SHWARMA Break

Here is a list of some of the Shwharma / Doner places in London that i have come to enjoy

1)My favorite . BEITY: Lebanese restaurant in Bayswater. They serve the Shwarma in this unique spicy sauce with a very strong garlic sauce (Thom), Hummis is good also.
2) Al-Dar , Sloan Square. The one in Edgware road is a bit off sometimes. However, the Chicken Shish Tawouk is always good in both places.
3) Lebanese cafe (something like that) right opposite Sainsbury's in colliers wood. Good mixed shwarma and cheap too.
4) Woody's Grill in Camden
5) Best Mangal in West Kensington.

Overrated:
Beirut Express

Would love some recommendations!!!!!!!!!!

New Tayyabs and Lahore One

Went to Whitechapel the other day to gets some take away (Go figure). I've eaten at Tayyabs often, so i can't say this strongly enough. Tayyabs has some of best Pakistani mix grill i have tasted in London. It's consistently amazing. It's a mix assortment of Lamb Chops, Chicken Tikka, and Seekh Kebab (mince lamb kebabs). The chops are tender and really well marinated with masala (spices). Plus the seekh kebab are some of the best i have had in London. In some other pakistani restaurants, sometimes the mince meat contains too much spices lessening the taste of the lamb. This is not the case with New Tayyabs. However, the The Chicken Karahi is a bit mediocre but its ghosht (lamb) version is much better.

Picked up some of that and then went off to Lahore one which is about 8 minutes walk away. I was curious about its Methi Chicken Karahi dish. It was quite good. Consisted of boneless pieces of chicken with methi and ginger in a karahi style. But i'm fed up with the fact that a lot of Pakistani restaurants in london don't make chicken or ghosht karahi with bone. Half the flavor comes from that. Anyways New Tayyabs has decent decor, good prices and great food. Can't recommend it enough!!!!!!!!!

http://www.tayyabs.com/

LOST is BACK!!!!!!!!!! Beginning of the End

My favorite show of all time started back up last week with a great season premiere. I felt the show began with a balanced dose of emotion and intensity to be a good start, nothing extraordinary. But a good place to build the story. Sure we were left with more questions than answers!!!!! but i guess thats part of the lost experience we've come to accept (at least some people). Be patient!!! it will pay off in the end. Have to say last weeks episode was one of Jorge Garcia's best performances. He really brought back some of the despair and emotion we were left with in the season finale of last year. I continue to think that the flash forwards are a great device. Mostly because they fit better with the greater mythology of the show. While some of the flashbacks we saw last season and the season before simply explained how these characters tic but they don't really help us understand the mysteries surrounding the show (for example, last season's episode with Kate and Sawyer's "ex-girlfriend" seemed pointless). I'm just glad Lost has an end date and the writers aren't making shit up as we go (24 anyone?) less filler more substance!!! Thats what i want

THINGS TO NOTE:

1)"Jacob is not someone you demand to see, he is someone that summons you."
The fact that Jacob's cabin follows Hurley around is interesting

2) The fact that we see Christian Shepard in the rocking chair: Is he still alive?!?!?! probably not. I think the writers have stated before that Christian is in fact dead. HOWEVER, it is possible to exist in the lost world in an other "other-worldly" fashion. Plus, this could be connected to that interesting scene in the last lost mobisode "it begins" with Christian and old yeller having a good old time. My bets are he is probably another manifestation of the island, Jacob, or smoky the bear.

3) What unmentionable secret are the oceanic 6 withholding? Plus what role will Lance Reddick AKA Lt Cedric Daniels play on this show? An amazing actor and a great addition to the show. Can't wait to see more of him.

Can't wait for "Confirmed dead"!!!!!!! Let's see what Brian K Vaughan and Goddard can cook up.