Zobler’s Delicatessen, The Ned London's New York deli fantasy, is a really big deal and a good one. too. But because I fear its pleasures and prices may not endure, I've slapped a sell-by date on my recommendation. The ground floor of the 5-star Ned London, with its...
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Top 10 Reasons To Love the Salt Beef at Tongue & Brisket
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Taking Your Salt Beef As It Comes
In an era when cured pig back is more chic than caviar and the once prized but hopelessly lean fillet (filet mignon) cut may soon be sold off for scrap it's hard to remember back to a time when fat was a four-letter word. Seek out any good Old English dictionary and...
Is it Kosher for Mishkin’s Not To Be Kosher?
Most of the grievances from the kibbitzers of Covent Garden boil down to Mishkin's authenticity deficit. The latest theme restaurant to get the Russell Norman touch (think da Polpo, Polpetto, Spuntino) is less the great Jewish deli they wished it to be than the...
Beautiful Pastrami Spotted on London Pavement
The passing pedestrians on Blandford Street in Marylebone, an affluent area of central London, were all asking themselves various forms of the same question: What is that man doing taking photos of a pastrami sandwich left out on the pavement? Wrong question, I...
Top 5 salt beef sandwiches in London
Salt beef, as New York-style corned beef is known in the UK, is a Jewish deli meat made from beef briskets cured in brine. The salt breaks down the tough brisket meat while letting its flavours emerge. Salt beef ought not be an exercise in aerobic mastication, as some...
Best hot salt beef sandwich in London?
UPDATE: VERY SORRY TO REPORT THE NOSH BAR HAS CLOSED FOR BUSINESS. UpTHE NOSH BAR is back in lights on Great Windmill Street and that alone is cause for celebration, if not a detour from New York, Newcastle or even New Oxford Street. But wait: surprise of surprises,...
Beigel Bake’s salt beef as rubbery as ever
If I can prevent just one of Brick Lane's nocturnal foragers from yielding to the temptation of a Beigel Bake hot salt beef sandwich my move from New York to London will have proven a success. I appreciate that the Beigel Bake is a London institution, a revered relic...