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gabi said:
theres nothing on the menu that's huge, its proper mexican street food portions... £4 is pretty fair..

customers will vote with their feet and wallets anyway. if they're greedy they can go across the alley to the brazilian place.
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Not any more they can't, because the Brazilian place has closed / been evicted.
Story: I feel your pain, in last month's thread I had exactly the same tale of woe. Some of the tacos are more exciting/different than others, there are things that probably are closer to being 'value for money' than others on the menu but the general feeling - not enough food and too pricey per portion - seems to be the same for more or less everyone who eats there. Which is a shame, because the idea, location, decor, staff and some of the cooking should all spell success. Sort it out casa morita!
 
story said:
Or presenting it on the menu as if it's a meal.
This is what it felt like to me.

Maybe it is just a lack of understanding about the way things are done in Mexico.

But really, £4-something for a mound of shredded lettuce and a smear of refried beans on a palm-sized tostado... It didn't seem fair to me, Gabi.

And it wasn't that good: it didn't make me think "My god! This is so tasty, I'd like another one of those!" It didn't make me want to add the place to my list of good places for a snack, or tell a friend to try it.

And the ground chorizo on a fellow diner's plate looked like that greasy hamburger meat that they put on top of pizza's in America.

I'll try it again, but I'll not when hungry. Which seems a bit counter-intuitive for an eating place.
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Fair enough. Perhaps they should tailor their portion size more to british appetites. but as they're already so popular you have to book ahead so i doubt they will
 
The trouble with translating Mexican street food to a British setting is that the prices don't even come close. Whereas you'd wander to a street corner in Mexico and pay 60p for a couple of whatever tacos look finest, before tootling off along the road and sampling another few for a pittance a couple of streets down, the same option's not open to you in Blighty.

Thought the food Casa Morita was pretty good fwiw. I'm not sure how much you can tinker with the portion size before it stops feeling less Mexican and more Texmex tbh. That said, I did come out of there and buy some chicharrons from Popes Road on the way back to the station
 
tarannau said:
The trouble with translating Mexican street food to a British setting is that the prices don't even come close. Whereas you'd wander to a street corner in Mexico and pay 60p
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Probably comparable as a proportion of daily wage or whatever though.
 
trabuquera said:
Not any more they can't, because the Brazilian place has closed / been evicted.
Story: I feel your pain, in last month's thread I had exactly the same tale of woe. Some of the tacos are more exciting/different than others, there are things that probably are closer to being 'value for money' than others on the menu but the general feeling - not enough food and too pricey per portion - seems to be the same for more or less everyone who eats there. Which is a shame, because the idea, location, decor, staff and some of the cooking should all spell success. Sort it out casa morita!
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That's sad. I think the upstairs location wasn't doing them any favours..
 
Possibly, but I think I was visiting the swankier style street corner stalls in comparatively upmarket parts ofMexico city rather than the bulk of places tbf, plus they're quite probably the kind of places where regulars gain extras. The clientele seemed to suggest it was of an affordable option than over here anyhow.
 
gabi said:
Fair enough. Perhaps they should tailor their portion size more to british appetites. but as they're already so popular you have to book ahead so i doubt they will
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Well it was empty when I went in.

Anyway! I have learnt a lesson about Mexican food, so that's a bonus :)
 
they like to eat little but often in my experience... which is perfect for me as i always get filthy looks in london from waiting staff for leaving half my plate.. my stomach must be the size of a pea
 
Ok, not in Brixton but near enough, Camberwell. And there's no Turkish in Brixton. I went to FM Mangal in Camberwell. It was delicious, the portions were big and they were really nice. I got a bit annoyed when they were reluctant to let me get my birthday cake I'd baked for Mr nags out but it turned out that they were just a bit worried as they'd already baked him one!
 
nagapie said:
Ok, not in Brixton but near enough, Camberwell. And there's no Turkish in Brixton. I went to FM Mangal in Camberwell. It was delicious, the portions were big and they were really nice. I got a bit annoyed when they were reluctant to let me get my birthday cake I'd baked for Mr nags out but it turned out that they were just a bit worried as they'd already baked him one!
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Mango5 gave me a tip about FM Mangal a couple of years ago and I am forever grateful for it. Amazing place with ace food, service and pricing :cool:
 
nipsla said:
Dunno but I can hear but not see em up here in the centre. Maybe St Matthew's estate way?
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Don't think so. I can see from Battersea Power Station to Canary Wharf from where I am, although at strange angles. Could be Clapham, up Streatham, New Park Road etc. :hmm:
 
I'm at the top of the hill and its somewhere over/past the south circular end of New Park Road, over that way somewhere but couldn't tell without going out to investigate further. Definitely not someone letting off a box from Tesco's in their back garden.

Apparently it's the Islamic New Year today (Al Hijara), wonder if it's anything to do with that?
 
ajdown said:
I'm at the top of the hill and its somewhere over/past the south circular end of New Park Road, over that way somewhere but couldn't tell without going out to investigate further. Definitely not someone letting off a box from Tesco's in their back garden.

Apparently it's the Islamic New Year today (Al Hijara), wonder if it's anything to do with that?
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Could be. They certainly weren't small fireworks.
 
Just checked the time and it's 1.16am in Mecca right now so maybe they started at midnight Mecca time?
 
I have to say I am starting to feel like I could kill someone about those fireworks. Already struggling to get my son to sleep as he has a cold and just when you think they're gone, suddenly one goes off again.
 
There are some searchlights spinning around on the clouds over towards Clapham Park too... not sure if they're connected or not.
 
nipsla said:
Tbf it's not even 11pm yet. Not really unreasonable o'clock :D
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As I said, not everyone is out on a saturday night partying, for any number of reasons - and perhaps going to bed at 10pm was part of your weekend's plan because you had a long day with an early start ahead tomorrow... then they really aren't helping are they?

I try not to make any noise after 9pm regardless of the day of the week so as to not annoy the neighbours, and fair enough this doesn't happen every night but still, 11pm is a bit late for a lot of people.

If it is a party to celebrate the Islamic new year then all well and good, but there must be less antisocial methods of doing so.
 
ajdown said:
Not at all, she feels the same as me about being kept awake by it.
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What's your wife wanting to be sleeping at this time for? Is she a shift worker or an early riser?

You really should find someone else to live. City life seems a bit too loud for you. What you obviously need is a house in the middle of the countryside

and to be woken up by birds tweeting at 3.00am, which you can get in Brixton anyway
 
We are both used to getting up early for work in the week and thus find it hard to adjust for the weekend, so we just stick with our normal bed/up times and do what we can.

We are planning on finding somewhere else to live, next year hopefully, once we have an idea of what money we can get together and find something that suits our needs and plans for life, in an area that will allow it to happen. So you may all be able to rejoice as I'll no longer be eligible to post on the Brixton forum.
 
ajdown said:
We are both used to getting up early for work in the week and thus find it hard to adjust for the weekend, so we just stick with our normal bed/up times and do what we can.

We are planning on finding somewhere else to live, next year hopefully, once we have an idea of what money we can get together and find something that suits our needs and plans for life, in an area that will allow it to happen. So you may all be able to rejoice as I'll no longer be eligible to post on the Brixton forum.
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You don't have to live in Brixton to be eligible to post :D

Where are you planning on moving to, the leafy 'burbs of Surrey?
 
Sleeping advice:

1. Boots foam earplugs.

If the above is not available

2. A good hard shag to knacker you both out ;)
 
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