A larger view than of The Grubworm's kitchen surfaces
By Leluu
While The Grubworm is touring the other side of the world, he asked me to guest post on his blog – its been over a month and I have held my silence for long enough. I am going to start off by posting about who this grubworm is.
I met The Grubworm through this blog back in October or November 2009. We had both started blogging at the same time, I think he met me through an article on Dalston People and since then we have bonded over some fine food, street food, recipes and any thing related to food.
We finally met months later, in person that is – not over twitter or blogs with Tom Eats Jen Cooks. It was the first time any of us had met complete strangers over the internet- The Grubworm could be some weirdo recluse with a cane stick and could hit you over the head with it!
So we met in a public place – The Gunmakers – just to be safe ; ) Later, The Grubworm informs us that he had gone there hours earlier to prepare himself for this date with fellow bloggers and had even split beer all over his newly pressed white shirt because of the anxiety!
When we met, over Jen’s delicious pizzas and buckets of wine, The Grubworm turned out to be a clean, decent, white Englishman from Cornwall with a softly spoken but husky voice. He chuckles in his glasses. He is very nice.
From then on, I found myself not only a fellow food lover, a great writer, a positive forward thinker but also a great friend.
It has been quite unusual to meet an Englishman with an educated palate of an Asian. Even I can’t put into mouth some of the things The Grubworm himself has recently been sucking on, from the likes of chicken heads to gizzards in the Far East. I can’t wait for the tales to come home.
I love seeing what The Grubworm is cooking. I love reading what he thinks of this and that – his wording and comments are delicious succulent words of thought. And as someone who has eaten his food and love it – its all substance too.
