George's reviews
Review of Thai On The River @ Battersea
15 Jan 08, 16:37
Yeesssss, but...... 
Not sure. Based near Battersea Square it's far from convenient to reach. Far from decent transport links, it's best to go here by taxi. Trying to find a parking space near the restaurant will bring on mental trauma or at the very least flashbacks, if you partoook in any illegal substances in your youth.
It's been here for sometime and I did have a delicious meal here about a year ago hence the return. Given its location, I assume therefore that this place is most frequented by locals. On the friday night it was fully booked.
This review feels slightly like a betrayal. There is nothing wrong with the food, or the place, in fact it is rather good Thai food. It's not groundbreaking and there's a lot of it. The service is fantastically good with supremely friendly staff. The restaurant does have views onto the river which does make a nice backdrop to a meal.
It just all feels quite expensive for what it delivers. Two of us had 2 and a half courses each, a bottle of water, two beers and two glasses of house champagne for just under £100.
Worth going to if you like Thai though.
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Review of La Cuisiniere
21 Dec 07, 10:40
Low Whisk Kitchen Shopping
Local legend says that, if Gordon Ramsay was Jesus, then this would be his Bethlehem stable. Probably.
This is a kitchen orientated shop. No bedroom fippery here. Oh No. Just pure kitchen products from knives that can slice a planet in two, to strange shaped poaching dishes, woks, strange pointy things, humble tea towels, minimalist egg cups and lots of Alessi. OK simply, if something was invented for the kitchen these people stock it (Serving Wenches excepted). There is so much stuff that they actually had to set up a second shop called 'Cuisiniere Too' to hold the over spill. That's the plus side.
The negatives are that the shop is a bit cramped. It's so packed that movement - when there are more than four people in the shop - can be difficult. Don't go in here fully loaded. The staff were also a bit unfriendly but that may have been due to the three screaming children that were causing havoc in the shop when we visited.
Price wise, well, it obviously varies but the products are good quality and last.
They also take the Wedge card which is great and can get you money off.
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