Sunday, 5 April 2009
I'm on Upper Street wondering where to go for lunch. I think I've eaten everywhere by now. Some careful planning may have helped! The Duke of Cambridge on St Peter's St might be a good call, but I'm procrastinating like mad.
Ideally I want to be by the sea scoffing oysters - Fishworks has closed and it is sunday after all.
I'm in the mood for something decadent. The only problem is that I'm paying!
Dammit.
Ideally I want to be by the sea scoffing oysters - Fishworks has closed and it is sunday after all.
I'm in the mood for something decadent. The only problem is that I'm paying!
Dammit.
Food and Porn
Cooking an extravagant meal for yourself is a bit like watching pornography. If you're not careful you can satisfy yourself only for a few minutes and, well, have lots of clearing up to do.
So food, much like sex tends to be more satisfying when there's at least one other person around. Controversial? Maybe. My point is food tends to taste better when it's being shared.
I'm starting to realise even at this early stage that what interests me most about food is the occasion and the people you share it with. It is for this reason I get depressed when eating on my own.
I always dreamed of having a couch in my kitchen so that I could talk to my friends whilst I cooked for them. It is also very handy when you need a helper with the spuds. And if it's a full house I feel you can have a closer chat with your kitchen buddy, discussing juicy gossip while the others make polite chit chat.
This is also a moment for picking up tips from your helper or sharing a pre-dinner sample, when the food in all honesty is at its best. That's enough for today - I'm doing a really bad job of talking about actual food and just sounding like a straight Nigel Slater.
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Cooking an extravagant meal for yourself is a bit like watching pornography. If you're not careful you can satisfy yourself only for a few minutes and, well, have lots of clearing up to do.
So food, much like sex tends to be more satisfying when there's at least one other person around. Controversial? Maybe. My point is food tends to taste better when it's being shared.
I'm starting to realise even at this early stage that what interests me most about food is the occasion and the people you share it with. It is for this reason I get depressed when eating on my own.
I always dreamed of having a couch in my kitchen so that I could talk to my friends whilst I cooked for them. It is also very handy when you need a helper with the spuds. And if it's a full house I feel you can have a closer chat with your kitchen buddy, discussing juicy gossip while the others make polite chit chat.
This is also a moment for picking up tips from your helper or sharing a pre-dinner sample, when the food in all honesty is at its best. That's enough for today - I'm doing a really bad job of talking about actual food and just sounding like a straight Nigel Slater.
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Saturday, 4 April 2009
Food in London
London's Food Reviewed.
I'm not a writer or a chef, but I do have a strong opinion about what I eat and I am one half of Tom and Lundi's Catering Company. So I think my opinion counts for something, maybe not a lot, but when we cook for people we care that they enjoy it. We know food changes how you feel. And nothing makes us happier than when someone enjoys our food.
So the point of this blog is so that we can express how we feel about the food that we eat. What inspires us, what gets us going - what makes us want to cook. The plan is to document everything we eat that that we find interesting - good or bad.
Please join our facebook group and let us know what you've been eating and drinking around London http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=71350025667
Today I'm off to the Lord Clyde http://thelordclyde.com/ - it's a lovely pub with wooden walls and a traditional british menu which has always been affordable, comfortable and the best of its kind for miles around.
I'm not a writer or a chef, but I do have a strong opinion about what I eat and I am one half of Tom and Lundi's Catering Company. So I think my opinion counts for something, maybe not a lot, but when we cook for people we care that they enjoy it. We know food changes how you feel. And nothing makes us happier than when someone enjoys our food.
So the point of this blog is so that we can express how we feel about the food that we eat. What inspires us, what gets us going - what makes us want to cook. The plan is to document everything we eat that that we find interesting - good or bad.
Please join our facebook group and let us know what you've been eating and drinking around London http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=71350025667
Today I'm off to the Lord Clyde http://thelordclyde.com/ - it's a lovely pub with wooden walls and a traditional british menu which has always been affordable, comfortable and the best of its kind for miles around.
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