[Food] Restaurant thread 2021

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Oeuf in Hove last week. My missus had wanted to go for a long time so we did for her birthday brunch. It is pretty 'Instagrammable' - it has a NY brunch kind of vibe I'd say, pretty hipster. They specialise in their 'Frumpets' - French Toast style Crumpets. But also serve traditional breakfasts, pancakes etc.

I went for their signature Cheese & Chive Frumpets - very filling, cheesy oniony goodness. Decent Flat white to.

Decent place to go, would go again

Just a tip for others, even if their website is showing they are fully booked they do have space for walk-ins, especially if you get there close to opening time

 

[Questions]

Had a smashing meal in Cuchinettas in Portland Rd Worthing last night. Really good menu without a pizza insight. Highly recommended.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

isn't pizza an American invention..? but still pretty wild do find anything so good " just north of Lancing train station."

The Yanks would like to think so! and to be honest most of this thick stuffed stodgy crust stuff that we get to eat here probably is. The only pizza that l will countenance though is the original thin crust simplicity from Napoli.

The one simple reason that l avoid pizza restaurants and take away establishments, is the sky high profit margin they make. Typically charging many pounds for something that costs just a few pence to make.

 

[Bakero]

The Yanks would like to think so! and to be honest most of this thick stuffed stodgy crust stuff that we get to eat here probably is. The only pizza that l will countenance though is the original thin crust simplicity from Napoli.

The one simple reason that l avoid pizza restaurants and take away establishments, is the sky high profit margin they make. Typically charging many pounds for something that costs just a few pence to make.

That's something I can never understand. In Italy you can have an excellent pizza for 5 euro. Of course in the UK, overheads are often higher but no one needs to charge 15 quid from flour, water and a few toppings.

 

[Guinness Boy]

isn't pizza an American invention..? but still pretty wild do find anything so good " just north of Lancing train station."

The Yanks would like to think so! and to be honest most of this thick stuffed stodgy crust stuff that we get to eat here probably is. The only pizza that l will countenance though is the original thin crust simplicity from Napoli.

The one simple reason that l avoid pizza restaurants and take away establishments, is the sky high profit margin they make. Typically charging many pounds for something that costs just a few pence to make.

<BoringPedant>

Pizza is very likely Chinese. Yes, really.

I was told this by my Mandarin teacher in Taipei. The letter B and letter P are interchangeable when converting Chinese script into a Roman alphabet word depending on whether you are using the older Wade Giles method or recently adopted Pinyin. This is why Peking (really Peiching) became Beijing (k and j also change) whilst the Chinese name never changed at all. It just means "Northern Capital" (Nanking / Nanjing is the southern capital historically).

Bei-ze is Chinese (when pronounced correctly) for "food which is objects on a round thing". Any Chinese dish that involves something round and cooked with an edible thing on top can be called a Bei-ze - but also under Wade Giles a Pe-ze.

Marco Polo took this idea and brought the dish back to Naples when he returned from China. adapting the make of the base and ingredients on top to what was available in Southern Italy. The same thing explains the similarity between spaghetti and noodles.

</BoringPedant>

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

<BoringPedant>

Pizza is very likely Chinese. Yes, really.

I was told this by my Mandarin teacher in Taipei. The letter B and letter P are interchangeable when converting Chinese script into a Roman alphabet word depending on whether you are using the older Wade Giles method or recently adopted Pinyin. This is why Peking (really Peiching) became Beijing (k and j also change) whilst the Chinese name never changed at all. It just means "Northern Capital" (Nanking / Nanjing is the southern capital historically).

Bei-ze is Chinese (when pronounced correctly) for "food which is objects on a round thing". Any Chinese dish that involves something round and cooked with an edible thing on top can be called a Bei-ze - but also under Wade Giles a Pe-ze.

Marco Polo took this idea and brought the dish back to Naples when he returned from China. adapting the make of the base and ingredients on top to what was available in Southern Italy. The same thing explains the similarity between spaghetti and noodles.

</BoringPedant>

Really? I thought it was the Chinese who copied everyone else.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Really? I thought it was the Chinese who copied everyone else.

Not in the old days

Don't start me on Chinese history or I will bore the whole board to sleep and may have to ban myself

 

[MattBackHome]

Regardless of whether you think pizza was invented in China, Italy or America, whether you object to eating any food in any restaurant because the markup is so utterly objectionable, whether Lancing is an anathema to you or whether you only eat pizza which has been personally baked using lava from Mount Etna I can wholeheartedly recommend O'Curniciello because it's absolutely ****ing delicious.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Regardless of whether you think pizza was invented in China, Italy or America, whether you object to eating any food in any restaurant because the markup is so utterly objectionable, whether Lancing is an anathema to you or whether you only eat pizza which has been personally baked using lava from Mount Etna I can wholeheartedly recommend O'Curniciello because it's absolutely ****ing delicious.

See, the backlash has started already......................

(Recommendation NOTED. Thank you.)

 

[CHAPPERS]

Places I have enjoyed very much recently are Carlito Burrito and Lavash.

Lavash is the STAND OUT light lunch spot in town IMO. Highly recommended if you are having a mosey through NORTH LAINE.

Carlito Burrito goes a bit under the radar because of it's location IMO but it's good in there.

 

[Stat Brother]

After the game on Sunday me and the boy are going to Hackney for a live podcast show.

Having had a look around Hackney seems to have really embraced veganism (we haven't) - if only we were going to Shoreditch!


So before we end up in McDonalds or KFC does anyone have any simple non chain suggestions?

Pizza, burger, bbq - nothing fancy we may well be a little tight on time.

 

[Springal]

Hackney is quite a big area - where abouts? Actually in the town or out towards the canal ?

Head over to Dalston and go to Mangal 2

 

[Stat Brother]

Hackney is quite a big area - where abouts? Actually in the town or out towards the canal ?

Head over to Dalston and go to Mangal 2

Tube to Hackney central in order to be at the Empire.

So very much in the town.


As said nothing fancy but as we might be pushed for time (unless Vardy taps in his hattrick on 80mins) I doubt we'll be able to go up and down the road before finally making a decision.

As always I'd just prefer to 'eat local' even if it's just a McDowell's burger joint.

 

[Springal]

Tube to Hackney central in order to be at the Empire.

So very much in the town.


As said nothing fancy but as we might be pushed for time (unless Vardy taps in his hattrick on 80mins) I doubt we'll be able to go up and down the road before finally making a decision.

As always I'd just prefer to 'eat local' even if it's just a McDowell's burger joint.

Lardo
Slice of Blue
Patty & Bun

 

[Springal]

Just seen there is a Tonkotsu right outside to. Very good small Japanese chain, also just arrived in Brighton I think

 

[Stat Brother]

Lardo
Slice of Blue
Patty & Bun

Thank you very much.

I'd be amazed if I can get jnr out of Patty and Bun and into Slice of Blue.

But that's exactly the places I'm after.


Thanks again for taking the time.

 

[Machiavelli]

Just seen there is a Tonkotsu right outside to. Very good small Japanese chain, also just arrived in Brighton I think

I love the Soho branch but, as a mod that frequents this thread has pointed out who might now be in space, that was its first branch, and the expansion process tends to have an inverse effect on the quality.

 

[Machiavelli]

Places I have enjoyed very much recently are Carlito Burrito and Lavash.

Lavash is the STAND OUT light lunch spot in town IMO. Highly recommended if you are having a mosey through NORTH LAINE.

Carlito Burrito goes a bit under the radar because of it's location IMO but it's good in there.

Interesting you say this about Lavash. My STAND OUT light luch spot in town is on the same street. The mixed platter from FilFil is a delight, and cheaper than Lavash's offering. If I can interrupt my radar next time I'm in the vicinity, I'll test your claim.

 

[albionalbino]

Lardo
Slice of Blue
Patty & Bun

Are these restaurants or a menu? I'd have all three

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Are these restaurants or a menu? I'd have all three

Me too, Lard seems to have disappeared off menus trhese days, l'm still a gret fan.