Food

that's the bad boy. the place used to be a nightclub back in the 80's and they havn't redecorated since - and they have a quaint habit of forgetting to put wine refills on your tab.

it's jay rayners favourite restaurant - if you take the opinions of floppy haired, self important restaurant critics seriously that is

rode up there there with the good lady tonight. it was totally empty. looked nice but not really "date night" material, atmosphere wise. rode back to cotto's, the italian i remembered as being homely friendly and inexpensive by lambeth north. had okay food and nice wine. had a grindingly hopeless argument with the gf which somewhat took the shine off it and nearly fell off my chair when the bill came. way overpriced. should have gone to cantinho. fuck.

Back to basics for dinner - 6 fish fingers, tin o Heinz beeenz a la garlic, 3 boiled eggs, toast. Maaaaarrvelous ;D

what are heinz beeeeeenz a la garlic?

Heading to Jose on Bermondsey St for lunch.....tummy happiness

^Nice. Only been in for beer but looks great.

Shoulder joint in the oven for pulled pork tonight. Been marinating since tuesday. Also doing that Blumenthal chip recipe. Seems like hard work when I'm doing 2kg of the bastards. Better be worth it.

one of the more enjoyable Catalan influenced tapas in the Capital. Am always keen to take recommendations for good Spanish in London..

one of the more enjoyable Catalan influenced tapas in the Capital. Am always keen to take recommendations for good Spanish in London..

I've been to José on Bermondsey Street a few times and it's brilliant. It gets mega busy but I think that just adds to the fun.

http://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/venue/2%3A30033/jose

Been marinating since tuesday..

So it probably has some mushrooms growing on it by now, sounds like win win to me.

Ah yep, extra protein, pungent flavour, win all the way.

Dinner for 1 tonight. Copped 2 pork chops from Lidgates, marinading now in thyme, garlic and lemon peel. Will eat with sautéed potatoes and a grin.

Was going to suggest a nice drop of sancere might be better but realised you didn't actually write "sauteed potatoes and a gin"

Pork is ACE! Get some pics up in stages....

5 hrs in, 3 to go.

That looks mouth-watering already, especially the burnt bits

Dinner for 1 tonight. Copped 2 pork chops from Lidgates, marinading now in thyme, garlic and lemon peel. Will eat with sautéed potatoes and a grin.

ate the chops with my bare caveman hands...

:o

Inspired by Nhatt's BBQ friends on the South Bank I give you home made Southern bread and butter pickles. The perfect match to BBQ meats - salty, sweet, sour, and spicy.

Leftover liquid to be used for pickle back shots, natch.

Right. A little bump about this. I ate the pickles with take home Bodeans BBQ and a bottle of JD to for the picklebacks.

In fairness, the pickles were 90% complete win and 10% fail. Taste wise they were amaaaaaazing but the pickles ended up really soft, with no bite and little texture. There were two things that contributed to this.

1. Super fresh cucumbers always make for crispy pickles. The ogorki pickles from the local Polish shop may not have been in peak condition.

2. In my desire to hang on them and not have them spoil in 3 weeks, I warm sealed the clip jars in the oven. In addition to sterilising the jars, they also cooked the pickles and made them soft. I am convinced that is what softened them the most.

So. I need to try them again, and just eat them all before they go off.

I will post the recipe in the recipe thread.

Link to recipe - http://www.lfgss.com/thread9814-3.html

I've got a big bag of lemon salt from Turkey sitting in my larder. What should I do with it?

Put it on everything. Food win.

I'm making this thing I saw in one of the turkish places near me.

It's minced lamb stuffed between aubergine. Which you sort of stack back together in the shape of an aubergine.

Imagine this:

...but an aubergine... with lamb in between the slices.

Anyway, my question is how to spice the lamb. Usually I'd go with cumin, turmeric, etc. but the other food is kinda heavily flavored. So what should I use?

• my thoughts are, mint, red peeper, fresh red chili, maybe coriander.
  

got epic chilli cheese fries on the way courtesy of mrs_com

thin oven chips ready to be cooked

mrs_com's chilli

just waiting for the chips to cook, then it's pour over the chilli, top with 3 types of cheese and jalapenos then under the grill. having it with tiger bread

ha i'm making chilli too

Ha!... why< me too!?
Chilli con carne!