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Old 21-07-2008, 16:23
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I'm having my birthday soon. And I can't decide where to go for dinner.

I want to try something different from the usual - Chinese, japanese food or Pizza.

Can someone recommend any good mexican, brazilian or Cuban restaurants in London?!
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Old 21-07-2008, 16:28
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Old 21-07-2008, 16:30
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If you don't mind a few hours travel there is a great South African restaurant in Praia Da Luz, Portugal!
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Old 21-07-2008, 16:34
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Old 21-07-2008, 16:35
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I'm having my birthday soon. And I can't decide where to go for dinner.

I want to try something different from the usual - Chinese, japanese food or Pizza.

Can someone recommend any good mexican, brazilian or Cuban restaurants in London?!
Have a look at www.toptable.co.uk

Although website seems to be down at the moment?
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Old 21-07-2008, 16:44
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I recall seeing a Lebanese Restaurant near Chelsea - the food quite literally is bollocks (Sheep Testicles!!)
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Old 21-07-2008, 16:48
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Cafe Pacifico (Langley St, WC2) does the best fajitas I've ever eaten. A good lively atmosphere too so good for a birthday celebration. http://www.cafepacifico-laperla.com/...fico/index.htm

For Cuban, try Floridita (bit pricey though!) http://www.floridita.co.uk/london/
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Old 21-07-2008, 17:15
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Cafe Pacifico (Langley St, WC2) does the best fajitas I've ever eaten. A good lively atmosphere too so good for a birthday celebration. http://www.cafepacifico-laperla.com/...fico/index.htm

For Cuban, try Floridita (bit pricey though!) http://www.floridita.co.uk/london/
YAY! thanks! I'm liking Cafe Pacifico. Floridita sounds great, but I agree it is expensive and I want something everyone can afford without breaking a sweat and cursing the day they met me.
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Old 21-07-2008, 17:15
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Have a look at www.toptable.co.uk

Although website seems to be down at the moment?
Thanks, it's working for me.
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Old 21-07-2008, 17:17
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I recall seeing a Lebanese Restaurant near Chelsea - the food quite literally is bollocks (Sheep Testicles!!)
Nice . . . : puke :
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Old 21-07-2008, 19:42
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Have you been to La Tasca before? Thats very nice Tapas food.
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Old 21-07-2008, 19:45
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A very nice Argentinian restaurant is Gaucho, excellent steaks. They are all over London, the Richmond one is particularly nice as it by the river. www.gaucho.co.uk
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Old 21-07-2008, 20:32
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Thanks you guys! I knew I would get some great suggestions from DS!
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Old 22-07-2008, 03:07
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Benihana in King's Road, Chelsea is a Japanese Teppinyaki (sp?) restaurant. I absolutely loved it the couple of times I went there - they cook a good part of your dinner at your table, so its quite good fun when there is a reasonable sized group of you - and a little bit different! It's not cheap but not prohibitively expensive .... although having said that I didn't pay either time I went, I was treated

Hope you enjoy your birthday wherever you decide to go!
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Old 22-07-2008, 07:25
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If you don't mind a few hours travel there is a great South African restaurant in Praia Da Luz, Portugal!
Yea, I hear they do take away on the side as well.
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Old 22-07-2008, 09:31
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Wahaca in Covent Garden does pretty decent Mexican food, and it's pretty authentic, none of this tex-mex fajita and burritos rubbish!
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Old 22-07-2008, 09:41
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A very nice Argentinian restaurant is Gaucho, excellent steaks. They are all over London, the Richmond one is particularly nice as it by the river. www.gaucho.co.uk
It's actually http://www.gauchorestaurants.co.uk/ . I agree that the Richmond one is in a superb location, having cycled past it many times but never ventured inside as I'm a vegetarian and it's definitely not for non-meat-eaters. But I've heard good things about it from carnivores.
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Old 22-07-2008, 09:50
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Tex Mex and Cal Mex is fine if that's what you are after but it's not authentic Mexican of which there is a severe shortage for a food city like London. I keep getting excited when places open and are good for a while and then decline or just shut down. I used to like Beach Burrito but that shut down and reopened nearby as Mexicali which was nowhere near as good. Green and Red in Shoreditch was brilliant when it first opened but has really gone downhill. I wasn't all that impressed with Wahaca when I went but I'll give it another go.

Does anyone know a consistently good Mexican restaurant that does things like escabeche or mole?
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Old 22-07-2008, 10:24
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Cuba Libre in Islington (on Upper Street) is fantastic - wonderful food, party atmosphere, stays open late.
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Old 22-07-2008, 10:52
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I wouldn't go to La Tasca, not very authentic tapas
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Old 22-07-2008, 13:14
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Gosh! I'm spoilt for choice
I had narrowed it down to Cafe Pacifico and Wahaca. But, Cuba Libre and Green and Red sound nice and they are close to where I live . . .
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Old 22-07-2008, 14:20
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Wahaca in Covent Garden does pretty decent Mexican food, and it's pretty authentic, none of this tex-mex fajita and burritos rubbish!
Burritos are authentic Mexican food.
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Old 22-07-2008, 22:33
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Burritos are authentic Mexican food.
Not really, only in a teeny tiny place in the North of Mexico that's almost the USA, so it's actually tex-mex more than Mexican. I've never had a burrito in Mexico, and I eat out a lot!

The mexican burritos are nothing like the flour tortilla ones you get in 'mexican restaurants'. The gringos have stolen our food and made it their own.
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Old 23-07-2008, 21:07
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If you want something different you couldn't do much better than this place http://archipelago-restaurant.co.uk/.

Fantastic food, fantastic service would really recommend it!
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