The One restaurant

Chinese fusion restaurant The One is located in Botley Road, Oxford is a short walk from the train station (opposite direction from Oxford town centre)  We ate there twice in May 2017, on a Wednesday and Thursday night - the Wednesday, The One was packed!  The food is excellent and very well cooked and the staff are very efficient and friendly.  Both occasions, the meal cost close on £25 (main course, soft drink - 2nd evening, main course, pudding, soft drink)

Grilled tiger prawn with noodles and mango salad.

Menus and locations listed on their website here The One restaurant

Restaurant Review - Simplicity (London, UK)

 Simplicity is a tiny little restaurant in between Rotherhithe underground station and the Brunel Museum, at 1 Tunnel Road off Salter Road.  It seats maybe 30 people and, when full, is a little bit "elbows at dawn" but it's worth going to.  The menu is written on chalk boards which are hoiked over & propped onto chairs according to whichever table needs to view it (which I found a bit weird - I'm used to the paper menus left on the table with specials written on a big board above the bar, or something!!!)

HOWEVER, if you can get past that, you're onto a damn good dinner!!!

(the point being there's no airs and graces to this place - just turn up with spending money and apetite!!!)

Last time I stayed in the area was May 2015 - first time in three years, and the owner recognised me, which was nice!  The first evening I ate there, the meal I chose was bubble & squeak on spinach and veggies with a poached egg with hollandaise sauce on top, and was ridiculously delicious!!!!  They live up to the name of the restaurant - simple food but it done brilliantly well!!!

For pudding, I had their chocolate mousse with fruit compote and chantilly cream...... YUM!!!

The second evening I ate there, I had three chorizo sausages on the best mashed potato on the planet EVER, on top of veggies and the richest onion gravy I have ever tasted.....!!  (I was too full up for pudding!!)

For price guidance, an evening meal for one person consisting of glass of wine, starter and main course is around £25 including the tip.
Rumour has it they do an excellent Sunday brunch which, although I've not tried it, would not surprise me in the slightest!!

Their website is Simplicity

Restaurant Review - Tas (London UK)

 On a recent trip to London, after visiting the British Museum on Great Russell Street, we stopped for lunch at Tas Restaurant on the corner of Great Russell Street and Gower Street.  It does Turkish/Anatolian style cooking

 They have a very good set menu of two courses (starter and main) for £12.45 per person which we decided to have.

 They brought us some warm bread, a yoghurt dip and some olives for nibbles.....

 ....with the Taboulleh salad which is called Maydanoz Salatasi - I'd forgotten how good this is!!!

 For the main course, we had Lamb Shish with couscous, which was lovely!!!

And then when we got the bill (service is included in the price, so no need to tip) we also got some Turkish Delight to nibble on!!!

This is definitely a ten out of ten restaurant...... and a good price for the centre of London!!!  

There are other branches of this restaurant around London - for more information click here Tas restaurants