East Ham also has one of the most thoroughly decent and hard-working MPs ever, while we had Galloway for a while. So maybe there's a connection there...

Ok, if we're going to be serious about it then I am pretty out of date as I haven't lived there for 15 years, but even then Brick Lane had developed a habit of fast turnover of second-rate curry houses. Meraz on Hanbury Street was always top-notch, been there in the same family since '74.

as of when I last lived in TH a few years' ago, Lahore II was still quite good!

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Gentrified Newham is way worse than gentrified Tower Hamlets but locals' newham is vice versa

(I speak as an erstwhile hackney gentrifier and dilletante enjoy of locals' things here to be clear I claim no authenticity)