Thoughts on the British Pub Culture
Recently I tweeted this fairly bold statement:
A txt in todays London paper completely sums up an attitude I despise in British culture: “Coffee shops are a poor substitute for the pub”
And recieved a questioning response from a follower:
Why’s that cause you such offense? Coffee shops are becoming the new pub after all and not everyone [...]
Christmas Dinner 2007
A 5.7kg traditional roast goose with pork, sage & onion stuffing with apple sauce, cranberry sauce and gravy plus carrot and parsnips roasted with sage dressing, roast potatoes, gourmet stuffing of pork and mushrooms wrapped in bacon and finally pork and cranberry chipolata sausages wrapped in crispy bacon. Mmmmm….. It was yummy.
more » Posted on Monday, December 31st, 2007 | 2 Comments »Back in soddy london
So I’m back from Italy. It was an absolutely fantastic holiday. I love Italia. It is such an amazingly beautiful country. We took about a 1000 (literally, around one thousand) pictures on kwai’s digital SLR. And about 1 gig worth of video on my sony w900. Did someone say “Asian Tourists”? I’m sick [...]
more » Posted on Sunday, September 17th, 2006 | 2 Comments »Photos @ Maze
The Review
I liked the menu (modern french with an asian influence). Between the two of us, we shared 10 dishes, and 3 desserts. Plus 2 cocktails (I had a strawberry caipirinha and Kwai had a peach and passionfruit cocktail), finally finishing with coffee and complimentary petits fours. The menu was really cool – it was [...]
Stuffed
Just got home from a verrrry nice evening out at Maze, Gordon Ramsays latest michelin starred modern french restaurant. Will blog about it properly tomorrow (with pics too).. but for now, let me say the food was reeeallly gooooood. London is fantastic for fine dining. I thought I’d been to some great restaurants in Sydney, [...]
more » Posted on Friday, June 2nd, 2006 | 1 Comment »
