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Abeno (Museum Street, London)

(Okonomi-yaki Japanese Restaurant)

Okonomi-yaki - Japanese pancakes. (look at ~22 UKP per head for a full evening meal)
Abeno
47 Museum Street,
London, WC1A 1LY.
(near the British Museum)
Tel: 020 7405 3211
Fax: 020 7405 3212
E-mail: okonomi@abeno.co.uk

Andrea's Restaurant (Charlotte Street, London)

(Greek)

Very good food
OPENING TIMES: 7 days a week 12.00 pm - 3.00pm; 5.30 pm - 1.00am (Closed Sunday Lunch times 12 - 3 pm)
Andrea's Restaurant
22 Charlotte Street,
Fitzrovia, London, W1.
Tel: 020 7580 8971
Fax: 020 7580 6201
WWW: http://www.andreas-restaurant.co.uk/
E-mail: gavriel@globalnet.co.uk

ASK (Kensington High Street, London)

(Italian)

Very nice Garlic Bread
ASK
222 High Street Kensington,
London, W8.
Tel: 020 7937 5540

Bamboo Malaya (Elsternwick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)

(Malaysian Hawker, Chinese and Thai)

Opposite Coles Supermarket
Free home delivery
Bamboo Malaya
442 Glenhuntly Rd, Elsternwick
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3105
Tel: (03) 9528-3842

Bamboo Terrace (Bulleen, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)

(Chinese)

Yum Cha Daily: Monday to Saturday: 12:00 Noon to 3:00pm; Sunday: 11:00am to 3:00pm
Dinner: Monday to Sunday: 6:00pm to 10:30pm
Bamboo Terrace
201 Bulleen Road
Bulleen, Melbourne,
Victoria, Australia, 3105
Tel: (03) 9852-0541
Fax: (03) 9852-0506
Map to Bamboo Terrace

Bangkok Thai Restaurant (Albany, New York, USA)

(Thai)

Bangkok Thai Restaurant
8 Wolf Road
Albany, New York State,
USA, 12205
Tel: (518) 435-1027 and (518) 435-1425

Bay Tower (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

(Fine food)

Requires proper dress
Bella Pasta
Sixty State Street, 33rd Floor
Boston, Massachusetts, USA,
Tel: (617) 723-1666

Bella Pasta (South Kensington, London)

(Italian)

Bella Pasta
60, Old Brompton Rd
London SW7 3DY
Tel: 020 7584 4028

Bottom Of The Harbour Gourmet Seafoods (Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)

(Fish and Chippery - plus seafood)

Bottom of the Harbour
93 Dundas Pl Albert Park, Melbourne,
Victoria, Australia, 3206
Tel: (03) 9645 7666
Map to Bottom of the Harbour

Blue Lagoon (Kensington, London)

(Authentic Royal Thai Cuisine)

Blue Laggon
284 High Street Kensington,
London, WI4 8NZ.
Tel: 020 7603 1231
WWW: http://www.blue-lagoon.co.uk
E-mail: thai@blue-lagoon.co.uk

China Bar - (Box Hill, Melbourne, Australia)

(Chinese)

China Bar
??? Station St,
Box Hill, Melbourne, Victoria
Australia, 3128

China Imbiss Sing Kong (Ludwigshafen, Rhine Valley, Germany)

(Chinese)

Near Tor 3/Gate 3 of the BASF Chemical Complex and the René-Bohn-Haus BASF hotel.
China Imbiss Sing Kong
Calr-Bosch-Strasse 137
67063 Ludwigshafen/Friesenheim,
Rhine Valley, Germany
Tel: 0621/698 024

China Sea (Glasgow, Scotland)

(Chinese)

Near the train station and central hotel. Good cheap food. Convenient and open late.
Monday to Friday - 12:00pm to 24:00pm. Saturday: 12:00pm to 1:00am. Sunday: 14:00pm to 24:00pm
Business Luncheon: Monday to Saturday: 12:00pm to 14:00pm
China Sea
12 Renfield St. 54 Gordon St.
Glasgow G2-5AL,
Scotland, UK
Tel: 041-221-2719

Choy Hing Village (Grappenhall, Warrington)

(Chinese)

Opening times:
- Lunch: Mon-Fri 12 noon - 2pm;
- Evening: Sun - Thurs 5:30pm - 11:30pm; Fri and Sat 5:30pm -12 midnight.
Choy Hing Village
Fully Licenced Chinese Retaurant,
97 Knutsford Road,
Grappenhall, Cheshire.
Tel: 0925 265349/861169

Cafe Boheme (Red Hill Lookout, ACT, Australia)

(Cafe)

Cafe Boheme
Red Hill Lookout,
Red Hill Drive
ACT, 2603, Australia
Tel: (02) 6273 2915
Fax: (02) 6273 1807

Cafe Noir (Armadale, Melbourne, Australia)

(Restaurant)

Cafe Noir
1094 High Street,
Amadale, Melbourne
Victoria, Australia, 3143
Tel: (03) 9509 0182
Fax: (03) 9509 0286

Cat and Lion (Stretton Village)

(Pub/restaurant)

Have not been there but recommended by other people, but not cheap is the word on the street.
(Should note that another group did not like this restaurant though first group are more trustworthy)
(Pub part of the Permier Lodge motel)
"It's on route to Stretton Fox at the T junction where one turns right towards the roundabout near Stretton Fox."
Cat and Lion
Tarporley Road, Stretton,
Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 4NB.
Tel: 01925 730 451
Fax: 01925 730 709

Coffea (Soho, London)

(Cafe and Bistro)

Highly recommended for good cheese-cakes.
In an alley/street surrounded by the seedier parts of Soho. (we were trying to find the Soho Dome Cafe at the time but did not regret going here instead)
On trying to find it again - according to those in the know from the RI who guided in all types of directions - is near the ADC(?) Car Park and some of Soho's more famous strip bars. If of the high moral cafe set (aren't we all?) - do not be put off by this as the cakes and cheese cakes at Coffea are excellent and potentially the best London has to offer.
Stays open till late (Dome cafes close around 11pm)
Coffea
21, Brewer St, Soho
London W1R 3FL
Tel: 020 7494 4567
If you intend to do this after a Wong Kei chinese. To get to Coffea from Wong Kei - go up Wardour Street through Shaftesbury Ave and turn left onto Brewer Street.
Map

Daedalus (Cambridge, Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

(Fine food)

Daedalus Restaurant and Bar
45˝ Mount Auborn Street
Cambridge, Boston,
Massachusetts, USA, 02138
Tel: (617) 349-0071
Near Harvard Square
WWW: http://www.daedalusrestaurant.com

Dao Vien (Springvale, Melbourne, Australia)

(Chinese and Vietnamese)

Lan L's preference
9am to 9pm - Weekend Yum-Cha
Dao Vien
34 to 36 Ellen Street
Springvale Melbourne, Victoria
Australia, 3171
Tel: (03) 9547 6565

Dog's Bar (St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia)

(Cafe and Bistro)

Am out of date on present status but used to have wonderful Chips, Chilli Whitebait and Deep fried pizzas based around pastry - not bread.
Feb 2002 update: They have lost the Chilli Whitebait (they only do plain whitebait) and the Ripeano con Spinachi(sp?) has not made a reappearance. The thin sliced fresh cooked chips have been replaced with chunky chips.
Dog's Bar
54 Acland St, St Kilda
Melbourne, Victoria
Australia, 3182
Tel: (03) 9525 3599
Escaping the culinary desert of Clayton - a Dogs Bar lunch in Ackland Street, St Kilda, Melbourne - 27th February 2002: 1 of 2 | 2 of 2

Dome (Kensington, London)

(Cafe and Bistro)

Recommended with good Cafe Late's.
Only a 2.5 hour train ride from Runcorn.
In an alley off the Kensington High Street.
Also refer "Hot Pubs and Bars": http://www.kensington-chelsea.com/pubs.htm
Was hard to find address again so the following could be wrong. Dome match box packet has been scanned to allow re-identification.

Don Pino (Stockton Heath)

(Italian Restaurant)

Recommended.
Chianti it good as well as the food. Good atmosphere.
(Toilets are up the stairs, round the corner. If male, try to avoid entering the women's toilets - use the Gents -> Squeezy upstairs corridor can make concentrating on the door signs difficult)
From: Yellow Pages UK (search on public houses)
Map in Yellow Pages website is misleading as the pointer is on Fairfield road when the Don Pino restaurant is on London Road near the main Stockton Heath Junction.
Don Pino
67, London Rd Stockton Heath,
Warrington Cheshire WA4 6SG.
Tel: 01925 860847

Dragon Boat Restaurant - (Wantirna South, Melbourne, Australia)

(Chinese)

Yum Cha lunch daily
(next to Cinema entrance)
Dragon Boat Restaurant
Shop 12, Village Cinema Complex
Brisbane Lane, Knox Towerpoint
Wantirna South, Melbourne, Australia, 3152
Tel: (03) 9801 6655
Fax: (03) 9800 4288

Drury Lane Diner - (Drury Lane, London)

(Chinese)

Drury Lane Diner
176 Drury Lane, London, WC2B 5QF, UK
Tel: 020-7405 2911
Cheap and decent for lunch.

Dynasty - (New York City, USA)

(Szichuan Chinese)

Very good and cheap special lunches
If you take 1/9 train, get off at W110th st., it is right there.
Dynasty
On the cross of Broadway and W110th Street
New York City, USA

East Empress Chinese Restaurant - (Glen Waverley, Melbourne, Australia)

(Chinese)

Mongolian Lamb is very good - though restaurant is not cheap
East Empress
185-189 Coleman Parade,
Glen Waverley, Melbourne, Victoria
Australia, 3150
Tel: (03) 9562 5393

Feeling Fruity (Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia)

(Ice Cream and Fruit Salad cafe)

Very nice ice-creams and fruit salads
Feeling Fruity
119 Dundas Pl,
Albert Park
Melbourne, Victoria
Australia, 3206
Tel: (03) 9699 8499

Fitzroy Tavern (Bloomsbury, London, UK)

(English Sunday Lunch)

Sunday roast lunch starts at 12 midday
Fitzroy Tavern
16, Charlotte St
London
W1T 2NA
Tel: 020 7580 3714

ENZO (Mt Waverley, Melbourne, Australia)

(Italian Style)

Even Steve was surprised that such a thing could exist in the suburbs. Very good food at above average prices.
ENZO
Cnr. Pinewood Shopping Centre
435-437 Blackburn Road
Mt Waverley, Melbourne, Victoria
Australia, 3149
Tel: (03) 9887-9477
Fax: (03) 9887-6084

Equinox Grill (Natick, Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

(Fine food)

Equinox Grill
61 Worcester Road, Route 9 West,
Natick, Boston,
Massachusetts, USA, 01760
Tel: (508) 650-8887
Tel: (508) 650-9888
WWW: http://www.equinoxgrill.com

Good Earth - (South Kensington, London)

(Chinese)

Not cheap - but OK to good food. Prepare for around 20 pounds per head.
The Good Earth
233 Brompton Road,
London, SW3 2EP, UK
Tel: 0171 584 3658

Gourmet Garden - (Hendon Central, London)

(Malaysian - Singaporean - Chinese)

On the cheapish side and most excellent food.
Near Hendon Central Tube Station - edge of Zone 3 on the London tube system
Gourmet Garden
59 Watford Way,,
Hendon, London, NW4 3AX, UK
Tel: 020 8202-9639

Geals (Notting Hill Gate, London)

(Fish and Chippery Restaurant)

Geals Fish Restaurant
2 Farmer Street, Notting Hill Gate, London,W8 7SN

Tel: 020 7727 7528
Fax: 020 7729 8632
(Near the tube station)
Has Whitebait starter
WWW: http://veryusefulmaps.com/NottingHill/paidshops/Gealespgs/index.html
WWW: http://veryusefulmaps.com/NottingHill/paidshops/Gealespgs/3.html

The Gourmet Pizza (Oxford)

(Pizza Restaurant)

The Gourmet Pizza Oxford
Gloucester Green, Oxford

Tel: 01865 793146
(Near the bus station)
Good Chinese duck pizza and sausage pizza.

Han Palace - (Vermont South, Melbourne, Australia)

(Chinese)

Yum Cha (Dim Sum for US types) daily for Lunch. Booking in advance highly desirable.
Han Palace
495 Burwood Highway,
Vermont South Shopping Centre
(Cnr. Burwood Hwy and hanover Road)
Vermont South, Melbourne, Victoria
Australia, 3113
Tel: (03) 9887-9822 or (03) 9803-5330
Fax: (03) 9887-8633

Hatton Arms (Hatton Village)

(Pub/restaurant)

Also Refer: The Journey: Living Like a King Session: Hatton Arms, Hatton, 22nd Sep 1999

Also Refer: Early Spring 2000 Meadows around Daresbury Lab - and onward towards the Hatton Arms

Good for "Living like a King" sessions. Request menu and order while drinking in the bar. Excellent food. For example:
- 22nd September 1999:
- Seafood pancake starter being a very good but not too filling starter. (pate is another good starter but can be a main meal for me)
- The sea-bass with a black bean sauce (while having the disadvantage of not being mutated, iltempered or having a "Friken" LASER on its head) is excellent. The black-bean source is placed on the side of the plate and is optimised to work with the sea-bass. (another one to go for is the rack of lamb. Haddock in prawn sauce are highly recommended as well. Chicken with Banana has been complimented by others in equal amount)
- Venison (marinated/cooked in Gin) considered to be very good and flavoursome by someone claiming to be in the know.
- Chips are first class: possibly being of the tasty greasy pan fried variety and thus not destroyed by deep frying.
- Salad is very good, not being 90% lettuce but a well oiled mixture.
- Rasberry merangue with subtle ice-cream. (Yum!)
Great, friendly atomosphere
Restaurant is not open Monday night.
Restaurant (at least on Tuesday) opens at 7pm (just drink in the bar until time) and will generally accept guests to the restaurant until 9pm.
The Australian Shiraz is a good wine to choose (A drinking - not a fighting wine). The 16 pound French wine(forgot the name - I am meant to be a tee-totaller) is a good complement to the Shiraz. (As I keep telling the "Scott Droid" - "life is too short to be spending money on cheap booze!" Stick clear of that Chateau Chunder!)
30 minutes walk from the lab. Very nice day or evening walk (watch out for traffic on Daresbury Lane as no foot paths for most of the way). Go into the Daresbury village on the Chester Road, then down Daresbury Lane (past the Daresbury All Saints Church) past meadows and fields to Hatton Arms.
Has very good quality "pork scratchings" at the bar.
From: Yellow Pages UK (search on public houses)
Hatton Arms
Hatton Lane, Hatton
Warrington Cheshire WA4 4DB
Tel: 01925 730314

Poem partially inspired by Hatton Arms Sessions

"When I was first offered this job,
I felt reassured when told I would "live like a king"
Now that I'm here,
    I don't know which region, I don't know what century,
But I'm living that life!"

Henninger Gutsshanke (Rhine Valley, Germany)

(Traditional German)

Around a 45 minute drive from Ludwigshafen
Pigs Stomach is very good and recommended.
Early October is when you can partake of the "new wine"
Henninger Gutsshanke
67169 Kallstadt
Weinstrasse 101,
Rhine Valley, Germany
Tel: 0 63 22 / 634 69

Hills Chinese Restaurant - (Box Hill, Melbourne, Australia)

(Chinese)

Standard roast duck and roast pork, etc
Hills
586 Station St,
Box Hill, Melbourne, Victoria
Australia, 3128
Tel: (03) 9899 3382

Hing Lung (San Franciso, California, USA)

(Chinese)

Hing Lung
674 Broadway Street,
San Franciso, California, 94133, USA
Australia, 3128
Tel: (415) 398-8838

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Hue Hue - (Springvale, Melbourne, Australia)

(Vietnamese)

Lan V's preference
Hue Hue
11/17 Balmoral Ave,
Springvale, Melbourne,
Victoria, Australia, 3171

Il Mondo Spaghetti Bar - (Clayton, Melbourne, Australia)

(Italian Pasta Restaurant)

Good and cheap near Monash University and CSIRO in Clayton
Lunch: Tuesday to Friday (from 12 noon to 2.30 p.m.)
Dinner: Sun, Tue, Wed, Thur, Fri, Sat. (from 5:30pm to 12:00pm)
Il Mondo Spaghetti Bar
1895 Dandenong Road,
Cnr Clayton and Dandenong Rds
Clayton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3168
Tel: (03) 9544 5283

Jimmy Watson's Wine Bar - (Carlton, Melbourne, Australia)

(Wine Bar and Restaurant)

When out with dignified alcoholics and want to watch the world go by. Chips/fries are OK and they do serve Coca-cola for the non-alcoholics.
Jimmy Watson's Wine Bar
333 Lygon St, Carlton,
Melbourne, Victoria
Australia, 3053
Tel: (03) 9347 3985
MAP

Jacobs Cafe - (Gloucester Road, London, UK)

(Japanese)

Jacobs Cafe
20 Gloucester Road,
South Kensington, London, SW7 4RB, UK,
Tel: 0207 581 9292
Fax: 0207 225 5085

Kanda - (Heidelberg, Melbourne, Australia)

(Japanese)

Kanda
191 Upper Heidelberg Road,
Heidelberg, Melbourne,
Victoria, Australia, 3079
Tel: (03) 9499 7688
Fax: (03) 9499 4688

Kellys Chinese Restaurant (Stockton Heath)

(Cantonese and Peking Cuisine)

Very good option for a relaxing group dinner if you have the time
Take away is an option if you want to eat in the lab.
Chinese beer is available and people in the know claim it is much better than American beer. A sort of superior form of Budweiser.
10 minutes by car. Driving down to Stockton Heath on the way to Warrington.
Duck dishes can be recommended. (e.g., Fried Roast Duck with Mushrooms in Black Bean Sauce)
Open 7 days a Week for dinner
- Sun - Thur 5.30pm to 12.00am
- Fri - Sat 5.30pm to 12.30am
Kellys Chinese Restaurant
22 London Road
Stockton Heath, Warrington Cheshire
Tel: 01925 210594

Kew Chinese Restaurant (Kew/London)

(Peking and Cantonese Cuisine)

Kew Chinese Restaurant
306 Sandycombe Road
Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3NG
Tel: 0181-940 3504

Kwan Thai Restaurant (London Bridge City, London)

(Thai Cuisine)

Kwan Thai Restaurant
Unit 1, Hay's Galleria,
London BRidge City, London, SE1 2HD
Tel: 020-7403 7373
Tel: 020-7357 9850
E-mail: kwanthai@btinternet.com.uk
WWW: http://kwanthairestaurant.co.uk/

Korea Garden (Ottawa, Canada))

(Korean)

Korea Garden
Korean
On Rideau Street 3 blocks up from the Quality Hotel, 2.5 blocks up from the McGee's Inn
Korea Garden
470 Rideau Street,
Ottawa,
Ontario, Canada, K1N 5Z4
Tel: (613) 789-5496

La Panse (Grenoble, France)

(French)

One of the best in terms of good food to value in Grenoble
La Panse
7, rue de la Paix, Grenoble, France
(in/near the old town)

Les Druids (Nancy, France)

(Lorraine, French)

Good value and good food
Les Druids
21 Rue des Marechaux, Nancy, France
Near Stanislas Square (above not 100% correct - can't find it on the web)
Nancy, France webpage: http://www.ot-nancy.fr
Nancy, France webpage: http://www.ecole-de-nancy.com/
Lorraine, France webpage: http://www.cr-lorraine.fr/

Loi Krathong (Elsternwick, Melbourne, Australia)

(Thai)

Open Tuesday to Sunday for Dinner
Loi Krathong
289 Glenhuntly Road,
Elsternwick, Melbourne, Victoria, 3185
Australia
Tel: (03) 9528-2552

Lotus Chinese Floating Restaurant (Millwall Dock, London)

(Chinese)

Lotus Chinese Floating Restaurant
38 Limeharbour, Inner Millwall Dock
Adj. London Arena, London E14 9RH, UK Tel: 020 7515 6445
Fax: 020 7515 6446

Luigi Malones (South Kensington, London)

(Italian)

Good option if visiting round the Natural History Museum however last time deserts were non-optimal.
10 minutes walk from the Natural History Museum. Down pass the French Embassy passport queue, beyond the tube station then turn right.
Luigi Malones
73 Old Brompton Road
South Kensington
London SW7
Tel: 0171 584 4323
Fax: 0171 581 9500

Maggie Jones (Kensington, London, UK)

(English)

Try the Mango Stew
Near Kensington High Street
Maggie Jones
6 Old Court Place
London
W8 4PL
Tel: 020 7937 6462
Opening Times: Monday - Saturday 12:30 - 14:30, 18:30 - 23:00 ; Sunday 12:30 - 14:30, 18:30 - 22:30

Mandarin Ogilvie (Ottawa, Canada))

(Chinese - Szechuan and Thai Cuisine)

Reputed to be the best Chinese Restaurant in Ottawa
(John Tse of NRC does not tell a lie here)
All Day Dim Sum (Yum Cha as it is called in Australia)
Mandarin Ogilvie
1137 Ogilvie Road,
Gloucester, Ottawa,
Ontario, Canada, K1J 7P6
Tel: (613) 749-8838
Fax: (613) 749-5049

Mai Tai (Melbourne, Australia)

(Hawaian and Thai)

Very good calimari entree/starter
Mai Tai
234A Russell St (Cnr. Lonsdale St),
Melbourne, Victoria, 3001
Australia
Tel: (03) 9663 2112
Fax: (03) 9663 3223

Mountain Village (Ferntree Gully, Melbourne, Australia)

(Chinese)

Not cheap but excellent squid dish/calimari
Mountain Village Chinese Restaurant
Shop 53 Mountain Gate Shopping Center
Ferntree Gully
Victoria, 3156
Australia
Tel: (03) 9758 2822

Monash Palace (Clayton, Melbourne, Australia)

(Chinese)

Monash Palace
Cnr Princes Hwy & Blackburn Rd, Clayton,
Melbourne, Victoria, 3168
Australia
Tel: (03) 9544 5668

Montebello's (Sparkill, New York State, USA)

(Italian Cuisine)

Montebello's
500 Rt. 340,
Sparkill, New York State, 10976,
USA
Tel: (914) 365-6900

Moshi Moshi (London)

(Japanese Sushi Bar)

Sushi and Tempura: conveyer belt sushi bar
Tube to Liverpool Street Station. Get there early for lunch or you will be stuck in a queue. Best not to have more than two people.
Open:
- 11:30am to 9:00pm Monday to Friday
Moshi Moshi
Liverpool Street Station,
24 Upper Level
Broadgate London, EC2

Mr Singh's India Restaurant (Glasgow, Scotland)

(Good Indian)

Reputed to be the best Indian Restaurant in Glasgow
Mr Singh's India Restaurant
149, Elderslie St,
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, G3 7AW
Tel: 0141 204 0186
From: Yellow Pages UK (Search on restaurants in Glasgow)
Map

Navarro's (London)

(Italian)

Spanish Style Tapas Bar near Birkbeck College
5 minutes walk from Birkbeck College Crystallography Department
Open:
- Mon to Fri - 12.00pm-3.00pm
- Mon to Fri - 6.00pm-10.00pm
- Saturday - 6.00pm-10.00pm
Navarro's
67 Charlotte Street,
London W1P 1LA
Tel: 020 7637 7713

No. 15 Wine Bar (Alderley Edge)

(wine bar and bistro/restaurant)

Mega excellent Pate starter. Almost a complete meal by itself and the butter and bread that comes with it is also extremely good.
An hour or so by car from Daresbury Laboratory to Alderley Edge (where the "capitalist pig men of Manchester live").
Good for dinner after a Summer evening ramble around Alderley Edge.
Note that people are matched to their orders by the colour of their clothes so is preferable if everyone in the group wears distinctive clothes.
No. 15 Wine Bar
15 London Road
Alderley Edge, Cheshire
Tel: (01625) 585548/585957

Noodle Noodle (near Victoria Stn, London)

(Chinese Noodle Restaurant)

Cheap and good service.
Jeremy highly recommends the starter Pork Spare-ribs and Deep Fried Shrimp
Near Victoria Station, opposite the Apollo Theatre.
Noodle Noodle
312 Vauxhall Bridge Road
London SW1V 1AA
Tel: 0171 828 8565
Fax: 0171 630 1778
E-mail: healthyeating@noodle-noodle.co.uk
WWW: http://www.noodle-noodle.co.uk/

Onions (Prahran, Melbourne, Australia)

(Fine Cuisine)

Very good but not cheap. As of Feb 2001, think around $50 per head.
Entrance is in the narrow alley to the side (not the door on the street front)
Onions
50 Commercial Road
Prahran, Melbourne,
Victoria, Australia, 3181
Tel: (03) 9521 4646 Fax: (03) 9521-4676

The Original Spaghetti House (Bloomsbury, London, UK)

(Italian)

The Original Spaghetti House
15/17 Googe Street
London, W1T 2PE
Tel: 020 7636 6582

Oskar (Bayreuth, Germany)

(Traditional German?)

Supposedly the best place to hang out and eat in Bayreuth. Definitely good for group meals. Traditional German Fare.
Oskar
Das Wirtshaus am Markt
Maxstr. 33
Bayreuth, Bavaria
Germany
Tel: 0921/516-0553

Pho Nam Vietnamese Restaurant (Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA)

(Authentic Vietnamese Noodles Soup)

Open daily from 9:00am to 8:00 pm, seven days a week.
Pho Nam Vietnamese Restaurant
15924 Shady Grove Road
Gaithersburg, Maryland,
20877, USA
Tel: (240) 632-9500

Peking Cheers Chinese Restaurant (Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA)

(Chinese)

From memory (if remembering the right restaurant) - very good and cheap Peking Duck - plus whole fish.
Peking Cheers
519 Quince Orchard Road,
Gaithersburg, Maryland,
20878, USA

(located near Jerry Sub, Starbucs, in the front of Diamond Square Shopping Center and Giant Road)
Tel: (301) 216-2090 Tel: (301) 216-2091

Peking Supreme (Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA)

(Chinese)

Peking Supreme
19204 Mongomery Village Ave,
Gaithersburg, Maryland,
20879, USA

Tel: (301) 963-8088; (301) 963-8089

Poets Cafe (Montville, Queensland)

(Cafe - good hot chocolate)

Poets Cafe
167 Main Street, Montville, Queensland, Australia
Phone: (07) 54785479
Fax: (07) 54785152
WWW: http://www.poetscafe.com.au/

Phillips (Annapolis, Maryland, USA)

(Seafood)

Supposedly one of the better places to eat out in Annapolis
Phillips
Annapolis Harbor
12 Dock Street, Annapolis, Maryland,
21401, USA
Tel: 410-990-1809
WWW: http://www.phillipsfoods.com

Piccola Venezia (South Kensington, London)

(Italian)

Piccola Venezia
39 Thurloe Place
South Kensington
London SW7
Tel: 0171 589 3883

Red Belly Black Cafe (Mt Stromlo, A.C.T., Australia)

(Cafe)

Red Belly Black Cafe
Mt Stromlo Observatory
Top of Mt Stromlo Road
PO Box 3110, Weston ACT, 2611, Australia Tel: (02) 6278-1518
Fax: (02) 6287-4753
E-mail: redbelly@orac.net.au

Red Lion (Moore Village)

(Pub/restaurant)

Good for an OK quick lunch after a nice walk along the canel and public footpath.
15 minutes walk from the lab. Go out the lab, turn left over the canel bridge then turn right onto the canel path to Moore Village.
From: Yellow Pages UK (search on public houses)
Red Lion
Runcorn Rd Moore
Warrington Cheshire WA4 6UD
Tel: 01925 740205

Ring 'O' Bells (Daresbury Village)

(Pub/restaurant)

Closest to the Daresbury Laboratory
Walk over the M56 to the Daresbury Village. Down hill stagger back to the hostel after closing time. Beware, once intoxicated, on-coming traffic can be closer than appears.
If I am following close behind as you enter the pub say "Lockers wants his usual". (They will know what you are on about - pint of: orange cordial in lemonade with ice and lots of lemon" (good vitamin C suppliment)).
Ring 'O' Bells
Chester Road, Daresbury,
Cheshire, WA4 4AJ
Tel: 01925 740256
Does not have "pork scratchings" but does have scrabble board (z is missing) (and other games) for playing what has become on occassion, high tension games of non-competitive scrabble (a game not for the sober or sensible). The rules of non-competitive scrabble can be quite mystical but overall, words must either be English words of the type normally acceptable for scrabble games, or words decided to be "poetic" by the standards of the night (which can be quite variable - the standards that is). Disagreement over "poetic" words are decided by a vote whether to be accepted or not. Best done with decent size group and good flowing of booze.

Robert Burns Hotel (Collingwood, Melbourne, Australia)

(Primarily Seafood)

Meant to have the best seafood in Melbourne and at very resonable prices.
Get to the corner of Smith and Johnson Street and ~100 meters north up Smith street on the right
Be wary that 1 to 2 blocks south is presently (Jan 2001) said to be the main drug dealing area of Melbourne.
No need to dress up for this one.
Garlic shrimp is an entre (starter) to definitely go for.
Robert Burns Hotel
376 Smith St,
Collingwood,
Melbourne, Victoria, 3066,
Australia,
Tel: (03) 9417 2233

Sakura (Glen Waverley, Melbourne, Australia)

(Japanese)

Sakura
91 Kingsway,
Glen Waverley, Melbourne,
Victoria, Australia, 3150
Tel: (03) 9545-0055

Sesame Restaurant (Selden, Long Island, New York State, USA)

(Japanese and Korean)

Sesame Restaurant
1245 Middle Country Rd.,
Selden, Long Island, New York State, 11784,
USA
Tel: (516) 736-6649

Sidewalk Cafe (Piermont, New York State, USA)

(Local Fare)

Piermont, on the Hudson River, - near the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University and the town Woody Alan supposedly had to clean up to make look like a grotty depression era town for the Purple Rose of Cairo. Now quite an exclusive, yuppy place to hang out.
Sidewalk Cafe is the best informal restaurant in Piermont. Others can be very yuppyfied and at least one other was extremely snobby to the poorly dressed scientific classes.
Sidewalk Cafe 482 Piermont Avenue,
Piermont, New York State, 10968,
USA
Tel: (914) 359-4439

Silk Roads Cafe (Ottawa, Canada))

(Afgan)

Afgan Food
Downtown in the market area
Silk Roads Cafe
47 William Street,
Ottawa,
Ontario, Canada, K1N 6Z9
Tel: (613) 241-4254

Sirens Restaurant and Bistro (Williamstown, Melbourne, Australia)

(Bistro)

Be wary there is an extra charge for the privaledge of a table near the beach.
Daily 10:00am-11:59pm
Sirens Restaurant and Bistro
Beach Dressing Pavilion Esplanade,
Williamstown, Victoria, 3016,
Australia,
Tel: (03) 9397 7811
Tel: (03) 9397-7098
WWW: http://www.sirens.citysearch.com.au

Stick and Bowl - (Kensington, London)

(Chinese quick hot meals, noodle shop and takeaway)

Good for a quick meal at night
Dome cafe is just around the corner
Open Mondy to Sunday (11:30am to 11:30pm)
Stick and Bowl
31 Kensington High Street,
Kensington, London, W8 5NP, UK
Tel: 071-937-2778 (or 020 7937 2778 as given by ellow pages?)
MAP

Sofra - (Mayfair, London)

(Turkish)

Sofra
18 Shepherd Street
Mayfair, London, W1Y 7HU, UK
Tel: 020 7493 3320
Fax: 020 7499 8282
WWW: http://www.sofra.co.uk/

Spread Eagle - (Greenwich, London)

(French Food)

The Spread Eagle Restaurant
1 & 2 Stockwell Street, Greenwich (opposite Greenwich Theatre),
Tel: 020 8853 2333
Fax: 020 8305 0447
Email: goodfood@spreadeagle.org
WWW: http://www.spreadeagle.org/cgi-bin/restaurant.htm
Dishes such as: Gateau de Crap et Morue (Crab and cod cake with Beurre blanc), Pintadeau Farci aux Fruits des Bois (Breast of guinea fowl stuffed with chestnuts and wild mushrooms), Daube de Sanglier aux Fruits d Automne (Daube of wild boar with prunes and pears)

Sticky Fingers - Bill Wyman (Kensington, London)

(Generic Restaurant)

Watch out for all the kids during some weekend lunches
Bill Wyman's Sticky Fingers
1A Phillimore Gardens,
Kensington, London, W8, UK
Tel: 020 7938 538
Fax: 020 7937 0145
WWW: http://www.stickyfingers.co.uk/

Stretton Fox (Stretton)

(Pub/restaurant)

For lunch or dinner - of very high quality. Everything is good and reasonably priced
10 minutes drive from the Daresbury Laboratory. The back road way is to go down Daresbury Lane to Hatton, then turn right to follow the local roads to the motorway roundabout. Access to the Stretton Fox is off the M56/A559 roundabout.
Good pub cosey atmosphere. Nice outside area when weather allows.
Battered cod and chips is considered the best people have encountered. Has a nice selection of sauces and mustards.
When ordering, go to the order bar, they will give you a numbered spoon to display on your able. The others in the group must know the number of this spoon.
(Toilets are to the right of the bar at the end of the building)
From: Yellow Pages UK (search on public houses)
Stretton Fox
Spark Hall Close
Stretton
Warrington Cheshire WA4 4NU
Tel: 01925 730072

Sugo - (South Kensington, London)

(Italian)

Short walk from the Natural History Museum. Along from the South Kensington Tube Station.
Sugo
28, Thurloe St,
South Kensington
London SW7 2LT
Tel: 020 7589 9035

T/A Tai Ka Lok - (China Town, Soho, London)

(Chinese)

Very Good food for reasonable prices compared to the rest of London. Ducks and pork in front of the window style Chinese restaurant.
T/A Tai Ka Lok
18 Gerrard Street,
China Town, Soho, London, W1V 7LP
Tel: 0171-437 2354

Tiamo - (Carlton, Melbourne, Australia)

(Cafe / Bistro)

Good meeting point and atmosphere (in the corner bistro). Soup is recommended. Good coffee and hot chocolates.
For top notch Italian meals: up stairs in the "Tiamo" next door is highly recommended.
Tiamo
303 Lygon St,
Carlton, Melbourne,
Victoria, Australia, 3053
Tel: (03) 9347 5759
MAP

Toyama - (Heidelberg, Melbourne, Australia)

(Japanese)

Lunch (Monday to Saturday) and Dinner (Monday to Sunday)
Toyama
201-203 Upper Heidelberg Road,
Heidelberg, Melbourne,
Victoria, Australia, 3079
Tel: (03) 9499 3820
Fax: (03) 9499 9948

The Grove - (Hammersmith, London)

(Pub Restaurant)

Down High Street Kensington
The Grove
83 Hammersmith Grove,
London W6 0NQ, UK
Tel: 0208 748 2966
Fax: 0208 741 4093
From: http://www.groverestaurants.co.uk/

Trafalgar Tavern - (Greenwich, London)

(Pub Restaurant)

By the Thames River down from the ferry terminal
Trafalgar Tavern
Park Row,
Greenwich, SE10, UK
Tel: 020-8858 2437
Fax: 020-8858 2507

Ubiquitous Chip (Glasgow, Scotland)

(Scotish High Cuisine)

Reputed to be the best Restaurant in Glasgow
Incredible and non-cheap wine list
Ubiquitous Chip
12, Ashton Lane,
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, G12 8SJ
Tel: 0141 334 5007
From: Yellow Pages UK (Search on restaurants in Glasgow)
Map

Vatican Pizza (Huntingdale, Melbourne, Australia)

(Pizza and Italian)

Very Important: Make use of the map as Huntingdale Road is highly confusing and has multiple numbering systems. If you come to a red brick house, you have gone in the wrong direction. If going to this from Monash University down Monash Highway, turn "right" onto Huntingdale Road (from the highly confusing turn off system).
Vatican Pizza
304 Huntingdale Rd
Huntingdale, Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia, 3166
Tel: (03) 9544 6882
Map

Venus Kebab House (London)

(Greek Restaurant)

Nice and friendly service. Reasonably priced, good Greek food and nice Greek House wine. Good Greek coffee and pastries.
~15 minute walk/stagger back to Euston station. Best to leave around 30 minutes prior to train departing.
Very Important: Is open between 4pm and 6pm when other local restaurants are shut. Definitely a good move before catching a train back to Daresbury.
Venus Kebab House
2 Charlotte Street
London, W1P 1HE
Tel: 0171-636 4324

Wagamama Japanese Noodle Bar (Kensington High Street, London)

(Japanese Noodle)

Wagamama Kensington
26 Kensington High Street,
London, W8 4PW
Tel: 020 7376 1717
Up the stairs on the second floor.

Wellington's Bar and Bistro (Monash University, Melbourne, Australia)

(Bistro)

For lunching when at Monash or at the close by CSIRO sites
Wellington's Bar and Bistro
Building 10 (student union Building)
Clayton Campus Centre
Wellington Rd, Monash University
Melbourne, Victoria
Australia, 3800 Tel: (03) 9905 5294 or (03) 9905 8123
Fax: (03) 9905 5519

Wong Kei (Won Keys / One Keys / Wonkies Chinese Restaurant) - (China Town, Soho, London, UK)

(Chinese)

Good and very cheap by London and English standards.
If by yourself, you will be seated on the ground floor - if with a group of 2 or more - you will be put on another floor - usually the 1st floor.
Wong Kei
41-43 Wardour St,
China Town, Soho, London, W1V 7LP
Tel: 020 7437-8408
Wardour St between Shaftesbury Ave and Lisle St. Take tube to Piccadilly Circus then walk along Shaftesbury Ave. (If you accidentally walk along Coventry St, don't panic, just keep going and turn left onto Wardour St.)
From Mayfair, getting to Wong Kei Chinese Restaurant in China-Town, Soho, London, UK - 31st December 2002 - 1 of 3
From Mayfair, getting to and from Wong Kei Chinese Restaurant in China-Town, Soho, London, UK - 31st December 2002 - 2 of 3
Getting back from Wong Kei Chinese Restaurant in China-Town, Soho, London, UK - 31st December 2002 - 3 of 3
Recommended dishes:
- BBQ roast pork and vegetables on Rice for UKP 3.70. (not listed on the menu)
- Sweat and sour pork on Rice for UKP 3.70. (not listed on the menu)
- Sweat and sour chicken on Rice for UKP 3.70. (not listed on the menu)
- BBQ roast port and Crispy Belly port on Rice
- BBQ roast port and Duck on Rice (be wary November to December 2002 duck had quality problems with this dish - more grease than meat)
- Beef with Black bean sauce on rice
- Roast greasy boneless duck with plum source (not correct title) for UKP 7.80.

YAS (London)

(Persian Restaurant)

Open daily from 12 noon till 5am
YAS (London's only Award Winning Persian
7 Hammersmith Road (entending on from Kensington High Street)
Kensington, Olympia, London, W14 8XJ
Tel: 020 7603 9148 / 020 7603 3980
Fax: 020 7603 3320
WWW: http://www.yasrestaurant.com
E-mail: yasrestaurant@aol.com

Young Cheng (London)

(Chinese Restaurant)

A recommended Chinese near Leicester Square
From: Yellow Pages UK
Young Cheng
22, Lisle St,
London WC2H 7BA
Tel: 020 7287 3045
Yellow Pages UK MAP

Yuet Ben Restaurant (Frodsham)

(Chinese Restaurant)

Good Chinese
~15 minutes drive from the Daresbury Laboratory.
From: Yellow Pages UK (search on restaurants and Frodsham)
Yuet Ben Restaurant
64, Main St,
Frodsham. Cheshire WA6 7AU
Tel: 01928 732232

Zipangu Japanese Restaurant (near Leicester Square, London)

(Japanese Restaurant)

Nice set menu/meal is the Sushi one. Impressed all concerned.
Near Shaftesbury Avenue and Charing Cross Road and Leicester Square Tube Station
Zipangu Japanese Restaurant
8, Little Newport St
London WC2H 7JJ
Tel: 020 7437 5042
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