Came upon this man cleaning gum off the pavement one morning outside the South Kensington Tube station on my way to work.
I liked it that the machine is called "Mr Gummy."
31.12.08
Sticky situation
Came upon this man cleaning gum off the pavement one morning outside the South Kensington Tube station on my way to work.
I liked it that the machine is called "Mr Gummy."
27.12.08
Boxing Day hunt, Broadway
In which the Boxing Day Hunt in Broadway is observed. The video begins with a man collecting "money for the hounds" in a bucket. It continues with a second man collecting "money for the air ambulance" in a bucket. The hounds come next, followed by the hunters, their children and some cyclists.
25.12.08
Christmas in Broadway
I was served this delicious meal on Christmas at lunchtime.
I was unable to eat all of it because I got too full. I don't remember having pigs in blankets before.
22.12.08
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Electric Christmas party
The Christmas party had a Soviet Union theme. There was a lot of speculation over it among the 3,500 partygoers, many of whom recalled the tension between the West and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
When questioned about the theme, a waiter said simply: "All the Christmas parties this year have a Russian theme."
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Apres pork, cucumber salad
After making Hollowlegs' Braised Pork Belly & Cucumber Salad recipe, which I wrote about in my previous post, I made this cucumber salad.
My version of the salad ended up fiery hot because of the amount of pepper I added and because I had a smallish cucumber.
However, it was still tasty and I enjoyed the hot-and-sour zing to it.
I made a bit of a mistake when I was buying the ingredients for the salad so I didn't have rice vinegar, yellow bean paste or Sichuan pepper. I used Shaoxing rice wine and Chinese five spice as substitutes.
I would definitely make it again, but use either a bigger cucumber or half the amount of pepper.
I ate it with the pork leftovers.