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[monte1] 08/4/2024 18:38

I quite likes the look of that there Silver Birch menu. It would be a fitting tribute to visit the Silver Birch in the Silver Giraffe imco.

[michaelg1] 08/4/2024 18:36

A few of those places don’t look totally insane (for lahhhnndan) unlike that river cafe bill - unless majority of that was on grog as gra’ mentioned

[barry evans] 08/4/2024 18:24

Thanks jeffian.

[jeffian] 08/4/2024 18:01

#7668,

The go-to for top nosh for many years has been La Trompette ( ). River Cafe you now know about. A recent find of a 'hidden gem' is The Silver Birch ( ) which is in a rather unprepossessing parade of shops and nobody really noticed it until a couple of months ago when it suddenly got a rave review in the Times ( ). The poor things opened just as Covid/lockdown struck and has soldiered on since then without anyone noticing. We've also been using Arlington (formerly Le Caprice but now back with original owners after a bust-up) since it re-opened recently. gra would have a fit about prices, of course, but there are plenty of good gastropubs and neighbourhood restaurants, so we do ok (not that anywhere is "cheap" these days).

[michaelg1] 08/4/2024 17:38

B,S & C?

[grahamite2] 08/4/2024 16:12

Ah. That's better.

[grahamite2] 08/4/2024 15:38

I, too, have had a haircut. Rather tediously, that means having a shower in the middle of the afternoon. The itching is unbearable.

[michaelg1] 08/4/2024 14:47

Barnet cut and now out for luncheon at the Honest John (Tod)

[barry evans] 08/4/2024 14:44

You must be surrounded with top notch eateries jeffian.

Which are your favorites?

[barry evans] 08/4/2024 14:32

monts,

I note the engineer is on the move once more.

[jeffian] 08/4/2024 14:16

#7664,
You get what you pay for, gra.

#7665,
Speaking of which, has anyone followed up on that ambulance that self-combusted? That also began smoking then burned with unusual fury. Hmmm!

[grahamite2] 08/4/2024 11:33

#7659 just because someone's rich doesn't mean he enjoys being robbed!

Morning all.

[barry evans] 08/4/2024 10:41

Epicenter 2/10

Managed to get through enough of it to see some of the quake, this featured lots of stock footage, plus several of the same scenes of destruction being shown several times over and over again. Turned off at this point.

[barry evans] 08/4/2024 10:37

Hehe, nice one jeffian.

[michaelg1] 08/4/2024 10:32

Good Morning Patriots.

Roadhouse reboot (Prime) - better than I thought it would be (being a big fan of teh original), but marred with CGI fight sequences that looked like something out of a Marvel movie at times. Gyllenhall’s characterisation of Dalton was quite good, 6/10

[jeffian] 08/4/2024 10:24

#7657,
Well we do eat there, but it's definitely 'special occasion' stuff. We tend to throw big Birthday Bashes on decades/half decades (which also coincide with Big Anniversaries) and after the last one, a group of friends decided to reciprocate as a 'thank you' and take us to the said eatery (dinner too, not lunch which tends to be even pricier). They were all pretty well-heeled but clearly one of them was not au fait with the reputation of the place. When the bill came, I politely looked at my shoes but still caught his face as he saw the total, the saucer-sized eyes and clearly muttered "You must be joking!". Took a bit of the gloss of it for me!

[barry evans] 08/4/2024 10:11

You werent wrong jeffian.


jeffian - 05 Apr 2024 - 10:06:37 - 7553 of 7657 The Oxford Anthology of Roman Literature by Knox, Peter E - POS

#7549, The only dress code required for the River Cafe is a pocket large enough for the wallet.

[jeffian] 08/4/2024 09:51

Mornin'all, bon viveurs and workers alike (though the number of the latter is shrinking fast).

[barry evans] 08/4/2024 08:51

b100dy great stuff monts.