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I’m in two minds as to whether to totally sack off this blog, or to make more effort with it. There’s plenty of places on the internet where Croydon gets slagged off (hello every single Croydon Facebook page) – sure there are problems, but I don’t really want to add to the moaning. However, I’m…
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Here’s a little tale about a Friday lunchtime at Afghan Caravan. It isn’t every day that one gets a charming experience in Croydon. Crackheads foaming at the mouth, Deliveroo drivers riding those motorised bicycles on the pavement towards you at 30mph, minutes spent walking past the giant tombstone that is the Nestle building. If you…
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So I did originally suggest that Eating Croydon would be more on the middle class side of things, and I’m not sure there is a restaurant more pretentious than Fern, in Croydon. It almost doesn’t seem like it belongs in Croydon (and the website does name itself as fernlondon.co.uk, so maybe it doesn’t actually want…
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Well I’ve made it to review number 2, which ends up being Shikumen Express @ Tokia Square. The story of Croydon’s demise is a familiar one. It isn’t too difficult to find a pub or restaurant which has closed down – even easier to find a closed down retail premises thanks to the “efforts” of…
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Welcome to the very first post on Eating Croydon – a review of Crispy Dosa. I guess I have to start with explaining my intent with this blog. Why am I starting an occasional a blog about restaurants in Croydon? So I moved to Croydon around 18 months ago, yeah I’m one of those new…
