Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Posted By:
Jenny Wight
Photo:
Jenny Wight
LMNT
It isn't the Egyptio-Greco-Roman kitch decor that makes LMNT
so special; it isn't the piped Opera music or fact that you can sit in wooden
balconied nooks with banisters made of old harp frames, at the feet (paws) of a
golden sphinx or inside a giant urn; it isn't even the blush-inducing bathrooms
decorated with erotic friezes (aka painted porn). It's the fact that despite
the effort put into making this one of the most bizarre and wonderful
restaurants in London,
they haven't forgotten that most people who go out for dinner actually want to
eat excellent food at a decent price.
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Thursday, February 05, 2009
Posted By:
Daniel Kramb
Photo:
Christina Theisen
Geffrye Museum
Shoreditch isn't a
very romantic place, unless you like kissing underneath deafening, car-jammed
railway arches or shouting at your date over music that's clearly not made for
whispering love confessions. If you don't mind meeting a bit earlier, help is
at hand. The Geffrye
Museum, which traces the
history of English middle class living rooms from 1600 to the present, has not
just a wonderfully peaceful courtyard in front of its former almshouse home,
sheltering you nicely from a thundering Kingsland Road. There's also a nice
restaurant, serving home-cooked soups and the like, with large windows giving
way to the museum’s extremely pretty garden, where, obviously, you should
wander around afterwards. And if you have no idea what all this flowery talk is
about: It’s a great museum, too.
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Thursday, October 02, 2008
Posted By:
Daniel Kramb
Photo:
Daniel Kramb
Hackney City Farm
"Mu-um, can we go and see the pig again, pleee-ase? Muu-uum!" Okay, don't come here if you don't like kids, but if you do (or even have them), Hackney's popular inner-city farm is a great place for breakfast. Where else can you claim that the eggs on your plate come courtesy of the hens hopping around in front of the door? The fry-ups are fresh and not too fatty (even though mine wasn't quite as hot as it could have been) and the self-styled "family cafe" also serves some interesting pasta, prepared by its three Italian chefs (hence the name). It's easy to linger (for waffles or ice cream), but you can also explore the actual farm; surely one of this area's prettiest spots. And, yes, go and see that pig again.
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