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BAD Story
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Underneath The Archesss….
Peckham Rye Station. Underneath. Now Neil Gaiman – King Of The Goths – wrote a shonky TV series called Neverwhere which took place in the forgotten places under London. Bar Story is the licensed establishme[…]

Pepsi Max Lemon & Lime
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Now I ranted on Pepsi Max a couple of weeks ago (and no-one responded to its Maxiness). But now there is Pepsi Max Twist Lemon & Lime. It tastes, unsurprisingly, of copper sulphate. But it is the Max philosophy that I find amusing. Yet again we […]

Things I never thought I’d hear myself say (food and drink section) – No. 1*
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‘I wish there was an Upper Crust here’
Edinburgh Aiport yesterday, on discovering that there was bugger all food to be had for breakfast in the departure lounge.
* ooh look – it’s another Freaky Trigger series that I’ll […]

Cheese Idea
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Stressed PM turns to cheese
No, not a radical world domination plan wherein the modern day equivalent to Goldfinger has a ray which can literally turn world leaders into cheese. Rather a small story about how we can deal with stress with cheese. Good[…]

PIESIS!
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Just because we forgot to blog it last week. Three days after discovering the pie heaven that was the Pillars Of Hercules, we returned to find: all the pies were gone. We wondered if Wiley had popped into the PoH so altered was the pie situation. So […]

Wolves & Dudley fancy a Jennings
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The continued operation of Jennings’ brewery in Cockermouth would be key, they say [blogged because i am a big fan of some of those wonderful Jennings ales, such as the Cumberland].
what does it mean, oh anyone who knows the games the big boys […]

Tiki Tiki, I’m getting freaky
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Hands up who knew there was a tiki bar in Kennington (caution, site constructed entirely using flash)? And one that puts indie bands on, at that. It is a truly mental place, big coconut-related cocktails on cheap (on a Thursday at least), bartender[…]

DOUBLE DECKER PIE
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DOUBLE DECKER PIE: The increased popularity of dim sum over the years is nothing to be sniffed at. The lovely layers of steamed dumplings delivered to your table, the confusion when your “four delicacies” turns out to mean “four cus[…]

MORE PIE ACTION
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MORE PIE ACTION
And more gravy queries too. Monday night, site of my Pillars Of Hercules all nighter, was also the site of pie action. In particular, blackboarded up, were a selection of ten different pies for ‘4.95, all coming with chips and v[…]

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Worst diet ever
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Worst diet ever
I can only blame this on hormones or something. I’ve been eating reasonably healthily (more healthily than YOU i bet), but last night, something in my brain chemistry flipped and i had the following to eat:
Bobby’s Salt&#0[…]

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  1. Yes, he’d been “…making this since FOUR—TEEN YEARS OF AGE”. As if this culmination of exquisite ingredients could ever let…