606587 Wed Mar 25 03:15:31 -0700 2009 5 42 U.K./Ireland 0 4535937 Tonight I'm going to be attending a concert with some friends and family at Christchurch, Spitalfields. Afterwards, we hope to go for a reasonable Indian meal, somewhere that allows us to drink, BYOB or otherwise. I don't think I'll convince many of our number to walk as far as New Tayyabs, and given my experiences in the past 6 of us will spend an hour behind the velvet rope queuing. I'd try Mai'da, but again it is slightly too far. The problem is, searching these forums and trying to specify the area leads to recommendations that only say I shouldn't go to Brick lane. Surely, given my starting point, someone has an actual recommendation that is up to date? Wed Mar 25 03:15:31 -0700 2009 277227 wellard 1 4536064 if Christchurch is just off brick lane, Mai"da isn't too far. Max a 10 min walk. But you can't drink in there - it doesn't serve alcohol and there's no BYOB. However the food is the best by a mile in that area of London. Tayyabs is even better but, as you know, a much longer haul. Wed Mar 25 05:23:41 -0700 2009 4535937 134814 DietStartsTomorrow 2 4536173 The Lahore Kebab House (dont let the name put you off!) is pretty good a bit closer to you - the name gives it away a bit in that it is Pakistani. It's BYOB as well. Wed Mar 25 06:20:57 -0700 2009 4536064 147975 pj26 1 4536809 Go to Gram Bangla on Brick Lane if the alcohol isn't an issue. They would neeeever allow BYOB there. TBH, you're restricted to Tayyabs. Wed Mar 25 09:31:41 -0700 2009 4535937 113604 JFores 2 4537029 i cant really imagine it would take longer than abt 10 min to walk to tayyabs anyway (altho there is the queue problem) Wed Mar 25 10:22:10 -0700 2009 4536809 142333 t_g 3 4537800 Yeah, it's not far at all. A cab driver would probably laugh if you even asked for a ride from Spitalfields to there. Wed Mar 25 13:43:59 -0700 2009 4537029 113604 JFores