Well my liver needs a night or two off. Scored on a totally random (and invented) basis : Badoit Red : 95% All the lovely, minerally, Badoit taste, but "intensement petillante" (that's "very fizzy"...
Have had a filthy cough for over a couple of weeks - nasty spasming attacks and not a lot of sleep most nights. Getting worse rather than better & the sheer mechanical battering from all the hacking...
Private Eye uses the phrase "Ugandan Discussions" to imply that the people involved are actually 'at it' ... ... what, if any, shorthand/code have you used with current (or indeed previous) partners...
... it's good enough sitting in a Brussels Cafe drinking a teatime glass of "La Gauloise Fruits Rouges" ( http://www.bocq.be/english/ownbrands/gauloise.php ) But it gets better - browsing AB on my...
Two hundred middled aged Belgians singing along Highway to Hell in the street ... weird is hardly a strong enough word. Now in an Irish bar listening to a blues and Springsteen band ... Guinness is...
Soooo - done the Czech avant-garde techno jazz in the sunshine, american blues in the market hall and bloke playing saucepans with thimbles (country of origin indeterminate). Tonight will be more...
A cafe-bar in Brussels has three menus : Food Menu : A choice of three or four standard dishes (onion soup, croque monsieur ... ) - not very exciting but the soup is however excellent Wine List : A...
BBQ weather or not (probably not) it's time to get shopping for the Bank Holiday weekend. Firstly an old favourite from Majestic : Mâcon-Lugny 2011 Louis Latour About halfway between the freshness of...
I'm off to Brussels soon for a few days of Moules, Frites, Beers and Music. It's one of my favourite cities and (as well as feeding my face with beer and food) I'm looking forward to visits to the...
Spinning off from SK's dinner thread : What are your own "signature dishes" - not the fancy stuff you cook once in a blue moon, but the simple recipes you go back to over and over again? Dave's Mince...
I had a quiet pint or two with NoM at the weekend and we both said that it was about time that this re-started ... then I got the short straw :) So ... this week we have from Mr Tesco : Heidsieck &...
I tend to think that they may (I hope) have taken careful aim and shot themselves in the foot here. If it's a business (and a damned rich one at that) why should they get lottery money destined for...
Tentatively (because I really don't want to invite a load of spam) ... ... can anyone give a personal recommendation for some Car Audio Experts somewhere within sensible distance of me (Coventry /...
Now that the Ed has sorted out the 'best answer' glitches, it is possible to have a look back at your past glories. So ... what's your favourite 'best answer' from your own list? I give you this gem...