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24th September 1976, Page 193

24th September 1976

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114 St to West

HEY used to cal! it Kanga-` .0 Valley, but these days ails Court Road looks more ke a scene out of Lawrence f Arabia.

The Aussies are still around ut Arab people have moved nto the area in force. It's a :rend which has been mirrored 3y the 'fast food" eating places ryhich abound.

The idea with a fast food ahop is to offer a standardised, ::heap menu and get the aunters in and out as quickly as )ossible. And they usually offer eirly good value for money.

It is an eating style which the Nmericans have made their win, refined to a high art and :hen exported to Britain.

So now in Earls Court there s a curious mix of Westernised and Easternised fast food.

At the last count there are 'our kebab houses in Earls 2ourt Road, all selling takeaway food but one or two have 3 table and a couple of chairs fvhere you,ca n sit and eat.

There are two of them side 3y side, the Star and the Meze, )pposite II Palio Di Siena. They ;ell shish and don ner kebabs as Nell as some speciality dishes.

Both are cheap — you can Jet a take-away meal for about 50p — and from the numbers 3f Arabs, Turks and Greeks ising them, offer authentic .00d.

Many of the supermarkets in Earls Court Road have also umped on the bandwagon. kJong with beans and corn'lakes they also sell hot food like apicy chicken pieces, pasties 'eastern style) of various sorts

and kebabs.

There are a number of Chinese take-aways as well. The Hong Kong, in Kenway Road, is open seven days a week from noon till midnight, and also has a restaurant where two people can eat one of the set meals for £3.

In the Westernised food line there are the usual Wimpy • bars, Kentucky Fried Chicken, pancake house type places. They are the same all over the country and you either like them or you don't.

But perhaps a bit more interesting are two pizza parlours. The idea is an American one but the food has an Italian flavour.

First of ..all there is the Pizza Hut, in Earls Court Road, opposite the Duke of Richmond.

From Monday to Friday it serves a 65p lunchtime special. You get a small pizza, or a plate of spaghetti plus coffee or a soft drink. It also has a take-away service.

Then across the road going up towards the tube station is Pizzaland which is part of a well known chain of restaurants.

For 50p (it was 41p two years ago) you can have the set meal of two pizza slices, baked potato, coleslaw, a soft drink or coffee.

Like the Pizza Hut it also offers a wide selection of pizza pies with a few other Italian dishes.

Not only have the Americans given us pizza parlours and hamburger joints, you can now get their ice cream as well! Dayvillet, opposite Earls Court Tube, is the name of the parlour selling it and you can get 32 different flavours ranging from chocolate chip to English toffee, .

Finally, for the traditionalists, there is a fish and chip shop in

Kenway Road which does take-away and a sit-down meal.

Called the Hi-Tide the restaurant is fully licensed and opens seven days a week, midday to midnight. Meals from 58p with chicken and chips at 65p.