Where to find a Po Boy in London?

[Browners]

Does anyone know if a decent Po Boy exists in London?

I'm keen to find one for my next Sandwichist article: http://londonist.com/tags/sandwichist

Many thanks indeed.

Jonathan

[kiswa]

I've looked for New Orleans food in this city before and it doesn't exist. I had a revolting concoction labelled as "gumbo" in some place in Camden a few months ago and nearly cried at how bad it was. I've had to learn to make my own.

[Browners]

Bugger. Looks like this could be a dead end. Maybe I'll just have to fly to New Orleans instead.

Have you got any suggestions for any stand out sandwiches in London instead?

[t_g]

automat does a po boy - https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=ht...

[skut]

was gonna say Automat, but was terrible last time I went. Lovely service, massively overpriced and shudderingly dull food.

[DollyDagger]

I think kiswa might be talking about the Blues Kitchen in Camden.

Browners, you can definitely get a po' boy there but I can't vouch for quality.

[kiswa]

Yeah, that's the place. Ate there about six months ago. My girlfriend had a fish po' boy there that looked like a bad fish-finger sandwich. Cheap frozen fish, hopeless bread and drowning in mayonnaise. My gumbo had never been within a mile of a roux and contained enough chilli to melt the plate. Lovely staff, fun place to drink, but awful food.

If anyone knows anywhere to get edible cajun/creole food in the UK, please speak up!

[zuriga1]

I don't think I've ever even seen Old Bay Spice Seasoning which is pretty basic to a lot of Southern dishes. Canjun/creole doesn't seem to have hit these shores yet, but it should!

[Ibrahim.Salha]

Places where you can find Old Bay Seasoning:
Panzer's Deli, St John's Wood (NW8)
Whole Foods, Kensington (W8)
Outsider Tart, Chiswick (W4)

Maybe some other places! I think the guys at Outsider Tart sometimes make Cajun food, and they make it well, but it's not available often so you'll have to speak to them about making specific dishes.

[zuriga1]

Thanks! Chiswick I never get to, but I do make the occasional journey to Panzer's or Whole Foods. I probably never looked for the Old Bay but at least now I know it's there!

[souhaite]

Old Bay? Never heard of it until I moved from New Orleans to the Midatlantic. Back home we use Chachere's. If anybody has seen it here in London, please let me know - I've been hoarding shakers of the stuff brought by visiting relatives!

[zuriga1]

And here my son told me long ago that Old Bay was a part of New Orleans cooking... étoufee, jambalaya etc. Wait till I get a hold of him!

If you look at Ibrahim's posting above mine, he says where you can find Old Bay in London. I hoard Glad Wrap. :-)

[Nii]

I'll be very surprised to find one of those in London; it's really 'niche', don't you think?

[Browners]

I agree. But I do think there will be one somewhere. It'll just take some serious hunting down.