Yvan Seth's Hole in the Internet

A 2.5 day weekend this. I took the latter half of Friday off work as I had something I needed to do in London. London business done, 14:30 on a Friday, what to do next? We happened to be across the road from Borough Market… how convenient. First stop: Monmouth Coffee for some espresso.

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I'm not, usually, one to "name and shame," preferring to write about the good and forget about the bad. But I've hit a case where I'm so infuriated that it comes with little hesitation. McKenzies butchers in Hitchin are arse.

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I think I've found the best supermarket milk in the UK: Duchy originals organic freshly pasteurised Ayreshire milk. It tastes brilliant and, as it isn't homogenised, comes with a little dollop of creamy goodness under the cap (probably containing 10% of the calories in the bottle!) Even the semi-skimmed product is pretty decent. All thanks to good old prince Charles.

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In my recent review of Coq d'Argent I mentioned Avruga Caviar. This topped off the timable that was part of Kat's froggy entrée. I also referred to it as "damn good", and it was! However, I should make the point that it does not seem to be actual roe… rather, some recombined smoked herring meat product.

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