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TFTACOXS – December 13: Leon Vegan Christmas Wrap
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At some point when you’re opening the doors of this particular FT advent calendar, you inevitably have to ask, “is that really a sandwich”? Well, pending the intrusion of Wobs Dob Dee into this discussion, I’m not convinced t[…]

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THE FREAKY TRIGGER ADVENT CALENDAR OF XMAS SANDWICHES – December 5: Tesco Finest Bubble and Squeak
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It’s now that I find myself guiding FT towards the little-charted territory of the Wobs sanger vegetarian option, traditionally an unloved corner of the refrigerated unit filled with miserable cranberry and brie combinations (of which I suspect[…]

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The FT Top 25 Pubs of the 00s No 13: Cask
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Most of the pubs on this top 25 list have offered years’ worth of fond memories, but even so there’s always the chance for new discoveries. You have to sneak them in though sometimes, when your contingent of drinkers has visited the Doric[…]

The Perils of Eating Vegetarian: “Fish” and Chips
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Pubs can offer many excellent things, as are being amply revealed in our Pubs of the 00s series. However, culinary invention is rarely one of them. Even self-proclaimed gastropubs rarely get further than putting ‘twists’ on the standard p[…]

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Ben Crouch’s Tavern
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Bad goth pubs meet their maker in the end.

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Second Time as Farce
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Recession chic in W10.

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In the Chips
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Posh chips.

Budvar… Grey?
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Late last week, as the servers holding this very site bowed under the sheer volume of user interest, a hardy band of correspondents ventured forth to a pub for some drinks, not an unusual occurrence of a Friday evening it must be said, but perhaps be[…]

Do Us a Flavour 2 & 3: Chilli & Chocolate and Fish & Chips
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This is where I compare and contrast, because next out of the packet are two flavours which sit in natural opposition, occupying different ends of the taste spectrum. Does either of them succeed, then?
To some observers, Chilli & Chocolate was th[…]

Do Us a Flavour 1: Builder’s Breakfast
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As keen devotees of ephemeral pop cultural trends, you will undoubtedly be aware of Walkers’ new series of flavour combinations, being marketed as “Do Us a Flavour”. The concept being that the flavour suggestions of six ordinary Bri[…]

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