food trips: neighbourhood restaurants

The best thing about living in Central London is that so many amazing restaurants are in walking distance. You can walk down to the gastropub after work, take in some amazing Thai food, fill up on vegetarian Japanese, or have a limoncello-ginger cocktail with some handmade pasta carbonara - without having to shell out for a taxi or ride a busy train.

Here's a list of our favourites!

Favourite vegetarian/vegan: Itadaki Zen, Kings Cross Road. Cozy, delicious, and lots of satisfying food options even if you're not vegetarian.

Photo courtesy Itadaki Zen

Favourite Italian: Casa Tua, a tiny homey place across from Holy Cross Church on Cromer Street. Real homemade taste - the best fettuccine carbonara I've had in London, and cocktails so yummy I drank half before I remembered to take a picture!

Favourite dessert place: Mamason's Dirty Ice Cream, Camden High Street. Totally heals our homesick cravings for halo-halo and ube ice cream, not to mention introducing new adventures like black coconut!

Great for lots of friends: Siam Central, Charlotte Street. Delicious Thai food meant for sharing, fresh coconut juice, good service and I especially loved their fried ice cream. (wonder | wander | women love ice cream at any time of the year.)

Favourite pizza: ICCO, Charlotte Street and Camden High Street. Super cheap, delicious New York-style pizza served blazing hot, as pizza should be.

Guilty pleasure: Wing Wing Korean fried chicken, Tavistock Square. Fried chicken and battered seafood in 3 flavours (our favourite is the soy garlic), seaweed fries, and beer or soft drinks - the superior 'KFC' experience. You can book a karaoke room too!

Photo courtesy of Wing Wing

Happy eating!