Food

fuck me, forgot to mention this. went to a gig at the victoria in hackney on friday night. it's a normal slightly tired looking (i thought it was derrelict when i first walked up) pub on the corner of queensbridge road and balls pond rd. but there's a really nice room out the back for gigs, all wood panels and fairy lights and the front room is is a normal local pub with a clientelle of almost exclusively old african men. as the band i was going to see were a sort of camp, lesbian, surf-garage type thing (and fucking awesome with it btw) it made for a really interesting cultural mix. anyway, the food in this place was amazing. they were churning out amazing looking big plates of curry goat, jerk pork, beef kebabs and most impressive of all whole massive jerk fish of some kind with a huge pile of fried plantain. there were half a dozen guys sat at the bar tucking into this with their fingers. it looked amazing. got talking to this dude by the pool table who offered me various bits of his food to try... all of it fantastic. it was all crazy cheap too. will definitely be popping back for a pint and some food soon.