12 Upper St. Martin’s Lane
WC2H 9DL
Tel: 020 7379 6893
Date of Last Visit: Friday May 21, 2005
The Victims: Julie, Meredith, Andrea
The Damage: A bit less than 20 GBP each
We saw Mary Poppins. The play, not the person. It was good. I was expecting something else because I’d heard that it was a different kind of Mary Poppins, darker and more mysterious. And that Disney had approved it, even though it was so "out there."
Well I don’t know. Maybe I know Mary Poppins too well. I thought it was just like the movie. There were a couple of cool scenes where Bert climbed the stage (that was very cool) and Mary flew out into the audience. But otherwise. Eh.
So afterwards, we were of course hungry and went on our normal search for sustenance. (Why am I always searching for sustenance???) We ixnayed Indian because Meredith and Andrea are in London visiting for the weekend and had plans for Indian later in the weekend. So there, glittering in the distance, in the shadow of Stringfellows, was Absolute Thai. It was after 10:30, and they still permitted our entry. Good sign.
We had some duck spring rolls, which were nice. And some prawn bags of some sort, which were just okay. And I ordered my normal Pad Se Eiw and it was DELICIOUS. But then again, I always seem to love Pad Se Eiw, no matter where I have it. So do not judge Absolute Thai by me. But seriously, everyone seemed pretty happy with their food. And their beer. It was a good night. But then they kicked us out at midnight.
The verdict: If I’m in the ‘hood around 10:30 again, I’d go here. No booking necessary, not so expensive. Good food. Good stuff.
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Today around 2 pm i finihed my work and decided to go for a lunch in a local thai restaurant- Thai thai.
I set down and made my order with a loveley waiter. Ive ordered a soup with prawns and double jack D with diet coke. Few minutes later the other person rushed to me saying that i have to order a main course as well. He also added that this is a proper restaurant were people should order starters and main courses.i was outraged, never in my life people in a restaurant were so agressive and rude to me. It was a clear message “order more or get out”.Also when i asked the waiter if i could speak to the manager, he refused, than said that he is the manager, then when i asked about the owner, manager said that he is not around ,but i shall come back after 19.00, when i asked about the owners name he wouldnt give it to me either, he insested that it is a policy of the restaurant that is suported by the owner- Mr.Hussain Ali .(evantually Mr.Shah- the manager,gave up and recalled the name of the owner)
I dont know if Mr.Shah is the manager or not, but quite clearly if he is, then he is deffinatly doing the wrong job, a person, who has no comunication skills and is so agressive towards his customers simply can not be a manager in any restaurant.
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