Comments on: London Street Food

By: dmnyc

dmnyc — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:05:11 +0000

@John Doe: whereas outside the NY Stock Exchange, the local constabulary is too busy buying tasty comestibles to cosh anyone.

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By: John Doe

John Doe — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:52:48 +0000

There is no street food “scene” in London precisely because of the prohibitive street vending laws. Just endless grey……

Can you imagine setting up a food stall outside the royal exchange to cater to busy city workers? You’d get coshed by the special activities unit of the city of london police no doubt.

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By: B4: Bloomberg, Brooklyn, Books, Boris | Greater Gotham

B4: Bloomberg, Brooklyn, Books, Boris | Greater Gotham — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:06:54 +0000

[...] to Boris’ site and see what I have to say on traffic and transit in NY and in London, or the street food experience or the trip from one side of the Atlantic to the [...]

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By: dmnyc

dmnyc — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:29:04 +0000

@Wayne from Hertford: thanks so much for being the Mexican food test group!!! I will definitely try and get some next time I am in London.

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By: Wayne from Hertford

Wayne from Hertford — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:52:29 +0000

My wife and I yesterday did one of the organised tours of The Palace of Westminster, kindly arranged for us by Melissa (editor here) – big thanks! Highly recommended tour it’s quite breathtaking the architectural detail. We sometimes forget our history – so finely preserved there. Humbled. One memory was seeing Oliver Cromwell’s signature approving the beheading of Charles I. Enjoyed the Henry XIII portraits & his wives. Loved the Maggie statue too.

Afterwards Melissa, we’ve never seen each other before, met us as planned (X-files spookiness that she approached me amongst hundreds of people & asked if I was Wayne) and was unexpectedly carrying two bags of ‘Daddy Donkey – kick-ass mexican grill’ food for lunch. We then headed for Portcullis House restaurant area – not a place us ordinary folk get to see (saw Michael Howard and Sir Peter Viggers of duck-gate fame there). Anyway, what a find! Their menu says “you’ll never forget your first time” – could not agree more about the food.

I had the Steak Daddy D Burrito consisting of grilled scotch steak marinated in smokey chipotle adobo(?), tortilla, coriander lime rice, black beans (utterly yummy), salsa, lettuce, cheese & sour cream. I’m no food critic, but could not recommend more highly. At £5.75 it’s almost a nice sized lunch for 2 people, in my case I re-wrapped the foil and saved for later!

The meat and vegetarian Tacos had an equally interesting combination of nutritious tastes.

The accompanying Corn tortilla chips & sauces were very more-ish! Also loved the clever resealable brown paper bag they came in – don’t throw it away as it’s perfect for a sandwich wrapper! Check their website out http://www.daddydonkey.co.uk/

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By: ronnie

ronnie — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:39:14 +0000

might be worth checking this out…http://www.britishstreetfood.co.uk

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By: IonaLF

IonaLF — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:40:41 +0000

@Bach: sell by dates are misleading and cause a lot of wastage: my children refuse to eat a perfectly good yoghurt if it is a day overdue when it is perfectly good to eat! Thinking about it yoghurt would be a great healthy street food/drink to market. Street food doesn’t have sell by dates! and long may that last – a vote to commonsense

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By: Bach

Bach — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:48:28 +0000

@Ali: You can tell tyrant Labour is dying:

( 9 / June / 09 ) Labour Food and Farming Secretary Hilary Benn proudly advised British people to use their nose to smell food, like in the old days, to see if the food is still OK to eat rather bin them. He also proudly announced that sell-by dates would be scrapped to stop food waste. ( AFTER years of Labour patronising nonsensical Health and Hygiene regulations!!! )

Under Labour’s tyrant-nanny direction, people have lost their common sense. They just rely on sell-by dates. So many times I have seen in well-know big supermarkets sealed packs of raw meats which look grey and slimy with several days before the sell-by dates on them and some shoppers still bought them because they just rely on the sell-by dates.

Under Labour’s health & hygiene regulations, people still suffer from tummy aches at home and at work and more are killed by MRSA in hospitals.

( 30/ Sept/ 09 ) Labour Health Secretary Andy Burham proudly announced: ” Parking charges for in-patients will be scrapped at a cost of £140million a year – with the cash coming from CUTTING BUREAUCRACY ” (!!!)

It was the Labour government who proudly created these bureaucracy and red tape in the first place.

The next new government will have a huge task to do as this country will go back to basics and common sense. That day will be greeted like being liberated from nonsensical communism & socialism and arrogant tyrannies.

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By: Ali

Ali — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:20:15 +0000

Well done for weaving the phrase into your great article. Look forward to the next!

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By: dmnyc

dmnyc — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:12:45 +0000

@Mel: I’d love to take complete credit for it but I must confess that I pinched it years ago, having been OVERwhelmed by its usefulness. I don’t know if Rob invented it or pinched it in his turn but where ever he is now – thanks, Rob.

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