I’m a hot-pot novice, but anything that gets a big group of friends and soon-to-be friends round a table slurping and munching and spilling and chatting has got to be a good thing right? So when an invite came from … Continued
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Hangrrr: The Silent Scourge
Hello all! Aaron, a.k.a The Grubworm has kindly invited me, Sasa of Sasasunakku, along today to discuss a subject close to my heart (and by heart I mean stomach) and I’m ever so pleased to have the opportunity to recruit … Continued
Spicy Sichuan style partridge noodles
Never one to leave well enough alone, I’ve once again been tweaking and twisting, adding and amending. Often this is through store cupboard necessity, sometimes just sheer perversity. Whatever the reason, the results are always interesting. Sometimes they simply don’t … Continued
Kaosarn: Thai restaurant in Brixton
The search was long and arduous, but finally I’ve found it. A good Thai restaurant in London. It took long enough to find! There was none of that namby-pamby bowing to “western” sensibilities either. This was properly spicy, if you … Continued
Foiled by the Great Firewall of China
A quick announcement from The Grubworm. We’re here in Beijing, and what an interesting (if polluted) city it is so far. At least, the small hutong area we’re staying in tonight is. Sadly we can’t get Twitter or Facebook (or … Continued