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[br1stol]

Xenz at forsters - check the thread further down for more info...
100% recommended!

[lastpost]

Cheers guys

[John]

deffo check out the obey show.. its huge / really impressive.

[CR]

Hey guys,

I am going to be in London on the 5th of December, and was wandering what good shows or Galleries I should try and visit.

Already got BRP - White Noise to go to, anything or anywhere else that anyone can suggest?

Any help appreciated.

CR

[alsbabar]

go to:

Tate Modern
Go on a Banksy tour - well worth the tour
Forster Gallery
Lazinc

[CR]

Thanks.

Of course there will be the new Laz shop on Charing Cross Road!

What will be on at Laz Gallery?

CR

[Daniel Silk]

Pop in to see Pure Evil's place at 108 Leonard Street ;D
Not sure if The Leonard Street Gallery have anything on at that date

[gozgoz]

Whats the banksy tour?

[Jef Aerosol]

the group show organized by Pure Evil & Nelly Duff will have begun !

[Harveyn]

Hi Folks

My wife and myself are flying into London for a Weekend break and we will be staying in the Shoreditch area.

Already had lots of help from forum members (Phil & Pez) in sorting out where to stay, where to eat and what to see.

So our plans are as follows.

• Saturday afternoon - TLSG (Matt Small) & BRP (White Noise)
  
• Saturday late afternoon - RCA Secret (If the Queue has gone)
  
• Saturday 6:00pm - 9:00pm - Shopping Regent Street on way to Marylebone for Eats. Hopefully a few glasses of Vino on route.
  
• Saturday Evening - Eat & Two Veg (Personally I'm a meat eater but some compromises have to be made)
  
• Sunday Morning - Shoreditch - Breakfast, Markets, Stolen Space, Pure Evil and Lunch.
  
• Sunday Afternoon - Tate Modern
  
• Sunday Evening - Canteen Restaurant (Shoreditch)
  

Okay so some more help required. Any recommendations for a Restaurant for Sunday evening (Probably Shoreditch area)?

Also I want to get to see as much street art as possible on Sunday morning so any suggestions on Streets to concentrate on (my Wife's patience is limited.. ;D ;D)

Thanks in advance...... ;D

[pezlow]

A great trip Harveyn. You must have a very understanding wife.

[carlito]

blimey impressive... too tell u the truth if you walk between those various galleries you'll stumble across plenty of street art...pop into spitalfields market Sunday morning your wife will like that

whenever I go away for the weekend I spend half the time in the hotel room *cough cough*

[dmandpenfold]

Carlito you must be very unlucky catching the flu everytime you stay in hotels??

[danvnuk]

Sunday evening - bit akward as a lot of the restaurants in the city close, (I was thinking Hawksmoor in Commercial Street)

But as your at the Tate Modern, why not have a stroll back down towards Tower Bridge and pop in one of the restauarants in Butlers Wharf - I believe La Pont de La Tour is open on a Sunday - and is quite pleasant, piano player etc ;D

I would say the Chop House next door, as it's a fave of mine (mainly for the extremely good value bar set menu £14 for 3 courses, and no need to book) but it's shut on a Sunday.

Oh - while your in London, if you fancy a "traditional" Lunch - try some Pie Mash and "Licker" 2 Pies + 2 Mash with vinegar and white pepper

Manzies in Tower Bridge Road is a good one...

87 Tower Bridge Road, London SE1

Clarke's in Exmouth Market is also good.

[pkt75]

I dont think BRP is open Sunday Harveyn, I would check that out first. its jut across the road from where your staying so you may have to fit that in on Sat on ur way to LSG. I may be wrong but do check.

[carlito]

Hawksmoor great c**ktails and lovely steak!


...and yes DM guess I'm just unlucky like that

[danvnuk]

carlito said:

Hawksmoor great c**ktails and lovely steak!

Aha - another fan ;D

Serious, Serious c**ktails in Hawksmoor...I remember asking for a 'Gin-Rickey' (my current c**ktail of choice) The Barman was taken aback that he didn't know it, but refused to admit it, so slyly asked questions "I know it, Is it like?" etc etc until he sussed it ....

My money is no object piss ups after work trail normally takes in Hawksmoor and LoungeLover in Whitby Street.


BTW - I've heard 'Canteen' in Spitalfields Market is pretty good - not eaten in there myself,

www.canteen.co.uk/

It's open on a Sunday - why not do that and take in a 'Jack the Ripper' Walk?

www.walks.com/Homepage/Sunday/default.aspx#177

These guys are good - Jack the Ripper walk - 7-30pm from Tower Hill.

[Harveyn]

Cheers Phil - BRP moved to Saturday afternoon.

[Copyright]

Sun Lunch since youl be in the area, get a lovely salt beef bagel on brick lane and do the walk-n-eat, that way you can see loads of stuff too.
Tell the wife its what all the cool kids do.
Take as many alleyways, dark roads, longcuts and detours between gallerys you can get away with and your bound to see plenty of stuff

[pezlow]

mmmmm brick lane salt beef bagels mmmmmm

[nickc]

Canteen is good and they also have one under the Royal Festival Hall if you're on the South Bank on Sunday. I can highly recommend the potted duck to start.

[ohmygosh]

Sunday afternoon in Shroeditch, if your a meat lover go to St John Bread and Wine for some 'nose to tail eating'

Serves all types of offal and meat dishes and its sublime.

They serve your standard calves liver,kidney, pig cheeks etc or if you want to try something a little different they serve calves brains and roasted boan marrow...

www.stjohnbreadandwine.com/home/

You can usually turn up around 3pm and get a table on a Sunday.

[adamdavis]

i think the obey show is over, as they have asked me to collect my piece on thursday.

[danvnuk]

ohmygosh said:

Sunday afternoon in Shroeditch, if your a meat lover go to St John Bread and Wine for some 'nose to tail eating'

Serves all types of offal and meat dishes and its sublime.

They serve your standard calves liver,kidney, pig cheeks etc or if you want to try something a little different they serve calves brains and roasted boan marrow...

www.stjohnbreadandwine.com/home/

You can usually turn up around 3pm and get a table on a Sunday.

The other 'branch' is down the road from me in St John St (funnily enough)
I've heard that when it's available - they sometimes have squirrel on the menu - anyone heard of this?

mmmmmm squirrel nutkin tail....

[beau]

Sounds like a great line up - doesn't it make you wonder - we have this on our doorsteps but my weekends never read like that!?!?

Have a great weekend, let me know if you need any more bar recommendations

[insite]

danvnuk said:

ohmygosh said:

Sunday afternoon in Shroeditch, if your a meat lover go to St John Bread and Wine for some 'nose to tail eating'

Serves all types of offal and meat dishes and its sublime.

They serve your standard calves liver,kidney, pig cheeks etc or if you want to try something a little different they serve calves brains and roasted boan marrow...

www.stjohnbreadandwine.com/home/

You can usually turn up around 3pm and get a table on a Sunday.

The other 'branch' is down the road from me in St John St (funnily enough)
I've heard that when it's available - they sometimes have squirrel on the menu - anyone heard of this?

mmmmmm squirrel nutkin tail....

There's a stall at my local farmers market that sells squirrel, it's all skinned and filleted in a vacuum pack just like supermarket meat. Never tried it myself but if you're interested I'll ask if they do mail order ;D

[danvnuk]

insite said:

danvnuk said:

The other 'branch' is down the road from me in St John St (funnily enough)
I've heard that when it's available - they sometimes have squirrel on the menu - anyone heard of this?

mmmmmm squirrel nutkin tail....

There's a stall at my local farmers market that sells squirrel, it's all skinned and filleted in a vacuum pack just like supermarket meat. Never tried it myself but if you're interested I'll ask if they do mail order ;D

Hmmm interesting - Thanks Insite - please do enquire on my behalf.

Wonder what it tastes like? Chicken? (everything 'strange' tastes of Chicken apparently)

I don't know - the Carnivore in me wants to eat one of the cute little bastards......just because I'm higher up the food chain, and I can. It's what I do.

[romanywg]

Obey finishes tomorrow I think you'll find. If you really need to go to Pure Evil, do it on the same day as TLSG as it is only a couple blocks further South.

[insite]

danvnuk said:

insite said:

There's a stall at my local farmers market that sells squirrel, it's all skinned and filleted in a vacuum pack just like supermarket meat. Never tried it myself but if you're interested I'll ask if they do mail order ;D

Hmmm interesting - Thanks Insite - please do enquire on my behalf.

Wonder what it tastes like? Chicken? (everything 'strange' tastes of Chicken apparently)

I don't know - the Carnivore in me wants to eat one of the cute little bastards......just because I'm higher up the food chain, and I can. It's what I do.

I asked my butcher what it tasted like once but he just scowled and said shit, it's not something he stocks. Personally I'm put off by the name tree rat and the abundance of other good meat round here, I can get a whole leg of lamb for about £15 or steaks off Longhorns or Welsh Black, corn fed chickens for £6 I could go on but I'm making myself hungry. Wild meat can also be a bugger to cook as it tends to have such a low fat content.

I'll make some enquires next time I'm at the farm but for now I've just googled them and found this page for you.

www.hfmg.org/producers/eye_game_larder.htm

[headphonesex]

I've not had Squirrel, but i've had Guinea Pig. I can't recommend it that much..... very boney.

Elvis was a big squirrel eater though, and if it's good enough for the king...!