day after a Michael Barrymore pool party. My friend's are i weren't feeling good and needed booze & food ASAP on this wonderfully sunny day. We only waited about 20 minutes for a table and were seen to quite quickly about drinks, which unfortunately were forgotten about, 15 minutes later they arrived (a pint & a bloody mary). 

So lets get to the food, as far as the burgers went the beef, pork & chicken were juicy, the coleslaw inside the burgers was overloaded with mustard making the whole burger taste of mustard, no one enjoyed it and the sweet potato chips were a little sparse.  I ordered sweetcorn fritters with a poached egg as a side, the bacon was like rubber and the fritters were still raw and i couldn't finish them, they tasted of nothing but pancake batter with lumps of sweetcorn in them. I dont know where they get their eggs from but they're very average and tasteless, when other cafes use eggs like Burford Brown and other great quality eggs you'd think somewhere like Ben's Canteen would source their ingredients with a little more passion, it sets you apart from any old 'caff'.

All in all, disappointing. My fritters were free thank fuck.

Chicken Burger.

Pulled pork burger. (Just stick the fucking pickle inside)

Cheeseburger.

Sweet potato chips.

Sweetcorn fritters.

Shitty egg with basically no yolk.

PItt Cue Co.

Wow.Wow.Wow.

This place is honestly fan-fucking-tastic. So tiny that i've been in bigger toilets, cocktails are awesome and the meat is just incredible and tender. Went for lunch so we got a table but there's usually an insane queue. Short and sweet about this place, it's amazing and you should go there.

Soho Sour.

Jowl Scrumpet.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=scrumpet

 Lamb Brisket. Parsley, garlic & anchovy sauce.

House sausage & bone marrow mash.

Smashed celeriac & leeks.

Special for the day. Smoked ox cheek on sourdough.

<3

Check it out.

http://www.pittcue.co.uk/home/

Dip & Flip

Lets get stuck in, Dip & Flip is OK. It's been around for a while now and we only got around to checking it out a couple months back (late post so i've forgotten a lot). What i do remember is how it wasn't that awesome, i found their Dip & Flip burger a little too sweet overall. This fucker consists of a cheese burger topped with roast beef or lamb that has been dunked in gravy, they come with a shitty little paper bowl of watery fucking gravy to dip your already sloppy burger into. Cool. Bugeracc gave this place 5stars the other day which matches up to Patty & Bun and also Meat Liquor, which i personally dont understand .. plus my friends loved it. Maybe i'm just a prick, who knows. 

A nice moment was when i asked if they had wheat beers, as it turned out they had a few bottles of Blue Moon downstairs that were not on the menu. The waiter was a nice guy (possibly a manager). 

As with the restaurant theres no real atmosphere and the music was too quiet. 

This Clapham burger joint is hit or miss for me. Worth checking out, i guess as it's overall quite cheap.

This is Ben.

Shake.

And this is the one everyone's here for.

And again

http://www.dipandflip.co.uk/