With such a cute name such as Me Love Sushi, it is difficult not to fall in love with this restaurant!

Me Love Sushi has quite a nice varied menu! It has lots of sushi items but also has hot dishes such as tempura, noodles and rice.

For the starters, we chose a couple of items from the Love to Tease section of the menu! The vegetable gyoza were the tastiest dumplings that I have had. They had a good flavour to them and the portion size was just right. The pumpkin korokke were pumpkin croquettes. Even though they had been fried, they were not greasy at all. The pumpkin cooked in this way worked really well!

The tofu and vegetables donburi made a filling meal! This was a big bowl of Japanese rice topped with shredded vegetables with a teriyaki sauce. The sauce did not overpower the vegetables. There were big cubes of breaded tofu and it was nice that the tofu had been cooked so that it was still soft and not chewy.

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This is a cute Thai restaurant, which when you enter looks really small. We thought that it only had the four or so tables/booths. So we were surprised when we asked for a table, we were taken downstairs. I just assumed that the downstairs area would be the whole of the kitchen! On the lower level, Thai Pepper opens out into its main restaurant area with lots more seating.

The food seemed fresh as it took them a little time to make it.  The vegetarian dumplings were really tasty and you got six of them, so enough to share! Even though it said on the menu that they were steamed, they had crispy edges, so I’m not sure if they had been fried a little. Either way, they were good and they went well with the fried garlic and soya sauce.

It was a tough choice to decide whether to go for the Thai green curry with rice or the Pad Thai! Finally, I decided to go for the vegetarian Pad Thai noodles! Great fried rice noodles with carrots, bamboo shoots, baby corn, egg and crushed peanuts. This dish was just a bit too saucy towards the end of the dish. If I had to change anything about the Pad Thai is that I would make it a little less sweet and also I would add some tofu to it.

Thai Pepper is a small intimate restaurant with lovely friendly staff. One thing to note is that Thai Pepper is only open during the evenings and not in the day time.

Thai Pepper, 115 Finchley Road, Swiss Cottage, London, NW3 6HY

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