RececaDron wrote:We've an overnight stay around the St Pancras area (for a Eurostar trip) and I was looking to eat something spicy within a 10 minute stroll of our gaff, and then an early night, so a big wait doesn't much appeal...)
Dishoom Kings Cross is a "proper caff" meaning that it is open all day, does breakfast and lunch too.
So if you have the time, get to St. Pancras around 3 pm, so you can check into wherever you are staying, and then stroll over for a late lunch/ early dinner. Presumably much less of a wait then.
The great advance in British dining has been not just the huge improvements in the food, but the move to "all day dining" and the flexibility that confers. My favourite time to eat is mid-afternoon, after I have got my stuff done for the day but before the evening crush. That used to be impossible with the 12-2 and 6-10 hours of old school places. Not any more.