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  • Moro Restaurants - Clerkenwell

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    34 Exmouth Market, Finsbury, London EC1R 4QE

    Moro Restaurants

    miche11e am 5 Juli 2007

    Being a vegetarian in London is easy. No matter where you go, from Michelin-starred restaurant to run-down pub, there are always options for you. So when I sat down and looked at the menu at Moro, my heart sank a little. There was only one veggie option for lunch, and it was a £14.50 mezze plate. Everything else, despite being non-vegetarian, looked good! I was disappointed, but resigned to my fate.

    The disappointment didn't last long after that huge plate was set before me. On it were two pieces of crispy flatbread and an assortment of some of the best houmous and roasted vegetables I've ever had. It's been a few weeks since I went there, so I can't remember all the details, just that there were about five or six small salads and dips to spread on my bread and they all tasted very good. One side contained some of the most delicate pomegranate seeds I've ever eaten.

    The only down-side to this restaurant is that it is so loud. Even though my friends and I were seated near the door, it was so loud in there that we couldn't hear each other talking. For that, I dock Moro one star.

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  • Crazy Homies - Bayswater

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    3 10 Beiträge

    125 Westbourne Park Road, London W2

    Crazy Homies

    miche11e am 5 Juli 2007

    Having lived in California most of my life, and a significant chunk of that merely minutes from the Mexican border, I'm only beginning to get used to the idea of life without real Mexican food after living in London for seven weeks now. I was optimistic about Crazy Homies, especially since it's only a few minutes' walk from where I'm staying. Having heard about the evening chaos there, I went with some friends on a Saturday for lunch.

    Even though we were practically the only customers in the restaurant, it took forever to receive our food. It's a good thing we started with their tasty chips and salsa. Though I ordered the vegetarian burro (Why are they called 'burros' in London, and not 'burritos' as they are in America?), I was served a chicken one, which was rather disturbing as I'd already taken a bite before I noticed. To their credit, they were very apologetic and comped my meal.

    Despite the slow service and the mix-up, I enjoyed my lunch. The burro was definitely *not* the same animal as the wonderful burritos you get in Northern California, however, it was still tasty. Our waiter was actually friendly, too -- a rare thing in London.

    Though I may not go back to Crazy Homies as often as I'd visit my local burrito shop in San Francisco, I can picture returning again on a sunny Saturday afternoon or for an occasional takeaway.

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  • Ottolenghi - Notting Hill

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    5 14 Beiträge

    63 Ledbury Road, Notting Hill, London W11 2AD

    Ottolenghi

    miche11e am 29 Juni 2007

    Ottolenghi makes the best salads in London. They use fresh, seasonal ingredients and the menu is always changing, which is a good sign to me. The vegetable combinations they come up with are creative and usually spot-on. A recent example is roasted jersey royal potatoes, samphire, grilled English asparagus, broad beans, dill, chervil, lemon and pink peppercorns. That may sound like a lot to throw in one salad, but it worked. You could taste each ingredient in the mix, yet no single ingredient overpowered the others.

    It's the perfect place to go if you're looking for a light lunch, but expect to pay for this perfection. A combination of four salads on a plate costs £11. You can get them to go in a take-away box and pay by weight, but it soon adds up.

    The Ledbury Road location has a communal table in the back with table service, unlike their Kensington location.

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