Draft house

[DulwichFox]

People always say... It's cheap / a bargain for round here...

Well what is around here..?

House prices , Food prices, Drink prices have been artificially inflated because

people 'around here' think that East Dulwich with it's Victorian Terraces is somewhere special.

It isn't .

Trouble is, other areas are adopting a similar attitude in the 'Snob Race'

"Oh we went to 'That New Place' It was very expensive, but was really nice."

"And we got a free coffee"

It's all getting out of hand.

DulwichFox

[MrBen]

I've just noticed that my NEFF oven also has its own "rotisserie" setting which I predict will be equally ineffective.

[Louisa]

Hear hear Foxy.

Everything is relative. However, it appears that East Dulwich has been affected by hyper snobbery to the extent that people refer to 'bargain for around here' without actually knowing what it means. Does this phrase also include the Dulwich Cafe or Kebab and Wine when these people make these judgements? I'd be interested to know.

Louisa.

[StraferJack]

Sigh. Alright then. Let's make it easier

Go anywhere. ANY. WHERE

Harvester in Leeds or kebab and wine in dulwich

Sit down. Have some food. And some drinks

Check the bill

It's close to twenty quid, at best, isn't it?

But comparing like for like wouldn't be so effective would it?

[KidKruger]

Foxy my man.

I'd genuinely like you to start your own "ED restaurant reviews" thread on the forum, if only to see how many different ways you could come up with to trash every single venue !

[BJL]

Louisa Wrote:

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> If it's a bargain you want then wait 'Orange

> Wednesday' it used to be called, bogof on pizzas

> at pizza express

>

> Louisa.

*Pizza Express pizzas cost between ?7.80 and ?13.40 (yes, ?13.40) (menu).

You can only get their BOGOF offer on one day a week and it's only for customers of a particular mobile phone network.

*Franco Manca pizzas cost between ?4.90 and ?6.95, seven days a week - whatever network you're on. (And they taste much better...)

[MrBen]

"Useless oven settings"??.an exciting new thread coming your way soon people.

[DulwichFox]

KidKruger Wrote:

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> Foxy my man.

> I'd genuinely like you to start your own "ED

> restaurant reviews" thread on the forum, if only

> to see how many different ways you could come up

> with to trash every single venue !

KK

You seem to be very selective in your reading.

I have not trashed this venue:

Posted by DulwichFox November 12, 06:30PM

Just to put the record straight...

I think the Franco Manca prices seem reasonable.

Friends who have used the Brixton branch speak highly of the place and I trust their judgement.

I simple do not much like cheese or tomatoes except when cooked in sauces such as curry.

I simply do not like Pizza.

I'm sure they will do well and wish them all the very best especially after they have

done so much work to the place to overcome the previous problems with the design of the building.

Please take a little more time to read all posts before you make judgement

based on any previous anti Foxy sentiments.

DulwichFox.

[DulwichFox]

The Raven

The raven on the roof closed one eye

Preened himself against the sky

Picked his beak with a crooked claw

And settled down to wait once more

In the house beneath the family sat

Tossing goldfish to the cat

TV dinners on their knee

And forty-nine lights on the Xmas tree

Father?s made a lot of bread

"Someone?s got to make guns" father said

"We know it?s all right and there?s the proof"

"Our house has got a raven on the roof"

"The next door neighbours, there are a joke"

"They cultivate a garden which they smoke"

"And send their kids to the local schools"

"They must be growing up a bunch of fools"

"The next door neighbours haven?t a cent"

"We own our house but they pay rent"

"Property owners should remain aloof"

"Especially when they?ve got a raven on their roof"

When father was fifty he fell ill

Mother puts the crumbs on the window-sill

Like she usually did, but he died in pain

And they found he had a raven in his brain

Copyright: Andy Roberts

Says it all...

Foxy

[KidKruger]

"Please take a little more time to read all posts before you make judgement based on any previous anti Foxy sentiments"..

Foxy I think I'm not entirely inaccurate given your prediliction for trashing new eating venues based on cost, quality and what's actually on offer (and how easily it could all be made at home). I'm not just looking at one thread, that would be unrepresentative !

[maxxi]

MrBen Wrote:

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> "Useless oven settings"??.an exciting new thread

> coming your way soon people.

Mine goes up to 11.

On the 'inexpensive for "around here" argument it's nice to see a business (FM) open that doesn't put its prices up (compared to other venues) just because it is on LL.

Off topic(-ish, but as this thread says Draft House not really) but as an illustration, the bread at Boulangerie Jade on LL is more expensive than the same loaf from BJ on Barry Rd.

[worldwiser]

A bargain is simply something that you can buy for much less than you'd expect. I don't know how the thing being 'cool' can possibly be part of the definition! Not that FM isn't cool as it clearly is :-)

[Otta]

Forget the cool thing.

I just wouldn't feel I'd found a bargain. If you do, that's just peachy.

I'd just think it was a good price.

[Jeremy]

Queuing is the thing I hate most about eating in London now. So many places where you can get really great food for a very reasonable price. But there's no way I'm going to fritter away what little free time I have by standing in a bloody queue for an hour to eat pizza/burger/ribs/ramen, or even lobster.

[Sue]

Foxy has just been spotted queuing (queueing?) at Franco Manca!!!

We await his verdict with - erm - curiosity :))

[DulwichFox]

Sue Wrote:

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> Foxy has just been spotted queuing (queueing?) at

> Franco Manca!!!

>

> We await his verdict with - erm - curiosity :))

Did you not see Louisa in front of me..

We've got a table booked for 9.30 so hour and a half to go. :)

Foxy

[Sue]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Sue Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Foxy has just been spotted queuing (queueing?)

> at

> > Franco Manca!!!

> >

> > We await his verdict with - erm - curiosity :))

>

> Did you not see Louisa in front of me..

>

> We've got a table booked for 9.30 so hour and a

> half to go. :)

>

> Foxy

No idea what Louisa looks like, Foxy :))

ETA: Didn't know you could book a table there?

[DulwichFox]

I was jesting.

[Sue]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> I was jesting.

So how's your pizza?!

[DulwichFox]

What Pizza.?

Were you serious about spotting me queuing at Franco Manca.?

Queuing ?

I can assure you that will never happen.

Foxy

[Dopamine1979]

Speaking of Iceland i saw that they sell lobster for a fiver now.

Bargain.

[Otta]

See now that is a bargain.

Not that I'd touch the stuff.

[Dopamine1979]

Because it's lobster or becuase it's Iceland?

[Sue]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> What Pizza.?

>

> Were you serious about spotting me queuing at

> Franco Manca.?

>

> Queuing ?

>

> I can assure you that will never happen.

>

> Foxy

My other half said he saw you .....

Possibly he is visually challenged .....

[Louisa]

A fiver for a lobster is definitely a bargain. I've already got three prawn rings in the freezer.

Louisa.