Brixton chitter chatter and news and updates (Feb-Aug 2011)

[kittyP]

Bloody he'll

My mum said she had heard Brixton Water Lane had been closed off by police this morning.
Anyone know why.

 

[leanderman]

Bloody he'll

My mum said she had heard Brixton Water Lane had been closed off by police this morning.
Anyone know why.

gbh outside carpetright in the early hours, according to the
unusually eloquent special constable at 11am still stopping people using water lane, even on foot

 

[editor]

Jeez:

A teenager who left a woman with an 8in gash after slashing her neck with a kitchen knife has avoided jail.

The 16-year-old was sentenced to a two-and-a-half year youth rehabilitation order with supervision after being convicted of grievous bodily harm, when he appeared at Inner London Crown Court on Monday, May 24.

He was ordered to pay £500 compensation to the victim and do 240 hours unpaid work.

He will also have to observe a curfew between 10pm and 7am for six months.

Lambeth police were called to Brailsford Road, near Brockwell Park, on June 6 last year, where the youth lived with his mother and sister.

Another person living at the address at the time was the 32-year-old female victim.

A Lambeth police spokesman said: “The youth returned to the address at 2am to find that his mother, sister and two friends were drinking alcohol in the front room. He became angry and verbally abusive towards them.

“The women decided to return to their rooms leaving the youth in the living room alone to calm down.

“However, he began smashing up the room and shouting threats.

“He stormed into the victim’s room and slashed her neck with a kitchen knife, causing a deep laceration.”

http://www.streathamguardian.co.uk/news/9059486.Teenager_who_slashed_woman_s_neck_avoids_jail/

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Jeez:

http://www.streathamguardian.co.uk/news/9059486.Teenager_who_slashed_woman_s_neck_avoids_jail/

An 8-inch gash and he gets a slap on the wrist

 

[story]

Can we have a round up of all the recent incidents please? I'm getting confused and I think I may have counted some of them twice.

I don't want to start another thread about it.

So the KFC incident last Thursday night.
The Stockwell machine gun one... when was that? Last night?
The one down the side of the barrier Block... last night? A shooting?
Brixton Water Lane... was that one or two separate incidents?

And which have resulted in deaths?

I know the KFC one wasn't a shooting. Were all the others shootings?

So four in less than a week.

God how depressing.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Five if you count the one in Stockwell.

 

[story]

I did count that one Mrs magpie... so which have I missed?

Bloody hell... I thought I'd counted too many, turns out I've missed one...

 

[Mrs Magpie]

1. Pole attack near KFC (fatal), 2. chain attack just near the junction of CHL and Atlantic (dunno whether fatal or not, local street rumour mill says yes). 3. Gun, clapham road/stockwell road (fatal) 4. corner of CHL/Moorlands Road (dunno whether gun or otherwise or extent of injuries) 5. Brixton Water Lane (GBH according to post here). The last three were all on the same night.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Can we have a round up of all the recent incidents please? I'm getting confused and I think I may have counted some of them twice.

I don't want to start another thread about it.

So the KFC incident last Thursday night.
The Stockwell machine gun one... when was that? Last night?
The one down the side of the barrier Block... last night? A shooting?
Brixton Water Lane... was that one or two separate incidents?

And which have resulted in deaths?

I know the KFC one wasn't a shooting. Were all the others shootings?

So four in less than a week.

God how depressing.

Deaths with the KFC and Stockwell Road ones.

Not sure about the other two. I'm getting confused with so many incidents.

 

[nick h.]

You missed the one under the railway bridge at the CHL/Railton Road junction on Saturday morning. That one resulted in a death.

eta: beaten to it by Mrs M

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

You missed the one under the railway bridge at the CHL/Railton Road junction on Saturday morning. That one resulted in a death.

eta: beaten to it by Mrs M

oh, I think I was assuming that was the one by Editor but that's obviously the Moorlands Road one yes?

 

[Mrs Magpie]

yes

 

[story]

You missed the one under the railway bridge at the CHL/Railton Road junction on Saturday morning. That one resulted in a death.

eta: beaten to it by Mrs M

I did miss out that one... which is odd cos I went by there just after it happened. I am becoming inured

 

[story]

Deaths with the KFC and Stockwell Road ones.

Not sure about the other two. I'm getting confused with so many incidents.

Me too Minnie_the_Minx, which is why I wanted a round up.

ugh

 

[miss minnie]

The Japanese in BV is going to be primarily an okonomiyaki restaurant serving Osaka style okonomiyaki (as opposed to Hiroshima style) as the owner is from Osaka. It will be called Okan (which is dialect for "mother" - used mainly by men). She also has a place called koinoburi in Brick Lane. The hot plate will be under the little pavilion thing - there are tables and maybe high seats for the counter also. Was passing earlier and had a little chat with her. She said she'd be doing a few other simple dishes that her mum taught her to make. I'm very excited!

I strolled over there for lunch but thought that £7-8 was a bit much. £1 extra if you want noodles with it. One of the options was 'cheese and sweetcorn'.

There were a few customers but I couldn't see any of the food on tables in order to make a judgement as to value so went elsewhere.

 

[gaijingirl]

haven't had a chance to go myself yet... will do so soon I hope. That does sound quite a lot for a dish which has pretty cheap ingredients but I'll reserve judgement till I've been there I think.

 

[quimcunx]

One of the options was 'cheese and sweetcorn'.

Maybe her mum's from Wrexham.

 

[teuchter]

but I couldn't see any of the food on tables in order to make a judgement as to value so went elsewhere.

If it was a proper Japanese restaurant all the meals would be accurately represented in plastic replica form in the window.

 

[Ms T]

I strolled over there for lunch but thought that £7-8 was a bit much. £1 extra if you want noodles with it. One of the options was 'cheese and sweetcorn'.

There were a few customers but I couldn't see any of the food on tables in order to make a judgement as to value so went elsewhere.

I went tonight and liked it. The portion is big and it's very filling. We had the special, with prawns, pork and kimchee, and a noodle dish wrapped in a thin omelette - can't remember what it was called, something soba although the noodles were wheat not soba. We also had endamame and some stir-fried bean sprouts and okra. I was stuffed at the end. I don't have anything to compare it with, never having had okonomiyaki before, but my dining companion who is a massive foodie was happy. He said the version at Abeno in C. London was a bit better, but also more expensive.

Price-wise, it's comparable with the Thai place I'd say. Our dish had quite a lot of prawns and pork in it.

 

[gaijingirl]

in Japan there are two traditional types of okonomiyaki - Osaka style and Hiroshima style. Hiroshima style has fried soba noodles in it (yakisoba). Interestingly when I spoke to the lady (who's from Osaka) she said she wouldn't be doing Hiroshima style but maybe she's changed her mind. She also said she'd be doing some recipes of her own that her mum taught her. Soba noodles are buckwheat noodles and are thin and beigey, brown. Udon are the thick, white noodles made from wheat. There are loads of other kinds of noodles in Japan such as somen which are much thinner, made from wheat and usually eaten cold in the summer months in a dipping sauce chilled with ice (omg.. they're so good on a hot day!).

Abeno is fun because you do get to cook it yourself if you want. Also they're not always more expensive (for lunch anyway - which is when I've always gone) because you get a set meal with side dishes etc. I've taken students to Abeno and got some good deals. I did mention this to the lady at Okan - so it'd be good if I could do the same there.

 

[Ms T]

in Japan there are two traditional types of okonomiyaki - Osaka style and Hiroshima style. Hiroshima style has fried soba noodles in it (yakisoba). Interestingly when I spoke to the lady (who's from Osaka) she said she wouldn't be doing Hiroshima style but maybe she's changed her mind. She also said she'd be doing some recipes of her own that her mum taught her. Soba noodles are buckwheat noodles and are thin and beigey, brown. Udon are the thick, white noodles made from wheat. There are loads of other kinds of noodles in Japan such as somen which are much thinner, made from wheat and usually eaten cold in the summer months in a dipping sauce chilled with ice (omg.. they're so good on a hot day!).

Abeno is fun because you do get to cook it yourself if you want. Also they're not always more expensive (for lunch anyway - which is when I've always gone) because you get a set meal with side dishes etc. I've taken students to Abeno and got some good deals. I did mention this to the lady at Okan - so it'd be good if I could do the same there.

The noodle dish wasn't okonomiyaki - it was something different. The noodles in the dish we had were probably somen I think - definitely not udon or soba, both of which I'm familiar with.

 

[gaijingirl]

Yes... like I said, she said she was going to do some home-styled recipes. I look forward to trying it. Only because I know you like to know about your food - endomame are peas... edamame are green soya beans, neither are endamame - I'm being a complete pedant here - it's only what I would tell my students - but then you're not studying Japanese so you're allowed to make mistakes! Mame are beans. Men are noodles.

 

[Ms T]

Thanks gg. It was edamame that we had - I love them.

 

[gaijingirl]

you, me, Orla and Posh!

actually you've just given me a great idea - we're just packing our camping equipment and I do worry about O's eating when we're camping - more grazing than eating - I've got some edamame in the freezer - perfect to take! Thanks!

sometimes when i'm feeding her - mostly it's relatively "normal" food, whatever that is, but you know, fishfingers, baked beans or whatever - but other things, I just think - wow times have changed...

 

[Ms T]

you, me, Orla and Posh!

actually you've just given me a great idea - we're just packing our camping equipment and I do worry about O's eating when we're camping - more grazing than eating - I've got some edamame in the freezer - perfect to take! Thanks!

sometimes when i'm feeding her - mostly it's relatively "normal" food, whatever that is, but you know, fishfingers, baked beans or whatever - but other things, I just think - wow times have changed...

All kids seem to love houmous - I don't think I even knew what it was until I was in my twenties!

 

[Ms T]

I had a chat with the people who are opening the new burger place next to the Colombian butcher. They hope to be open next week.

 

[gaijingirl]

All kids seem to love houmous - I don't think I even knew what it was until I was in my twenties!

ditto pesto!

 

[Badgers]

All kids seem to love houmous - I don't think I even knew what it was until I was in my twenties!

Yes this ^

I trained a as chef too and never felt the houmous love

 

[supercity]

Walked past Allied Carpets on Brixton Hill today. I hadn't noticed that it had closed down. Already in the window there's a Sainsbury's application for a booze licence.

 

[quimcunx]

Wut? It was open the other day. Fuck off Sainsbury.