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northlondoner Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > actually just got back from the place on > Belleneden. Nice friendly vibe and attentive staff > - and inexpensive to boot. My companion (of > Nigerian heritage) thoroughly enjoyed. I think > African and Caribbean foods are very different > though - Carib cuisine favouring more distinct > clear flavours, for my money. Also its worth > pointing out that Caribbean food is more than just > Jamaican. So Trinidadian/Guyanese rotis ( indian > flatbreads filled with yummy curries) or > Trinidadian Run Down are good -if u can find > anywhere to buy them! And as for patties - don't > be fooled into thinking those omnipresent > overspiced crusty doorstops u get in shops in > London are the Caribbean norm. In Guyana, Barbados > and elsewhere they are small, exquisitely > flavoured pies fashioned from melt in the mouth > pastry. Sadly the hegemony of the Jamaican kitchen > bigfoots these dainty treats. was it busy? felt really sorry for them in the week when they were presiding over an empty restaurant! ended up in thai corner cafe instead of there today but could be on the cards for tomorrow.

Brendan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I didn?t realise African and Caribbean foods were > similar. > very much so... but think about how African people got to the carribean in the first place :( In the same way you'll find various bits of creole food in the deep south of the US like Jambalaya are not a million miles away from African dishes like Jollof Rice. I'm gonna give this place a go over the next few days...will report back

It's all awesome. Some of the dishes looked to be Ghanain too (they had agushi, a stew made out of crushed melon seeds and spinach) Go to an African / Carribean restaurant in say, shepherd's bush and they're doing a roaring trade. Round here, well, dunno. There weren't even many people stopping to look even as I sat outside The Wishing Well looking over.

PeckhamRose Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Daft comment, of course they do, and I regularly > announce the Police Ward Panel meetings, and > Community Council meetings, where you can also > meet them and go along. > And instead of whinging on here about the times, > you could of course email them with your above > comments (maybe you already did), on the email > address I also usefully gave. > > Sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh It was just an observation. One for the unemployed, freelancers, housewives/husbands and people who work from home then.

PeckhamRose Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This does affect some of you on the East Dulwich > side of the Park and indeed the leaflet mentions > The Gardens specifically so dear moderator - > please allow this in the ED Issues section. Ta. > > Just had a leaflet through my door being the > Peckham Rye Safer Neighbourhood Team newsletter, > and informing me of the following: > 6 May 2009 4 to 6 pm public meeting at Cafe in > Peckham Rye Park > 12 June 2009 12 till 4pm Community Bus at Peckham > Rye Park by Strakers Road (one assumes in the car > park). > > Email them for information > [email protected] > 020 8721 2443 for more information. Presumably the police don't want to the hear the opinions of anyone who has, say, a day job then. :S

Before anyone jumps on me, I know it's not technically ED. Anyways, was passing last night- menu looks amazing. They've called it 'Bellenden Brasserie' presuming to save on sign changes (there's also a wee bit of 'Peckham Experiment' logo peeping through too, a nice touch) Sadly there was a grand total of 0 people in there. Anyone eaten there or had a takeaway? I know it's kind of pointless to feel sorry for a business that's made no attempt to promote itself, but still...

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why does not "thebeard" look elsewhere for > somewhere to live if its so bad. Probably does not > even live in ED. That's kind of a stock response to most dissenting opinions on here isn't it? 'you probably don't even live in ED' Can I ask why you think anyone in their right mind would take interest in the wrist-slashingly tedious minutiae of a minor London borough if they didn't live there?

Maggie Thatcher? I've seen her going through Kennington a few times in a motorcade. I know she no longer lives in Dulwich but maybe she was going to pick up the post or something?

Moos Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > you don't actually live here though do you lenk? er.. no. I live in Rochdale.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Move to Hoxton Lenk As a card-carrying mistanthrope I would probably explode. The area is fine, apart from the parents.

WONDERGIRL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm sure that most parents would prefer shopping > on their own, but being a parent is a 24 hour a > day 7 day a week job. London is London and if you > want peace and quiet move out of London. You won't > find less kids in the country though. Um, at least outside of cities you also don't get people imposing their 'this is a family borough' values on a place either. If you want lots of space for your kids and don't want the little darlings to be corrupted by the tewwible cwimes in the city I heartily recommend it.

silverfox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > woofmarkthedog Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Stop........I think small shops have a planning > > issue with access so 2 doors may not be > possible > > > > Anyway think of the people queuing as an > > attractive "garnish" on LSL > > > > OK now go get 'em Gabbers > > > > > > *unleashes swarm of hornets....zzzzzzzz zzzz* > > You may well be right woofmarkthedog and your > point about garnish is interesting. That may > explain why some idiot had the bright idea of > having onion sellers outside WR a while back to > further exacerbate the obstructive queuing. > Thinking about it though, it may have been another > marketing idea of WR to entertain the > long-suffering customers in the queue. Why not go to another butcher. Or don't. I don't think WR have a 'marketing department'. They are just a butchers.

silverfox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >people like me who've got better things to do than queue > up for hours for a couple of pork chops. ...Such as go on the internet and complain about queuing for pork chops? I don't know how you fit it all in, I really don't...

silverfox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Betsy555 - the problem with a crowded William Rose > is not the buggies and children but the fact that > they haven't opened a second doorway onto the side > road to improve ease of access and egress. I > suspect it is deliberate on their part to keep the > foolish customers queuing up on Lordship Lane in > all weathers. Excellent marketing William Rose I > take my hat off to you. East Dulwich is awash with > marketing fodder prepared to queue for ages as > unpaid advertisers for your business. *whispers* I think it's just a busy butcher.

It's not children I hate, it's parents.

CF Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > regarding the needle exchange there is a nursery > right next door to the doctors and I dont think > its a good idea that the two mix. I don't think anyone's suggesting the needle exchange be IN the nursery. Nurseries usually have fences and doors and things like that around them if I remember correctly.

parsnip-io Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > gerritsmith Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Please teach their staff basic hygiene. > > > > I have seen: > > > > a member of staff sneeze in his hands and > continue > > stacking apples. > > a check out staff sneeze in her hands and > continue > > scanning foodstuff. > > a check out staff put a finger in her ear and > > violently shaking it and continue scanning > > foodstuff. > > a check out staff wipe her nose with the palm > of > > her hand and continue scanning foodstuff. > > a check out staff with heavy cold was holding > on > > to her used tissue while scanning foodstuff. > > often checkout staff scratch their heads > > > > Please ask the manager to make sure that the > staff > > do not touch their nose, ears, head with their > > hands when handling food. > > > > Also will it be possible to keep the conveyor > > belts near the tills clean. > > > I can top that.... > > I was buying some stamps at the cigarette / > chocolate counter a couple of months back; the guy > serving me took out a tube of antiseptic ointment, > removed a dressing on his arm and then proceeded > to rub the cream into what appeared to be a > freshly-needled tattoo. Dumbstruck. Phoned the > store when I got home to complain - but was told > by some bored-sounding person at the other end > 'that the complaint would be passed on'. Kind of > guessed from the way the person answered the phone > that the complaint wasn't noted.... ? Did he visibly rub the ointment into your cigarettes? Did he stroke a loose B+H over a weeping sore? Lance a boil with a sharpened Woodbine? No? OH. I really doubt they were able to help you down at complaints HQ then.

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Its the smaller deep unit on the Peckham Rye side > of Cooperative House rather than the one on the > corner that did have some Tesco equipment in. If the flats on the corner of East Dulwich road weren?t there you could probably see the other Tesco from there on a clear day. Seems a little odd to open one around half a mile from another ? I shall lose my scepticism the day I go in on my way home and realise they are lacking basic cookery staples such as onions yet again.

panda boy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'd say they are an accident waiting to happen, > but its happened already! Well, there's no actual proof of this. And suggesting that the contractor working on that site is guilty of writing off someone's car is obviously libellous with no proof. But you'll know all of this, I'm sure.

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Loads of builders hats with 'tescos' on them on > the floor in the unit now :). > > > > lenk Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > nunheadbelle Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > > > i also heard Foxtons was closing and we > > were > > > > getting a Sainsbury's Local on LL. > > > > > > > > *grows old* > > > > > > Well, this seems pretty certain Co-Operative > > > house, new Tesco > > > > I cycled past there last night. > > > > you know what I saw? > > > > Nothing. > > > > Unless my definition of 'moved in' is outdated ?? Tesco don't have their own firm of builders. Whoever they are they would be subcontracted. And would wear their own hard-hats. Not Tesco ones. Are we willing this place into existence?

djw Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Barry > > Can you tell us when we will be able to use Oyster > at ED? > tks > Djw And Peckham Rye? :) (I feel TFL might announce this rather more formally than on an obscure SE London forum though)

matthew123 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Someone said earlier that East Dulwich is the jam > in the doughnut, and by comparison with places > like Coldharbour Lane, Camberwell Green and > Peckham High Street, it is a sweeter place to live > if crime for you is not water off a duck's back. > However crime does exist in East Dulwich. I don't > think we should simply write off CCTV working in > East Dulwich just because it's failed in > Camberwell Green which has other factors at play. > > > People may consider that CCTV, and other measures, > erode civil liberties and freedom of movement, and > they'd be right, but that is the price to pay in > helping to reduce crime and get convictions. > > What is the priority, high tolerance or reducing > crime.. I think you?re just basically pointing out a basic mathematical concept. If crime happened in regular intervals, let?s say at the rate of one crime a month, on the 1st of the month, that would be unusual. Instead it follows patterns of irregularity, so, that you might get 5 crimes bunched together, and then nothing for a while. This is much more ?normal? in any system you care to look at ? it happens almost everywhere, in nature, in financial systems, buses arriving, etc Extrapolate this out to years, dump all the crime data available into it, and you get worried citizens complaining of ?crime waves? or ?it?s getting worse? when in reality they are just observing a bunching ? which is normal.

nunheadbelle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > i also heard Foxtons was closing and we were > > getting a Sainsbury's Local on LL. > > > > *grows old* > > Well, this seems pretty certain Co-Operative > house, new Tesco I cycled past there last night. you know what I saw? Nothing. Unless my definition of 'moved in' is outdated

Asset Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think I'd rather not know and be in a state of > blissful ignorance thinking everything and > everybody is (are?) lovely. I'm talking HARD CRIME STATS. ON MASSIVE ANIMATED BILLBOARDS ON GOOSE GREEN PUBLIC NAMING AND SHAMINGS POLICE GIVING CASH REWARDS FOR TURNING IN NA'ER DO WELLS NNNNGggg sounds awesome.

Brendan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I really don?t think that constantly ?beating the > drums? is going to work people up into some sort > of neurotic mess, fearful of anyone who is not > like them. Most people don?t think that way. Do you not think? It's a microcosm of a society like the US, constantly in fear of an unknown perceived threat (but the safest nation in the world) Not saying ED is the safest part of London, but it's no Homerton