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DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There are a couple of people here that need to > show some respect after what has happened in our > area. > Somebody has lost their life. > STOP the bickering and point scoring. > If you are referring to me, I am well aware that somebody has lost their life. I know two people who knew him. I find the whole thing extremely upsetting. However this thread was not set up as, and did not develop as, a thread only to offer condolences.

Robert Poste's Child Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue, you always do this. To the best of my knowledge I have "done this", ie responded to your asking people not to mention mental illness on the forum, twice. Of course not everyone who commits a crime is mentally ill. How you conclude that I have said that, I have no idea. I am talking about specific behaviour in relation to a crime being committed. As I said before, re the person who didn't like their haircut harrassing their barber and then attacking him with a hammer, do you think this is normal behaviour? Or do you think that it is the behaviour of somebody "who wasn't taught about right and wrong" as a child, as you say? To compare a child nicking some sweets with the behaviour of the person in the present thread (I am not going to detail it, although it is now in the public domain) is just risible. Sorry. ETA: Oh, and just so we are clear, it wasn't me who raised the issue of the mental health of the attacker in the present case.

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Pad Thai is cooked with a sauce comprising > tamarind Water, fish sauce and sugar. > There are variations obvs. > But most of the moisture is cooked away - absorbed > in noodles. Fair enough. I don't consider something a sauce if it isn't actually coating the noodles :)

edcam Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This thread isn't helping anyone. It's just > ghoulish speculation and this forum at its worst. It's a terrible thing that has happened locally. Yesterday I caught two buses, and at both the bus stops people I didn't know started talking to me and each other about it. People need to talk about it. We are a local community. Aren't we? How is this thread "this forum at its worst"?

Robert Poste's Child Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Please do stop with the mental health speculation! Why? The reason why mental health is often still so stigmatised is because some people refuse to discuss it. We have had this before, when somebody (you?) asked me not to suggest that somebody who attacked his barber with a hammer because he didn't like his haircut was probably not mentally well. It seems to me quite reasonable to suggest that somebody who murders an apparent complete stranger because (apparently) he wouldn't or couldn't give him a cigarette might be mentally ill.

yeknomyeknom Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It is. I?ve found providers online but who knows > if they are any good. Have you tried googling reviews? Could you post on here who they are, to save me doing what you've already done?! Thanks!

Angharad_L Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > @Sue > > I'm not a huge fan of Pad Thai, but now I'm > curious as to why you weren't as keen! I felt that > their style was quite fresh and light though > without masses of sauce so maybe that would be a > factor? > > My other fave is pad kra prao so will try that > next! The Pad Thai we had could certainly not be described as "fresh and light", more "bland, tasteless and stodgy" There wouldn't be a sauce with Pad Thai. May try once more with something else, as perhaps we were unlucky, but with a minimum charge of ?20 it had better be good :))

Usually you can also return things free by post, although they don't necessarily advertise that widely. I recently sent a parcel back via Lordship Lane post office, because there was no store drop off point in East Dulwich. I'm pretty sure that was Hermes.

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > At any one time there's probably a number of > murderers on the street - if that gets to you it > becomes difficult to live in society. > > Edit: what I mean is I could not go out for fear > a brick will fall from a tall building and hit > me. > > One of the worst crimes I remember was in Clydach, > Swansea - and whether that perpetrator is caught > now is still questioned. Yes exactly. Serial killers Fred and Rosemary West weren't caught for a long time. They lived in a village in rural Herefordshire. To say we should all be living in fear because we live in London is absolute bollocks. This was an appalling tragedy, but sadly appalling tragedies are not confined to any one place, because human nature is the same everywhere. If you want to go and live in a hut in the middle of nowhere so that you don't have to be around people who might murder you, then that's up to you, Charles Martel, but please don't use this forum to spread your fears to everybody else.

yeknomyeknom Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Has anyone sourced a heat resistant mirror > splashback recently? There are a few companies > online but I am uncomfortable buying without a > recommendation. Is this for a kitchen? I'm looking for one too.

Charles Martel Wrote: --------------------------------------------- > > Regardless of how you may feel East Dulwich is > obviously not safe....... Nowhere in London is > safe. Nowhere anywhere is "safe" then. If a tragic incident happens somewhere, that doesn't make the area "unsafe".

Angharad_L Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I had pad kee mao with chicken and it was > brilliantly spicy with proper flat rice noodles > which I haven?t found at Lux or Thai Corner Cafe. > We had the samosas too which were full of good > quality chicken. > > Husband had duck mee ped which wasn?t as spicy or > saucy but looked nice to me! He said he would > order it again. > > Egg fried rice was yummy too! Went a bit overboard > ordering as wanted to check everything was delish. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on the Pad Thai, then, if you fancy trying that in future! Maybe we just had unrealistic expectations.

Had a bacon sandwich at Franklin's yesterday. Massive and absolutely delicious :)

Angharad_L Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We had Matoom last night (takeaway) and it was > DIVINE! > > Thank you for the recommendations, everyone. It > reminded me of the Thai I would have when I lived > in Sydney - fresh, light and absolutely full of > amazing chilli heat. > > Recommend it! What did you have? Because I love Thai food, and have been to Thailand where I had great food, but the meal we had delivered last night was sadly bland and unmemorable. As I said, we should have chosen something else, so I'm interested to know what you would recommend!

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why are we compare me a Thai restaurant with a > Chinese one? Because somebody in the thread above recommended it, probably.

EDOldie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > DulwichFox Wrote: > > > I used the Palmy for many many years before the > > Owner Reg decided to turn it into a Restaurant. > > > > The Long term much loved Tenant Landlord Keith > (No > > longer with us) and his two boys were evicted. > > People lost their jobs too. A much loved busy > > local Pub was lost to make way for an expensive > > > eatery for the wealthier residents of East > Dulwich > > and turists. > > > > > > So NO its NOT just about me. > > > > > > DulwichFox. > > Yes, but it wasn't making any money, I've used the > pub since my teens and in the eighties and > nineties things were changing. More people were > drinking at home and the pubs had to evolve. If > Reg was anything he was very foresighted and saw > the writing on the wall. The Palmeston, along with > Franklins, really paved the way for the Lordship > Lane we know today. Agreed, EDOldie. The Lord Palmerston could not have stayed as it was in the location it was given the changing demographic of the area. The pub changed at a time when so called gastropubs were becoming (or already were) a thing. I remember friends of mine from outside the area being really keen to come to ED specifically to go to The Palmerston. ETA: And they were by no means "posh".

fishbiscuits Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Looked at the menu online for Matoom. There's a > lot of stuff on there that doesn't sound > particularly Thai (won ton soup, aromatic crispy > duck, gyozas, samosas, etc...). But I guess > they're just trying to please everyone. If the > actual Thai dishes are decent, I'd give it a try. We just had a takeaway after these recommendations. ?20 minimum to my postcode (SE22) Very underwhelmed. Probably shouldn't have played safe and gone for Pad Thai. The prawn crackers were ok. Unlikely to order from there again, sadly.

Help-Ma-Boab Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It was the tone of foot stamping entitlement for > me.On a free resource. I've just looked at the thread. I don't see any "foot stamping entitlement". Just an attempt to get some information and frustration when it wasn't forthcoming. http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?12,1988618

Help-Ma-Boab Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Foxy, have you just come too in your bedroom and > had a look around? > :)) :)) :))

To the best of my knowledge, Sainsbury's in DKH sell towels, bedding etc. At least they used to. Where in Forest Hill can you get these things you mention? Or Peckham? OK there are phone shops in Peckham. My daughter bought a new battery in one. It lasted about a fortnight. Where are the furniture shops in Peckham, Brixton and Forest Hill? Where are the electrical shops? Where are the cookware shops? For most places in London, you have to go up to town or to a big shopping centre to buy things like jeans, or to get a decent choice of cookware etc. That has been the case for over fifty years. East Dulwich did until recently have a cookware shop. It closed down. Many if not most people these days buy things you mention like electrical goods, clocks (if anybody still uses clocks), bedside lamps online.

Damo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Will stick a mousetrap in the ashtray for next > time. :)) :)) :)) They probably won't be after old fag ends in the ashtray, though :))

"Apart from restaurants there are no real shopping facilities in East Dulwich". Eh? There's M&S, the Co-op, Sainsbury's, Lloyds, two other pharmacies, Organic Village, Moxons, William Rose, three DIY shops, Blackbird bakery, a cobbler, a florist, at least two newsagents, two bookshops, several clothes shops, a shoe shop, at least two dry cleaners, at least two off licences, at least two plant shops, a toy shop, You can buy art materials now in Willows. Several gift shops. Farmers, which sells just about everything .. Many more, that's just off the top of my head. What do you define as "real shopping facilities", Dulwich Fox? My partner says you have to go to Camberwell for a record shop, is that what you had in mind?

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > With Boots stores nearby in Forest Hill, Brixton > and Peckham and Boots currently closing many > stores > Also with Lloyds Pharmacy just 100 mtres away. > I find this a little unlikely. > > But what do I know. ? > > DulwichFox Whilst I hope it isn't a Boots, I very much doubt anybody living in East Dulwich would go to Forest Hill, Brixton or Peckham just to shop in a Boots!.

Maybe speak to the people who got The Ivy House listed at very short notice? The developers who bought it weren't then able to turn it into flats (I think I've remembered that right). As a separate issue (I think) it was then listed as an asset of community value, after which it became a community pub I'm not suggesting in any way that anybody should go down that route with The Palmerston. I don't think a community owned pub would work in East Dulwich. But getting it listed might at least save it as a pub. Like The Ivy House, it seems to have an interior well worth saving

sweetgirl Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've just had a take away from 148 Chinese > In my opinion, crap food, prices have jump since > the new start up..... Even with the 10% opening > discount which is on until Sunday. > > It's my closest Chinese, but I need to find > another! > > Any other recommendations? > > I have to say I do miss cafe noodle, especially > the Kung po king prawns with cashews..... That > was lush Oh dear re 148. Sad but not entirely surprising. I don't miss Cafe Noodle. I used to eat there back in the day because it was cheap and filling and OK. Until my partner and I were both quite ill after eating there .....