Randomness Guide to London - Differences between Version 10 and Version 9 of Mamuska!, SE1 6TH

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This is an attempt to recreate a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_mleczny bar mleczny], a Polish communist era self service canteen. Previously on the first floor of Elephant and Castle shopping centre <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/rjw1/4571142918/ photo]</small>, it 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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<b>Note:</b> We haven't visited since the move to the new premises, so some of the below may be out of date.

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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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[secretlondon]], February 2010 (at the old location). Opening times taken from the Mamuska! website, September 2015.</div>
address='16 Elephant and Castle'
 <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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hours_text='9am-11pm Mon-Wed; 9am-midnight Thu-Sat, 9am-11pm Sun'
latitude='51.492441'
 hours_text='7am-11pm Mon-Sat, 9am-11pm Sunday'
latitude='51.493994'
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longitude='-0.098573'
major_change='1'
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opening_hours_text='9am-11pm Mon-Wed; 9am-midnight Thu-Sat, 9am-11pm Sun'
os_x='531987'
os_y='178823'
phone='020 3602 1898'
postcode='SE1 6TH'
summary='Polish canteen-style food in Elephant and Castle.'
 longitude='-0.098364'
major_change='0'
map_link='http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=531997&y=178996&z=0&sv=se1+6te&st=2&pc=se1+6te&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf'
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opening_hours_text='7am-11pm Mon-Sat, 9am-11pm Sunday'
os_x='531997'
os_y='178996'
phone='07986 352 810'
postcode='SE1 6TE'
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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