Street Food

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???? Wrote:

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> Well, I am chortling away at it all - class/food,

> such a fine catch on standard bait- go and take a

> well deserved rest Louisa.

...then tell us where you stand on the thorny issue of whelks.

[susiq]

I have.

[Voyageur]

Louisa Wrote:

.... I think we had better draw a line under all this stuff....

Thank christ for that :)

Back on topic one hopes... any more street food outlets worth trying?

[LadyDeliah]

El Pibe Wrote:

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> Awww, really?

> I for one thought this was your finest hour

> Louisa.

>

> I think the main problem is you have legitimate

> concerns but you conflate them with your anti

> middle class prejudice and your deep-seated

> conservatism (with a small c), and your reasoning

> just gets messy from then on.

>

> From a pure entertainment point of view it was

> world class!!!

Bloody hell, are you some kind of masochist? Don't encourage her!

[Horsebox]

Voyageur Wrote:

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> Louisa Wrote:

> .... I think we had better draw a line under all

> this stuff....

>

> Thank christ for that :)

>

> Back on topic one hopes... any more street food

> outlets worth trying?

Egg Boss scotch eggs are definitely worth a try, if you're not already acquainted, - in particular the black pudding and the hot sauce varieties.

They cost ?6-?12 per egg (in real money that's ?2.50 per egg or 3 for ?6, I believe).

[david_carnell]

Someone has already recommended Tachbrook St in Pimlico but I'd second it.

As well as the "best-value-lunch-in-London-?3-falafel-wrap" there is also an excellent Turkish grill selling some fine kebabs.

The mahoosive mixed wrap (lamb and chicken, sauces and heaps of salad) costs ?6 or between ?6-?12 in Louisa money.

[El Pibe]

"best-value-lunch-in-London-?3-falafel-wrap"

yeah, I used to work in Drummond House and it was a pretty dire area all told (apart from The Cask, and the occasional foray into Chimes cider & pie house), but I miss those falafel wraps!!

['bout now]

There's a mobile pizza guy in Berwick st. Very very good and only a fiver.

Cheaper than a sarnie and soup at Pret

*waits for Louisa's head to explode*

[woodrot]

Is this seriously a thread about the beatification of traditonal WC food ?

Can I start a similar one about how great is was when WC lives were dominated by Scurvy/Rickets/Rackman landlordism/ being conspripted and killed in futile Colonial wars/ Asbestotis/ Industrial accidents at unregulated industrial plants/ press ganging / TB / London Smog/ Cholera / black death / Indentured domestic and agricultural slavery/ the highland clearences/ and all other other shit has has been heaped upon the proles for the past millenia?

Jellied eel is shit and only came about cos the rotten capitalist polluted rivers of the past were devoid of life and Eels were transportable and vagueley alive & fresh after a few days out of their muddy murk habitat in the provinces. Now that Eels are on their last legs, we all love them again. Except we dont, but the Third Reich Bellended Waffen gestapo crowd tell us we do.So I suppose its all right then. or maybe not. I dunno.

nazi grocers and brownshirt butchers have alot to answer for

[Louisa]

Right I can't take this anymore. I've tried, god knows I've tried, but how much for a pizza? Please tell me it's not a fiver a slice 'bout now? What toppings?

Woodrot - eels don't have to just be jellied, they can be pan fried with some fancy sauce if needed.

I'm actually in shock right now, that cheese and marmite sarny just flew out the window.

Louisa.

[Louisa]

david_carnell Wrote:

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>

> The mahoosive mixed wrap (lamb and chicken, sauces

> and heaps of salad) costs ?6 or between ?6-?12 in

> Louisa money.

So ?6 for a sort of kebab? Am I right?

Louisa.

[gingerchris]

Horsebox Wrote:

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>

> Egg Boss scotch eggs are definitely worth a try,

> if you're not already acquainted, - in particular

> the black pudding and the hot sauce varieties.

>

> They cost ?6-?12 per egg (in real money that's

> ?2.50 per egg or 3 for ?6, I believe).

I think you may have missed the boat on the Egg Boss - I think he's only making scotch eggs now on special occasions.

His latest venture is paleo food - various recipes that cater for those on the paleo diet.

['bout now]

No Louisa, a fiver for the whole shebang with whatever you like on top.

Sorry.

[*Bob*]

'bout now Wrote:

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> No Louisa, a fiver for the whole shebang with

> whatever you like on top.

> Sorry.

Let's just call it ?6-?12 - for the sake of argument.

[woodrot]

in 25 years time, will we all be trooping along to Frankins to gorge ourselves on Domino style pizzas with a ghastly cock shaped suasage in the ring? whilst chewing down 3ltr zeppelins of white lightning and having a ?20 bag of hydroponic Viet cultivated Skunk as a desset ?

pah

[KidKruger]

..or, ?25,000,000 - ?400,000,000 if Louisa quotes the price.

[Louisa]

http://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Trends-Reports/Posh-pizza-pushes-on-Trendy-and-authentic-specialists-swap-wheels-for-bricks-n-mortar

Or in some cases ?4 to ?20.

Louisa.

[titch juicy]

I guess you've erased that line you drew under this....

[El Pibe]

jellied eels is horrific, and I'm a person who eats pretty much anything.

[Louisa]

titch I'm trying to be more diplomatic. And yes it's human nature to be inquisitive, trying new things etc but at what point does that cross the line into pretentious? I ate a crocodile steak at a gastropub in Putney, I didn't enjoy the experience. Does that make me pretentious?

El Pibe - jellied eels with spiced vinegar and salt are the key ingredients to make it taste differently. The eel is a very versatile dish, and the solidified jelly is no different to eating the fat surrounding a rasher of bacon.

Louisa.

[Annette Curtain]

>and the occasional foray into Chimes cider & pie house<

El Pib's

I'm issuing a 'Pie Fatwa' lest we get into a Pie house/ Pie shop war of words.

In future they can be referred to as a "consumable lidded pastry holding vessels" for the purpose of this thread.

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Jellied eels are too bland - smoked eels on the other hand are one of the very finest things in life.

[*Bob*]

Please everyone - if you must eat eels then make sure they are pole and line caught.

[Annette Curtain]

Oooo yes I know...Eels Eels Eels

The Eel

Acting on the advice of an anonymous note, Takuro Yamashita (Kōji Yakusho) returns home early one night to find his wife in bed with another man. He kills her and then turns himself in to the police. After being released from prison, he opens a barber shop. He helps save Keiko Hattori (Misa Shimizu) from a suicide attempt, after which she works at his shop. It becomes clear that Keiko has romantic affections for Takuro, but his reciprocation is directed towards his pet eel.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eel_(film)

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cue the posting of Boosh eels song ...