Is August a bad month for salt beef? I certainly hope so. For if the drop in form at two of London’s very best salt beef purveyors is not due to seasonal disruptions, it isn’t only my list of the top 5 salt beef sandwiches in London that will need to be overhauled. I’ll have to rehabilitate my good name among those who’ve acted on these recommendations. The distance between youngandfoodish and youngandfoolish can be as short as a rubbery strip of salt beef. [Read more...]
Is August the cruellest month for salt beef?
Best hot salt beef sandwich in London?
UPDATE: VERY SORRY TO REPORT THE NOSH BAR HAS CLOSED FOR BUSINESS.


UpTHE NOSH BAR is back in lights on Great Windmill Street and that alone is cause for celebration, if not a detour from New York, Newcastle or even New Oxford Street. But wait: surprise of surprises, this is not just another West End revival looking to cash in on the imagined nostalgia of gullible tourists or Londoners too young to remember the dearly missed Soho institution. The brand new Nosh Bar, opened on the goodest of Good Fridays by Paul Jonas and his sons Billy and Jody, began by serving the very best hot salt beef sandwich in London. Although the consistency has slipped some since the opening, The Nosh Bar remains a must stop on every food tour of London’s West End. [Read more...]

