Stewie Mac

Borough Cafe is still there and still busy (at least it was on Saturday). Best Bacon Sandwich is from the little stall in Kingston Market (which is much more of a proper English market than that at Borough - full of useless tat for the most part) - they also do very fine sausage sandwiches, according to my non-bacon-eating other half. In the same area, Christy's of Long Ditton has the best fish n chips I've tasted outside the East Coast of Scotland (properly skinned fish in really crisp batter, let down only by the lack of chip soss). And my vote for best kebab (assuming that you haven't time to go to the Turkish Doner Inn at Tollcross in Edinburgh) is for the restaurant on the North End Rd just down from West Ken tube station. Stewie PS - I don't *only* eat crap... is the set lunch at Le Gavroche still a good deal ?

or how about the 606 club on Lots Rd (strange how the 'entertainment' in 'food and entertainment' seems to be a choice of jazz or naked ladies....)

Just to remind people that the set lunch (I think still £40 for three courses, half bottle of wine, water and coffee/petits fours) is the best bargain in town - will be going with my brother for our annual 'brightening the dog days of January' lunch in about three weeks

Wot ... no votes for Monsieur Max in Hampton Hill ?? v tasty down-to-earth French cooking, but sadly no longer as cheap as it used to be. (and Vanessa, could you talk us through your route to work please - I can't figure out where you start from, if you walk through Kew and Barnes on the way to Fulham Stewie PS Greetings all

My first post, having only found this forum recently... Sorting out a bottle of fizz to be in our hotel first night of honeymoon. We like Ruinart/Billecart-Salmon styles, but they're not available at the hotel. Their choices are: Gosset NV Bt 2,900 Taittinger NV Bt 7,300 Moet NV Bt 7,500 Dom 93 Bt 13,000 With service and tax, that's around £55 for the Gosset up to £250 for the Dom. I can see that Dom is 75% more expensive than Moet nv, but what are people's views on the Gosset being less than half the price of Taittinger/Moet ? I don't think that I've ever had Gosset, but I understood it to be okay - do people think that 2 bottles of that should do the trick ? thanks in advance Stewie