London Ninja

For our first meal in London, we walk down Queensway road in Notting Hill, where there is a ton of restaurants…all ethnicities. That it is around 10:30pm, we hit up a Thai place called Tuk Tuk.

The cool thing with London is that you get to see the menu and prices outside of every restaurant. No guessing at menu or prices. No asking for the menu from a stuck up hostess. You just look.

Pad Thai: 3.95 GBP
Spicy Chicken with Fried Rice: 4.65
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~9 GBP = ~18 USD

Yeah, it’s more expensive than the US, but $20 between two people is pretty standard. I did pass on that 2.5 GBP Sinha Beer, which I may or may not have gotten in the US.

All in all the food was mediocre. The pad thai had the nice “wok taste” that you get when you heat up the wok at high temperatures and stir fry the shit out of whatever is in the pan using your favorite animal shortening (lard). It gets that slightly burnt taste that I live for in chow mein, chow funs, fried rice, etc. Unfortuately, the rest of the pad thai was pretty forgettable. Nothing great here.

The Spicy fried chicken was a drumstick. I like drumsticks, but it is generally one of the less expensive parts of a chicken. It was may not have completely done. We still eat it all but I think this meal caused some stomache anger.

Given that there is about 489 other restaurants within walking distance, we will not be going back. Now, about that Sinha beer….