Food Blind Spots
I have a tiny blind spot when it comes to two items of food. I find it almost impossible to distinguish by sight very thin green beans and green chilli’s. Now considering that the chilli in question is astoundingly hot, and the[…]

Indie Chicken
(You may recall the first instalment of this all-comers welcome occasional series from a while ago. If not, I don’t care. But I would nevertheless like to see local chicken reviews from strange and exotic climes.)
#2 Perfect Ch[…]

Budget Boozing – The Lord Nelson, Urmston
Like many of the London-based Publog correspondents, I’m a fan of the Sam Smith’s pub. Leaving aside the tastiness of their beers and the pleasing trad interiors, the winning factor for a sk[…]

I never realised until last night how totally physically exhausting doing a pub quiz is. Standing up shouting at a room of pissed people for two hours: nein danke. It seemed to go pretty well, though by the end I was so knackered that my response to […]

Dduk bo rak, my new friend — it’s a variant of Korean BBQ, and according to the review of Shik Do Rak in this typically brilliant Jonathan Gold column, it’s the hot new thing. And Korean BBQ itself, speaking from my ill-informed per[…]

Organised Fun: my invisibility on here today is down to having to work. Hardly news, but the work in question is organising a charity event tonight at my company, a ‘pub olympics’ involving various games and a quiz, which I’m settin[…]

CHEAP FOOD I LOVE #4: Fray Bentos Pies
An office conversation reminded me of these delights, which I’ve regretfully given up as they are too obviously unhealthy even for me. The basic idea is PIE IN A TIN – you open the tin to reveal a ge[…]

hurrah for senility!!
one of the nice thingz abt sharing lifespace w.other people is being able to spring treats and little surprises on one another now and then – and ordinarily this is quite hard if you live on yr own, but today i came home […]

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NIGHT TIME MILK – the results!
i. It is tasty stuff, good quality organic milk, a nice creamy burr to it but never claggy, exactly what you think a glass of milk should be like.
ii. Immediately after drinking it I went to bed and […]

The So-Called “Happy World” Exposed aka “Must we throw this filth at our sweet-toothed kids?”. The phrase “kids and adults love it so” takes on a new and sinister meaning.[…]