Sarah's reviews
Review of New Tayyab
18 Oct 07, 10:27
still the best 
Been again this week and can confirm that this place is still A) rammed B) amazing value C) the best curry in the east end QED London D) has the most attentive and efficient staff on the down side (is there one?) the more people that know about it the longer the queues get and if you sit too near the kitchen you are half choked with throat-burning chilli fumes but even that is more than worth it And gosh I love their mango kulfi lollies
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Review of Sainsburys
30 Sep 07, 20:31
Now bigger, and better possibly 
It's a Sainsbury's so you know what it does right? and this branch just what you'd expect just right (except their plastic baskets are vile and dirty, whose great idea was that then?) plus it's not a scary one (unless you find anywhere outside of Fulham scary that is).
Anyway my point about this branch just behind the Idea Store (that's a library to you and me) on Whitechapel Road is being expanded and looks like it might be quite good once finished. Bigger certainly. Better would be nice too, or just clean those baskets anyway.
Okay so today they were unable to cope with the numbers (we all shop at about a quarter to 5pm on a Sunday round here, didn't you know?) but handing round chocolates to keep us sweet was a nice try at calming the hoards. And absolutely all of the till staff there are simply lovely, kind and friendly - I'm not kidding, they are wonderful, really. Or perhaps just well-trained and highly motivated to be nice.
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Review of Atlantis
07 Aug 07, 20:40
Art supplies heaven 
This is me letting you into the 'secret' every east end artist has known about for years...
Atlantis is a massive and cheap warehouse where you can buy pretty much everything the professional or amateur painter could ever need - from easels and pre-stretched canvases in all sizes plus stretchers to make up your own and every kind of paint, brush, pencil, crayon, pen, solvent and other gunk you can imagine.
They offer student discount and are pretty helpful if you can't find what you are after. Oh and the paper section is unbelievably comprehensive and very hard to resist.
It is just up behind the Bell Foundry, off Whitechapel Road. And they are open on Sundays too.
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