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napsdufroid t1_jdojsid wrote

At least there's no green peppers on their steaks

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Unfamiliar_Word t1_jdokavv wrote

I would ordinarily scoff at the idea of eating a an 'American restaurant' when abroad, but this is enough of a curiosity and cheesesteaks are, bafflingly, so rarely well-made outside of their 'native range' that I would encourage you to sample its fare. It would be a Hell of a thing to be able to get in London what seems almost impossible to get in Pittsburgh or Albany^(*).

^(*These are just places where I have ordered inexplicably bad cheesesteaks or seen them ordered.)

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gnartato t1_jdolxnn wrote

I went to a Philly cheese steak food truck near bishops gate in the city in 2017ish. Wonder if they are related or upgraded.

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TheHamburgler5 t1_jdon1rm wrote

I went to the Waterloo location during the Phillies playoff run last year.. Lots of fun and I got a city wide for a taste of home. Cheesesteak was okay maybe 6/10 compared to the better Philly spots.

On another note, if you get a free hour, I highly recommend the Dennis Sever's house. They recreate different time periods late 1600s-early 1900s inside an old home. No phones and no talking so they try to make it pretty immersive.

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milehighphillygirl t1_jdony95 wrote

Passyunk Avenue is amazing! There’s four locations—the one in Fitzrovia is the best. I understand the Waterloo location is the worst, though I haven’t been to all four yet.

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sparky2212 t1_jdoyvtd wrote

I remember the chinese food being really good in London.

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ChristmasJonesPhD t1_jdp2ae6 wrote

I went here on a trip to London shortly after the Super Bowl win and it was a lot of fun. Had a lovely chat with the owner about the Kensington heroin crisis! (His choice of conversation topic, not mine lol)

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BirdLawyer6 t1_jdp2fxa wrote

Are you staying near the Waterloo location? Lots of fun pubs in that area but the wellington is a great place to watch a game (match?). Cubana is a Spanish restaurant with a great happy hour. Go walk along southbank on the river and there’s a lot of cool pop ups.

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kosnosferatu t1_jdp2ll6 wrote

Go to Beijing Dumpling in Leicester square, they have incredible soup dumplings!

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Little_Noodles t1_jdp5bqn wrote

Replying to Unfamiliar_Word (#2,361,147)

Eating cuisines where you don’t expect them can be kind of fun. When I was in London, I went to a Mexican restaurant (American didn’t seem like that big of a leap). The corn was baby corns. It was weird and not great!

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thomasorgeron t1_jdp5jvr wrote

If you’ve never had Nandos I highly recommend getting some for a lunch. Great peri peri chicken. Closest location to Philadelphia is in D.C. area but London is full of them

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Angsty_Potatos t1_jdp63k6 wrote

If you eat meat, check out Blacklock in Soho. Went in 2017 and I still have the meat sweats

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whiskeyworshiper t1_jdpcyie wrote

Replying to ticonderoga- (#2,361,257)

Nah man British food is good. Sunday roasts, fish & chips, meat pies, a shitload of different cheeses… there’s a lot out of great British dishes. Not even including some of the British Indian cuisine like tikka masala.

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Hanpee221b t1_jdplg02 wrote

My boyfriend and I went back in 2018, it was actually a really fun experience, I’d recommend. But please bring a $1 bill to write your names and say you are from Philly on it, they had a few on the wall but of course we had no US money on us. Have fun!

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TwoWilburs OP t1_jdplipe wrote

Replying to kopik01 (#2,364,404)

Not my first time in England and that’s a somewhat dated stereotype. And I personally loooooovve steak & kidney pies. And Indian food in England is otherworldly. Plenty of great food.

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TrustThe_CPA_Process t1_jdplsdi wrote

Replying to kopik01 (#2,364,404)

You got downvoted but it’s true. I went to the Waterloo one and it was great. Didn’t get to try the food, but they had Herr’s which was pretty cool.

Don’t worry about missing out on British food. Try fish and chips then check out and try whatever.

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TheHamburgler5 t1_jdpohne wrote

Replying to whiskeyworshiper (#2,364,182)

Nah... I'm sure there was actually talking.. they take a daredevil approach there. Basically they're saying your other senses are heightened if you're not "allowed" to look at your phone or talk with others. They play big into smells and "ambient noise" of the past.. just an offbeat experience that I thought was fun to check out

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BoardwalkKnitter t1_jdprpm3 wrote

Replying to TwoWilburs (#2,365,135)

I was surprised to find some Nando's sauces for sale at Lidl (in NJ) recently! I don't know if it was a rotating special buy like the Greek foods are, or if they were one time only.

They are really good sauces.

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ElenorWoods t1_jdpud9a wrote

There’s also a polish restaurant hall called mama masuka. Definitely recommend. It’s near passyunk ave in London.

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HistoricalChicken t1_jdqa62a wrote

I went there with my family when we visited in 2018. Good food, good place in general. I recommend the fish and chips.

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azsqueeze t1_jdqoff3 wrote

I went to watch Iggs vs Packers a few years ago while I was visiting. The place is cool, good food.

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ElstonGunn1992 t1_jdrx26r wrote

Replying to Unfamiliar_Word (#2,361,147)

I still have nightmares about the cheesesteaks I was served in Pittsburgh when I lived there during law school. Hoagies were also terrible, like 90% bread. Then you’d have to deal with yinzers claiming they had a better food scene than us lol

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Hanpee221b t1_je8nog0 wrote

Replying to TwoWilburs (#2,365,605)

I’d do one family one, they just had them taped to the wall behind the bar and it was a bar probably the size of Oscar’s on Sansom. It was your typical dive bar type area, stickers, dollars, notes, whatever. I really liked it, cheesesteak was mid tier but seeing your home away from home was so worth it. Plus the people were great.

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