Oh dear!
Yes, I went there a few weeks ago but earlier in the night, it wasn't so bad, not as greasy as you mention, maybe it was different staff on but like the Editor says, walk an extra couple of minutes and go to Jimmy's Plaice, it's much betterAnyone tried a takeaway fish and chips from that new Hip Hop Chip Shop place? I read a good review of the dine-in side of the operation so I went to the takeaway window with high hopes. I ordered cod and chips but was given plaice. Didn't find out til I got home. And they tried to stiff me on the change twice - I'm sure it wasn't an oversight, they knew what they were doing. It was late on a Saturday so they probably assumed I was drunk and could therefore be thoroughly fucked over. Worst of all was that everything was soaked in fat. I was so hungry I ate the lot but the fat nearly had me heaving later. It was easily the worst fish and chip experience of my entire life. I hope it was just a blip - please somebody tell me how wonderful it was for them. I would love to have good fish and chips on my doorstep.
It is good.
New one opening opp. White Horse on Brixton Hill soon.
Which shop is it going in to? The Chinese Buffet?They're billing it as Traditional Fish and Chips. Sounds more promising than artisan. Looking forward to this.
Which shop is it going in to? The Chinese Buffet?
Close to what used to be "Albert's Plaice" fish and chip shop then, aka "Poison Albert's".Yes.
thx. never could understand how the buffet made any money really.Yes.
I was thinking of junking my quite extensive vinyl collection - but having recently bought a "special edition" of The Devils was fascinated to find I had an LP by the percussionist on the film soundtrack (Stomu Yamshta) and now I'm back to feeling I can't part with those old LPs.
Close to what used to be "Albert's Plaice" fish and chip shop then, aka "Poison Albert's".
The chips served up by the fish&chip/'freshly made' pizza/kebab shop in Loughborough Junction are unbelievably awful. I suspect they're hewn from some strange hybrid mush.Morley's carry on the tradition on the site of Alberts - remember the fried chicken cabinet with a single 40w bulb keeping the food kind of warm?
I don't think I ever risked anything other than chips from there and they were gross.
I was thinking of junking my quite extensive vinyl collection - but having recently bought a "special edition" of The Devils was fascinated to find I had an LP by the percussionist on the film soundtrack (Stomu Yamshta) and now I'm back to feeling I can't part with those old LPs.
Actually I do agree with those who think the sound of vinyl is somehow more natural - whatever the type of music.
When I fire up the PC I'll check that out - sounds as though it would be totally new to me.My work listening this morning was this - The Holy Mountain (Soundtrack) (reissue) at Juno Records
I suspect I may need to go back and revisit the work i did.
Five drinks and four courses of food. Divided up that's about £5.30 per drink/course. If you wanted to treat yourself for a night out (and you were a rum fan), that is exceptionally good value for money. Obviously you could buy drinks and food a lot cheaper than that elsewhere if you wanted to but as a package and with a table in a bar where they have to pay staff/rent etc that sounds very reasonable. That kind of thing you would expect to be north of £70 in Nu-Brixton. Good on them.For those of you who can afford to spend £48 per head in a cocktail bar, the Shrub & Shutter is doing a El Dorado Rum night with food on the 25th.
El Dorado Rum night at The Shrub & Shutter
This has made my night, thank you CH1 !When I fire up the PC I'll check that out - sounds as though it would be totally new to me.
My favourite weird LP, which I bought from Relay Records in Bon Marche around 1979 for 50p is now on the web:
R. D. Laing - Life before Death - Listen
Yes it's amazing value. They must be doing it out of the goodness of their hearts!
I'd try and go myself but I imagine all the places have already been scooped up by residents of the estate opposite.
I mean, who the hell can't afford a £100 treat for two these days?
Yep. Cypriot guy apparently.
Ah, here we go again. The excuses and the weird financial comparisons with totally unrelated activities.Some people would halpilly spend £50 on a meal, others might rather spend a similar amount on a football away day, or an evening at West End show. There is no right or wrong to what one chooses to spend their hard earned on, and neither should they be judged or sneered at for doing so.
Those living in the most deprived areas are spread throughout the borough but are particularly concentrated in Coldharbour ward
Coldharbour is the most deprived ward in the borough, unemployment is high and income is lower than the borough average
Eight areas in Lambeth which are among the 10% most deprived in the country
The Moorlands Estate is classified as severely deprived in income, employment and wider barriers to services.
Coldharbour is the poorest ward in Lambeth. Three in five residents are social housing tenants (61% v 38% overall); two thirds of whom rent from the council's ALMOs39 (Lambeth Living and United Resident’s Housing) or a Tenant Management Organisation (TMO), and a third from housing associations (40% and 21% respectively of the population of the ward). Reflecting this, ward residents are less likely to be owner occupiers (12% vs 36%). Coldharbour is also one of the most ethnically diverse wards in the borough. Residents are less likely to be white British (28% vs 47%) and more likely to be Black Caribbean (17% vs 10%) or Black African (21% vs 10%). They are less likely to have no religion (11% vs 19%) and more likely to have a Non-Christian religion (16% vs 10%). Coldharbour ward residents are more likely to have children (46% vs 35%), to think that not enough is being done for young people (26% vs 19%) and to use primary (14% vs 9%) and secondary education (21% vs 13%). They are more likely to use libraries (45% vs 37%) and to have a good opinion of libraries (65% vs 48%). Residents of Coldharbour ward are less likely to be employed (51% vs 59%), and reflecting this they are more likely to receive: Income Support or Job Seekers Allowance (29% vs 12%), Housing Benefit (44% vs 22%) or Council Tax Benefit (35% vs 17%), and they are more likely to use the Housing benefit service (26% vs 16%). They are less likely to get interest from savings (0% vs 11%).
http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/sites/default/files/State-of-the-borough-2012.pdf