What are you eating and drinking tonight?

[bobo the clown]

And it's a bit much for lager drinkers to be criticising anybody's drinking taste!

How very dare you ?

Unless abroad I never touch lager ... ever.

[Bijou Bob]

After several weeks of trying to get a table only to find it fully booked, I managed to get in at Espanol in Poulton last night. The food was excellent, a decent selection of tapas (the green beans with pine nuts were gorgeous) but...................when you think about it, at £4.95 a dish it works out a bloody dear do. Gambas Pil Pil (King prawns in chilli to me) was lovely, but 5 quid for 5 smallish king prawns?? That might be fine in Londinium, but oop north I expect a plateful for a fiver. Or am I just being tight?

[Bruce Rioja]

Well, Bob, I do know you to be, shall we say, careful

As you say, fella, the food was excellent. You'd find me searching for this place long before you'd ever find me searching out a massive-oval-plate affair.

[thebish]

leftover curry takeaway...

found a local takeaway the other day and bought a set meal for one with an extra dish - veg. balti.

it fed me and the missus a main meal - and then the leftovers have served me two quite filling meals since!

how does one person actually eat all of that???

[Lord Kangana]

[Bruce Rioja]

Livornese fish stew

Garlic bread for dunking in it.

Merlot.

[BWFC_Insane]

Livornese fish stew

Garlic bread for dunking in it.

Merlot.

Did you make it?

[Bruce Rioja]

The stew - yes. Piss easy. And you can use stuff up. I had a few slices of smoked salmon that I was going to have with scrambled eggs in the morning, but ended up throwing that in too. I should've chucked capers in as well but forgot.

Garlic bread and wine from Asda though.

[BWFC_Insane]

What's your basic recipe Bruce? Would like to give it a try.

[Bruce Rioja]

What's your basic recipe Bruce? Would like to give it a try.

Basically my own adaptation of this.

http://italianfood.about.com/od/fishsoups/r/blr0212.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I added - skinned cod fillet, tiger prawns, smoked salmon, mussels (eight good ones), extra garlic (it can handle it easily)

Should've added - capers

Didn't use - Red wine vinegar (but did add a little vinegar to the red wine), toasted Italian bread rubbed in garlic (had garlic bread with it as mentioned - I should've got the stuff you can tear to mop up the sauce like a pig ) Parsley.

I used tinned tomatoes and would recommend.

It's one that's difficult to go wrong with as I doubt that there's really a right and wrong - it's just down to individual taste, but I reckon that it's one of those at which your worst attempt will still be absolutely lush.

Let me know how you get on won't you?

Edit - For peppers I use a teaspoon of Very Lazy Chilies

[BWFC_Insane]

What's your basic recipe Bruce? Would like to give it a try.

Basically my own adaptation of this.

http://italianfood.about.com/od/fishsoups/r/blr0212.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I added - skinned cod fillet, tiger prawns, smoked salmon, mussels (eight good ones), extra garlic (it can handle it easily)

Should've added - capers

Didn't use - Red wine vinegar (but did add a little vinegar to the red wine), toasted Italian bread rubbed in garlic (had garlic bread with it as mentioned - I should've got the stuff you can tear to mop up the sauce like a pig ) Parsley.

I used tinned tomatoes and would recommend.

It's one that's difficult to go wrong with as I doubt that there's really a right and wrong - it's just down to individual taste, but I reckon that it's one of those at which your worst attempt will still be absolutely lush.

Let me know how you get on won't you?

Edit - For peppers I use a teaspoon of Very Lazy Chilies

Cheers, sounds amazing. Right up my street is that.

Will try soon and report back.

[William the White]

Sea Bream - heads up Bruce - from Morrisons at £2.00 each, and good size and tasted brill tonight...

Cooked with new potatoes, scrubbed, not peeled, parboiled, then sliced, then placed as potato base in roasting dish, olive oil, fish, cleaned and gutted but not fillets on top of potatoes, sliced black olives, capers, salt and pepper, into oven for 20 mins, serve with asparagus and pinot grigio from Italy...

Was very nice...

[Bruce Rioja]

What's your basic recipe Bruce? Would like to give it a try.

Basically my own adaptation of this.

http://italianfood.about.com/od/fishsoups/r/blr0212.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I added - skinned cod fillet, tiger prawns, smoked salmon, mussels (eight good ones), extra garlic (it can handle it easily)

Should've added - capers

Didn't use - Red wine vinegar (but did add a little vinegar to the red wine), toasted Italian bread rubbed in garlic (had garlic bread with it as mentioned - I should've got the stuff you can tear to mop up the sauce like a pig ) Parsley.

I used tinned tomatoes and would recommend.

It's one that's difficult to go wrong with as I doubt that there's really a right and wrong - it's just down to individual taste, but I reckon that it's one of those at which your worst attempt will still be absolutely lush.

Let me know how you get on won't you?

Edit - For peppers I use a teaspoon of Very Lazy Chilies

Cheers, sounds amazing. Right up my street is that.

Will try soon and report back.

Knew I'd forgotten something, Chief. I also whacked in a can of borlotti beans.

[Burnden Paddock]

Yesterday, after The Dark Knight Rises, was Wahaca on the South Bank.

Between us we had:
Tortilla chips with guacamole and a tomato salad
Chicken quesadillas
Fish tacos
Spicy chicken tortillas
Beef tortillas with spicy slaw, black beans and hot sauce
Chicken and Lancashire cheese rolls
Mango sorbet
Assortment of ice creams
Bottle of wine
Couple of coronas

All enjoyed sitting by the Thames (in fooking roasting heat) without a care in the world, knowing the result, but not knowing how shite we'd played. A very pleasant evening and at £110 for 5, not too bad a price.

[General Mannerheim]

Yesterday, after The Dark Knight Rises, was Wahaca on the South Bank.

Between us we had:
Tortilla chips with guacamole and a tomato salad
Chicken quesadillas
Fish tacos
Spicy chicken tortillas
Beef tortillas with spicy slaw, black beans and hot sauce
Chicken and Lancashire cheese rolls
Mango sorbet
Assortment of ice creams
Bottle of wine
Couple of coronas

All enjoyed sitting by the Thames (in fooking roasting heat) without a care in the world, knowing the result, but not knowing how shite we'd played. A very pleasant evening and at £110 for 5, not too bad a price.

sounds decent that, all over it next week!

[Burnden Paddock]

Yesterday, after The Dark Knight Rises, was Wahaca on the South Bank.

Between us we had:
Tortilla chips with guacamole and a tomato salad
Chicken quesadillas
Fish tacos
Spicy chicken tortillas
Beef tortillas with spicy slaw, black beans and hot sauce
Chicken and Lancashire cheese rolls
Mango sorbet
Assortment of ice creams
Bottle of wine
Couple of coronas

All enjoyed sitting by the Thames (in fooking roasting heat) without a care in the world, knowing the result, but not knowing how shite we'd played. A very pleasant evening and at £110 for 5, not too bad a price.

sounds decent that, all over it next week!

If it's as hot as this weekend, ask them to sit you anywhere other than in front of the kitchen. We would have had to wait 45+ minutes if we hadn't taken that table and sat there sweating our tits off for the best part of an hour. Then they decided to put the canopy up right behind us, which dropped the temperature by about 10 degrees, which helped.

[Bruce Rioja]

Yesterday, after The Dark Knight Rises, was Wahaca on the South Bank.

Between us we had:
Tortilla chips with guacamole and a tomato salad
Chicken quesadillas
Fish tacos
Spicy chicken tortillas
Beef tortillas with spicy slaw, black beans and hot sauce
Chicken and Lancashire cheese rolls
Mango sorbet
Assortment of ice creams
Bottle of wine
Couple of coronas

All enjoyed sitting by the Thames (in fooking roasting heat) without a care in the world, knowing the result, but not knowing how shite we'd played. A very pleasant evening and at £110 for 5, not too bad a price.

Sounds a proper good do does that, BP. Though this does rather jump out as being somewhat incongruous?!

Chicken and Lancashire cheese rolls

[Burnden Paddock]

Yesterday, after The Dark Knight Rises, was Wahaca on the South Bank.

Between us we had:
Tortilla chips with guacamole and a tomato salad
Chicken quesadillas
Fish tacos
Spicy chicken tortillas
Beef tortillas with spicy slaw, black beans and hot sauce
Chicken and Lancashire cheese rolls
Mango sorbet
Assortment of ice creams
Bottle of wine
Couple of coronas

All enjoyed sitting by the Thames (in fooking roasting heat) without a care in the world, knowing the result, but not knowing how shite we'd played. A very pleasant evening and at £110 for 5, not too bad a price.

Sounds a proper good do does that, BP. Though this does rather jump out as being somewhat incongruous?!

Chicken and Lancashire cheese rolls

It does sound odd, admittedly. The chicken and cheese are rolled together in filo pastry and cooked, not sure what else is in there. Served with salad and another generous helping of Lancashire. Not my favourite, but it's just about the only thing on the menu that my daughter will eat.

They have other restaurants at Covent Garden, Canary Wharf, the new Stratford City shopping centre opposite the Olympic Park and over at White City. There's also a street van below the restaurant on the South Bank.

They're owned by Thomasina Meiers who won one of the early series of Masterchef, when it was brought back with John and Gregg. She also has a programme 'Mexican Food Made Easy' on either C4 or C5.

General, if you go, try the Churros (finger doughnuts with chocolate sauce, for the uninitiated) for dessert. Mrs and Miss BP absolutely love them with the added bonus that they're piss easy to make yourself when at home.

http://www.wahaca.co.uk/flash/downloads/Wahaca_menu.pdf

[William the White]

General, if you go, try the Churros (finger doughnuts with chocolate sauce, for the uninitiated) for dessert. Mrs and Miss BP absolutely love them with the added bonus that they're piss easy to make yourself when at home.

http://www.wahaca.co.uk/flash/downloads/Wahaca_menu.pdf

Also known as 'breakfast' in Southern Spain... Excellent...

[William the White]

Tagine with chicken, olives and lemons tonight... Loads of coriander, ginger, garlic...