After bowling, Whitney, Brett’s delightful young lady, suggested that we go to a place called ‘Sub Zero’ for some unique ice cream!
Sub Zero was like something out of Charlie and the Chocolate factory; they use liquid nitrogen to cryogenically fast-freeze their products.
I had the cherry flavour (no surprises there) but you could have absolutely anything you liked.
My verdict – Sub Zero, wins.
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As I write this entry, the skies have opened and we’re having a ‘traditional’ English summer. What better way to spend a Sunday then partaking in an over-indulgent session down ones local Indian buffet?
I’ve been dieting for the last 4 weeks, cereal for breakfast, soup for lunch and fish finger or chicken filled English muffins for dinner along with various salad and fruit bits. So today represented the first ‘proper’ meal that I’ve had in over a month. Time for a treat! It was great because I’d won £50 on the Premium Bonds again this month, and decided to take my Mum and Joanie (my godmother) out for lunch.
Dine Tandoori is very local to me, and was previously known as Mehfil before it came under new management recently. I noticed that there was a buffet on offer when walking Chico up the park, and thought that I should give it a whirl! The restaurant was actually a bank when I was a kid, and they’ve really used the space nicely inside which gives a very simple but sumptuous ‘feel’ to the place.
HAND PAINTED MURAL
My favourite feature inside is a hand painted mural of a waterfall on the wall behind the buffet dishes; I had to take a picture as thought was particularly striking. Apparently a local Indian artist had done it; I thought it made a lovely change to the usual generic pictures of the Taj Mahal?
THE BUFFET
The buffet costs £7.95 per person, and you can choose from 21 different dishes which I thought was great value. Highlights for me would have to be the Lamb Jalfrezi and the Chana (chick peas) dish which was exceptionally tasty.
SERVICE
Was very friendly, simple and welcoming.
VERDICT
I thought the food was exceptionally nice, fresh, tasty and fantastic value for the price.
9 out 10 for me, would have been 10 out 10 but they hadn’t acquired their alcohol license yet; so sadly no Kingfisher for me!
Pukka.
Bahrain protests, Libya protests, Tunisia protests…..and the top news story on the BBC website is about the worlds hottest chilli. 🙂 Hot hot hot!
The infinity chilli; guaranteed to burn you a new bumhole.
Thought I’d quickly mention my visit to ‘Coal’; a nice bar/grill restaurant that’s right next door to the Odeon cinema in Wimbledon high street.
I had visited it before it became a ‘coal’; back then the kitchen was open plan and I quite missed seeing someone flame grill my food before I eat it. I have always been of the impression that you pay someone a fairly good amount of money for eating out, so you might as well watch them do it and get your money’s worth? Probably why most of my favourite buffets, restaurants and cafes are all open plan come to think of it in their own way!
Anyway, they do an excellent 2 courses for £7.95 menu down there, good selection too. I generally found the options and prices to be similar to that of Frankie and Benny’s (another favourite of mine) but ‘Coal’ edges it slightly on the variety of choices.
I opted for a ‘Coalburger’ (original……) and Angelo had the jalapeno burger; both of which were presented nicely and with a good size portion (oooh errrr Matron!). Special mention must go to the handcut coleslaw and chunky chips too; although the burger itself was superbly cooked and presented in a nice rustic bun.
VERDICT = 8.5 out of 10! – sexy blonde Polish waitresses dressed in tight black clothing earned ‘Coal’ an extra point!.
Recommended!
Krispy Kreme doughnuts are like wonderbras; look amazing at first glance, but when you get down to it there’s very little substance.
I do love Gulab Jamons, but clearly not as much as these guys……..
……..tons of food 🙂
I would also like to add that I currently have two Cadbury’s milk chocolate Flakes chilling in my fridge……mmmmmmmmmmmm.
Merry Christmas one and all! Ho ho ho and all that old chestnut.
I write this Christmas Day entry somewhat stuffed and in an empty house; My grandfather has had it away on his toes already and Mum has gone next door for a few tipples with the neighbours.
Today was always going to be a quiet affair with just the three of us here, Boxing Day (26th December for all my American fans out there) will involve my Sister Lorraine and her family coming over for dinner, and then the 27th will be more like the Christmas Day I remember as a kid with my brother Brian bringing his family up and Lorraine’s mob all coming up as well.
I shall enjoy the peace and quiet whilst it lasts……………
Mum made a sterling effort today, her roast dinner was absolutely top notch and thought I’d pop up a picture of her ‘slap in the face to third world poverty’ offering; especially considering that I only get one roast dinner out of her a year these days; I intend to savour the memory of it!
As you can see it’s a rather hefty arrangement of Roast Turkey, Roast Pork, Crackling, Pigs in Blankets (little sausages wrapped in bacon), cauliflour, sprouts, peas, roasted potatoes, stuffing and gravy! And yes, I ate every single last piece!
I hope everyone out there has had a rather funky day with their family, friends or hookers; I shall leave you all with a picture showing what my face looks like after I’ve eaten such a meal.
Happy Yuletide chums.
Hooray, it’s Monday and all that jazz!!!!! Come on, scat with me now! Skippedyboooooobobskweeeebowwdingding! No, not that kind of scat!?!?!! Dirty bitch…..
Anyway, having practically forced my colleague Hitesh to get the McDonalds breakfast muffins in today, I found myself fueled enough to plough on with my work until about 1pm when I eventually realised I was once again ‘Hank Marvin’ (starving). Having considered that I’d had a rather naughty breakfast; I eventually decided to go and buy some sushi from Pret a Manger in order to counterbalance all the MSG and saturated fat I’d consumed earlier.
Being a big lover of raw fish (Gollum Gollum!), I’m pretty much forced to go and get my kicks from Pret because they are the only reasonable supplier of sushi in Croydon (aside from perhaps Yo Sushi in House of Fraser, but I only get an hour for lunch and it’s too far to go). The alternatives? Boots the Chemist has crap soggy sushi, and don’t get me started on the crap that Somerfield used to sell!
I secretly don’t like Pret, at all. In fact, I normally just run in there, grab my sushi and run back out again; purely so I don’t catch any of the percular social diseases that a vast majority of Pret’s patrons appear to be suffering from. Thank god for headphones, it drowns out all the execs boasting about climbing K2 in their spare time, building wells in Africa and all the other name-dropping exercises which are seemingly said purely for effect rather than actually having been enjoyed by the individual; and are completely guaranteed to make me grind my teeth.
Regrettably, I couldn’t just rush in and out today because all the sushi sold out, which left me to consider some of the other products on offer. Hmmmmmm. Reluctantly, I started scanning the sandwiches on the shelves for something to scoff. Here’s what I found:
KEVS BRIEF REVIEW OF PRET’S SANDWICHES
‘Italian Proscuitto on Artisan‘
I looked at this and immediately asked myself . “Why don’t people make plain ham sandwiches anymore?”. This sorry excuse for a sandwich had more flowers and weeds in it than meat, or bread for that matter. So I put it back down.‘No-Bread winter falafel’
Confuddled, I was. I was in fact so confused by the concept of this ‘meal’ that I almost stabbed myself with the cardboard container in frustration. Suffice to say I reconsidered and moved on.‘Herb chicken and rocket’
Lettuce clearly isn’t fashionable anymore is it kids? Eruca Sativa, or ‘rocket’ as it’s commonly known is taking over sandwiches everywhere. It’s the Stalin of sandwich garnish? This sandwich would most likely suit a health conscious pregnant woman, who fancied a treat.‘Dolphin-friendly tuna‘
This was the final straw. Dolphin-friendly Tuna? Just how friendly? Do they all sit around sharing some quality Ghanja? I stood with the container in my hands for sometime pondering what the unfriendly Tuna must be like? Do people actually buy this product because Pret guarantee that Dolphins are not harmed in the catching of the Tuna. What about the Tuna!!??!?! DOES NOBODY CARE ABOUT THE TUNA!?!?! HOW DO YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT IN YOUR DOLPHIN-THEMED BEDROOM WHILST INNOCENT TUNA DIE!?!!? Hypocrites……..
So there you have it. Nothing appealed, I buggered off and had a Kit-Kat instead. Ready to Eat? Yes. Ready to pay over the odds for a quantity of ponce in between two slices of bread? No.
p.s. why do people always say the word croissant with a stupid French accent, in Croydon? Am I meant to be impressed by how cultured you are?!?!!?!
The Antikrish 
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