HOW TO MAKE A MESS
1/ Witness arrival of spare Pret food in office, following ‘power breakfast’ attended by boss.
2/ Notice that Pret Cherry Smoothies v.unpopular, take one for later consumption.
3/ Forget about Pret Cherry Smoothie.
4/ G[…]

The news is a few months old, but I’ve only just read it and didn’t see mention of it in the blog:
The 50 best restaurants in the world, according to Restaurant magazine. The blog world has been all up in arms about it for one reason or […]

Krikey! Supersize sandwich!
Though it must be remembered that Kingsmill smells of fish, and I wouldn’t thank anyone for giving me the means to get these for free. Ugh.[…]

Strange Appetites
I’ve had the flu all week. It’s been getting steadily worse and yesterday I lost my voice completely. Time for a day off. I rang in and grunted to my boss until he worked out who I was and what I meant. I got up, took so[…]

You can get Unicum in the Tiroler Hut in Westbourne Grove. You can also get this:

Num num.[…]

Is this the nastiest liquor in the world? The web sez: a unique taste based on 40 secret herbs and spices. Your publog correspondent sez: hurrah, at last a drink based on fermented earwax![…]

Meaux’s Horse Shoe Brewery tragedy of October 1814
(sorry it’s not about breakfast)
As promised, further info on death by beer…
“The brewery’s vat, which stood on the junction of Tottenham Court Road and Oxford Street, h[…]

THE BREAKFAST OF GRAMPIANS[…]

Normally, during the week, the only breakfast I manage is an alpen cereal bar, usually walking through the park on the way to work. this morning however I’m working from home, so I should be able to have a proper breakfast, or so i thought.
I […]

I always used to eat breakfast as a kid, going through the various cereals marketed at kids. As an adult, I kind of got out of breakfast in that ‘eat-at-home-before-leaving-for-work’ way. I’d have a cup of tea, and then grab a choco[…]