Hi Susan,
I only went to Brick Lane a couple of times and more as a side tour when we had
been in Spitalfields market. But, I used to eat a lot salt beef sandwiches from
Borough Market. My first office was down the road, in fact it overlooked Tower
Bridge. Seriously the best location I have ever worked in! Borough Market was
fantastic and I always took visitors their for a poke around when they came
over. It had the best cheese shop I’ve even been to.
I personally like strong beers, but Louise likes them even stronger. Anywhere
from 6.5 – 7.5% is her comfort zone 😊. Bit too much for me and I’m the same
with red wine. I really don’t like them over 14% if I can and probably why I
prefer European wines.
justin
From: oz-food-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <oz-food-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of
Susan Yuen
Sent: Thursday, 23 June 2022 2:24 PM
To: oz-food@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [oz-food] Re: Balsamic Slow roasted lamb shoulder
Hi Justin,
I agree with you re their Thai food, esp the mussel dish we had in Ireland.
My daughter is usually very quick to adversely react to any trace of coconut,
but barely had any reaction when we were eating the mussels.
And silly me could not even identify that it was Thai and had coconut!
Just found the flavours strange and unidentifiable till I asked the staff.
In young-people-speak, that coconut was WEAK.
Re Stout, we were advised by our Dublin walking tour guide to try the Guinness
at a small family owned pub where it is always fresh, and they know how to pull
it
(first pull to the level of the harp, then well rested before second reverse
pull to the top!).
My daughter hates the Guinness we get in SG and I do not blame her.
But the Irish pulled stout was cool, light (with a bare trace of bitterness)
and creamy
and she never looked back - I think she must have ordered at a pint everyday
that we were in Ireland and had 1 more for the road in the airport cafe in
London.
But we did join a day tour to the Cliffs of Moher which brought us to a pub for
lunch,
and the Guinness we had there (and the food too) was rather underwhelming.
I stayed with ales in London - loved the fact that every pub had 10 or more ales
on tap and allowed you to try a bit before buying.
Even more the fact that most of the ales have only about 4-5% alcohol.
I hate "strong beers" with 7 or 8% alcohol which completely messes up the taste
and balance and immediately gives me a headache.
hmmm, re Brick Lane - did you ever have the salt beef bagel from the Beigel
Bake?
We landed there after a walking tour on Graffiti and Street Art in East London.
There are 2 competing (which is the original?) shops and we bought a bagel from
each shop to taste test them side by side.
The Beigel Bake is more popular and deservedly so. It was very good.
Susan
On Thu, 23 Jun 2022 at 06:33, Justin Martin
<justin.martin@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:justin.martin@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I really miss the pubs from the UK as Australian pubs don’t even come close to
having that same, family friendly atmosphere. We tended to avoid Thai food as
by and large, it wasn’t even close to the quality we have here. Indian,
Pakistani and Sri Lankhan is all great, particularly around Tooting and Brick
Lane (although this is very touristy).
But drinks wise, I’ve tried and failed to embrace Stout. I’ll stick with IPA’s
and Pale Ales and if in the UK, some of their bitters.
justin
From: oz-food-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:oz-food-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
<oz-food-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:oz-food-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> On Behalf
Of Susan Yuen
Sent: Wednesday, 22 June 2022 9:11 PM
To: oz-food@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:oz-food@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [oz-food] Re: Balsamic Slow roasted lamb shoulder
Hi Steve,
Can you send the recipe for the Shoulder? It looks really good.
We have had our fill of what the kids call "white people food" (largely pub
food, though
we had some really good oysters and seafood in Ireland) in the UK over the last
2 weeks,
and so we must now have our fill of our comfort food of steamed fish, rice and
noodles
and SPICE before I cook any Western dishes!
We were lucky it was strawberry season in the UK and they are SO GOOD with the
local yoghurt.
We tried our best to stay with local food (and booze) and avoided Asian
although they were available
esp in London, and even in Ireland. Tried to get a booking at Dishoom (I am
told it is a very good, and
even more popular Indian restaurant in London) but we just couldnt get any
reservations.
Also tried Boxty in Dublin. Hmmm, the Irish do their potatoes so well. We had
some twice fried chips
there and they were lovely!! Even their crisps are so good (and I hand carried
some Guineess and Oyster
flavoured ones back to Singapore in my carry on bag!)
Hmmm, Irish beef is really good. Had lovely burgers from Bunsen Burger (!),
and a very good 21 day
dry aged Irish Rib Eye grilled in a Josper so there was a decent char to it.
Drinks wise, my 24 year old daughter is a Guinness convert after she tasted a
lovely cold, perfectly pulled
and poured stout for the first time in Dublin. The range of ales in London
were lovely
(liquid lunches are so nice!), and we all loved the Dingle Irish Gin so much it
got carried home in my suitcase.
Left a daughter in Ballyvaughan (a village sitting on the coast of Atlantic
ocean about an hour from Galway)
in an art school in a (small) castle with a itsy turret, and arrived home late
on Monday -
we survived the madness of London transport strikes and broken baggage systems
in Heathrow
and understaffed airport staff etc, and I am now back in the office trying to
catch up with work.
Susan
On Sun, 19 Jun 2022 at 05:32, Tilden, Steve ST
<Steve.Tilden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:Steve.Tilden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
This was seriously good…
Cheers
Steve
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