Mandalay is an institution, on the Edgware Road down the Maida Vale end, slightly away from the full-on throng of middle-eastern joints near Marble Arch.
Mandalay won Time Out's Best Cheap Eats of All Time a couple of years ago and serves Burmese food - which they describe as somewhere between Chinese and Indian with a bit of Thai for good measure. I've been thinking about this chicken noodle dish since the last time I ate it 7 years ago.
Tender chicken in a rich, warm, thick coconut sauce, deep fried shallots, noodles, exemplary use of spring onions - ticks so many boxes: crunch, soft, tender, spice, coconut, fried....god, I don't know why I left it 7 years to come back here. Best consumed with a cold Tiger beer.
Other star dish of the meal was this very simple aubergine with potatoes.
Mandalay, 444, Edgware Road - 0207 258 3696. You need to book for dinner, generally.
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