Hi, I'm Shu from the YouTube channel Dejashu.
I make food, travel and lifestyle videos all about my life in London.
Today, I'm going to be guest vlogging for EF
showing you all of my favourite food spots in London.
So grab a snack or two and get ready to mark these down
as there's about to be a lot of food spots around the city!
First up, Master Wei. This is a 30 minute walk from campus.
For those who love noodles and spicy food, I’ve got the perfect recommendation for you.
Master Wei is a Chinese restaurant based in Bloomsbury
that specialises in Xi’an food. Award winning head chef and owner Wèiguìróng
was one of the only four women in her cookery school in Xi’an
and the only female head chef in her hometown. This is her first solo restaurant opening in London.
The signature traditional Liángpí noodles is a must order to start your meal.
You can opt to have it with or without chicken.
It’s mildly spiced and the noodles are light, springy and slippery.
The sauce is tangy, a little chilli and wakes up your appetite ready for the mains.
My second recommendation are the sour and spicy pork dumplings -
it’s particularly great on a cold or rainy day in London (which can happen quite often).
The dumplings are nestled in a bowl of soup and I love to bite into it, spoon some of the broth in
and then enjoy the rest of the dumpling with all the extra flavour.
For mains, I recommend the pork biang biang noodles with a tomato-and-egg sauce and chilli oil.
These are also called belt noodles because the noodles are thick and wide.
Biang biang noodles are hand-pulled wheat flour noodles and have a thick and chewy texture.
It’s often coated with chilli oil and various ingredients.
Ok. Who’s ready for some pizza?
My second recommendation is Homeslice in Neal’s Yard, Covent Garden.
This location is only a 25-minute walk from campus.
Homeslice started in 2011 with a hand-built mobile wood-fired oven
and operated in various street food markets, festivals and events in London
before the first restaurant in Neal’s Yard was opened in 2013.
The aim of Homeslice is to offer a selection of pizzas
that combine traditional classic flavours
with a unique and innovative combination of ingredients.
Each slice starts from £4 each and you can get a whole 20” pizza starting from £20.
So, it’s perfect to go with a small group of friends and they also have seasonal offerings.
I have two favourite flavor combinations there. The first is the mushroom, ricotta, pumpkin seeds,
chilli flakes and chives version with a soy truffle glaze.
The second is the spiced lamb with savoy cabbage and sumac yogurt.
The slices have a pillowy crust, a thin base and come served as a huge slice.
I recommend folding it in half before eating so the toppings don’t go everywhere.
For those who love street food - I recommend Spitalfields Market in East London.
The nearest tube stations are Liverpool Street or Aldgate East.
Here you can find market stalls
selling everything from clothing, jewelry, music records to vintage items.
There are also a lot of stalls offering an international selection of cuisines under one roof.
I’m going to recommend you three of my favourite spots.
Number one: Bleecker Burger. I love their Blue Burger.
It comes with a beef patty, blue cheese, onion, lettuce and their signature house sauce.
You can also order fries separately. The ones I’ve got here are the Angry Fries
and they’re coated with a hot sauce and blue cheese sauce.
Try and save room for the next spot: steamed buns from Yum Buns.
These are soft, fluffy buns with a cloud-like texture.
You can choose from different flavour combinations
with meat, fish, vegetarian and vegan options to suit a variety of taste buds.
Here I opted for the Japanese style fried chicken
with pickles, mayo, lettuce and chilli as well as the crispy aromatic tofu
with black bean mayonnaise, garlic chop sum and chilli pickles.
Do you have room for one more? Because I’ve got one more recommendation
and that is Dumpling Shack for some homemade vegan dumplings.
These dumplings have a vermicelli, celery, carrot, shiitake mushroom and tofu filling
and it comes with a soy garlic dressing.
This is a great option to start or end your street food journey on.
I’m about to introduce you to one of London’s worst kept secrets: Silk Road in Camberwell.
This restaurant is known for their spicy and flavourful dishes
but there’s one particular dish that I can’t get enough of.
I’m about to show you some lamb skewers and they’re only £1… each. I know!
This restaurant in South East London has a no-nonsense approach
when it comes to serving up quick, affordable and tasty food.
It’s a great spot to visit with your friends or in small groups.
Just remember to book beforehand!
Ok, back to the lamb skewers. These are small, fatty chunks of lamb.
Each bite is coated with cumin, salt and chilli before being roasted over charcoal. Delicious!
I also recommend you to order the ‘Big Plate Chicken’ too
and to share it with your friends and fellow students.
This is a generous pot of chicken, potatoes, green chilli, preserved chilli
and homemade thick belt noodles.
Spoon over some broth, let the flavours soak into the noodles and enjoy!
Next up, my favourite Korean restaurant in Islington: Masigo.
The nearest underground station is Angel and it’s only a few minutes’ walk from the tube.
This restaurant specialises in serving Korean small plates
and an array of meat, rice, noodles and soup dishes.
For Korean fried chicken lovers, my top recommendation is the yangnyum chicken.
There are around 10 pieces in each portion and each piece of crispy seasoned chicken
is coated in a sticky, sweet, sour and slightly spicy sauce.
It’s really hard to stop at just one, I know,
but I need to recommend you some other dishes to try as well.
If you love soups, I recommend the soondobu jigae - a spicy tofu soup
with seafood, minced pork, vegetables, and egg. It’s served with a bowl of steamed rice
and I love to generously pour over spoonfuls of the broth so it soaks into the rice.
It’s light, spicy and absolutely delicious.
Jajangmyeon. These are noodles with a black bean sauce.
This often comes with diced pork and vegetables topped with sliced cucumbers.
The sauce is thick, rich and comforting. It’s one of my all-time favourite Korean dishes!
Finally, this recommendation is dedicated to my fellow Harry Potter fans.
The Cauldron is an interactive and immersive experience
that brings fantasy and magic to life using science and technology.
Here you can make your own cocktails and mocktails with your very own magic wand.
Each drink comes with instructions teaching you to pour in potions, control spinning cauldrons
and add in magical ingredients.
It’s a real life potions class and a very fun experience.
These are my recommendations in this London guest vlog.
I hope you found this video useful, And you enjoyed watching it,
and you managed to jot down a few new spots to try next time you’re in London.
Make sure to check out the other videos on EF's YouTube channel
and if you'd like to see more from me, then head on over to Dejashu on YouTube
for more food, travel and London lifestyle videos. See you next time. Good bye!