Food

Not come across mamey yet. Had these today, tomate de arbol (tree tomato) and granadilla (dark grey flesh) packed with stuff like malic acid, utterly delicious.

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Hey! You're back!

It sounds like a bloody difficult and emotional trip Al, but at least you're able to eat well and enjoy the pleasures of new foods, possibly my favourite thing about traveling.

You should come and visit me for lunch when you get back, if you fancy exploring some Persia-in-Peckham cuisine. I know you like mezze-type sharing food.

As @Kat_Balou and @OneLessCardiganwill attest though, weekends can get very hectic! :)

Will do Miss Mouse, Persia-in-Peckham
ftw
Al x

Interesting stuff, reminds me of custrd apple.
sorry to hear your there on sad reasons. Best wishes

If you're Sally of Persepolis, I'll happily vouch for your delicious food! We visited in January for a friend's birthday and everything was so tasty: delicately spiced and excellently cooked. I wasn't quite prepared for the portion sizes, really filling. Thank you!

zelman meats. an over-fussy ordering system and pushy waiters that insisted on calling us 'guys' meant we paid for our drinks and fucked off to the coach and horses for another 5 pints. i feel like crap.

waiters that insisted on calling us 'guys'

Ha, this really gets my goat too. Esp when its me and the missus?!

coupled with the classic table side haunch-sit and the not writing of anything down.

y u do dis!?!?!

Got repeatedly called 'kids' by a waitress in Lounge Bohemia once. I think she was younger than us. Really irritating

i worked for 5 years as a waiter in london. if word ever got about that i'd called a diner anything other than 'sir' or 'ma'am' i'd have been sacked, and rightly so.

kids these days. i blame that Top of the Pops.

and zoella

on a separate subject have you considered starting a vlog?

your a vlog.

Finally got me some ackee and saltfish from Healthy Eaters in Brixton today... Breadfruit and plantain in there as well, delicious... I will miss you, Brixton...

ffs I can't live without plantain, cassava (yucca) these days. Growing up in sarf London mid teens to mid twenties as opposed to norf London rest of my life. I've never taken for granted local shops stocking produce from around the world. For home cooking from Latin America, Carribean, North African, Mediterranean, Indian even found a Sri Lankan food section at Asda in Beckton a couple of weeks ago.

If you lived in Balham late Eighties, You'd remember a guy spitting image of Michael Jackson (Bad Era I recall he even wore one glove) working Saturdays at the fish mongers where we bought red snapper etc, La Tropicana restaurant where i discovered sweet potato pudding laced with rum served hot with ice cream and our Caribbean food odessey began, trading recipes and tips with market stall holders. Saltfish, flying fish brought over by friends, huge pots of curried goat, rice with pumpkin and peas, pepperpot.

For this reason alone I think it would be hard staying in Colombia. Whilst the food is great and cheap, there isn't the cultural diversity, we find in Babylon-don.

My go to spots for San Marzano tomatoes on my way home are closed or out of stock; anybody got any idea West End/ Central or an Italian deli towards SE? #middleclassproblems

I know all the central/eastern/northern ones, if desperate

Alessandro?

I work NW1 hit me up

Closest to that I know are:

Gazzano's
Terroni of Clerkenwell

Both in Clerkenwell

Zapote, size of a fist tree grown, thick greyish brown dusty skin, bright orange inside. Eaten raw texture, between stringy pumpkin/squash, mango and sharron fruit with 4-5 large stones inside. Sweet but subtle flavour.

I believe this is related to mamey from Mexico, which are large, egg shaped, rough skin like avocado.

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Going to check the delis in Soho and Wholefoods market = Wholefoods Strianese brand £1.69 + Lina Stores Gustarosso £2.50!

Food tips in Amsterdam?

I've booked early lunch at Ron Gastrobar because it's hotly tipped but would love recommendations for anything local or traditional.

http://www.balthazarskeuken.nl/en/

wel toff.

Picked up some pork shoulder at the weekend. I wanted to test out a new technique for crackling.

Turned out ok.