Randomness Guide to London - Differences between Version 25 and Version 12 of Manna, NW3 3AJ

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[[Kake]], [[Kat]], [[doop]], [[Juliet]], Marna, Sean, Pete, etc visited on a Friday evening in September 2008. As a group of ten, we'd booked a table, but the place seemed to still have a few empty tables (we'd booked for 8:45pm and didn't arrive <i>too</i> late after that). Service seemed a bit slow, with us not getting our starters until around 9:45pm according to the timestamp on [[Kake]]'s camera.
 The menu is online, [http://www.manna-veg.com/menu.html here]. If you can't decide what to go for, the mezze option allows you to choose any three starters or salads for &pound;17, in place of the standard starter plus main. The food is quite awesomely tasty, and the vegan desserts are outstanding, particularly the chocolate semifreddo.
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[[Kake]] started with something off the specials menu; hijiki salad with sushi maki rolls <small>[http://flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/2843414315/ photo]</small>. This was pretty good, with well-seasoned rice, well-chosen fillings, and a very nice presentation.
 The staff are very friendly, which somewhat makes up for the restaurant's occasional tendency not to have any port left.
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My main was less good; I went for the Thai platter (&pound;13), which included tom kha gai soup, crispy noodles, mock duck, spring roll, rice, and green papaya salad <small>[http://flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/2843628703/ photo]</small>. The soup was just fine, but the noodles were chewy rather than crispy (and even completely uncooked in parts), the spring roll was average, and the rice was boring. Rather than being something akin to the excellent Thai salad som tam, the green papaya was just endless sheets of, well, green papaya, and eating it was a rather joyless slog. Everyone else seemed very pleased with their food, though, and I've always been happy with the food here before, so I suspect I just got the one duff dish which hopefully won't stay on the menu too long.
 [[Kake]], [[Kat]], [[doop]], [[Juliet]], Marna, Sean, Pete, etc visited on a Friday evening in September 2008. As a group of ten, we'd booked a table, but the place seemed to still have a few empty tables (we'd booked for 8:45pm and didn't arrive <i>too</i> late after that). Service seemed a bit slow, with us not getting our starters until around 9:45pm according to the timestamp on [[Kake]]'s camera.
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[[Kat]], for example, had the Chef's Salad - a huge mountain of greenery surrounded by generous helpings of feta, sundried tomatoes, potato salad, beans and various seeds - which was very enjoyable indeed. It was filling without being stodgy and the ingredients were all excellent.
 [[Kake]] started with something off the specials menu; hijiki salad with sushi maki rolls <small>[http://flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/2843414315/ photo]</small>. This was pretty good, with well-seasoned rice, well-chosen fillings, and a very nice presentation. My main was less good; I went for the Thai platter (&pound;13), which included tom kha gai soup, crispy noodles, mock duck, spring roll, rice, and green papaya salad <small>[http://flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/2843628703/ photo]</small>. The soup was just fine, but the noodles were chewy rather than crispy (and even completely uncooked in parts), the spring roll was average, and the rice was boring. Rather than being something akin to the excellent Thai salad som tam, the green papaya was just endless sheets of, well, green papaya, and eating it was a rather joyless slog.
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A number of us also shared a few bottles of an intriguing apple wine that tasted rather like very strong, flat cider (this was deemed perfectly agreeable to those drinking it).
 Everyone else seemed very pleased with their food, though, and I've always been happy with the food here before, so I suspect I just got the one duff dish which hopefully won't stay on the menu too long.
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[[doop]]'s verdict: The food is quite awesomely tasty, and the vegan desserts are outstanding, particularly the chocolate semifreddo. The staff are very friendly, which somewhat makes up for the restaurant's occasional tendency not to have any port left.

Accessibility: Toilets are down a flight of stairs.
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* [http://www.london-eating.co.uk/98.htm London Eating comments]
* [http://www.hornseyjournal.co.uk/content/islington/gazette/whatson/story.aspx?brand=ISLGOnline&category=whatsonfoodanddrink&tBrand=islgonline&tCategory=whatsonfoodanddrink&itemid=WeED05%20Dec%202007%2012%3A39%3A27%3A757 Hornsey and Crouch End Journal review]
* [http://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/reviews/453.html Time Out review]
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* [http://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/reviews/453.html Time Out review]
* [http://everythingisnice.wordpress.com/2010/11/26/manna/ Everything Is Nice review]
* [http://fatgayvegan.com/2012/09/09/guest-review-manna/ Fat Gay Vegan review]
* [http://fussyveggie.blogspot.com/2009/02/manna-primrose-hill-london.html Fussy Veggie review]
* [http://thelondonreviewer.com/2008/05/25/restaurant-review-manna-london-nw3/ London Reviewer review]
* [http://www.london-eating.co.uk/98.htm London Eating comments]
* [http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/manna-london Yelp comments]
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], [[Kat]], [[doop]], [[Juliet]], etc, 5 September 2008. Prices and opening hours taken from the Manna website, January 2009.</div>
 <div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], [[Kat]], [[doop]], [[Juliet]], etc, 5 September 2008. Prices and opening hours taken from the Manna website, September 2008.</div>
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Vegetarian restaurant in Primrose Hill/Chalk Farm.

The menu is online, here. If you can't decide what to go for, the mezze option allows you to choose any three starters or salads for £17, in place of the standard starter plus main. The food is quite awesomely tasty, and the vegan desserts are outstanding, particularly the chocolate semifreddo.

The staff are very friendly, which somewhat makes up for the restaurant's occasional tendency not to have any port left.

Kake, Kat, doop, Juliet, Marna, Sean, Pete, etc visited on a Friday evening in September 2008. As a group of ten, we'd booked a table, but the place seemed to still have a few empty tables (we'd booked for 8:45pm and didn't arrive too late after that). Service seemed a bit slow, with us not getting our starters until around 9:45pm according to the timestamp on Kake's camera.

Kake started with something off the specials menu; hijiki salad with sushi maki rolls photo. This was pretty good, with well-seasoned rice, well-chosen fillings, and a very nice presentation. My main was less good; I went for the Thai platter (£13), which included tom kha gai soup, crispy noodles, mock duck, spring roll, rice, and green papaya salad photo. The soup was just fine, but the noodles were chewy rather than crispy (and even completely uncooked in parts), the spring roll was average, and the rice was boring. Rather than being something akin to the excellent Thai salad som tam, the green papaya was just endless sheets of, well, green papaya, and eating it was a rather joyless slog.

Everyone else seemed very pleased with their food, though, and I've always been happy with the food here before, so I suspect I just got the one duff dish which hopefully won't stay on the menu too long.

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Last visited by Kake, Kat, doop, Juliet, etc, 5 September 2008. Prices and opening hours taken from the Manna website, September 2008.

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