Randomness Guide to London - Differences between Version 13 and Version 7 of Mamuska!, SE1 6TH

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Canteen-style Polish restaurant in [[Locale Elephant and Castle|Elephant and Castle]]. It was previously on the first floor of Elephant and Castle shopping centre (see <a href="http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?id=Mamuska%21%2C_SE1_6TH&version=9">earlier version of this page</a>) but moved in 2015 to the plaza around the Strata tower.
This is an attempt to recreate a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_mleczny bar mleczny], a Polish communist era self service canteen, on the first floor of Elephant and Castle shopping centre. It is in a former bed shop with a bare concrete ceiling and painted breeze block walls. The tables are communal and mismatching. You pay at the counter and are given a receipt with a number on the bottom. Your number is called when your meal is ready and you go and collect it from the counter.
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The current premises consist of a relatively large but low-ceilinged room, filled with mismatched tables, some large enough to be communal. Posters on the walls offer phonetic renditions of the Polish names of various dishes. Customers order and pay at the bar at the back in return for a numbered ticket, then collect from a serving station to one side when their ticket number flashes up on a screen in the corner.
As of February 2010, all the meals are &pound;5, with &pound;3 for desserts and &pound;1 for drinks. They also sell vodka at freezer, fridge and room temperatures.
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[[Kake]] visited on a Wednesday lunchtime in November 2017. There were around a dozen other customers when I arrived at 1pm, but still plenty of free tables. Music was playing, not too loud, and a Polish cookery programme was showing on a flatscreen with the sound off. A member of staff greeted me as I was looking at the menu near the doorway, and made sure I knew the ordering procedure.
[[secretlondon]] visited one weekday evening in February 2010. I had Placki ziemniaczane (potato pancakes) which came with a choice of goulash, mushroom sauce or sour cream & sugar. I had mine with goulash <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretlondon/4349001607/ photo]</small>. I also had a glass of kompot (£1) and a portion of baked cheesecake <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretlondon/4349749530 photo]</small>.
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I ordered from the lunch menu <small>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/38359542341/ photo]</small>, choosing the placki ziemniaczane with pork gulasz (potato pancakes with goulash, &pound;6) <small>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/24488211188/ photo]</small>. The potato pancakes were nicely browned, and sturdy but not stodgy. The gulasz had a decent flavour, and the sauce soaked into the pancakes very well, but the meat itself was somewhat overcooked, having gone beyond tender and started to dry out. The whole thing was also served lukewarm rather than hot. Sauerkraut salad on the side (included in the price) was disappointingly non-sour, but fine aside from that.
The food was interesting and I would like to go back and try more. I don't get all the references - my cheesecake had an outline of a spoon and chain made in the chocolate. According to the [http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/120833/page=3 SE1 forum] this is a reference to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHkCqkn0VKE this] satire.
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Accessibility: Step-free throughout, including to an accessible toilet.

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* [https://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/mamuska Time Out review]
* [http://dearbabette.com/en/2016/05/17/review-mamuska-london-se1/ Dear Babette review]
* [https://themartinidiary.com/2015/09/27/mamuska-polish-bar-and-restaurant-ec-london/ The Martini Diary review]
* [http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/687410#5403002 Chowhound thread]
* [http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/692091 Another Chowhound thread]
* [http:
//www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/venue/2:26892/mamuskas Time Out review]
* [http://www.london-se1.co.uk/restaurants/reviews/734/mamuska LondonSE1 comments]
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], November 2017. Opening times taken from the Mamuska! website, November 2017.</div>
address='16 Elephant and Castle'
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[secretlondon]], February 2010. Opening times taken from the Mamuska! website, February 2010.</div>
address='Unit 233, 1st floor, Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre'
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summary='Polish canteen-style food in Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre.'

This is an attempt to recreate a bar mleczny, a Polish communist era self service canteen, on the first floor of Elephant and Castle shopping centre. It is in a former bed shop with a bare concrete ceiling and painted breeze block walls. The tables are communal and mismatching. You pay at the counter and are given a receipt with a number on the bottom. Your number is called when your meal is ready and you go and collect it from the counter.

As of February 2010, all the meals are £5, with £3 for desserts and £1 for drinks. They also sell vodka at freezer, fridge and room temperatures.

secretlondon visited one weekday evening in February 2010. I had Placki ziemniaczane (potato pancakes) which came with a choice of goulash, mushroom sauce or sour cream & sugar. I had mine with goulash photo. I also had a glass of kompot (£1) and a portion of baked cheesecake photo.

The food was interesting and I would like to go back and try more. I don't get all the references - my cheesecake had an outline of a spoon and chain made in the chocolate. According to the SE1 forum this is a reference to this satire.

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Last visited by secretlondon, February 2010. Opening times taken from the Mamuska! website, February 2010.

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