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Gimme Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Apparently the best Japanese in London is a small > place up an alley just off Tottenham Court Rd > (according to a Japanese colleague). That's > probably the place SKS is talking about. If not, > then guess what, there's another Japanese person > out there who thinks that there's a place better > than SKS is thinking of. Opinions eh. It could be Abeno ? The specialise in okonami-yaki (Japanese omelettes) and very, very good they are too. http://www.abeno.co.uk/

Most ED gangs are involved with the lucrative Stinking Bishop smuggling racket. Head down to Goose Green around 11 most nights and they're there, peddling their wares. One of them has a briefcase humidor and openly peddles Cohiba cigars in full view of children, were there any children around to view it. Disgusting.

In France it's the ultimate disrespect to your elders to say words backwards - they can't understand what the 'youth' are saying - known as 'verlan' I'm sure they're debating this right now on some French forum. Actually I bet they aren't.

Huggers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > and lovely new benches on Peckham Rye, plus the > mysterious fenced bits have now been unfenced to > reveal two lovely wildflower meadows full of > poppies. (which someone seems to have picked a few of - there were a lot more poppies about 2 days ago and I'm sure they flower for a lot longer than that!)

Haha yeah poor people are so funny

The park is max awesome. Good for flying kites and picnics. worst thing about it is the cafe in the middle that attracts kids by the bucketload.

Big knowledge base about London gangs in ED. I'm sure we've all got stories of our wild younger days in Tunbridge Wells, running a Barbour racket out of the back of dad's Audi.

Photo of the leader of the infamous 'Northcross Bloods' shown below to help with identification should you encounter him. (for legal reasons unable to show his face) http://www.testriffic.com/resultfiles/9215preppy.jpg

If only there were some kind of other thread about a recently-opened Italian restaurant in ED somewhere else on the board. Someone should start one!

the original post seems to suggest 'foul language' though. I'm confused.

Sorry guys, can't stop for long. Large multi-national company to run. Meetings to attend. Really important ones. Speak to you soon on the EDF, yeah?

Gregg's brownies are good. I wish ED had a Gregg's

hahaha. Sorry, was trying to um, plug my rubbish DVD site.

http://tfl.co.uk/

thebeard Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > bob Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > The owner of the propty is to blame and he > should > > foot the bill. > > Bob S > > > So the owner should be made to pay for a load of > UNNECESSARY work, which would benefit no one? > > Again I say another fine example of Council > PLANNING Stupidity! > Are you the owner? From your posts I would suggest you seemingly don't know enough about planning to RANT ABOUT IT ON THE INTERNET IN BLOCK CAPITAL OUTRAGE also, who made you keeper of the public purse anyway? PS It's worth trying annother paper that isn't The Express

When I was out for my morning scream earlier on goodrich road, I did spy a man in a grubby bathrobe peering at me through clenched curtains. Moments later a police van turned up and took me away. Needless to say I am furious.

jimbo1964 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I love the P13. I've cycled out to obscure areas of south London that don't even appear on maps in the past. If you wait around long enough, a P13 will go past. It quite possibly stops on every road in south London.

thebeard Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > UTTER nonsense > > Yet another fine example of Council PLANNING > Stupidity! > > This building should have been demolished years > ago! > > And rebuild using new modern materials. > > > WHY on earth anyone in their right minds would > want to save a concrete cancer rot box I have no > idea it would serve no purpose. > > > What is the POINT ?????? > > THIS could have been sorted many years ago rather > than be allowed to turn into a planning farce. > > > > DISGUSTING waste of tax payer funds and a > DISGUSTING waste of a brown field site which could > have been put to much better use. > > Again I say another fine example of Council > PLANNING Stupidity! > > Better late than never. > > What about the owners rights and what he will get > paid in all of this STUPIDITY? Have you heard of the Chinese Cultural Revolution? Yeah, let's get rid of old stuff! It's like, old...

The Eagle averages around ?10-15 for mains AND you can go in there and just chug beer all night if you don't feel like eating. =WIN

gerritsmith Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Most crime and vandalism happen at night and not > between 9 and 5 The only words of any substance in all that fluff are "highly visible, reassuring presence" IE Community wardens are essentially smoke and mirrors and an exercise in voter appeasement - a cheap way of 'being seen to be doing something'

Obviously somewhere like St John also wins hands-down... but it's in Farringdon. The Palmerston / Franklins are hardly 'destination' eateries, are they? Unlike Arbitus / St John etc

greenkin Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I am a food journalist (I don't have a blog) and > have worked in the restaurant industry for over 10 > years so I've always been interested in what goes > on locally food wise. Unfortunately I no longer go > to the Palmeston or Franklins either. I agree that > both restaurants put ED on the map, but they did > that a long time ago and now they must stop > resting on their laurels and get up to standard > with the rest of London. The Palmeston was great > when it opened, but the last time I went the food > was average bordering on very disappointing, which > is fine if you're not paying ?18 plus for a main > but not otherwise. They gave us a sticky table > next to the loos and were very stroppy when we > asked if we could move. As for Franklins, they > pack you in (and that table that's basically in > the corridor is really taking the mick), it's > expensive and just as average. I had a rock hard > quail once that literally bounced off my plate! Go > to Michelin starred Arbutus in Soho instead, > (amongst many others) for the same price and see > the difference. I'm all for supporting local > restaurants, but they've got to keep on their > toes. No, I'M a food journalist, etc. ED isn't in danger of getting a michelin starred restaurant anytime soon (as much as it would appease the Waitrose lot) - I think both of these establishments are placed firmly in the 'gastropub' category wheras Arbitus is something different entirely. You're paying more as they're on your doorstep too, surely..?

Health And Safety: [slang 'elf and safety] - When the law is wrongly applied to a dangerous situation, in which no one is allowed to be injured and die unnecessarily.

The Cheese Block are apparently so incensed by this story they have got behind the poor child in question and decided to begin selling materials for everyone to begin marking the pavements in solidarity. Apparently they're changing their name to 'Chalk and Cheese' *gets coat*

gerritsmith Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ah yes, the community officers. > > Have you ever seen one patrolling the streets at > night? > > I suppose, crime and antisocial behaviour don't > occur at night. I think you miss the point of them. In the same way that 'bobbies on the beat' do nothing to quell crime, they just make frightened voters feel like something is being done - so do community officers serve to provide a visible reassurance to people who spend their every waking hour afraid of being a victim of crime. So there's little point in them being out at night when no-one will see them.