London route advice.

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@Brandane, send me a PM. You might like to stash your bike at our place, one mile from the Holland Park end of Ladbroke Grove.

 

[Brandane]

Research other cycle routes for a good day out.

My personal opinion is dont lock your bike up just dont let it go. If its not nicked it will get trashed. I have lost count of the amount of bikes ive seen damaged in the surrounding streets during carnival and in some roads they will just get forceably removed by the council or Police. Believe me its not all its cracked up to be and if you want good Jamaican street food then try

http://www.dubjam.co.uk/mobile.html

Yes its in central London but working with a fair few Jamaicans they like this place.

Took your advice and visited DubJam for lunch on Monday. It was really good; nice atmosphere and friendly service, but not the cheapest (then again, I have to think in central London terms - it wasn't too bad!). The only criticism is that the menu is a tad restrictive and by the owners (??) own admission, it has been severely westernised. No curried goat or saltfish and ackee (the national dish of Jamaica) for instance.
I went to the Jamaica Patty Company a couple of times (just round the corner in New Row), where the patties were the best I have managed to find in the UK..
Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Hill Wimp]

Took your advice and visited DubJam for lunch on Monday. It was really good; nice atmosphere and friendly service, but not the cheapest (then again, I have to think in central London terms - it wasn't too bad!). The only criticism is that the menu is a tad restrictive and by the owners (??) own admission, it has been severely westernised. No curried goat or saltfish and ackee (the national dish of Jamaica) for instance.
I went to the Jamaica Patty Company a couple of times (just round the corner in New Row), where the patties were the best I have managed to find in the UK..
Thanks for the heads up.

Glad the recommendation still stands. Shame about the goat curry as i happen to love that.

 

[Brandane]

Glad the recommendation still stands. Shame about the goat curry as i happen to love that.

They do sell a curried goat pattie at DubJam. I didn't try it, but I can't imagine that curried goat in a pattie would be anything like the real thing, with plenty of gravy and rice 'n' peas.

 

[Simontm]

They do sell a curried goat pattie at DubJam. I didn't try it, but I can't imagine that curried goat in a pattie would be anything like the real thing, with plenty of gravy and rice 'n' peas.

When I used to work up there, there used to be Jamaican takeout on the Bayswater end of Westbourne Grove that did a mean goat curry...yum