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The Barbary Next Door
22/08/2022

The Barbary Next Door

If you can’t get into the Barbary, why not try next door? At least that is the tag line I think they were trying to come up with for the shop next door.  Formerly Jacob the Angel (may it RIP), it is now not quite …

eating, England, London, review
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by Chris
Yurt Cafe
18/08/2022

Yurt Cafe

Sometimes, I idly wonder what it would be like to be a nomad, living in a yurt. To be constantly on the move.  Having a camel/horse/other smelly mode of transport.  Sleeping in a different place every night. Then I remember what backpacking around Europe during …

eating, England, London, review
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by Chris
Fabrique
11/08/2022

Fabrique

Anticipation breeds expectation. Expectation leads to hope. Hope (in my case) often ends up being unrequited. In the days leading up to a loosening in dining restrictions, I could hardly contain my excitement.  Seems like half of London couldn’t either.  See below crowd.  This was …

eating, England, London, review
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by Chris
Association coffee
08/08/2022

Association coffee

Company, group, amalgamation, commune, association. You find lots of the above in the city of London.  To clarify, what I am referring to here are the various corporate vehicles required to help make a (captalist) living.  Not group options for alternative living, those generally do …

eating, England, London, review
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by Chris
Sambal Shiok
28/07/2022

Sambal Shiok

As memory fades, I tend to repeat the same mistakes again and again.  In an even more worrying sign of my decrepitude, I seem to blank out pain.  Either that, or I am drawn too easily towards fiery heat.  This masochistic tendency often ends up …

eating, England, London, review
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by Chris