Hold your judgement. If you are told ‘they are all this’ or ‘they do this’ or ‘their opinions are these’, withhold your judgement until all the facts are upon you. Because that land they call ‘India’ goes by a thousand names and is populated by millions, and if you think you have found two men [...]
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USA! USA! USA!
Posted in Drink, Parties, Festivals, and Holidays, Restaurants, Society and Culture, Travel, tagged viking.American food, viking.beer, viking.England, viking.gastropolitics, viking.London, viking.opinions, viking.USA on Saturday, July 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Found: ¡Horchata en Londres!
Posted in Drink, Restaurants, tagged viking.Mexican food, viking.non-alcoholic drinks, viking.Spanish food, viking.street food and markets on Friday, June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You never know what you’ll find at Portobello Market.
In London, Mexican food is scarce, and often so inauthentic that the descriptor “Mexican” itself must be called into question. I don’t really care about authenticity that much, and I don’t know enough about “real” Mexican cuisine to be all that rankled by the relative dearth of [...]
I Met an English Guy in a Pub Last Week
Posted in Drink, Society and Culture, tagged viking.beer, viking.gastropolitics on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
He spotted me writing down notes on my ale and came over to introduce himself.
He seemed excited to find a young American interested in British real ale.
His son-in-law is American, and he had been to America several times. We talked about American beer, and he said that the Americans have “mastered” the IPA.
After that he [...]
The Market Porter
Posted in Designs, Drink, Food, Restaurants, Travel, tagged viking.beer, viking.cheese, viking.England, viking.English food, viking.London, viking.London pubs, viking.opinions, viking.real ale, viking.UK on Saturday, May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My recent “Viking Five” was quite a difficult one to narrow down, and to be honest there are a few other styles that are probably just as good with food as the ones I chose. Hefeweizens come to mind, as do witbiers, tripels, oatmeal stouts, altbiers, and pilsners. But if I had to choose just [...]
