Tag: beef

Biang Biang

Biang Biang

Not to be confused with Biang.  This place was to be at least twice as good (at least based on the repetition of its name). According to my friend Mr Google, “Biang” is the most complicated character in the Chinese language.  Which in hindsight was 

Biang

Biang

Biang biang noodles.  Not to be confused with bang bang.  If things did not turn out that well, that might be the sound from the toilet after our visit. Leaving such grotesque thoughts to one side, this is a new Xi’an food stand in Canary 

Fire and Salt

Fire and Salt

In a throw back to my earlier (happier) days, this is a review about someone else’s food. As days of being an annnoying fastidious critic on other peoples’ creations are a bit behind me now, I try to take my chances when I find them.  

Jin go gae

Jin go gae

On Boxing day, we thought to absolve ourselves of the previous day’s gluttony by taking a walk in the country side.  Out in the grasslands and gentle hills of Surrey, things were rather happy and peaceful, especially from the number of dogs walking their owners 

Harwood Arms

Harwood Arms

Service.  Service… Service!!! When sitting around an open kitchen, I had often heard this being hurled around with some abandonment.  It would inevitably seem to herald an amusing experience.  When this exclamation wasn’t acted upon quickly by the serving staff, it was flung around almost