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Hi Chaps!
Off to the Albert Hall in the new year (15th Jan) from
Folkestone in Kent. We want to use trains and tube... any tips? Looks like
Waterloo east is the handiest overground station for us to arrive at. Do we
just head underground and navigate as best we can to the Albert Hall?
Knightsbridge tube at a guess...

Where's the best Sushi too?

Are we missing something?

Les and Claire :o)

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Les and Claire wrote:

Hi Chaps!
Off to the Albert Hall in the new year (15th Jan) from
Folkestone in Kent. We want to use trains and tube... any tips? Looks like
Waterloo east is the handiest overground station for us to arrive at. Do we
just head underground and navigate as best we can to the Albert Hall?
Knightsbridge tube at a guess...

Where's the best Sushi too?

Are we missing something?

Yes. All trains to Waterloo East go to Charing Cross. You can get a
(frequent) 9 bus from there to the Albert Hall (which is quite a long
walk from any tube station).

If you insist on going by Tube then:
If the weather's good, stay on the train to Charing Cross then walk down
the hill to Embankment...
If the weather's bad, get off at London Bridge or Waterloo East and take
a Jubilee train to Westminster...
....and catch a District/Circle line train to South Kensington.

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"Aidan Stanger" wrote in message
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Yes. All trains to Waterloo East go to Charing Cross. You can get a
(frequent) 9 bus from there to the Albert Hall (which is quite a long
walk from any tube station).

If you insist on going by Tube then:
If the weather's good, stay on the train to Charing Cross then walk down
the hill to Embankment...
If the weather's bad, get off at London Bridge or Waterloo East and take
a Jubilee train to Westminster...
...and catch a District/Circle line train to South Kensington.

Cheers Aiden! Just the job.... you just made our day out a whole lot
easier. I drive nearly daily around the centre of London but never use
public transport ( white van man ) so your info helps a lot.

:o)
Les

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Les and Claire wrote:


Where's the best Sushi too?

Ahhhhhm if you knew sushi like I knew sushi.....

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"Huge" wrote in message
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"Les and Claire" writes:

Tsk.


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"Aidan Stanger" wrote in message
...
Les and Claire wrote:

If you insist on going by Tube then:
If the weather's good, stay on the train to Charing Cross then walk down
the hill to Embankment...
If the weather's bad, get off at London Bridge or Waterloo East and take
a Jubilee train to Westminster...
...and catch a District/Circle line train to South Kensington.

Would High Street Ken. not be better? That's only a 10 min walk from the
RAH.

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On Sun, 12 Dec 2004, Les and Claire wrote:

Where's the best Sushi too?

Hey, is anyone going to answer this bit?

tom

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RayB wrote:
"Aidan Stanger" wrote in message
...

Les and Claire wrote:


If you insist on going by Tube then:
If the weather's good, stay on the train to Charing Cross then walk down
the hill to Embankment...
If the weather's bad, get off at London Bridge or Waterloo East and take
a Jubilee train to Westminster...
...and catch a District/Circle line train to South Kensington.


Would High Street Ken. not be better? That's only a 10 min walk from the
RAH.

Nah, South Ken is just as close and has the subway to get you halfway
there in the dry if it's raining. However, I'd definitely agree with
Aidan on the number 9 bus from right outside Charing Cross station to
right outside the RAH. It'll be as quick (if not quicker) than Tube+walk.

--
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Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London

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Tom Anderson wrote to uk.transport.london on Sun, 12 Dec 2004:

On Sun, 12 Dec 2004, Les and Claire wrote:

Where's the best Sushi too?

Hey, is anyone going to answer this bit?

I've never had it in a restaurant, only in a box from the supermarket!
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Website updated 12 December 2004

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Mrs Redboots wrote:
Tom Anderson wrote to uk.transport.london on Sun, 12 Dec 2004:


On Sun, 12 Dec 2004, Les and Claire wrote:


Where's the best Sushi too?

Hey, is anyone going to answer this bit?


I've never had it in a restaurant, only in a box from the supermarket!

Go, with plenty of money in your pocket, to any proper Japanese
restaurant. The sort where you have to ask if they have a menu in
English. If you like supermarket sushi you'll love the real thing!

Beware places that are trying to be a novelty to non-Japanese customers.

--
Nick H (UK)

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"Mrs Redboots" wrote in message
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Tom Anderson wrote to uk.transport.london on Sun, 12 Dec 2004:

On Sun, 12 Dec 2004, Les and Claire wrote:

Where's the best Sushi too?

Hey, is anyone going to answer this bit?

I've never had it in a restaurant, only in a box from the supermarket!
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fresh Sushi is wonderful! Supermarket sushi was very disappointing. Too
old..

Les

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"Les and Claire" writes:

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6 leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it is always a
7 simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or
8 a fascist dictatorship, Voice or no voice, the people can always be
9 brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to
10 do is to tell them that they are being attacked, and denounce the
11 pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger."
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14 Hitler's designated successor
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Tsk.

Lamest darn warlord I've ever seen.

(also the shortest, admittedly)

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Sushi should never be refrigerated as the rice goes hard, so supermarket
sushi is a long off the real thing, which should be freshly made and eaten.

"Mrs Redboots" wrote in message
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Tom Anderson wrote to uk.transport.london on Sun, 12 Dec 2004:

On Sun, 12 Dec 2004, Les and Claire wrote:

Where's the best Sushi too?

Hey, is anyone going to answer this bit?

I've never had it in a restaurant, only in a box from the supermarket!
--
"Mrs Redboots"
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/
Website updated 12 December 2004

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Nick H (UK) wrote to uk.transport.london on Mon, 13 Dec 2004:

Go, with plenty of money in your pocket, to any proper Japanese
restaurant. The sort where you have to ask if they have a menu in
English. If you like supermarket sushi you'll love the real thing!

I'm sure I would - but what I really like is vegetarian sushi, as the
fish variety is apt to contain shrimp or prawn, which I both dislike and
cannot digest! I assume the restaurants do them, too?

--
"Mrs Redboots"
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/
Website updated 12 December 2004

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Huge wrote to uk.transport.london on Tue, 14 Dec 2004:

Mrs Redboots writes:
Nick H (UK) wrote to uk.transport.london on Mon, 13 Dec 2004:

Go, with plenty of money in your pocket, to any proper Japanese
restaurant. The sort where you have to ask if they have a menu in
English. If you like supermarket sushi you'll love the real thing!

I'm sure I would - but what I really like is vegetarian sushi, as the
fish variety is apt to contain shrimp or prawn, which I both dislike and
cannot digest! I assume the restaurants do them, too?

Give that "sushi" means "with rice", it does not need to contain anything
in particular, other than rice. Vegetarian sushi is commonplace.

(Most Brits confuse sushi with sashimi (raw fish)).


Which, in fact, sushi doesn't appear to contain anyway - it's usually
smoked salmon (yum, yum!). One of these days I shall persuade someone
to take me out for fresh sushi!
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Website updated 12 December 2004

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Mrs Redboots wrote the following in:


Which, in fact, sushi doesn't appear to contain anyway - it's
usually smoked salmon (yum, yum!). One of these days I shall
persuade someone to take me out for fresh sushi!

I've had plenty of Sushi with raw fish in, and very nice it is too.

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Americans who voted for Bush: you ****ed up.

http://robinmay.fotopic.net

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Mrs Redboots wrote:

Nick H (UK) wrote to uk.transport.london on Mon, 13 Dec 2004:


Go, with plenty of money in your pocket, to any proper Japanese
restaurant. The sort where you have to ask if they have a menu in
English. If you like supermarket sushi you'll love the real thing!


I'm sure I would - but what I really like is vegetarian sushi, as the
fish variety is apt to contain shrimp or prawn, which I both dislike and
cannot digest! I assume the restaurants do them, too?

I've been vegetarian 16 years, and I've always found enough to eat when
I've gone.

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On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, Mrs Redboots wrote:

Huge wrote to uk.transport.london on Tue, 14 Dec 2004:

Mrs Redboots writes:
Nick H (UK) wrote to uk.transport.london on Mon, 13 Dec 2004:

Go, with plenty of money in your pocket, to any proper Japanese
restaurant. The sort where you have to ask if they have a menu in
English. If you like supermarket sushi you'll love the real thing!

I'm sure I would - but what I really like is vegetarian sushi, as the
fish variety is apt to contain shrimp or prawn, which I both dislike
and cannot digest! I assume the restaurants do them, too?

Give that "sushi" means "with rice", it does not need to contain
anything in particular, other than rice. Vegetarian sushi is
commonplace.

(Most Brits confuse sushi with sashimi (raw fish)).

Which, in fact, sushi doesn't appear to contain anyway - it's usually
smoked salmon (yum, yum!). One of these days I shall persuade someone
to take me out for fresh sushi!

I'm with Robin here - real fish sushi does not contain smoked salmon, it
contains raw fish (although i think the prawns, squid, etc are cooked).
Smoked salmon sushi is indeed rather nice, but not a patch on the real
thing.

tom

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Mrs Redboots wrote:
Nick H (UK) wrote to uk.transport.london on Mon, 13 Dec 2004:


Go, with plenty of money in your pocket, to any proper Japanese
restaurant. The sort where you have to ask if they have a menu in
English. If you like supermarket sushi you'll love the real thing!


I'm sure I would - but what I really like is vegetarian sushi, as the
fish variety is apt to contain shrimp or prawn, which I both dislike and
cannot digest! I assume the restaurants do them, too?

Only prawn sushi will contain prawn. Many other kinds of fish are used
and are available, as well as veg options.

--
Nick H (UK)

S

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Mrs Redboots wrote:
Huge wrote to uk.transport.london on Tue, 14 Dec 2004:


Mrs Redboots writes:

Nick H (UK) wrote to uk.transport.london on Mon, 13 Dec 2004:


Go, with plenty of money in your pocket, to any proper Japanese
restaurant. The sort where you have to ask if they have a menu in
English. If you like supermarket sushi you'll love the real thing!


I'm sure I would - but what I really like is vegetarian sushi, as the
fish variety is apt to contain shrimp or prawn, which I both dislike and
cannot digest! I assume the restaurants do them, too?

Give that "sushi" means "with rice", it does not need to contain anything
in particular, other than rice. Vegetarian sushi is commonplace.

(Most Brits confuse sushi with sashimi (raw fish)).



Which, in fact, sushi doesn't appear to contain anyway - it's usually
smoked salmon (yum, yum!). One of these days I shall persuade someone
to take me out for fresh sushi!

*not* smoked but raw. yes, yum yum!

but you might get smoked if made for you by a Japanese person here in
UK. They probably wouldn't be able to buy fresh enough high quality
fish, and would not risk serving anything raw that they were not very
sure of.

--
Nick H (UK)

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Tom Anderson wrote:
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, Mrs Redboots wrote:


Huge wrote to uk.transport.london on Tue, 14 Dec 2004:


Mrs Redboots writes:

Nick H (UK) wrote to uk.transport.london on Mon, 13 Dec 2004:


Go, with plenty of money in your pocket, to any proper Japanese
restaurant. The sort where you have to ask if they have a menu in
English. If you like supermarket sushi you'll love the real thing!

I'm sure I would - but what I really like is vegetarian sushi, as the
fish variety is apt to contain shrimp or prawn, which I both dislike
and cannot digest! I assume the restaurants do them, too?

Give that "sushi" means "with rice", it does not need to contain
anything in particular, other than rice. Vegetarian sushi is
commonplace.

(Most Brits confuse sushi with sashimi (raw fish)).

Which, in fact, sushi doesn't appear to contain anyway - it's usually
smoked salmon (yum, yum!). One of these days I shall persuade someone
to take me out for fresh sushi!


I'm with Robin here - real fish sushi does not contain smoked salmon, it
contains raw fish (although i think the prawns, squid, etc are cooked).
Smoked salmon sushi is indeed rather nice, but not a patch on the real
thing.

tom

The sushi toppings are cooked where appropriate. yes, prawn is cooked,
eel (don't flinch: it is delicious) is cooked and the only sushi topping
I've had that is served hot. Macarell is not cooked, but is pickled.
Apparently it can't be served raw due to dangerous bugs that live it in.
(again delicious)

again, salmon is *not* smoked, but simply raw. This makes for a softer,
melt in the mouth, more delicate fish than smoked.

Some fish textures will surprise you. Think of tinned tuna. OK; now try
tuna sushi. soft and melt-in-the-mouth.

Stage Two...

Having acquired a taste for sushi, graduate to sashimi. All the delicacy
of the fish flavours, without bothering with the rice :-)))

Warning:

Go easy with the Wasabi (green paste). It is very fiery and I have known
seasoned chile eaters call for a fire extinguisher! A little will be
smeared on the fish before it is laid on the rice for sushi: if you
really dislike it ask the chef to leave it out.

Caution:

Don't drown sushi or sashimi in soy sauce!

Mmmm... mouth watering. There are some disadvantages to not having an
income :-(

--
Nick H (UK)

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In message , Mrs Redboots
writes

Which, in fact, sushi doesn't appear to contain anyway - it's usually
smoked salmon (yum, yum!). One of these days I shall persuade someone
to take me out for fresh sushi!
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What have you got a husband for?
--
Clive.

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Clive Coleman wrote to uk.transport.london on Thu, 16 Dec 2004:

In message , Mrs
Redboots writes

Which, in fact, sushi doesn't appear to contain anyway - it's usually
smoked salmon (yum, yum!). One of these days I shall persuade
someone to take me out for fresh sushi!
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What have you got a husband for?

To feed???
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On Wed, 15 Dec 2004, Nick H (UK) wrote:

eel (don't flinch: it is delicious)

\o/

Eel is lovely. It was surprised how mild it was; it's sweet and delicate,
rather than full-on fishy. Yellowtail, on the other hand ...

tom

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