You can't have a food forum without a St John thread, so here it is. And here is the link to the menu which is updated twice daily and has me crying at my desk.
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St. John, London
Started by Vanessa, Mar 19 2004 11:56 AM
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Posted 19 March 2004 - 11:56 AM
...it actually comes down to what thrills you - Hugh Johnson
authenticity is a fog that recedes just when you think you may be getting near it - R Schonfeld
The most political act we do on a daily basis is to eat - Prof J Pretty
this city without boundaries we all share - zigzackly
authenticity is a fog that recedes just when you think you may be getting near it - R Schonfeld
The most political act we do on a daily basis is to eat - Prof J Pretty
this city without boundaries we all share - zigzackly
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Posted 19 March 2004 - 12:52 PM
squirrel liver toast :)
know what I am doing for supper
know what I am doing for supper
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Posted 19 March 2004 - 01:03 PM
Can I come too?
What d'you bet they take the squirrel toast off this evening's menu :lol:
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What d'you bet they take the squirrel toast off this evening's menu :lol:
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...it actually comes down to what thrills you - Hugh Johnson
authenticity is a fog that recedes just when you think you may be getting near it - R Schonfeld
The most political act we do on a daily basis is to eat - Prof J Pretty
this city without boundaries we all share - zigzackly
authenticity is a fog that recedes just when you think you may be getting near it - R Schonfeld
The most political act we do on a daily basis is to eat - Prof J Pretty
this city without boundaries we all share - zigzackly
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Posted 19 March 2004 - 05:16 PM
I may be cooking squirrel this weekend.
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Posted 19 March 2004 - 05:19 PM
I am off tonight with brother o mine
two squirrels saved
Sure it will play havoc with my digestion particularly as I have to get up at 3am to get a cab to the airport
two squirrels saved
Sure it will play havoc with my digestion particularly as I have to get up at 3am to get a cab to the airport
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Posted 19 March 2004 - 07:08 PM
That's OK, I'll just go and eat worms :ph43r:I am off tonight with brother o mine
two squirrels saved
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...it actually comes down to what thrills you - Hugh Johnson
authenticity is a fog that recedes just when you think you may be getting near it - R Schonfeld
The most political act we do on a daily basis is to eat - Prof J Pretty
this city without boundaries we all share - zigzackly
authenticity is a fog that recedes just when you think you may be getting near it - R Schonfeld
The most political act we do on a daily basis is to eat - Prof J Pretty
this city without boundaries we all share - zigzackly
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Posted 19 March 2004 - 09:23 PM
prompted by the fair V, Robin and I headed to St J ce soir
We had to plead our way to a 6.45pm table and promise to have it back to tom by 9pm.
We went straigth to our table upon arrival and we were handed the menu by a young woman who was an exact doppelganger for Sophie Ellis Bexter.
After a few hits & misses, I am pleased to report that this was another excellent meal.
I began, of course, with the squirrel livers on toast. Pate to all intents and purposes and served with some sour cornishons. Very good indeed. Robin had a foie terrine which was expensive ( £8 ) but very very good.
Then to the main courses. We decided to share a course of claf's sweetbreads with fir apples and a special of braised shoulder of suckling kid with poached shallots. The kid was wonderful, if slightly over powered by the sweetness of the shallots
With this we drank a passable gigondas
We almost didn't have pudding, but Rob was taken with the stem ginger ice cream and I was then, obviously, forced to join him in a plate of forced rhubarb fool with honey brioche. Ah well, you just have to sometimes
Bill inc service which was slow tonight, was a not cheap £70 a pop, but for such experiences, money counts for little
Now I am home pondering on a 3am cab to the airport and watching Lindersfarne on a DVD of The Old Grey Whistle test
7/10
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We had to plead our way to a 6.45pm table and promise to have it back to tom by 9pm.
We went straigth to our table upon arrival and we were handed the menu by a young woman who was an exact doppelganger for Sophie Ellis Bexter.
After a few hits & misses, I am pleased to report that this was another excellent meal.
I began, of course, with the squirrel livers on toast. Pate to all intents and purposes and served with some sour cornishons. Very good indeed. Robin had a foie terrine which was expensive ( £8 ) but very very good.
Then to the main courses. We decided to share a course of claf's sweetbreads with fir apples and a special of braised shoulder of suckling kid with poached shallots. The kid was wonderful, if slightly over powered by the sweetness of the shallots
With this we drank a passable gigondas
We almost didn't have pudding, but Rob was taken with the stem ginger ice cream and I was then, obviously, forced to join him in a plate of forced rhubarb fool with honey brioche. Ah well, you just have to sometimes
Bill inc service which was slow tonight, was a not cheap £70 a pop, but for such experiences, money counts for little
Now I am home pondering on a 3am cab to the airport and watching Lindersfarne on a DVD of The Old Grey Whistle test
7/10
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Posted 21 March 2004 - 05:09 PM
Wilfrid, did you?I may be cooking squirrel this weekend.
"I've caught you Richardson, stuffing spit-backs in your vile maw. 'Let tomorrow's omelets go empty,' is that your fucking attitude?" -E. B. Farnum
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Posted 22 March 2004 - 04:42 PM
Didn't have time to trek back to this mysterious purveyor (it is possible to be in the middle of nowhere even in Manhattan). I'll get around to it.
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***Every Monday***At the Sign of the Pink Pig.
If the author could go around the place hitting random readers with a rubber hammer, the Pink Pig would still be worth a visit.
***Every Monday***At the Sign of the Pink Pig.
If the author could go around the place hitting random readers with a rubber hammer, the Pink Pig would still be worth a visit.
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Posted 22 March 2004 - 04:55 PM
I tasted some of Slapsie's squirrel at St John last year. Blech! Definitely not for me. Gamey and pungent in all the wrong (for me) ways.
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Posted 27 March 2004 - 10:43 PM
Not nearly enough meat in Spain, so, before my chum heads home, we had supper at St J
Perhaps the best meal there ( excluding pig fests ) for a couple of years
A nostalgic glass of Manzanilla to begin, then to table
Starters of Dogfish ( the belly flaps of the shark we were told ) and salad and Crispy pig skin with cornichons. Both quite sublime.
Main courses of Oxtail and mash ( rich and meaty ) and chitterlings with dandelions ( perhaps my fave St J dish of all) perfect in every respect.
Puddings were the Eccles with Lancashire and the indescribably good forced rhubarb fool with brioche.
Bill for two with a decent bottle of something or other came to £95. A bit more than Spain, but worth every penny
As we were leaving, Tom offered us a glass of Vielle Prune from Fergus's special stash, a large bottle with the words Fergus: Keep Off written on it
While we were drinking this, Lee, the guy who now runs the bakery chatted to us and ended up bringing us a huge slap of the apple cake with jersey cream to eat with our stickies.
My friend liked St J. I don't blame them
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Perhaps the best meal there ( excluding pig fests ) for a couple of years
A nostalgic glass of Manzanilla to begin, then to table
Starters of Dogfish ( the belly flaps of the shark we were told ) and salad and Crispy pig skin with cornichons. Both quite sublime.
Main courses of Oxtail and mash ( rich and meaty ) and chitterlings with dandelions ( perhaps my fave St J dish of all) perfect in every respect.
Puddings were the Eccles with Lancashire and the indescribably good forced rhubarb fool with brioche.
Bill for two with a decent bottle of something or other came to £95. A bit more than Spain, but worth every penny
As we were leaving, Tom offered us a glass of Vielle Prune from Fergus's special stash, a large bottle with the words Fergus: Keep Off written on it
While we were drinking this, Lee, the guy who now runs the bakery chatted to us and ended up bringing us a huge slap of the apple cake with jersey cream to eat with our stickies.
My friend liked St J. I don't blame them
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Posted 06 April 2004 - 03:49 PM
Salt lamb and caper sauce on the menu this evening :sob:
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...it actually comes down to what thrills you - Hugh Johnson
authenticity is a fog that recedes just when you think you may be getting near it - R Schonfeld
The most political act we do on a daily basis is to eat - Prof J Pretty
this city without boundaries we all share - zigzackly
authenticity is a fog that recedes just when you think you may be getting near it - R Schonfeld
The most political act we do on a daily basis is to eat - Prof J Pretty
this city without boundaries we all share - zigzackly
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Posted 06 April 2004 - 03:52 PM
ah, maybe time to drop into my neighbourhood joint again. Must be almost a week since I wentSalt lamb and caper sauce on the menu this evening :sob:
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Gloating glee
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Posted 06 April 2004 - 03:57 PM
Harrumph :angry:ah, maybe time to drop into my neighbourhood joint again. Must be almost a week since I wentSalt lamb and caper sauce on the menu this evening :sob:
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Gloating glee
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...it actually comes down to what thrills you - Hugh Johnson
authenticity is a fog that recedes just when you think you may be getting near it - R Schonfeld
The most political act we do on a daily basis is to eat - Prof J Pretty
this city without boundaries we all share - zigzackly
authenticity is a fog that recedes just when you think you may be getting near it - R Schonfeld
The most political act we do on a daily basis is to eat - Prof J Pretty
this city without boundaries we all share - zigzackly
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Posted 06 April 2004 - 04:00 PM
I may not though. You see the glory of living so close to St J is I can pop in or not as i pleaseHarrumph :angry:
ah, maybe time to drop into my neighbourhood joint again. Must be almost a week since I wentSalt lamb and caper sauce on the menu this evening :sob:
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Gloating glee
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