Ash Sunday, not a trace of a plane in the rare blue sky. I saw Moore at Tate Britain and bought a perfect piece of pecan pie from there. Today was a good day.
Monday, 19 April 2010
Tuesday, 13 April 2010
Broader than broad bean…
If you're ever near Shepherds Bush market, you've got to pop to Cafe 2000 for excellent, Egyptian falafel. Named by the owner's son, it was originally going to be called Millennium Cafe, but this was too long a name for the space available. I love it here, especially the chats we have whilst the falafel is being prepared, family traditions, handed down recipes, seasonality of fruit and veg, oh, and of course, football. Get down there and go full on spicy!Sunday, 11 April 2010
Dough dear!
An early Sunday again, 3 quid in my pocket and I'm on my bike, I craved caffeine… Euphorium bakery was close by and looked like it served coffee. I know… A bakery? Some time ago, I was told the staff there were pretty miserable and anticipated the worst, but the guy who served me was surprisingly jovial. So, whilst waiting for my coffee, I pondered their breads and remembered I needed fresh yeast. I asked if they had any on the premises. The jovial guy did not know and asked a sour faced girl to his left. She replied sharply, 'It is £1.70 for 200g's!' Not a bad price I thought… compared to Fresh n rip off Wild anyway. I thought I'd have enough change left from my coffee, or maybe not… The coffee arrived stone cold for £2.40, I drank up and left, as I didn't fancy the challenge of haggling for yeast with sour face, sometimes you just have to move on. Not so Upper my street.
Saturday, 10 April 2010
So bad I barred myself - Part 1
The Temperance Bar in Fulham, not very good.
The bar order.
W2N2- ‘You have no Guinness? Any recommendations?'
TTB- ‘A lot of people like this.’
W2N2- ‘Which lagers are good?’
TTB- ‘A lot of people like this.’
W2N2- ‘I’ll have 3 pints of the expensive blonde beer then please, cheers’
W2N2- ‘Do you order food at the bar’?
TTB- ‘Yah mate’!
W2N2- ‘I’ll be back in a minute.'
W2N2- ‘Could I order a Club sandwich it comes with chips I think, and the burger with cheese, bacon and mushrooms please?’
TTB- ‘The Club doesn’t come with chips mate. Do you want to order them as a side? They’re £1.75.’
W2N2- ‘Yes, why not.'
TTB- ‘Dunno which burger you mean mate?? There's no description programmed into the till.’
W2N2- Do you have a menu handy? I have left mine on the table and I can’t see the burger on the boards’
TTB- ‘Nah mate.’
3 members of staff eventually took the order, stabbing the till in desperation.
W2N2- ‘Are you sure you have my order correct?’
The crowd groaned behind me.
TTB- 'Yah mate, give me your table number, that’s £17.80 Mate.’
W2N2- ‘Mate? I hate that!'
Part I - The club sandwich
Some brown edged lettuce, a few slithers of crappy bacon and what appeared to be fine shreds of chicken. Cheap, runny mayonnaise however, brought attention to the 6 chips that cost £1.75, great value! Not.
Part II - The Burger
Wrong toppings, no cheese, served with old salad and a long wait.
W2N2-’Excuse me!’
A few questions sailed through my mind again…
Why is the food crap? Yet your prices expensive? Why is your beer crap? Prices expensive? Why is the service crap? Why can’t you make the simplest of food properly?
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