First day in Anchorage, looking for some lunch. After a couple of bad experiences at Rough Guide recommended places, we went with our own judgment. Urban Green stood out from the crowd – in Alaska there’s an unwritten law that all eating places must have names like “Prairie Country Kitchen” “The Lonesome Chicken” or “Auntie Betty’s Real Home Style Moose Burgers”. That word “Urban” went straight to our Islington hearts, so in we went.

The blokes are work are keen for a feed for Friday lunches and this place does not disappoint them. They have been raving about it for a while so today I went along to put the nosebag on. Not many other places can you get a homestyle breakfast any time of the day for £4, with a full plate the size of a small island.

Captain Old Timer and his sidekick The Bunnyman certainly polished it all off. I enjoyed my macaroni cheese, but my chips weren't tasty enough to entice me to overeat. Great milkshakes too! Captain Old Timer is a bit of a regular, on top of the breakfast, he also recommends the burgers and sausage butties. The cake selection was impressive, so we might need a re-visit for coffee and cake.

Went down to the Satay Restaurant in Brixton, Sarf London as they say down there. To be honest I wasn't really looking forward to going down there but I have some friends who live South of the River and felt more obliged than willing. Anyhoo, I can honestly say I really enjoyed myself.

Yes Brixton has it's bad points, but this restaurant (that that had a cocktail bar in it too) was a real welcome surprise to me. First impressions were outside with this big banksy type stencil of a Thai dancer beckoning you in and some flyposting which is actually the menu. Inside the stencil artwork carries on through with this massive sort of montage on the back wall of Asian buildings. Looked quite good I thought.