hoot

I just had some food at Chilli & Garlic, a new place on Zenoria Street. I had the chicken meal bowl which was really tasty. It’s super fresh, healthy, generous portions and really good value. They have various salad, wrap and mezze options. A few tables to sit in, or takeaway. The staff are really nice too and they’re open late. Thoroughly recommend.

I rang the council tree department about the removal of this tree and it was indeed due to a subsidence claim. The insurance company apparently proved the subsidence was due in some part to the tree and the council were compelled to remove it. The chap I spoke to was very nice about the whole thing and said they hate having to do this and had in fact tried to appease the insurance company by pruning the tree. He also said that the tree was a variety that had once been deemed suitable for street planting but is no longer. He in fact gave me the Latin genus of that particular tree and many others in East Dulwich! (not remembered I'm afraid) I asked if the council could replace the tree with something more suitable, particularly as a tree had been removed from the opposite side of Ulverscroft road a few months earlier. He said they would look into it and suggested I rang them at the beginning of October, as this is when they begin the tree-planting programme. I really hope that the trees are replaced as I hate opening my curtains of a morning to a sea of huge plastic bins! Matt