East London
Alter

Alter

15 Leman St, Whitechapel, East London, England, E1 8EN, United Kingdom

Tea • Full • Soup • Asian


"EDIT: Initially was amazed by the restaurant and considered it one of my favourites in London. Have been there 5 times by now and sadly they changed the dishes for the worse. The last visit (early January) was particularly bad, both the laksa and the charred cabbage were swimming in oil. The laksa was literally an oil soup. I feel like the other dishes had additional sugar added to them compared to how they were made initially. I also tried the new fermented green tea leaf salad which was nice though. I really didn't enjoy my last dinner there so I'll lower the rating from 5 to 4 stars. Original review: My new favorite restaurant in London. Already itching to return as the menu has so many amazing choices and I need to try them all. Every dish was so amazingly tasty that choosing one favorite is utterly difficult, but I have to mention the charred cabbage in kolae coconut curry and khao-soi noodle laksa. They make the curry paste in house which gives the dishes a very rich flavor profile. The menu has 3 categories: snacks, starters, and mains. Snacks are mostly bite sized and are served first. The rice fermented mustard green miang laos blew our mind, Kung pao crackers were excellent. We also got an extra snack from the chef Shan-style sour rice which was very tasty. The izakaya pickles were too sweet for my taste and hence my least favourite of the the snacks. If you love South-East Asian flavors, this place is a must. It surely exceeded all my expectations. Everything was very flavorful and nicely spiced. Updated from previous review on 2022-01-08"

La Fauxmagerie

La Fauxmagerie

20 Cheshire St, East London, England, E2 6EH, E2 6EL, United Kingdom

Pizza • Cheese • Seafood • Fast Food


"When you break your leg and have to cancel birthday dinner plans, you won't go wrong by ordering some cheeses and having a movie night at home instead! The website is easy to navigate and allows you to select your weekday delivery date. The cheeses arrive with a large ice block so stay very cold for their journey! It was just the two of us, so I ordered La Fauxmagerie's own Clapton Chive and No Smoke Without Fire, along with Kinda Co's Summer Truffle and I Am Nut Ok's Ce'Dairy. I really feel the standard of vegan cheeses has improved incredibly over the last 10 years, but there is nothing like the artisans to show how it should be done! These cheeses really pack a punch and we'll be ordering them all for the Christmas cheese board, along with a blue. The Clapton Chive is a melt in the mouth, strong spring flavours delight. No Smoke without Fire is a sensory gift that keeps going from the scented aftermath of an extinguished flame in the first bite to the heated bite of embers not yet extinguished not so hot to be painful, just hot enough to know it's there. Summer Truffle is my favourite cheese so far this year. Tangy and light, it couldn't be more accurately named. Ce'Dairy is an old favourite by now. Always on the Christmas board, punchy enough to stand up to your still too acidic homemade chutney, smooth enough to settle easily after your lunch. This one is added to every order. If 4 cheeses can make someone write this much for a short review, what would the others do? I can't wait to order more and neither should you!"