What are you eating and drinking tonight?

Prufrock · Post by **Prufrock** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 1:04 am

This is going in two threads, Goodfellas pizza, and a pint and a half of guiness I smuggled back from pub, whilst listening to 'Up all night'. They were a good band. Shame he's a c*nt.

Lord Kangana · Post by **Lord Kangana** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 11:08 pm

A lovely 2004 Chianti Classico Riserva with some salted cashews and 85% choccy. Its been a hard week, but life's still good.

superjohnmcginlay · Post by **superjohnmcginlay** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 10:19 am

Can I just say that having read this thread for some time, you are all a set of pisspots. Keep up the good work.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:17 pm

Haggis, Jersey Royals, Carrot & Swede. All being washed down with a Sitt Ifrican Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon that's on offer at Sainsbury's. Chin and indeed chin!

Bruno · Post by **Bruno** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:32 pm

Back from hols after shit foreign grub, had a massive BBQ including sausages, chicken, burgers and a perfectly cooked mackerel.

Luverly.

Fat Stelios · Post by **Fat Stelios** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 5:08 pm

Any of you tried Retreat on Chorley New Road yet? We are thinking of checking it out tonight.

KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab · Post by **KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 5:20 pm

superjohnmcginlay wrote:Can I just say that having read this thread for some time, you are all a set of pisspots. Keep up the good work.

Can I just say that I had to read this post for some time before I realised it didn't say "you're all a set of tosspots". That's what being a pisspot does.

Still done quite well on the old healthyish eating lark. Because I don't weigh myself (don't want to get despondent because I haven't lost two pounds in a week), I can't give any other gauge that to tell you I've lost around an inch around my waist in two weeks. I'm looking more trim than I did when I finished the season, and I'm feeling better than I have for a while. I've not really done the mung beans and water thing - I still do the nice pasta dishes. I just have smaller portion sizes, a lot less boozing (two nights a week rather than five), and more exercise. Which goes to let you all know that it's not really what you eat, it's how much of it you eat.

Prufrock · Post by **Prufrock** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:07 pm

Having never been before, we went to the famous Olympus chippy tother day, in the sit down bit. T'were lovely, but £9.70 for haddock chips and a can of Carlsberg? Stone me dead.

boltonboris · Post by **boltonboris** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:14 pm

Prufrock wrote:Having never been before, we went to the famous Olympus chippy tother day, in the sit down bit. T'were lovely, but £9.70 for haddock chips and a can of Carlsberg? Stone me dead.

£3.50 of that was probably the Carlsberg

Bruno · Post by **Bruno** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:45 pm

Prufrock wrote:Having never been before, we went to the famous Olympus chippy tother day, in the sit down bit. T'were lovely, but £9.70 for haddock chips and a can of Carlsberg? Stone me dead.

If you ever end up that way, Whelans in Lytham is the bomb. A Rick Stein chippy, did the best I've ever tasted.

£7 for fish, chips and a pot of tea, oh and two slices of buttered bread.

jimbo · Post by **jimbo** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:15 pm

Bruno wrote:
Prufrock wrote:Having never been before, we went to the famous Olympus chippy tother day, in the sit down bit. T'were lovely, but £9.70 for haddock chips and a can of Carlsberg? Stone me dead.
If you ever end up that way, Whelans in Lytham is the bomb. A Rick Stein chippy, did the best I've ever tasted.

£7 for fish, chips and a pot of tea, oh and two slices of buttered bread.

Not sure when you last went but around 18 months ago it got taken over, they sacked the regular staff and brought in Poles. It's gone from queuing out of the door to dead of an evening. A place called Seniors which has a famous(ish) branch over Poulton way has opened a new place over the road which eclipses Whelans.

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 11:30 pm

After son's graduation (with a first - proud father posting here) in Bradford, went to cocktail bar - serving mojitos by the pitcher and then to a vegetarian curry house which had tremendous food.

no alcohol served or allowed.

but the water was good.

Recommend without revervation - called Prakash. owner/chef a consistent winner of awards over the last years. Very small (I counted 20 covers), very, very friendly and the food outstanding.

Lord Kangana · Post by **Lord Kangana** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 2:26 am

My old stomping ground William, though I' guessing is changed a bit since I last went. I've had a few (hundred) curries in Bradford, never heard of there, but very few are not good.

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:03 pm

A heads up for those of us who like good red wine, and don't want to pay the earth for it... i think this is a discovery to be shared...

A 2005 primitivo from puglia is on offer at asda at £4 (only down from just under £6) but is simply excellent... tried it yesterday with whore's pasta, fabbie, loved it and went back today to buy half a doz and tried it tonight with ricotta and spinach pasta and a garlic tomato sauce... It worked with both...

Medium bodied... tobacco on the nose... but lies beautifully on the tongue all the way to the finish... this is good stuff and great value...

My mate tells me Puglia is a rubbish denomination - well this one ain't... look for it in the italian section, it has a really scruffy, non-descript white label...

Give it half an hour at least to breathe and a good swirl in the glass - honestly, it's a real bargain... Swirl and sup...

Lord Kangana · Post by **Lord Kangana** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:33 pm

Just to add a little balance, William, I agree with your mate. Have just thrown an entire bottle of Primitivo away (fom Tesco). Utter toilet water.

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:41 pm

Lord Kangana wrote:Just to add a little balance, William, I agree with your mate. Have just thrown an entire bottle of Primitivo away (fom Tesco). Utter toilet water.

You wouldn't chuck the one above away...

Primitivo, of course, is the grape, my mate was being scornful of the denominacion... and all kinds of atrocities can be committed with most grapes... Was yours from Puglia?

But, sheeit.. hurts to throw the bottle away under any circs... not corked, then, just crap wine?

Lord Kangana · Post by **Lord Kangana** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:46 pm

Puglia Primitivo IGT. Really poor wine, like the overcooked smokey taste you get from too many South African wines (I tend to dislike many a new world wine, but thats another story....). I s'pose its all personal, but not my cup of tea, or indeed wine, at all.

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:54 pm

Lord Kangana wrote:Puglia Primitivo IGT. Really poor wine, like the overcooked smokey taste you get from too many South African wines (I tend to dislike many a new world wine, but thats another story....). I s'pose its all personal, but not my cup of tea, or indeed wine, at all.

Me too - with the exception of chile which has plenty quaffable and new zealand whites, whose steel i really respond to...

Enjoyable white seems more common than red, but i've drunk plenty of crap from the old world as well - as clearly you did above... (And how hard is it to get a decent pinot grigio???).

Don't know what the leson is. Avoid tesco italian?

Lord Kangana · Post by **Lord Kangana** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 12:05 am

As a general rule, I've always advocated avoiding Tesco wines full stop. But I'm working quite close to one, and I'm exchanging my knowledge of French (non Burgundy/Bordeaux) wines with the sommelier and ops manager, in exchange for their reccomends on Italian (of which my knowledge is limited).

So far I've had a Gavi for the first time (very good), Chianti Classico (can you go wrong with Chianti?), Soave (ok) and a Barolo (I'm not the greatest fan, think it can be overpriced like Bordeaux), and of course the Primitivo. And I had a Verdicchio which a customer sent back as corked the other day. He must have a fantastic palate, as it was a really, really good wine(tip;drink cool not cold).

Having said all that, I might venture to Asda in the coming weeks and try your reccomendation. When it comes to wine, its always worth a second chance.

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 12:12 am

Lord Kangana wrote:As a general rule, I've always advocated avoiding Tesco wines full stop. But I'm working quite close to one, and I'm exchanging my knowledge of French (non Burgundy/Bordeaux) wines with the sommelier and ops manager, in exchange for their reccomends on Italian (of which my knowledge is limited).

So far I've had a Gavi for the first time (very good), Chianti Classico (can you go wrong with Chianti?), Soave (ok) and a Barolo (I'm not the greatest fan, think it can be overpriced like Bordeaux), and of course the Primitivo. And I had a Verdicchio which a customer sent back as corked the other day. He must have a fantastic palate, as it was a really, really good wine(tip;drink cool not cold).

Having said all that, I might venture to Asda in the coming weeks and try your reccomendation. When it comes to wine, its always worth a second chance.

Many a dull moment lurks beneath that label, believe me... Though the classico addition enhances the chancesof a medium bodied perfect for tomato sauces and cheese (and sardines, in my view) bottle...

Is the sommelier at your local store in agreement that he sold you cat's piss? Get thee to Asda and check it out and let me know what you think...

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