Brixton chitter chatter, part 2

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I've not noticed it. Where is it?

Wondering if it's taken over where that Pizza place used to be?

 

[Orang Utan]

I've not noticed it. Where is it?

Wondering if it's taken over where that Pizza place used to be?

668 streatham high road like wot it sez on the site

 

[nagapie]

TfL decide where bus stops go, not Lambeth.

Maybe I remembered something wrong in the way that story was told to me, perhaps it was just that Sainsbury's got TFL to put a bus stop outside hence screwing the shopkeepers on NPR.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

668 streatham high road like wot it sez on the site

Yes, I know that!

I want to know what was there before. Was it the pizza place?

Don't worry. I know how to google

 

[Orang Utan]

i don't know! what pizza place?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

i don't know! what pizza place?

The one that shut (sorry, I don't go to pizza places, but it was probably Pizza Hut or Pizza Express). It had a sign to the effect "don't panic, visit our nearest one.... in Croydon!"

Having just googled that kebab place, it looks like it's practically in Norbury

 

[Orang Utan]

that must be pizza hut cos i saw a similar notice on a shut pizza hut in tunbridge wells in kent, which advised customers to visit the one in crawley, in surrey!
this kebab place is probably near the norbury mirch to compete with it.

 

[lang rabbie]

The Lahore Kebab House is in what used to be The Sussex pub until it closed ten years ago - the last building in Streatham (and Lambeth since 1965) before you fall into the Norbury Brook/River Graveney.

I failed to go back before the Jay Rayner review appeared - despite Jay dropping hints on Twitter since New Year that it was only a matter of time before he was obliged to mention it. It will now be six months before I'll be able to walk in on a Friday night without a booking

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

that must be pizza hut cos i saw a similar notice on a shut pizza hut in tunbridge wells in kent, which advised customers to visit the one in crawley, in surrey!
this kebab place is probably near the norbury mirch to compete with it.

It was. I just searched this thread and found my post on it, along with "Fluffy, the missing Goldfish"

 

[lang rabbie]

Streatham Hill Pizza Hut is now half a Dominos (take away only) and half an empty shop.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Streatham Hill Pizza Hut is now half a Dominos (take away only) and half an empty shop.

Which bit are you angry about, another pizza place or a half empty shop?

Have you seen how poncey that new estate agents looks?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

you don't listen to your mum!

How do you know your mum's right about LEE-AN-DER then?

 

[han]

That's a shame, but I think it was obvious the Sainsbury's would impact on custom and then opening a Tesco at the top end didn't help any. That's a bit dirty what Sainsbury's did, but hardly surprising. Who controls where bus stops are, TFL or Lambeth?

Just wanted to say - the bus stop was there before Sainsbury's was there. I'm sure it was. It was a Blockbuster video shop before it was Sainsbury's.

 

[han]

speaking of streatham, this looks lush:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/jan/16/jay-rayner-lahore-kebab-house
i'm surprised i didn't know about it til it was in the paper.
anyone been?

That's actually quite a bad review! For £20 A HEAD you can get a humungous feast of quality deliciousness at Khans. In fact you wouldn't need to spend anywhere near £20 each to get that.

I've been looking forward to that place opening, having gone past it loads and heard about it - but the review is disappointing, to say the least. Still, it's only one review, I guess.....

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Just wanted to say - the bus stop was there before Sainsbury's was there. I'm sure it was. It was a Blockbuster video shop before it was Sainsbury's.

Was it? I wouldn't know as before the Sainsbury's was there, I'm not sure I used any shops on that stretch of road. Quite probably there was one there though as the next one going towards Streatham would be near the South Circular and the next one going towards Brixton is near The Telegraph, so there must have been one in between.

 

[Orang Utan]

it's all about the chops though.
i wanna find out if they're lusher than mirch's.
khan's is good, but not great.

 

[tarannau]

Khan's is mostly average fare, but the tandoor stuff from both Mirch and Lahore Kebab House can be fantabulously, salivatingly good. Something that you can never hope to match at home.

Not been to the Norbury branch yet, but I've seen it on my travels, nose pressed eagerly against bus glass. Lucky Norbury bastards.

 

[Pip]

Which Mirch are you all talking about?

 

[tarannau]

Mirch Masala, of Norbury, Wembley and somewhere else that I can't quite remember.

 

[Pip]

Mitcham? Aren't there two?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Mirch Masala, of Norbury, Wembley and somewhere else that I can't quite remember.

http://mirchmasalarestaurant.co.uk/restaurant.htm

 

[tarannau]

There's a cunningly similarly named one called Mirch Massala, but it's not half the same. None in Mitcham that i know about, although there is an excellent indian place in an industrial estate there by all accounts.

 

[tarannau]

Blimey, they've expanded quite fast. Was only 3 shops a few years back, but come to think of it I went past the Croydon branch recently. It's towards Richer Sounds, South Croydon way iirc

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

There's a cunningly similarly named one called Mirch Massala, but it's not half the same. None in Mitcham that i know about, although there is an excellent indian place in an industrial estate there by all accounts.

The cunningly similarly named ones are everywhere!

http://www.google.co.uk/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1229&bih=490&q=2MIRCH+MASALA2&btnG=Google+Search#client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1229&bih=490&q=%22MIRCH%20MASSALA%22&nfpr=1&ei=24gzTfbaJcKJhQecmqCfCw&sqi=2&btnG=Google+Search&fp=4b9287f1c76688ee

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Blimey, they've expanded quite fast. Was only 3 shops a few years back, but come to think of it I went past the Croydon branch recently. It's towards Richer Sounds, South Croydon way iirc

I think my sister uses the Norbury one

 

[tarannau]

I'm not convinced that Pip got Mitcham confused with Mansfield or Ayr though...

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I'm not convinced that Pip got Mitcham confused with Mansfield or Ayr though...

I know, I was just listing all the copycats around the country

 

[Orang Utan]

there's one in tooting and one in ilford/goodmayes too, and more i think

 

[Pip]

I'm not convinced that Pip got Mitcham confused with Mansfield or Ayr though...

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

there's one in tooting and one in ilford/goodmayes too, and more i think

http://mirchmasalarestaurant.co.uk/restaurant.htm