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Dinner only. Informal, family run couscous café specialising in authentically cooked dishes from Morocco and Tunisia. Huge portions, free appetisers, terrific value for money. Fixed-price menus from £10.50 to £14.95. Features ceramics and tiling effects from Tunisia, candlelight, tablecloths, and Arabic background music. We look forward to meeting you. Frances and Abdel Boukraa.

Greek food has never really inspired me much in the past, and many restaurants ? apparently serving their version of it ? have totally failed to impress me, especially their lack of authenticity, somehow feeling that a full helping of music from Zorba the Greek, plenty of houmous and taramasalata from the nearest deli and pictures of blue sea will suffice.

However, along has come My Big Fat Greek to break the mould, whilst it has a more modern look than is usual, large tables with plenty of space around them and a comfortable atmosphere the most important fact is that it has a genuine, really experienced Greek chef serving real Greek food.

Their meze is so plentiful that it is almost a meal in itself, a whole series of small plates with strips of pitta bread featuring most of the classic dishes, however, they contrive do everything a bit better than normal, their calamari for instance are lightly dusted in flour instead of being covered in thick batter and don?t taste as if you are chewing a piece of rubber.

Stars of their menu are the marinated, charcoal grilled prawns, larger, fresher and more lightly cooked than normal, while their specialities are a whole selection of meats, kebabs and fish cooked on a grill using actual charcoal, ensuring plenty of flavour.

You can also expect to find traditional choices like moussaka ? with a vegetarian option as well ? dolmades, vine leaves stuffed with minced lamb, rice and herbs, kleftiko, slow cooked lamb with tomatoes and seasoning and finally keftedes, meat balls like you have never experienced before.

Whilst Elephant and Castle is not exactly the first place to come to mind if you are thinking of eating out, My Big Fat Greek ensures that it would not be time wasted and your stomach would feel well satisfied as well without any tears from your wallet either.

The Japanese Canteen is unapologetic about its straightforward ambience that is also devoid of music, but then their only aim is to make sure you come back for their tasty food or take some away to eat in the comfort of your home. This simple but smart establishment is focussed on providing traditional Japanese dishes to its patrons who are drawn by the delicious noodle soups, curries, salads and dumplings prepared fresh using authentic ingredients.

Enjoy dishes such as chicken katsu curry or salmon teriyaki served with rice or try the stir fried noodles with beef, fresh vegetables and udon noodles. There's a superb fried rice, spiked with sesame chilli oil and layered with chicken. Noodle soups such as the duck ramen are popular and they come in a choice of three stocks, clear with soy sauce, miso or spicy coconut and lemon grass. Sushi at the Japanese Canteen is a delectable option, arriving in sets of four or six pieces of maki, nigiri or sashimi.

Kalamari on Chiswick High Road, is a small family-run Greek restaurant that offers an extensive menu traditional Greek and Mediterranean dishes at affordable prices. Located just a short walk from Stamford Brook tube station, the restaurant also gives visitors a taste of a traditional Greek tavern in the décor and music as well as the food and hospitality.

Freshly prepared, using locally sourced produce wherever possible, the restaurant serves traditional favourites including dishes of stifado, beef cooked in red wine with green and red peppers, and kleftiko, succulent oven cooked lamb in special Greek spices, and homemade moussaka. There is an assortment of meze dishes to sample and share with friends as well as a variety of meat dishes prepared on the traditional grill.

The restaurant also serves a good selection of Greek wines, alongside carefully selected reds and whites from around the world, as well as cold beers and other Greek specialities including strong coffee and a range of spirits.