Prince of Wales - Esher

48 West End Lane,
Esher,
Surrey,
KT10 8LA

The Prince of Wales has relatively recently been renovated and looks good on a sunny day.

I visited on a Thursday evening with 2 mystery diners.

The crab cakes were good.

Chilli prawns had a crispy coating and thai style sauce.

I went for the curry night option which included a choice of two curries, onion bhajis rice and naan. The Butternut squash Dhansak with chickpeas was nice as was the Goan king prawn curry, although the prawns weren't king sized by aussie standards! Neither dish was particularly spicy, the naan and bhaji's were fine without being exceptional.

The chicken ham and leak pie looked great and went down well.

The Norfolk outdoor reared pork also satisfied.

The curry special was 10 quid including a beer.




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Canteen at the Royal Festival Hall

Belvedere Road

London 

SE1 8XX

Canteen is tucked in at the base of the imposing south face of the Royal Festival Hall.

There is an outside area and inside there were a mix of shared tables and smaller booths as well as more standard tables, the whole place did feel open and quite stylish.

 We both had the half pint of prawns to start, these were a little on the small side, but well cooked and easy to peal.

I had the fish cakes, which I miss in Australia where they aren't very common. These were great, with a crunchy coating of breadcrumbs and a decent amount of fish in the cakes, providing both flavour and texture...

I had to have mushy peas as a side, these were also good.

Rob had the roast Chicken - thigh and leg, with chips which he seemed to enjoy.

The service was good and I enjoyed my Meantime Pale Ale, a good choice.




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Albion Caff

2-4 Boundary Street,
Shoreditch,
London
E2 7DD

Danny decided on the Albion Caff at Conran's newish (for an irregular visitor) Boundary Road establishment...

The take on the east end caff is a bit higher end than some I used to visit, the bottles of HP sauce and Heinz tomato ketchup.

Ev went for the scotch egg to start, which looked the part...

Danny opted for the devilled kidney's, and was presented with quite a pile.

I had the very green spinach soup, which perhaps wasn't quite as thick or flavoursome as I'd expected, but was good all the same.

My fellow dinners both chose the skirt with chips a favourite it seems.

I had the spinach and mushroom pie, which had a great crisp puffy top and a rich filling.

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