Amy's reviews
Review of Thai Metro
31 Jul 07, 23:06
Normal Thai food 
The standard Thai dishes including pad thai and tom yum are great here. Not too greasy, but enough grease for it to be satisfying. The service that I've received here has always been good, even though they've often had people waiting to be seated, the waiters have never rushed us. Although everything from the decor to the food is nothing out of the ordinary, it is the service that I have had here that makes me fond of the place.
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Review of Sketch
26 Jul 07, 14:01
A very unusual restaurant 
I wanted to go to sketch merely for the infamous alien egg toilets that they have. I didn't realise that the food was going to be amazing too.
The entrance looked as if the walls had once been alive and sucked the chairs inside of it. The clockroom had a full revolving wall too. Very futuristic. And the toilets were as expected, very odd. In the dining area, there were red lasers being deflected by revolving mirrors in a half white and half red split coloured room. I'd never seen anything like it before.
The food itself was probably a little pricey for lunch £60 for two people not including dessert or alcohol. But they had white asparus which I've not seen in this country and they cooked it the way it's meant to be cooked; so that you can slice it like warm butter. The lamb that I had was tender and full of flavour. One of the best meals that I'd had in a long time. The service was very friendly too, not stuck up like I thought that it could have been.
It's definately somewhere I'd like to go back to, but maybe when I've got a bit more money.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review of Bar Shu
20 Jul 07, 17:22
Not for the faint hearted
Bar Shu is daringly unlike most other Chinese restaurants, it is super hot and spicy. The majority of its dishes deserve a spice warning of at least 4 chillis. The Sichuan province of China is notorious for its spicy food, yet in Central London, this is only one of two that I know of (the other being near Kings Cross on Chalton Street). It is quite pricey, depending on what you eat, on the menu, there was one dish that's price tag read something like £73! I steered clear of that one. But even though each dish is probably spicier than you think you'll be able to handle, they are so delicious that you just can't help pinching more of it with your chopsticks. The twice fried pork was very good. The dish to watch out for is the Beef in water. This dish was literally caked in almost a cm of chilli seeds, enough to probably give you a stomach ulcer. When I tried this, within seconds my tongue had gone numb. A meal for two cost around £60. The service was ok, but all the recommendations were for the spicier foods and we had to push for a more balanced meal to find the less spicy dishes.
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.