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I wondered why I couldn't see it.
Brixton news, rumours and general chat - October 2012
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I wondered why I couldn't see it.
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
But chicken, like pasta, has high profit margins.
Anthony Bourdain in Kitchen Confidential advised against ordering either when eating out
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
let's not talk about coffee
Manter
Lunch Mob
That's a bit bizarre. I don't look down a menu trying to figure out value for money, or how to minimise the place's profit margins- I look for what I want to eat. Not read the book tho...
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
I look for what I want to eat too but might switch if it is especially unhealthy, or costly.
It's a very good book.
Part of his argument against pasta is that you can do it at home just as well.
Manter
Lunch Mob
pfff.... good italian restaurant can do incredible things with two ingredients plus pasta... I had gorgonzola and spinach pasta in Naples 2 weeks ago and it was bloody amazing. Sure they probably made a decent whack on it, but it was just... wow. I could have made it at home, but would I? Not a chance....
I should read it, someone was talking about it the other day. Sounds interesting.
(and I often eat unhealthy stuff in restaurants because I come from the sort of background where dinner out is a treat. Even though my job means I eat out 3 nights a week, so I should really stop treating it like a treat..)
Manter
Lunch Mob
but you pay more for steak??!!
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
But Bourdain may have a point when he warns against eating fish or seafood on a Sunday or Monday as it is less likely to be fresh. Same goes, every day, for 'specials'.
Manter
Lunch Mob
Depends where you are. In Italy specials are usually what they picked up in the market that morning and they aren't going to reprint the menu, so they chalk them up. Ditto Spain- I have followed a catch from the fishing boat to the restaurant, and then watched it get written on the board once the chef has decided what he fancies doing with it.
Is it about posh London restaurants?
boohoo
No.
ericjarvis
give a feck for the feckless
I'd go further. It's actually easier to make really good pasta dishes at home than in a busy restaurant kitchen.
lefteri
Well-Known Member
1. I didn't rant
2. ADHD & Autism are mental disorders that are diagnosed by mental health professionals - in what way are they not mental health diagnoses then??
Best to think before you patronise strangers on the internet
Manter
Lunch Mob
Spent ages trying to work out how that was related to pasta.... Liked though ;-)
boohoo
No.
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
I'm sure Errol Linton eats pasta sometimes.
Concidentally he's playing at the Windmill tonight and it's FREE in.
http://windmillbrixton.co.uk/listings/eventdetails/12-oct-12-errol-linton-the-windmill/
Concidentally he's playing at the Windmill tonight and it's FREE in.
http://windmillbrixton.co.uk/listings/eventdetails/12-oct-12-errol-linton-the-windmill/
Onket
Je suis [CONTENT REMOVED]
A quiet day on here, today.
After bigging up the Post Office in the Nisa shop on Brixton Hill the other week on another thread (the 'George IV is now a Tesco' thread, I think), sadly I have been getting more and more annoyed with that short bloke who works behind the counter. I won't go into the details, and the queue is always shorter than going to Ferndale Rd anyway, but going to the Post Office isn't supposed to be a battle, is it?!
Today's visit passed off without incident, and I was happy with his service. But I will still be very pleased when I have finished this 'selling on ebay' spree.
After bigging up the Post Office in the Nisa shop on Brixton Hill the other week on another thread (the 'George IV is now a Tesco' thread, I think), sadly I have been getting more and more annoyed with that short bloke who works behind the counter. I won't go into the details, and the queue is always shorter than going to Ferndale Rd anyway, but going to the Post Office isn't supposed to be a battle, is it?!
Today's visit passed off without incident, and I was happy with his service. But I will still be very pleased when I have finished this 'selling on ebay' spree.
What about the Post Office on Elm Park? The guy is medium height, so that might make things better, but the queue is usually really quite short and dealt with very efficiently.
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hiraethified
Kaff is now my favourite cafe in Brixton. It's cheap, down to earth, unfussy, free from all the unpleasant aspects of Villaaaaage-ness and I've yet to see it log-jammed with 4x4 pram toting yummy mummies or meal-photographing, iPad-waving ironic types with under-employed 35mm cameras around their necks.
snowy_again
Slush
You've gone full hipster then? Cocktails in teapots and everything.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
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hiraethified
Fantastic! Well done! And the review was only from 20 months ago too!
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hiraethified
Err, £1.80 coffee actually.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
so? i'm just highlighting that these people are you, just 30 years younger.
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hiraethified
Whatever you say, Captain Grumpy.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
i typed it with a smile. i find it amusing how irked you seemed to be with young newcomers and the colourful language you use to describe perfectly acceptable behaviour that you yourself indulge in
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hiraethified
It may have escaped your notice but Brixton has changed considerably in the last two years.
Personally, I found it amusing you had to go all the way back to Jan 2011 to "prove" your point. And that you even bothered in the first place, of course.
Still, well done.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
i just typed meal into your photo database. Maybe taking photographs of your meal is too mainstream for you now. It's soooo 2011, darling
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