eat in London
 

I go to London in 10 days and I'd like to know about some places for lunch, dinner,
etc... but not more expensive, please... :-) I'd like to know about pubs too... How
usually do you named all types of beers?? ...i don't know... blonde beer? black beer?
.... and the sizes?

Thanks a lot,

Hanna [email protected]

Re: eat in London
 

Hi Hanna

London is rather a big place so before we can recommend places to eat etc., can you
tell us what part of London you are visiting??

"Beer" is generally Lager. There is also Bitter, Guinness and Real Ales, as well as
many bottled beers. If you want a large beer ask for a "pint of lager". If you
want a small beer ask for "half a pint of lager". There are also different
strengths of beer, so you might ask for a "pint of ordinary lager" or a "pint of
strong lager" etc.

Hope this helps.

Paul

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sgwennodd "Hanna" <[email protected]> yn neges news:[email protected]...
    > I go to London in 10 days and I'd like to know about some places for
lunch,
    > dinner, etc... but not more expensive, please... :-) I'd like to know about pubs
    > too... How usually do you named all types of beers?? ...i don't know... blonde
    > beer? black beer? .... and the sizes?

Beer sizes: Pint (roughly1/2 litre)
1/2 pint (roughly 1/4 litre)

Beer types: Lager - tastes of nothing - same type of stuff as San Miguel, Budweiser
etc. Ale - stereotypical British beer! But the tastes depends a lot on how well the
pub look after their ale - even the same brand can vary hugely from pub to pub.

Main types of bitter/ale: "Mild" - weak (usually), dark, and easy to drink. Can't get
this in many places in London - usually sold further North.

"Bitter" - the usual ale served + drunk. Huge variety in taste and strength! Good
ones to try in London: "London Pride" and "Adnams". Avoid anything that has "smooth"
or "cream" in its name - it's just tasteless cold stuff.

"Porter" - stronger, darker and chewy. Usually leaves you feeling rough as hell if
you have too many.

"Stout" - black, and (usually) cold. Guinness is the main one, but also Murphys and
Beamish easy to get.

Any decent ale should come on a hand pump (not some piped electronic stuff). You
usually just ask for the name on the front on the pump - asking for a "pint of
bitter/lager/beer" will usually prompt the question "which one?".....

    > Thanks a lot,
¡De nada!


hwyl! geraint.

Re: eat in London
 

    > London is rather a big place so before we can recommend places to eat
etc.,
    > can you tell us what part of London you are visiting??
Center of London... our hotel is in Sussex Gardens... and we're going to visit all
the typical places, London Bridge, Westminster, Hyde Park, Portobello, Natural
History Museum, Madame Tussaud, Covent Garden, Camdem, Buckingham, Picadilly...etc.
So, where can we eat for a few pounds?? (We like all type of food and all nations)

Thanks,

Hanna

    > "Beer" is generally Lager. There is also Bitter, Guinness and Real Ales,
as
    > well as many bottled beers. If you want a large beer ask for a "pint of lager".
    > If you want a small beer ask for "half a pint of lager". There
are
    > also different strengths of beer, so you might ask for a "pint of ordinary lager"
    > or a "pint of strong lager" etc.
    > Hope this helps.
    > Paul

Re: eat in London
 

www.vphthac.org.uk <[email protected]>
wrote in message
news:GHr59.4415$S03.564418@stones...
    > Hi Hanna
    > London is rather a big place so before we can recommend places to eat
etc.,
    > can you tell us what part of London you are visiting??
    > "Beer" is generally Lager. There is also Bitter, Guinness and Real Ales,
as
    > well as many bottled beers. If you want a large beer ask for a "pint of lager".
    > If you want a small beer ask for "half a pint of lager". There
are
    > also different strengths of beer, so you might ask for a "pint of ordinary lager"
    > or a "pint of strong lager" etc.
    > Hope this helps.
    > Paul
    >"Beer" is generally Lager
Don't think you should have said that..;-)

It would be a great pity to go to Londoin and drink lager - there are al sorts of
fascinating alternatives to lager (which is generally commercial and without taste or
charchter.

Try some real ales - almost every pub has some - there are a bazillion different
types and you'll have a great time finding the one you like best.

Re: eat in London
 

"Hanna" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >> London is rather a big place so before we can recommend places to eat
    >etc.,
    >> can you tell us what part of London you are visiting??
    >Center of London... our hotel is in Sussex Gardens... and we're going to visit all
    >the typical places, London Bridge, Westminster, Hyde Park, Portobello, Natural
    >History Museum, Madame Tussaud, Covent Garden, Camdem, Buckingham, Picadilly...etc.
    >So, where can we eat for a few pounds?? (We like all type of food and all nations)
Depends on what you call a few pounds.

What we did was have a big breakfast at the hotel (if that is included - ours was),
and have a light lunch at a pub or someplace close to where we were at the time.
Lunches for 2 people (sandwich or quiche or similar) drinking water or soft drinks or
hot tea were $20 to $23.00 including tip or service charge.

If you eat dinner a little early the lunch prices may still be in effect, as lunch is
cheaper than dinner. The cheapest place we ate was McDonalds which was $8.67 The
most expensive was tea at Liberty's of London which was $28.63. It was a cucumber
sandwich and pot of tea each, plus a dessert.

We didn't try to go to specific places except once, and that place was closed when we
got there - either because it was too early or because it was Sunday. There were no
hours posted so I don't know for sure. Our method was to walk around and look at the
menus posted on the door and see if it sounded tasty and affordable, and if it did,
we'd go in and eat.



grandma Rosalie

Re: eat in London
 

Rosalie B. <[email protected]> wrote:

    > If you eat dinner a little early the lunch prices may still be in effect, as lunch
    > is cheaper than dinner.

In addition, a lot of the restaurants in the west end have pre-theatre specials. Some
of them are pretty reasonable, and there's a wide choice of cuisine there.

David

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Re: eat in London
 

On Sun, 11 Aug 2002 12:06:15 -0400, Rosalie B. <[email protected]> wrote:


    >We didn't try to go to specific places except once, and that place was closed when
    >we got there - either because it was too early or because it was Sunday. There were
    >no hours posted so I don't know for sure. Our method was to walk around and look at
    >the menus posted on the door and see if it sounded tasty and affordable, and if it
    >did, we'd go in and eat.
This makes good sense, because how does one know where one will be when it comes time
to eat? You can explore a bit the places around your hotel, but that limits you.
Looking at menus and then at the place itself seems the best way to go. I think
people worry too much about "where to eat" in a city. Someone may give a good
recommendation but one would have to travel across the city to find it.

Re: eat in London
 

    > >"Beer" is generally Lager
    > Don't think you should have said that..;-)
I agree, but isn't it the truth? What do the magority of "beer"drinkers in London
drink???? Lager!

I go to Norfolk every year and do a "pub crawl" drinking nothing but the local
special real ales! Excellent!

Paul

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In Central London, I would go to Leicester Square and have the Pizza Hut "Eat all you
can for a fiver (£5)" lunch time special, then pop over to the Wetherspoons pub
(can't remember what it is called right now but it is next door to the Capital Radio
offices and you can see it from the Pizza Hut) and have a couple of reasonably priced
pints before heading off site-seeing!

I know Pizza is not exactly sampling a local delicacy but if you are on a budget!!!

Paul

Re: eat in London
 

In article <[email protected]>, Rosalie B.
<[email protected]> said...

    > The cheapest place we ate was McDonalds which was $8.67 The most expensive was
    > tea at Liberty's of London which was $28.63. It was a cucumber sandwich and pot of
    > tea each, plus a dessert.

Both places I'm sure didn't take Dollars for payment in any case what sort of Dollars
would you be talking about? Canadian Dollars, Australian Dollars or even US Dollars
perhaps? It might be more appropriate to quote the sort of prices you paid for in our
own currency we use here in the UK (which is Pounds Sterling) rather than work out to
the nearest Cent presumably you calculated from the exchange rate at the time?

--
Phil Richards

Re: eat in London
 

In article <[email protected]>, Hanna
<[email protected]> said...

    > I'd like to know about some places for lunch, dinner, etc... but not more
    > expensive, please... :-)

If you're really looking for something really inexpensive then there are several
all you can eat places for around £5 to £6 (plus drinks) dotted around Central
London. Choices include the chains of Pizza restaurants, Mr Wu/Mr Au (Chinese,
pretty bland IMO) etc.

--
Phil Richards

Re: eat in London
 

"www.vphthac.org.uk" <[email protected]>
escribió en el mensaje
news:v0y59.7280$SA3.490425@wards...
    > In Central London, I would go to Leicester Square and have the Pizza Hut "Eat all
    > you can for a fiver (£5)" lunch time special, then pop over to
the
    > Wetherspoons pub (can't remember what it is called right now but it is
next
    > door to the Capital Radio offices and you can see it from the Pizza Hut)
and
    > have a couple of reasonably priced pints before heading off site-seeing!

Umm, it sound good! :-P

Thanks!

Re: eat in London
 

A good time to go to London is when you are ready to start a very strict diet. Ryan

"Phil Richards" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]
DE...
    > In article <[email protected]>, Rosalie B.
    > <[email protected]> said...
    > > The cheapest place we ate was McDonalds which was $8.67 The most expensive was
    > > tea at Liberty's of London
which
    > > was $28.63. It was a cucumber sandwich and pot of tea each, plus a dessert.
    > Both places I'm sure didn't take Dollars for payment in any case what sort of
    > Dollars would you be talking about? Canadian Dollars, Australian Dollars or even US
    > Dollars perhaps? It might be more appropriate to quote the sort of prices you paid
    > for in our own currency we use here in the UK (which is Pounds Sterling) rather
    > than work out to the nearest Cent presumably you calculated from the exchange rate
    > at the time?
    > --
    > Phil Richards

Re: eat in London
 

www.vphthac.org.uk
<[email protected]> wrote:

    > In Central London, I would go to Leicester Square and have the Pizza Hut "Eat all
    > you can for a fiver (£5)" lunch time special, then pop over to the Wetherspoons pub
    > (can't remember what it is called right now but it is next door to the Capital
    > Radio offices and you can see it from the Pizza Hut) and have a couple of
    > reasonably priced pints before heading off site-seeing!

I hate to say it, but Weatherspoons are probably the cheapest pubs I can think of
in central london, various happy hour specials (and there are some nice ones!)
notwithstanding. I try to avoid chains, but Weatherspoons _are_ cheap and
cheerful, though they get horrendously crowded at particular times- Friday
evenings for example.

David

--
David Horne- www.davidhorne.co.uk Composer
in Association- RLPO david (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk