Tonight's the night for dancing...

She says...
Tonight we venture out again to play our numbers game. Efes 2, the Turkish restaurant with belly dancing EVERY night of the week, won out. We opted for a Friday as somehow indulging in Monday or midweek midrift seemed a bit wrong.

We've also extended an invitation to friends this time, safety in numbers after all (boom booom). Accompanying us is a selection of sophisticated taste buds from London and Cheshire, including the couple responsible for starting this shenanigans in the first place. So hoping the evening lives up to the expectation of silly fun and doesn't fall flat on its face in a deserted basement in the no man's land just South of Great Portland Street.


Having noticed another building brandishing the name Efes recently in Dalston, (http://thedalstonhowl.wordpress.com/photoblog/efes/) thought I'd do well to actually look up the meaning... Lo it's the Turkish name for the ancient Greek city Ephesus, as well as an established Turkish beer brewer who sponsor a (the?) basketball team in Istanbul. It is also, somewhat ironically, the Hebrew numeral for 'zero'. I think this information could prove important in future crossword completions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efes


Fashion NB - Am wearing harem pants today in honour of the occasion.

2 too many?

She says...
I didn't realise fonts had such an effect on food??

Well if the previous suggestions didn't titillate the taste buds enough, I've found another couple of  #2s...

A Turkish restaurant, Efes2, loitering on Great Portland Street, in central London, not a million miles away from the first 2 suggestions. It has an extensive menu of kebabs and other meze dishes, and if you book downstairs there's live music and BELLY DANCING! Oh my. AND, and this could tip the balance, it has been frequented by many a celebrity, as celebrated in a picture gallery on the site. There's no Princess Di unfortunately, but a prize to anyone who can actually name them all...

However, if we wanted to travel a bit further afield I've found a large glossy blue place near Finchley Central tube station - Two Brothers Fish restaurant. Now I think of myself as a bit of a chip connoisseur so this place (plaice?) appealed, until I read some pretty dire reviews on London Eating (one of my favourite and well used restaurant review sites). Small portions of dry chips would ruin our night out for sure. And in case you're interested, the best chips, in my experience, can be had at The Lock Tavern, Camden.