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Barrafina
30/11/2017

Barrafina

At a recent business event, I discovered that working nomenclature has moved on somewhat from what I am used to.  Instead of “unpacking” or “deconstructing” a complicated sounding but otherwise fairly ordinary word (no doubt in the belief that it makes the speaker more sophisticated), …

eating, England, London, review
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by Chris
Rambla
27/11/2017

Rambla

The only thing worse than eating crap food is eating overpriced crap food.  Wanting to spare the blushes of a certain chain of restaurant that epitomises said axiom, let’s just say that anywhere I can think of would be better than that place.  This may …

eating, England, London, review
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by Chris
Flat Iron
23/11/2017

Flat Iron

Sometimes I get that awful sinking feeling.  It feel almost like a preternatural suspicion that something is about to go wrong.  Some examples from my life could be one of those times when I realised that I should have maybe taken the restroom break about …

eating, England, London, review
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by Chris
Nordic Bakery
06/11/2017

Nordic Bakery

I seem to be in one of those minimalism phases.  After my pleasant visit to the DIY bakery at Scandi Kitchen, I had to try another example of an austere life.  Just off busy Regent’s Street, with a utilitarian name like Nordic Bakery (descriptive, it …

eating, England, London, review
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by Chris
Oliver Maki
02/11/2017

Oliver Maki

Attempting to summon to mind the most similar episode to this, I was reminded of particularly torturous visits to the barber as a child.  I would be bundled onto the bus, subject to a walk in the scorching heat at the end and then even …

eating, England, London, review
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by Chris