Steve's reviews
Review of The Dragon Bar
14 Apr 08, 13:17
R.I.P. 
Dragon Bar is no more, although they will be opening at a new location on Shoreditch High St later this year according to a sign on the window a couple of weeks ago.
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Review of Electrowerkz
07 Aug 07, 12:49
110%
The 100% Dynamite reggae nights are fantastic fun.
The club itself is pretty shabby and probably hasn't changed much from its old industrial days. For drinks expect a cold can of Red Stripe, and there's not much of a chill out area. The lighting on the dancefloor amounts to a projection of a few Studio One album covers. But the music is faultless, and as everyone's just there to dance the atmosphere is always superb, so the reliably young and gorgeous crown don't seem to look down on old dudes like myself as they're too busy dancing like loons.
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Review of Sounds Of The Universe
07 Aug 07, 11:12
You got "Legend" mate?
Owned by the people who run Soul Jazz records, mostly known for their Studio One reissues and the long-running 100% Dynamite night at Electrowerkz, Sounds Of The Universe has, unsurprisingly, a fantastic selection of Jamaican music from mento all the way to dancehall.
They cover dance and roots music from around the world, as well as a lot of experimental post-punk and electronic stuff, dubstep and grime, some jazz and various other random things. Apart from the staff being a bit too friendly and helpful for a proper record shop, SOTU is pretty much perfect.
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Review of Neals Yard Dairy
07 Aug 07, 08:02
Cheese.
If you like cheese then this is possibly the best shop in the world as they sell lots of cheese from around Britain and Ireland. The staff know their cheese and are always helpful and happy to answer your cheese-related questions. They'll recommend cheeses for you, and obviously you can try as many cheeses as you like. They also sell other non-cheese foods that complement cheese, like biscuits and chutneys.
If you don't like cheese then you're weird and probably wasting your time reading a review of a cheese shop.
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Review of The Dragon Bar
06 Aug 07, 17:49
Rocks.
Packed with arty types with asymmetric haircuts, tattoos and skinny jeans, a no-suits policy, Banksy stuff on the walls, graffiti covered toilets with no ladies/gents markings just to confuse the newbies, loud, eclectic music, could be dancehall or heavy rock or electro, usually packed, no room to move let alone dance. You'll know from that right away if you'll hate it. I love it and have never had a bad night there.
The only bad thing I have to say about it is that I usually regret it the next day.
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Review of Tommy Guns
06 Aug 07, 14:20
Don't ask for a geek pie.
So Hoxton it even got parodied in Nathan Barley, but don't let that put you off. I've never had anything less than a great haircut, and it always manages to look all right for a month or two. I have naturally rubbish hair so this is no mean feat.
It's also worth a visit if you need to know what shade of fluorescent is in this week, or which unremembered 80s electro-pop act is undergoing a revival. On the downside, they don't have video screens instead of mirrors yet, nor tablet PCs for your to sketch the haircut you want on. Possibly this is some ironic retro statement though.
As a caveat I must mention that I am a boy, but I've seen plenty of girls leave with excellent haircuts too. They can even do good grown-up haircuts if you ask them.
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Review of Rooburoo
03 Aug 07, 14:17
yum
Always excellent quality, but not especially cheap. They've recently expanded their menu, so there's a lot more choice now (I think I'd eaten everything on the old one at least twice).
The lamb dishes have always been particularly good - top notch meat cooked just right, hot but not at the expense of genuine flavour. The Malabar seafood curry I had the other night was excellent - light, coconutty south Indian cooking of a kind that's hard to find in London.
(My tip would be to get a children's meal to complement your main for a bit of variety)
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