Comments on: Chilli Cool

By: Andouillette or… The Dish Of Death « The grub worm

Andouillette or… The Dish Of Death « The grub worm — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:56:44 +0000

[...] intestine I’ve eaten has had me rhapsodising (I’m look at you Chilli Cool). But this? This was bad. I had to admit defeat two thirds of the way through. It was really really [...]

By: Chilli Cool revisited « The grub worm

Chilli Cool revisited « The grub worm — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:48:50 +0000

[...] first brush with proper Sichuan/Szechuan cuisine was something of a sweat soaked revelation. It left me panting for more. The question is, would Chilli Cool get through that notoriously tough [...]

By: The Grubworm

The Grubworm — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:04:36 +0000

@Tom – Glad to have driven you (hopefully more with the carrot than the stick), it really is a good place. I hope the food was worth it.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:52:09 +0000

Hey – you have driven Jen and I to another restaurant we weren’t planning to again (like Eastside Inn). We just booked instead of cooking and are off now. Seriously excited.

By: The Grubworm

The Grubworm — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:35:31 +0000

@Lizzie – it is a fab place, and totally worth any cramps (you didn’t have the ‘unstoppable chicken’ did you…). I could wax lyrical about that aubergine all day long.

By: Lizzie

Lizzie — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:29:42 +0000

I love Chilli Cool, even the requisite stomach cramps from all that chilli the day after; totally worth it.

Fish fragrant / sea spiced are both names for that aubergine dish; I love it, it’s one of my favourites.

By: The Grubworm

The Grubworm — Tue, 18 May 2010 19:36:24 +0000

Thanks @Essex Eating, it certainly was a great evening, despite my ducking out earlyish at the pub… Agree totally about the aubergine. Here’s to the next night out

By: Essex Eating

Essex Eating — Tue, 18 May 2010 19:17:48 +0000

Superb post, really was a fantastic evening eh? Funny thing is – I just wrote my Chilli Cool post, and then read yours afterwards – really interesting that we had the same impression of most of the dishes – that Aubergine dish was one of the best things Ive ever eaten.

By: The Grubworm

The Grubworm — Tue, 18 May 2010 11:27:22 +0000

@Helen – those intestines, along with beef tendon, were the revelation of the evening for me. They were properly tasty and not at all what i expected

@Sasa – I guess sushi and green curry would make for, erm, interesting bedfellows. Sushi curry maybe Precociousness is always good. I can lay claim to scoffing pasties way before they took over the fast food world of station terminals… But then again, i did grow up in Cornwall. This place is definitely worth a visit next time you’re over here. If you via train, it’s very close to St Pancras international.

By: Sasa

Sasa — Tue, 18 May 2010 10:46:15 +0000

When I was a kid mum used to take us to eat a Szechuan place in Auckland but while I remember loving it, I’m not sure how authentic it was. However, if, as you say, Szechuan is the new in food, I’m feeling rather smug at my precociousness ;P Must try again, probably when I’m next in London though – there are (shock, horror and vom) only those weird pan-Asian restos here with sushi and green curry on the same menu. Ugh.