Food

TS is too OG for any of the new breed of Brixton hostelries.

For what it's worth, I've been a regular at seven since they opened. They guys who ruin it are really sound, the space is great and constantly being changed and updated, the food and drink ate brilliant and the prices are very competitive.

The only problem I have with it is that at the weekend it is like a little clapham. Full of twats that are more like me then Joe.

I do realise I'm being a massive twat about all this 'New Brixton' stuff, I can't help it... I know plenty of people who love Seven and go there regularly...

Where do you draw the line? Surely not everyone working at the Prince Regent etc are Brixton born and bred. I can empathise a bit with the anti-gentrification feeling if the new businesses are openly hostile to the old and trying to drive them out, but lots of them probably just moved to Brixton because it was affordable.

Is there a certain date you take as a watershed moment? Or is it about anything in the 'Village', or is it more about who works there/runs it?

I'm quite intrigued because the same thing is happening, very slowly, to Tottenham. But the people who have just taken over a closed pub and made it The Beehive seem nice, local, and to have a very good idea of how to make a pub seem like a great place to drink.

Where do you draw the line? Surely not everyone working at the Prince Regent etc are Brixton born and bred.

Joe's an illegal immigrant from Pimlico.

^ True story...

^^ TBH I'm just being a dick/semi-trolling... But I do choose not to eat in most of those new places, Yum-D, Santa Fereño Healthy Eaters, First Choice Bakery and the pattie shop in Brixton Village are the only exceptions... I still do most of my shopping in Market Row...

Where's somewhere good and relatively inexpensive to take the gf after her exam today, near liverpool st?
Duck and Waffle and Sushisamba are either booked or not quite suitable, she's a veg.

It can be very depressing to read about good places for good food in a country where i wont be any time soon.

a lot of the new places in brixton are just riding the tiresome burger, bbq and pulled pork wave popularity and are selling poor peoples food at posh people's prices. frankly they can fuck off. It's unlikely whatever success they are enjoying at present will be sustainable and will in all likelihood be replaced when the next overly self regarding, painfully post modern food trend takes root. it's gonna be the post-pub doner kebab, mark my words. ps. check out the kickstarter for my TOWER OF KEBABEL pop up street food experience coming to a dalston foodie festival near you.

Confit double fried chicken wings. Skin goes sooooooo crunchy without meat drying out.

Where's somewhere good and relatively inexpensive to take the gf after her exam today, near liverpool st?
Duck and Waffle and Sushisamba are either booked or not quite suitable, she's a veg.

Probably too late, but there's an 'English restaurant' place on Brushfield St which always looks quite good, the Thai on the same road is good, and there are some of the better chains (Pilpel, Leon, Canteen) around that area too. Then loads more stuff up Shoreditch way.

Just ate warmed up leftover Morley's spicy wings for dinner.

winner

Im just wondering how one can have leftover spicy wings...

a lot of the new places in brixton are just riding the tiresome burger, bbq and pulled pork wave popularity and are selling poor peoples food at posh people's prices. frankly they can fuck off. It's unlikely whatever success they are enjoying at present will be sustainable and will in all likelihood be replaced when the next overly self regarding, painfully post modern food trend takes root. it's gonna be the post-pub doner kebab, mark my words. ps. check out the kickstarter for my TOWER OF KEBABEL pop up street food experience coming to a dalston foodie festival near you.

I know of one leaseholder, who is actually a local, who sensible only took on a short lease as he wasn't sure how things would go... When it came time to renegotiate they upped the rent by over 90%... He made a fuss and they backed down... I agree a lot of these places are unsustainable and will be out in no time...

In five years the place will look just like any other high street... Pret, Eat, Thornton's, Costa, etc...

First roti experience for lunch...I don't think you can eat better than that for £3.50. Awesome.

All of this hot roti talk has made me feel like I need to eat one. I think this place is the best I can hope for: http://www.yelp.com/biz/merles-trinidad-cuisine-berlin

I think it is more like a tenner but what are you going to do, you know?

Confit double fried chicken wings. Skin goes sooooooo crunchy without meat drying out.

Technique plz

What kind of fat did you use to confit them, ADT?

I say "confit" but it wasn't really; just deep fried @ 120c for about 15 min then drained and cooled overnight in fridge to dry out the skin even more then 5 mins at 200c

Still looks delicious tho'... Do want...

I say "confit" but it wasn't really; just deep fried @ 120c for about 15 min then drained and cooled overnight in fridge to dry out the skin even more then 5 mins at 200c

Sweet will give that a go tomorrow.

What is this roti that everyone speaks of? I know roti as chapatti but it sounds like you're talking about Caribbean vibes.

Brits move Indian/Pakistanis to Trinidad. They bring roti/chapatti with them. Local vibes get infused. Come to USA and UK as 'roti'.

At least that is how I understand it. I think, more often than not, you will find roti wraps around curryish things from Trinidad.

Guyana, bruv... Don't tell auntie her rotis are from Trinidad, she'll cut your balls off...

PS Her dahl puri is incredible!

such euph.

Guyana, bruv... Don't tell auntie her rotis are from Trinidad, she'll cut your balls off...

Ah apologise to her for me. I didn't know.

You know how when your special lady/man friend is away you get to do all of the stuff he or she isn't so into?

My wife is out, leaving me to my own devices and

grilled sardines, butter grilled cheese sandwich, a Sternburg, and the Giro. #partyhard