Restaurants

Not to be confused with the nearby Peter Street restaurant of the same name, this long-established three-storey restaurant also stands erect in a street lined with sleazy strip bars and clip joints. It makes sitting at a window seat a novel form of entertainment, but tear your eyes away from the nervous men and scantily clad touts and you'll find an extensive menu of classic dishes. Portions are large; a bowl of gado gado was generously filled, albeit with a high ratio of beansprouts. Char kway teow also contained plenty of tasty morsels such as tofu-like tempeh among the stir-fried noodles, with the flavour of shrimp paste-accented soy sauce not too dominant. Only the fried flatbread of the roti canai was disappointing: the real thing should be multi-layered, but this one bore a striking resemblance to the Malaysian-style frozen parathas you can buy in Asian supermarkets.

Time Out Cheap Eats in London Guide 2007