Food

Basically this, then you can switch up the tarka with different things depending on what you feel like.

Mustard seeds go down well as a change from the usual onion, garlic, and chilli

Not curry exactly but I've adapted a recipe for spiced lentil and tomato soup from the New Covent Garden Soup book (which is great btw):

Roughly chop and sweat a large white onion in olive oil in a medium saucepan
Add a good helping (at least a teaspoon of each) of freshly crushed coriander seed, cumin seed and turmeric and cook out
Add a few cloves of chopped garlic
Add 300g (ish) of lentils. I tend to use green but red will be fine too
Cover with a litre of vegetable stock and simmer for 15 mins.
Add a tin of chopped tomatoes and continue to cook for another 20-30 mins till the lentils are just cooked
Add the juice of one lemon
Blend with a hand whizzer (I like to leave quite a chunky texture)
Serve with a handful of coriander leaf and finely chopped fresh green chilli
A dollop of yoghurt or creme fraiche and wholemeal bread on the side are optional (the coriander and chilli are mandatory)
Leftovers the following day are even better
Delicious, healthy, filling and it costs nothing
And it makes you fart which is always funny

Boil your lentils in another pan, wash the cooked lentils with cold water before adding to your spice / onion / tomato base.

I went to lisbon and just ate everything...
Went to Cervejaria Ramiro for the best seafood in town and ate what Anthony Bourdain had :P

It was closed the day we went, a local told us about another place off the main road that was much cheaper and way better... We ate ourselves stupid... ;)

PS We HATED that Time Out market... Seriuosly, WTF? There are wonderful restaurants all over the place in Lisbon, tourist trap...

ooh, cheaper - better - where?!

Market - was fine. Good for a group where we all had varying tastes.
Aren't the stalls there just semi-permanent off-shoots of those wonderful restaurants?

Ooof looks marvelous!

I'm am falling more and more in love with the brisket Ca Ri they have on menu at Pho.

Has anyone got a recipe?

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vietnamese brisket curry - just google it, one of many recipes > http://nomnompaleo.com/post/5216859841/bo-kho-spicy-vietnamese-beef-stew

Goose neck barnacles - eurgh

^^^ looks down... sees plate...

Ragu day here in NY, Pork cheek slow cooking day ahead

Just had deliveroo ramen and gyoza from Koi in Brixton pop. Tasty and fast. Would slurp again.

is Koi the one that was set up on the road where the rec is befor that pop sprang up? if so i had it befor i left was very nice, slurpy goodness.

I'm making pasticcio tomorrow. Basically greek lasagne, but with layers of macaroni.
Anyone got any tips?

Yes I think that is the one.

Leave pasta undercooked before mixing and baking

Childhood fave a.k.a Greek Pie! As it's so lamby you can go hard with the rosemary, oregano & bay leaf. I like lots of nutmeg in the bechamel and put a cinnamon stick in the lamb ragu. As always with these sorts of things, leave overnight and eat next day..

Shep Bu wasteland. Where to eat before a gig?

if you want some lebanese meze, kebab action, abu zaad, just past the bridge on uxbridge road...

otherwise there's a load of chain "restaurants" in Westfields.

Went for Lebanese/Syrian on Sunday for my mum's birthday, any other inside knowledge?

Yeah, I'm not going to Westfields

Inside info from me is scarce, the revival that Westfields has wrought to the high street means you'll get more variety to the eating and drinking, but nothing stand out or must eat at...

I disclovered an unopened pot of dukkah mix in my cupboards yesterday that I'd obtained from somewhere ages ago. Had never had it before and didn't really know what to do with it, so chucked it in an omlette with some crushed garlic and chilli. It was bloody great. Am going to incorporate it into everything possible for the next few weeks til I get sick of it.

So, good things to do with dukkah please peeps?
Am aware of putting it with roast veg and oil, and also baking / grilling it onto bread...anything else?