Monday night club went down market last week, as it took to the road and ended up at the local Wetherspoon’s. Just to try and claw back some credibility here – it was a Wetherspoon’s-in-the-Whalf, not a Chavtastic-kids-and-old-men-necking-cheap-beer Wetherspoon’s, so I think that gives it brownie points as a credible place to go to. Anyway, continuing the bargain theme a bottle of rose costs just £7.49 and the place has nice comfortable sofas. Also and, probably because it was a Monday, it was actually quite quiet.
So you can imagine mine and the blonde’s surprise when two unisex looking people plonked themselves on the sofa opposite! We were even more surprised when, after polishing off some dogfood smelling nachos, they push the empty, licked bowl to our side of the table! How rude!! You don’t get that sort of behaviour at All Bar One, that’s for sure. Maybe there is no such thing as a credible Wetherspoon’s after all…….. Anyway, two plates of fried lard and another bottle of pink plonk later, the blonde and I skipped home and it seems the Monday Night Club (MNC) tradition is set to continue!
Tuesday and Wednesday were busy both work and gym wise but Thursday saw a trip to the lovely Thai place I mentioned last week. It was quiet, which I think is a sign of the times, but the food was even better than I remembered. Fish cakes decorated with purple Chaba flowers (pictured left) followed by Thai green curry with prawns and coconut rice (served in a coconut shell), washed down with a chilled bottle of white was just what the busy week needed. And I loved the brightly coloured edged prawn crackers they served in a basket on arrival – must get a picture of them next time!
Friday was a less glamorous affair - frozen pizza and a glass of red while babysitting. Well, it can’t all be glitz, can it? Next Saturday has been dubbed Rick Stock as I’ll be cooking a meal from Rick Stein’s latest cook book. Rick, or god as I sometimes refer to him, is one of my all time favourite food heroes and I’ll be spending most of Friday evening and Saturday morning shopping, chopping, blending and preparing a meal that will make the Stein-meister and his late little friend Chalky proud. Watch this space for more!!!!
So you can imagine mine and the blonde’s surprise when two unisex looking people plonked themselves on the sofa opposite! We were even more surprised when, after polishing off some dogfood smelling nachos, they push the empty, licked bowl to our side of the table! How rude!! You don’t get that sort of behaviour at All Bar One, that’s for sure. Maybe there is no such thing as a credible Wetherspoon’s after all…….. Anyway, two plates of fried lard and another bottle of pink plonk later, the blonde and I skipped home and it seems the Monday Night Club (MNC) tradition is set to continue!
Tuesday and Wednesday were busy both work and gym wise but Thursday saw a trip to the lovely Thai place I mentioned last week. It was quiet, which I think is a sign of the times, but the food was even better than I remembered. Fish cakes decorated with purple Chaba flowers (pictured left) followed by Thai green curry with prawns and coconut rice (served in a coconut shell), washed down with a chilled bottle of white was just what the busy week needed. And I loved the brightly coloured edged prawn crackers they served in a basket on arrival – must get a picture of them next time!Friday was a less glamorous affair - frozen pizza and a glass of red while babysitting. Well, it can’t all be glitz, can it? Next Saturday has been dubbed Rick Stock as I’ll be cooking a meal from Rick Stein’s latest cook book. Rick, or god as I sometimes refer to him, is one of my all time favourite food heroes and I’ll be spending most of Friday evening and Saturday morning shopping, chopping, blending and preparing a meal that will make the Stein-meister and his late little friend Chalky proud. Watch this space for more!!!!
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