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Okay....so, we're doing a long weekend in London next weekend, last visit with the daughter while she's living there (she's moving away for grad school in a couple of months).  Her mom is an expected visitor, I'll be a surprise.  And mom will stay longer than I will, so our last night all together will be Sunday.  Was thinking a nice Sunday roast dinner (we'll be going to a matinee show that day, can't even remember what, sure we'll eat a light lunch beforehand).

Daughter lives in Hackney, we're staying near St. Pauls (closer to the river).  We could do the great Turkish grill in her hood she took us to last time.  More of a neighborhood joint, but truly an amazing meal.  Or, we could do a Sunday roast.  Up closer to her is the Hemingway pub, closer to us is the Jugged Hare.  Any other ideas/suggestions for a Sunday dinner in that general area (e.g., not south London or whatnot).

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57 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Okay....so, we're doing a long weekend in London next weekend, last visit with the daughter while she's living there (she's moving away for grad school in a couple of months).  Her mom is an expected visitor, I'll be a surprise.  And mom will stay longer than I will, so our last night all together will be Sunday.  Was thinking a nice Sunday roast dinner (we'll be going to a matinee show that day, can't even remember what, sure we'll eat a light lunch beforehand).

Daughter lives in Hackney, we're staying near St. Pauls (closer to the river).  We could do the great Turkish grill in her hood she took us to last time.  More of a neighborhood joint, but truly an amazing meal.  Or, we could do a Sunday roast.  Up closer to her is the Hemingway pub, closer to us is the Jugged Hare.  Any other ideas/suggestions for a Sunday dinner in that general area (e.g., not south London or whatnot).

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2 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Okay....so, we're doing a long weekend in London next weekend, last visit with the daughter while she's living there (she's moving away for grad school in a couple of months).  Her mom is an expected visitor, I'll be a surprise.  And mom will stay longer than I will, so our last night all together will be Sunday.  Was thinking a nice Sunday roast dinner (we'll be going to a matinee show that day, can't even remember what, sure we'll eat a light lunch beforehand).

Daughter lives in Hackney, we're staying near St. Pauls (closer to the river).  We could do the great Turkish grill in her hood she took us to last time.  More of a neighborhood joint, but truly an amazing meal.  Or, we could do a Sunday roast.  Up closer to her is the Hemingway pub, closer to us is the Jugged Hare.  Any other ideas/suggestions for a Sunday dinner in that general area (e.g., not south London or whatnot).

If Mrs Brisket has another "New England" experience with a British young lady let us know how it goes. 

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2 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Okay....so, we're doing a long weekend in London next weekend, last visit with the daughter while she's living there (she's moving away for grad school in a couple of months).  Her mom is an expected visitor, I'll be a surprise.  And mom will stay longer than I will, so our last night all together will be Sunday.  Was thinking a nice Sunday roast dinner (we'll be going to a matinee show that day, can't even remember what, sure we'll eat a light lunch beforehand).

Daughter lives in Hackney, we're staying near St. Pauls (closer to the river).  We could do the great Turkish grill in her hood she took us to last time.  More of a neighborhood joint, but truly an amazing meal.  Or, we could do a Sunday roast.  Up closer to her is the Hemingway pub, closer to us is the Jugged Hare.  Any other ideas/suggestions for a Sunday dinner in that general area (e.g., not south London or whatnot).

Marksman in Hackney is supposed to do an amazing Sunday roast. I just haven't made it to Hackney on a Sunday.

If you decide non roast, Miga in Hackney is topping a lot of best lists. I haven't been, but it is on my list. My friend went and said it was excellent.

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18 hours ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

Marksman in Hackney is supposed to do an amazing Sunday roast. I just haven't made it to Hackney on a Sunday.

If you decide non roast, Miga in Hackney is topping a lot of best lists. I haven't been, but it is on my list. My friend went and said it was excellent.

Marksman looks incredible.  Will see if we can talk the daughter into it.  We're going to see Hadestown at 3:00, figure that wraps up around 5:30-6:00, plenty of time for us to get to a dinner around 7:15-7:30 in Hackney.

2 hours ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

I must have missed this story.

Probably for the best.

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Back in my backpacking days, I stayed a few nights at a squat in Hackney. This was...1992, and it wasn't the most desirable area. I imagine it's a little different now.

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1 hour ago, zlavydra said:

Back in my backpacking days, I stayed a few nights at a squat in Hackney. This was...1992, and it wasn't the most desirable area. I imagine it's a little different now.

Oh, it is.  Quite gentrified, but not entirely.  So, still affordable for her (London affordable).  There's a good number of immigrants (the shops on the high street carry a lot of African groceries and such), but also, as you get down towards Hackney Wick, a whole bunch of Audis and such parked in front of the houses.

And we made reservations for a Sunday roast dinner at the Marksman.  Thanks, Penelope.  Doesn't mean we won't hit the Jugged Hare at some point too....we'll see.  It's a short visit for me.  Dinner at some sort of cheese restaurant that she loves on Thursday, Friday is a relatively open day, Saturday we'll do stuff around town and then Coldplay at Wembley that evening.  Sunday will get up and do a nice full English somewhere, do some more stuff around town, go to Hadestown, then the Marksman for dinner and back to her flat to hang out afterwards.  Then back to the hotel, as I fly out the next morning (not too bad, though - the 11:20 flight, so I don't need to get up at the crack of dawn to get to LHR - hell, may even try out the Elizabeth Line).

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In my daughter’s hood:

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I would eat there EVERY DAY. I mean…they have goat head. Do I know what dodo & gizzard is? No. Would I eat it? Hell yes.

This joint seems compelling:

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Daughter informs us this is where her mates go for karaoke, she just cheers them on.

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And this place is awesome, with a soup Nazi vibe: “I’d like a medium beef and lamb wrap.” “No. You get a large chicken.” Ok. And it’s delicious, and makes for 2-3 meals.

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Went to seven dials last night. Family secret: I am the eighth dial. And the fifth Beatle. And the first of the first among equals.

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Why did we go? To hit one of the daughter’s favorite restaurants, Pick & Cheese…it’s…a cheese restaurant. We hammered it.

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Then, we stopped for a chocolate at Knoop, and spotted this…mash restaurant. That’s what it is. And it looks interesting.

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Throwing something fun into the list if anyone's looking for something unique...  we had a full day in London before we went to Liverpool for a cruise to Norway, so since my (extended in-law) family members had never been, I did the usual "cram as much London into one day" death march as we could, but we ended up (pre-made reservations, of course) having dinner at the top of the "Walkie Talkie" building, up at the 35th/36th floors - known as the Sky Garden.  There are several restaurants up there (again, you need reservations).  We dined in the Darwin Brasserie (https://skygarden.london/restaurants/darwin-brasserie/).  

The food was really nice - pricey, but worth it.

The views, though, were fantastic... you had a great sunset view looking west over the city, and were situated directly overlooking the Tower of London and Tower Bridge.

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...and after dinner (we timed it obviously for sunset!), the views of the lit-up Tower Bridge were really stunning:
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British museum today (haven’t been in years). Such an amazing place - the empire’s attic. Some good, some not great. History is complicated.
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And because I’m 12….
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Dinner at….

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Several other amazing seafood dishes as well, just took a coupla pics of welsh oysters and scallop.

Then, daughter and one of her flatmates decided we needed to go to a sketchy Wetherspoons for a pint, because if you don’t understand Spoons, you don’t understand the UK.

That’s where we met our new friend Declan. Declan is a drunk dude from Doneghal sitting next to us who just asked where the fag shop is, and started telling the northern Irish roomie his life story. It’s awesome. His mom is one of 12, his dad is one of 12. Mom’s an alcoholic. She had Declan out of wedlock, so had to bail on Ireland. They’ve had it rough, but he’s trying to have a relationship with her. He spent some time in prison. Not sure what for.
He really tried to sell us on going to his favorite pub, the Crown, just down the street. It’s great. They have music and dancing. But he can’t go with us. Because he’s been banned from the Crown. Declan’s teeth are a mess.
Also, I understood about 50% of this, northern Irish roomie had to translate the rest. It was awesome. This planet is full of some amazing people.

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