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Placea is a genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants belonging to the family Amaryllidaceae. It comprises 6 endemic species of Chile.
The genus was described by John Miers and published in Edwards's Botanical Register 27: 50. 1841.1 The type species is: Placea ornata Miers.
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Esta si que anda muda por la vida, uno le dice Placea y entiende pero el apellido se lo guarda.
Valle del Aconcagua.
Zeph Brown, a local guitarist playing in a small tent in Horncastle Market PlaceAS part of Festive Fabuloso. Zeph's pose pays homage to the 1968 portrait of Johnny Cash by the late Jim Marshall.
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Lighting was provided by two lights already insitu on the floor set to differing colours.
hermoso individuo en medio del camino a la cumbre
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Probabil, daca s-ar faceun sondaj de opinie in sensul de a alege un numar de filme favorite, La rascruce de vanturi (Gone with the wind) ar intruni sufragiile majoritatii. Poate cel mai cunoscut film al tuturor timpurilor, cu siguranta nu cel mai bun, insa, tot cu siguranta, cel mai grandios al timpului sau.
S-au scris tomuri care ar ocupa probabil multe bibilioteci numai despre acest film, despre povestile de dragoste din film, si mai despre nemuritoarea Scarlett, cea careia ii placea sa-si ascuta ghearele pe sufletele celor care o admirau. Nu stiu daca e un paradox, dar pare ca Vivien Leigh, interpreta lui Scarlett si-a jucat rolul propriei vieti, cel putin in cele 2 filme in care a luar Oscar, acesta si Un Tramvai Numit Dorinta (A Streetcar Named Desire)
Gone with the Wind is a 1936 American novel by Margaret Mitchell set in the Old South during the American Civil War and Reconstruction.[1] The novel won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize and was adapted into an Academy Award-winning 1939 film of the same name. It was also adapted during the 1970s into a stage musical titled Scarlett; there is also a 2008 new musical stage adaptation in London's West End titled Gone With The Wind. It is the only novel by Mitchell published during her lifetime, and it took her ten years to write it. The novel is one of the most popular books of all time, selling more than 30 million copies (see list of best-selling books). Over the years, the novel has also been analyzed for its symbolism and treatment of mythological archetypes.
Mitchell's work relates the story of a rebellious Southern belle named Scarlett O'Hara and her experiences with friends, family, lovers, and enemies before, during, and after the Civil War. Using Scarlett's life, Mitchell examined the effect of the War on the old order of the South, and the aftermath of the war on what was left of the southern planter class. The plot of Gone with the Wind contains many details which have triggered spin-off concepts,[6] parodies, and cultural influences over the past decades; however, the plot has been shortened here for the sake of brevity.
[edit] Part One
The novel opens at Tara, the O'Hara plantation in Georgia, with Scarlett O'Hara flirting idly with Brent and Stuart Tarleton, twin brothers who live on a nearby plantation. Amidst the chatter, the pair tell Scarlett that Ashley Wilkes, the man Scarlett secretly loves, is to marry his cousin Melanie Hamilton, a plain and gentle lady from Atlanta. Scarlett hurries to find her father, Gerald O'Hara, who confirms that Ashley does intend to marry Melanie. He sharply warns Scarlett that she and Ashley would make a terrible match and encourages her to consider the attentions of one of the other local beaux.
Scarlett is miserable until she concludes that Ashley does not know she is in love with him. She plots to make Ashley jealous by surrounding herself with men at the barbecue the next day at the Wilkes plantation of Twelve Oaks, then admit to him that she prefers him above all the others. Among the fawning gentlemen are Melanie's brother, Charles Hamilton and Frank Kennedy, the beau of her sister, Suellen O'Hara. Things do not go according to plan; Ashley is kind to Scarlett but tells her that he will still marry Melanie. The unreceived Rhett Butler, hidden behind a couch during the emotional scene, sees Scarlett throw a vase across the room in anger after Ashley leaves. Rhett is impressed by her fire, thus cementing the saga that soon will unfold. Later on Scarlett in her plight decides that she will propose marriage indirectly to Charles Hamilton in order to make Ashley jealous.
Both couples marry within weeks. Scarlett bitterly regrets her decision, but receives a warm welcome from Melanie, who now considers Scarlett to be her sister. Two months later, Charles dies of measles and pneumonia at a military camp, before he has had the opportunity to fight on the battlefield, confirming Scarlett's opinion of his unheroic weakness. Her only lamentation is the fact that she is forced to dress in all black.
As a widow, Scarlett is relegated to the stringent mourning rituals of the day: years of wearing unadorned black, living quietly at home, and limited social interaction. She gives birth to a son Wade Hampton Hamilton. (In keeping with tradition, Scarlett names him for Charles' commanding officer). She is more distressed over her boredom and new motherhood than at Charles' death. Her mother, Ellen O'Hara, believing Scarlett to be pining away from a broken heart, sends her to Atlanta to Charles' elderly aunt Aunt Pittypat and Melanie in an attempt to raise her spirits.
[edit] Part Two
In Atlanta, Scarlett quickly joins the hustle and bustle of the city. Melanie treats Scarlett like a sister and is blind to Scarlett's contempt and jealousy towards her. At a charity ball, they encounter Rhett Butler. He outrages Atlanta society by asking Scarlett to dance, despite her mourning. Scarlett happily accepts stating she would dance with any one, including Abe Lincoln himself.
Against the background of war, Scarlett stays in Atlanta and enjoys the company of Rhett. He ostensibly calls on Aunty Pittypat, as widows cannot properly receive male callers. His sharp wit and sarcastic charm both infuriate and beguile Scarlett, though she continues to carry a torch for Ashley. When Ashley comes home for Christmas, Scarlett becomes acutely aware of the privileges Melanie holds as his wife. The day Ashley leaves, Scarlett again reveals her feelings to him, hoping Ashley will also break down and allow himself to tell Scarlett that he loves her too.
Ashley has a more important matter to discuss with Scarlett. Sensing the end of the war and the fall of the South, he makes Scarlett promise that she will look after Melanie and see his family through the upcoming crisis in his absence. Scarlett blindly agrees to his promise. As Ashley heads for the door, Scarlett clings to him desperately and they share a passionate, forbidden embrace. Scarlett sobs that she loves him and that she only married Charles to hurt him. Ashley says nothing and wrenches himself from her grasp. He hurries from the house and away from Scarlett.
[edit] Part Three
The tide of war has turned against the South. Atlanta is under siege; when the Yankees finally begin their siege of Atlanta, the city evacuates. Melanie and Scarlett cannot leave, as Melanie is about to give birth. Scarlett must deliver Melanie's baby alone, as everyone has fled or is too busy caring for wounded soldiers to spare time for a birth. Scarlett begs Rhett to assist them but the best he can provide is a broken-down horse and carriage stolen from the Army. He carts the weakened Melanie, her infant son Beau, Prissy, and Scarlett out of Atlanta. In a fit of conscience, he abandons them on the road back to Tara to turn back and fight for the South. Before he leaves, he kisses Scarlett and tells her he loves her, but she angrily pushes him away.
Arriving at Tara, Scarlett finds the house in ruins, the crops burned, most of the slaves run off, her mother dead, her father demented, and her two sisters sick with typhoid. The reins of authority had been unfairly thrust into her hands. Forced to take up "slave work" and bouts of near starvation, Scarlett realizes her compassion and complete loyalty to the land of Tara. When a lone Yankee soldier arrives looking to loot and assault Scarlett, she shoots him. The still-weak Melanie comes running with Charles' sword, but it is too heavy for her to lift. Nonetheless, Scarlett feels the beginnings of comradeship with her sister-in-law. The two loot the dead soldier's pockets and knapsack before swearing each other to secrecy about his death.
Months later, news finally reaches Tara that the war is over and the Confederacy dissolved. Soldiers begin straggling home. On their way, some seek the refuge of Tara for food and hospitality. Comrades bring a wounded soldier named Will Benteen, whom Carreen nurses back to health. Benteen remains at Tara after he recovers, and takes on more responsibility and shifts Scarlett's heavy load onto his own shoulders. Suellen's beau Frank Kennedy asks Scarlett for her sister’s hand in marriage, and she gives her consent.
The only word of Ashley is that he was in a Yankee prison for the last year of the war. One day he finally appears coming up the long road towards Tara. Melanie and Scarlett both rush to greet him, but Will stops Scarlett by saying, "He's her husband, ain't he?" Scarlett reluctantly hangs back, but is nonetheless euphoric over Ashley's return.
[edit] Part Four
Tara's former overseer, Yankee Jonas Wilkerson raises the taxes on Tara to force the O'Haras out so that he and his wife, Emmie Slattery, can live there. Frantic to save Tara and anxious to keep Jonas and Emmie out, Scarlett goes to Atlanta to beg Rhett for money. By asking Mammy to sew Scarlet a dress out of her deceased mother's curtains, she is able to feign wealth in front of Rhett, and also feigns an interest in him. He momentarily buys it, until he takes notice of her ragged hands, which suggest the back-breaking work she's been doing. He announces that he wouldn't give her the money if he could, to which she declares she hopes he gets hanged, and storms out in the rain. Upon leaving the jail, she runs into Frank Kennedy, now a successful store owner, and in desperation, manipulates Frank to believe that an impatient Suellen is to marry someone else. Frank, saddened by Suellen's supposed defection and unable to resist Scarlett's charms, marries her and gives her the tax money. After Rhett gets out of jail, he lends her more so that she can buy a sawmill, with the promise that she will not use the money to help Ashley Wilkes.
To her dismay, Scarlett becomes pregnant with Frank’s child. She earns the wrath of the "Old Guard" of Atlanta society when she continues showing herself in public when pregnant and succeeding in the man's world of business. The daughter is named Ella Lorena, a reference to the Civil War Era song Lorena; the author's girlfriend to whom the song was dedicated was named Ella.
Scarlett receives word from Tara her father Gerald has died. When she returns to Tara for the funeral, Will tells her about the circumstances of his death. Suellen had tried to persuade a disoriented Gerald to sign the Ironclad Oath (to the Yankee government) for money. Briefly lucid, Gerald realizes her intentions, flies into a rage and disowns Suellen. In an attempt to jump a fence with his horse, he falls and breaks his neck. The community despises Suellen for her part in Gerald’s death. Scarlett, struggling with her family’s poverty, quietly agrees with her. Despite his love for Carreen, Will announces his intention to marry Suellen to assuage the community’s animosity toward her. Carreen, unable to recover from the death of Brent Tarleton at Gettysburg, enters the convent. After Gerald's funeral, Scarlett manipulates Ashley into returning to Atlanta to run her sawmill, wanting to stop him from leaving for the North to find work. Being dependent on Scarlett and having to work for her breaks Ashley's spirit and independence.
Scarlett regularly drives alone to and from the sawmill, despite being warned against it by her acquaintances. One day she is assaulted by a poor white man and his black companion as she drives through the woods near shantytown. Her former slave Big Sam appears and fights off the attackers. To avenge the attack, Frank, Ashley, and the rest of the local men (as part of the Ku Klux Klan) raid the shantytown. Ashley is injured and Frank is killed.
Following Frank’s funeral, Rhett unceremoniously proposes to Scarlett, wanting to marry her before she marries someone else. Belle Watling, a local madam and Rhett’s mistress, hears that Melanie wishes to pay a call on her in order to thank her for saving Ashley's life on the night of the raid. To forestall the visit, which would scandalize Atlanta society, Belle stops by Melanie's house in a closed carriage to see Melanie. Melanie offers Belle her friendship in return.
[edit] Part Five
Scarlett marries Rhett and finds marriage to him surprisingly pleasant. Other than refusing to help Ashley Wilkes, Rhett completely spoils her. Scarlett begins spending time with the newly rich Yankees, who are portrayed as having few if any scruples. Scarlett builds a mansion and spends money lavishly. The Old Guard decide to cut Scarlett and Rhett out of society for keeping company with Yankees and flaunting their wealth.
Only Melanie's undying loyalty keeps Scarlett in the fold at all. Scarlett soon learns that she is pregnant and gives birth to a baby girl. While they name the infant Eugenia Victoria (for Queen Victoria and Empress Eugenie of the French), her blue eyes inspire the lasting nickname of Bonnie Blue Butler. Rhett is immensely proud of the child and spoils her unabashedly. Not wanting to betray her continuing love for Ashley and chagrined at the ruin of her figure, Scarlett informs Rhett that as she does not want to have any more children, they will no longer share a bed. Rhett becomes bitterly angry.
Rejected by Scarlett, Rhett turns to their daughter Bonnie for comfort. He decides that Bonnie should have everything and turns to winning over Atlanta.
Soon after, Melanie plans a surprise birthday party for Ashley. Scarlett goes to her mill and she and Ashley chat about old times at Twelve Oaks. They hug as friends. However, India Wilkes and Archie misinterpret this embrace, both suspecting Scarlett's true feelings for Ashley. They eagerly spread the rumor. Later that night, Rhett, having heard from Archie, forces Scarlett out of bed and to the party in her most flamboyant dress. Incapable of believing anything bad of her beloved sister-in-law, Melanie stands by Scarlett's side so that all know that she believes the gossip to be false.
At home later that night, Scarlett finds Rhett downstairs drunk. Blind with jealousy, he tells Scarlett that he loves her and could kill her to make her forget Ashley. Picking her up, he carries her up the stairs and the two make passionate, uninhibited love. Scarlett wakes up alone the next morning, eager to see her husband. Rhett stays away as he is horrified at his behavior. Rhett takes Bonnie on an extended trip abroad. All of Atlanta chooses sides between India and Scarlett. Melanie continues to support Scarlett and rejects India, her husband's own sister.
Scarlett discovers that she is pregnant again. For the first time, she is glad. When Rhett returns after three months and rebuffs her attempts at reconciliation, she tells him she does not want the baby. Hurt, Rhett scornfully says, "Cheer up. Maybe you'll have a miscarriage." Enraged, Scarlett tries to attack him, falls down the stairs, and suffers a miscarriage. Rhett, frantic with guilt, cries to Melanie about his jealousy. He refrains from telling Melanie about Scarlett's true feelings for Ashley.
After she recovers, Rhett tricks Scarlett into selling the sawmills to Ashley. Rhett spends his time edging Bonnie back into Southern society. Tragically, Bonnie dies while trying to jump her horse, just as her grandfather Gerald O'Hara did. Scarlett blames Rhett, Rhett blames himself, and they refuse to see each other. Scarlett regrets what she said and desperately wants to see him. While attempting to mediate between the two, Melanie falls gravely ill. After having Beau, she was warned by doctors not to have any more children. She always desired more children and became pregnant.
On her deathbed, Melanie tells Scarlett to watch out for Ashley and to be good to Rhett because he loves her. Scarlett realizes she never really loved Ashley. Rather she loved the noble "knight" and her memories of her carefree childhood, which he represented to her.
She rushes to share her revelation with Rhett, now finally drained of his love for Scarlett. He rejects her overtures and tells her that he is leaving her. Scarlett cries, "But what will I do? Where will I go?" Rhett replies with the famous line, "My dear, I don't give a damn." (The movie inserted the word "frankly.") He returns, presumably, to his hometown of Charleston. Devastated by her realization of true love and the consequences of her past selfishness, Scarlett decides to go back to Tara. She is sure she can think of a solution. She still believes that Rhett will return to her if she tries to reconcile. The book ends with Scarlett's proclamation: "After all, tomorrow is another day!"
Lo que el viento se llevó (en inglés Gone with the wind) es uno de los filmes más famosos en la Historia del Cine. Basada en la novela del mismo título (Lo que el viento se llevó (novela)) de Margaret Mitchell (ganadora de un Premio Pullitzer), su rodaje, que duró 140 días, supuso cambios importantes en la técnica cinematográfica. En el momento de su estreno fue la película más cara y larga que se había rodado.
Mediados del siglo XIX. Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh), una bella joven caprichosa y pasional, vive en una de las grandes mansiones del sur de los Estados Unidos rodeada de esclavos negros y todo tipo de lujos. Lo único que no puede conseguir es a Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard), el hombre del que está enamorada y que, a su vez, está comprometido en matrimonio con su prima, Melanie Hamilton (Olivia de Havilland), una dulce y cariñosa mujer incapaz de odiar.
La Guerra de Secesión está a punto de estallar y los jóvenes sureños muestran su entusiasmo por entrar en combate. No así Rhett Butler (Clark Gable), un hombre atractivo que no tiene más interés que su propio beneficio. Butler se enamora de Escarlata durante una fiesta en "los 12 Robles", la finca de Ashley, y no cesará en su empeño de lograr su amor durante toda la película, a pesar de que Escarlata seguirá obsesionada con Ashley a pesar del paso de los años y de varios matrimonios por interés.
El espectador asiste a la evolución vital de la protagonista, desde su adolescencia hasta su madurez, y a su lucha constante por sobrevivir y conseguir todo lo que se propone. Un personaje lleno de fuerza, ambición, autoestima e incapacidad de sentir miedo que cautiva e imprime ánimos en todo aquel que se acerca a ella.
Personajes [editar]Escarlata O'Hara: es una bella joven acomodada y caprichosa del sur. Sabe muy bien que es la más admirada del condado y sabe manejar a los hombres a su antojo. Está enamorada de Ashley Wilkes y hará todo lo que esté en su mano para conseguir el amor de él. El mundo alegre y despreocupado de fiestas, bailes y barbacoas en el que vive desaparecerá sin remedio al entrar la Guerra de Secesión y Scarlett deberá sobrevivir y sacar adelante su familia y la plantación.
Rhett Butler: hombre mujeriego, resuelto e inteligente es el único que ve los problemas reales que desencadenaría una guerra civil en el país. Su reputación no es precisamente muy buena entre sus compatriotas. Está enamorado de Scarlett y piensa que ambos son muy parecidos, unas personas que solo piensan en sí mismas. Tratará de quitar a Ashley de la cabeza de Scarlett demostrándole en muchas ocasiones el aprecio que siente por ella.
Ashley Wilkes: es un hombre sencillo, afable y de buen carácter que siente cierta atracción por Scarlett, esa jovencita encantadora que todos admiran y cortejan. Sabe que la mejor opción es casarse con su prima Melanie Hamilton aunque esta no tenga el encanto ni el carácter jovial de Scarlett, pero es una buena mujer que le adora y eso es suficiente.
Melania Hamilton: es la prometida de Ashley y más tarde su esposa. Es lo más parecido que tiene Scarlett a una amiga aunque Melanie no sepa que ella no la soporta por estar casada con el hombre que ama. Melanie ve siempre el lado bueno de las personas y piensa que Scarlett no es tan frívola ni indeseable como mucho piensan.
Gerald O'Hara: padre de Scarlett, de origen irlandés será el que inculque en su hija el amor la tierra, por su plantación "Tara". Está casado con Ellen O'Hara, una mujer proveniente de una acomodada familia estadounidense. Aparte de Scarlett tiene dos hijas más: Suellen y Carreen O'Hara.
Clark Gable como Rhett Butler
Premios [editar]
Premios Oscar 1939 [editar]Categoría Receptor/a Resultado
Oscar a la mejor película Ganador
Oscar al mejor director Victor Fleming Ganador
Oscar al mejor actor Clark Gable Nominación
Oscar a la mejor actriz Vivien Leigh Ganadora
Oscar a la mejor actriz de reparto Hattie McDaniel Ganadora
Oscar a la mejor actriz de reparto Olivia de Havilland Nominación
Oscar al mejor guión original Ganador
Oscar a la mejor dirección de arte Ganador
Oscar a la mejor fotografía Ganador
Oscar al mejor montaje Ganador
Oscar a los mejores efectos visuales Nominación
Oscar a la mejor banda sonora Nominación
Oscar al mejor sonido Nominación
Frases memorables [editar]-Scarlett: Ashley dice que le gusta ver a una chica con buen apetito.
-Mami: Sí, pero yo no he visto que el señor Ashley le haya pedido matrimonio.
-Mami: ¡Señorita Scarlett! ¡Señorita Scarlett!
-Scarlett: Tú no eres ningun caballero.
-Rhet: Ni tú una dama. Pero no te ofendas. Las damas no tienen ningún atractivo para mí.
-Scarlett O'Hara: Pero pensaré en ello mañana.. Después de todo ¡mañana será otro día!
-Rhett Butler: No, no te voy a besar, aunque lo necesitas mucho. Ése es tu problema. Deberías ser besada más a menudo, y por alguien que sepa hacerlo bien.
-Rhet: Algún día quiero que me digas lo que una vez te oí decir a Ashley Wilkes: "Te amo".
-Scarlett: Eso es algo que jamás me oirás decir mientras viva.
-Scarlett: Aunque tenga que matar, engañar o robar, a Dios pongo por testigo de que jamás volveré a pasar hambre.
-Rhett Butler: Francamente, querida, me importa un bledo. Elegida en 2005 la frase más memorable de la historia del cine por The American Film Institute's.
-Ashley Wilkes: Hay algo que amas más que a mi, aunque tú no lo sepas: es la tierra roja de Tara.
-Scarlett: Mañana será otro día
Curiosidades y otros datos [editar]
El origen de la película [editar]En mayo de 1936, la colaboradora de David O. Selznick, Katharine Brown, le envió a su jefe las pruebas de imprenta y una sinopsis de la novela de Margaret Mitchell, con la recomendación entusiasta de que comprase los derechos de adaptación al cine.
En un principio se interesaron varios estudios por la novela, pero las altas exigencias económicas de los agentes de Mitchell desanimaron a todos los candidatos, incluida la poderosa MGM. Selznick también se resistió en un principio y solo cuando el presidente del consejo de administración de Selznick International, Jock Hay Whitney, le envió un telegrama diciéndole que, cualquiera que fuese la decisión de Hollywood, él estaba dispuesto a comprar los derechos para la compañía, se ablandó. Así un mes después de la publicación del libro, en junio de 1936, Selznick compró los derechos por 50.000$, un récord para la época y que representaría uno de los capítulos menos costosos de la película.
A close look at the Macaya flower from near Combarbala, Chile.
In context at www.dixpix.ca/sth_cordillera/flora/lilies/index.html
The Sheffield - Barnsley line is a locomotive desert apart from the RHTT season .
Passing through Chapeltown is the 1Z58 Leeds - Carlisle with 57313 leading and 57315 which appears to have a Stratford - SF silver roof going on , bringing up the rear
Of note is that 57313 is in the current Chapeltown station whilst 57315 is passing the platforms of the old Chapeltown station .
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Based on the former site of the gay bar, Green Carnation, 68 & Boston is quite possibly the best bar Iâve seen in Soho (yes, thatâs a big claim I know, hear me out). Why such a claim? Because it does so many things, does them so well AND does this at a reasonable pricepoint (considering the area). 68 and Boston is essentially two different concepts in one building (and what a fun building it is - full of secret spaces, quiet rooms and low light enclaves - it felt a bit like a house party in an extremely wealthy personâs house).
On the ground floor lives â68â, an all day wine bar with what is a pretty exciting and eclectic selection of wines, ALL priced at £20. Above that lives âBostonâ, a late night cocktail bar which packs an equally economical, equally respectable cocktail menu (insofar as things that are kinda designed to get you drunk can be "respectable"). Iâll tell you about each separately...
68 is partly the brainchild of Denise Medrano aka. wine blogger The Wine Sleuth (and official Wine Bar Manager). The name? There are apparently 67 wine producing countries in the world - 68 want to be the â68th placeâ for wine. Preferably discovering new wine - which they make quite easy! The menu always features 10 reds, 10 whites, 2 roses and 2 sparklers. Theyâre all available by the glass (and the bottle). They also have wines on tap (which I missed the chance to try, being far too distracted by their selection of redsâ¦)
As for Boston? Luca Cordiglieri, president of the UK Bartenderâs Guild, and formerly of The Dorchester, Harvey Nichols (etc) has lead the way on this one. Bartenders in white tuxedos serve up an assortment of delicious, predominantly oldschool recipes (read: high on alcohol, low on mixer, prepared in the classic (and not the âmolecularâ style)). Theyâre very keen on Malbec, white port, riesling, sherry - things that make a cocktail taste more exciting (whilst also maintaining a high ABV - see previous point...). The decor supposedly takes its cue from the aesthetic of Boston, USA but as you can see from the dark, chandelier lit interior, it looks more like a traditional high end cocktail bar.
Memorable stuff? Many things! Squid Ink Martinis made with En Ramo Fino sherry (pretty intense), and Lorosco's Reserva Carmenere - one of my favourite wine discoveries of the last few months. Excited? I strongly recommend you head on down...
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What you see before you is the latest London location for Burger & Lobster (*fanfair* the global phenomenon!) I think this is number 9 though I may be wrong. These are the (Russian?) guys behind the Goodman steakhouses, and so you could say that they know a little something about meat, at the least! As for the aesthetic of the placeâ¦very American, I dunno if âCrabshackâ would be the right word, but the rustic wood, oldschool filament lamps and lobster cages on the walls come pretty close.
Itâs a strange one, this place, the menu basically has three mains - a whole lobster, a burger and what I guess is simply a lobster roll (cold lobster, warm meat - strong combination). No menu for food at all - you just pick one of the three. As your waiter/waitress may tell you - we âonly do three things, but we do them wellâ. Every meal comes with a side salad (tastes legit due to cheese and other unhealthy things) and a reasonable portion of fries (which are, dare I say, a dead ringer for those youâd get at McDonalds). Lobsters are sourced fresh from Nova Scotia and Maine (I think?), depending on season. As far as lobsters go, I have eaten lobsters all over the US and these areâ¦.pretty close to how I remember (ask for it steamed instead of grilled for full fishy lobster flavoursâ¦)
As this is a relatively new location, theyâre not quite as rammed as I hear the other ones can get (yet!). 3 hour queues? Apparently people will put up with such things. As for queuing up for 3 hours for a restaurant? I love food but you wonât see me doing that. Ever. Not ever. Spend more time waiting than eating? REALLY?! Who does that? OK, Iâll stop. Onto their pricing: £20 is a bit steep for a burger but for a lobster it feels like a bargain. Though the âno reservationâ system seems pretentious, the actual dining experience, thankfully, does not feel quite the same way. From what I saw, staff are super chill, and you eat off of trays instead of plates (which is either pretentious or unpretentious, I dunno). Idea: you could theoretically eat here âeconomicallyâ by getting a lobster to split between the two of you (provided you werenât hugely hungry). And buy more drinks and desserts. Said desserts and drinks are a...reasonable selection, reasonably priced - I suppose about average for London. They do quite a few cocktails, I think 17 last time I checked.
Part of the fun is, obviously, eating the lobster with the cracking tools they provide (your patience is rewarded by access to the delicious parts of the flesh hidden in the deep recesses of the exoskeleton). Eating lobster is actually not as hard, nor messy, as people think it is. You simply crack the joints with the dangerous implements they provide you (in this instance, the âWestmark Crackyâ, lol). This is a legit place to go with friends and loved ones - a lot of fun. It is, however, not a good place to take new business acquaintances or potential romantic connections. Eating with a bib whilst pieces of crustacean fly everywhere probably isnât a good look (though I could be wrong!). Before anyone asks, no, you donât get to choose which lobster youâre going to eat from the tanks (which I am grateful for - I donât think I am quite ready to confront the reality of choosing exactly what has to die to feed me. Goddamn...)
All in all, good food, nice location - none of this speedy table turnover and frenetic rushing I read about in some other reviews. So yeah, a somewhat minimalist approach to restaurateuring which delivers upon its promise of burger and/or lobster. If they keep their lobster pricing the same, I will most certainly be back. Well done to you, (possibly Russian) people of Burger and Lobster!
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Above:
Venetijs repertum in arca latente : in qua vas futile clausum erat.
Plutoni sacrum munus ne attingite fures.
Ignotum est vobis hoc : quod in orbe latet.
Nam[que] elementa graui clausit digesta labore
Vase sub hoc modico maximus olybius.
Adsit secundo custos sibi copia cornu :
Ne pretium tanti depereat laticis.
In eodem aliud uas fictile fuit inculsum cum his versibus.
Abite hinc pessimi fures :
Vos qui uoltis cum v[est]ris oculis emissitijs.
Abite hinc cum v[est]ro mercurio petasato : caduceato[que]
Maximus maximum donum plutoni hu[n]c sacrum facit.
Metaratij viri consumatissimi ep[isto]la de re ista ad amicum.
Nihil ex {corr. from: est} om[n]i anti[qui]tate uidisti mirabilius mi alphene: in uase illo interiori
lucerna fuit fictilis mire pulcritudinis lumine tot seculis mextinato :
Su[per] eam due ampulle parue : aurum in altera : in altera argentum fuit :
vtrun[que] li[qui]dum. et ut ex ramentis cognoscitur : primarium Argentum :
Aurum uero obryzum. Ego chimie artis : si modo uera potest esse ars
chimia iurare possum elementa fuisse et materiam. Omnia : vas utru[m][que]
cum epigra[m]matib[us] : lucerna : ampulle : aurum : olim in munere ad me uenere :
et penes me sunt : que si videas : obstupeseas : et ego cum mille aureis no[n]
sum co[m]mutaturus : vale. Da versus amicis rescribendos : et camerti
pontifici : at[que] amico Gratiano in primis uetustatis studiossimis.
[Ms. transcription of two Latin verses associated with Olybius's lamp, part of a classical burial putatively discovered still burning around the turn of the 16th century, followed by the text of a letter purportedly written by the Italian humanist Francesco Maturanzio (d. 1518) to a friend regarding this discovery. Cf. Corpus Inscriptionarum Latinarum V, pt. I, p. 22*, no. 194* (transcribed here).]
Below:
In Patrem cognomine Rubricam
alios rigide obseruantem.
Disticon.
Ante Patres soliti semper seruare Rubricam,
Nunc seruare Patres ipsa Rubrica solet.
In Patrem cognomine Myrtum,
Qui ut a Principe, q[uo]d cuperet obtineret, Amasiam
in mediatricem elegit.
Disticon.
Marti grata Venus, Veneri gratissima Myrtus,
Vt placeas Marti, Mirte, roga Venerem.
[Two ms. Latin couplets in a later hand.]
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The Onion Johnnies are farmers who cross the Channel to sell their onions in Britain. They started doing so at the end of the XIXth century. They would transport their onions on bikes and go from house to house to sell their braids of onions. Winston Churchill was one of their customers! He liked their onions very much. They still carry on this trade but they are not as numerous. They board the ferry in Roscoff to Plymouth, their vans loaded with onions , proud to maintain that tradition. A Festival of Onions takes place every summer in Roskof, honouring the Johnnies’ tradition.
***
„Onion Johnnies” sunt cultivatorii de ceapă bretoni care, începând din secolul al XIX-lea, traversează Canalul Mânecii pentru a-şi vinde marfa în Marea Britanie. Işi transportau legăturile de ceapă pe biciclete şi umblau din casă în casă ca să le vândă. Winstin Churchill a fost unul din clienţii lor. Ii plăcea foarte mult ceapa din Bretania. Acest comerţ continuă şi astăzi, dar numărul celor care îl practică nu mai este aşa de mare. Ei se îmbarcă pe feribotul Roscoff – Plymouth cu camionetele pline cu ceapă şi sunt mândri că sunt păstrătorii acestei tradiţii. In fiecare vară la Roscoff are loc Festivalul Cepei, în onoarea tradiţiei celor numiţi Johnny.
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What you see before you is the latest London location for Burger & Lobster (*fanfair* the global phenomenon!) I think this is number 9 though I may be wrong. These are the (Russian?) guys behind the Goodman steakhouses, and so you could say that they know a little something about meat, at the least! As for the aesthetic of the placeâ¦very American, I dunno if âCrabshackâ would be the right word, but the rustic wood, oldschool filament lamps and lobster cages on the walls come pretty close.
Itâs a strange one, this place, the menu basically has three mains - a whole lobster, a burger and what I guess is simply a lobster roll (cold lobster, warm meat - strong combination). No menu for food at all - you just pick one of the three. As your waiter/waitress may tell you - we âonly do three things, but we do them wellâ. Every meal comes with a side salad (tastes legit due to cheese and other unhealthy things) and a reasonable portion of fries (which are, dare I say, a dead ringer for those youâd get at McDonalds). Lobsters are sourced fresh from Nova Scotia and Maine (I think?), depending on season. As far as lobsters go, I have eaten lobsters all over the US and these areâ¦.pretty close to how I remember (ask for it steamed instead of grilled for full fishy lobster flavoursâ¦)
As this is a relatively new location, theyâre not quite as rammed as I hear the other ones can get (yet!). 3 hour queues? Apparently people will put up with such things. As for queuing up for 3 hours for a restaurant? I love food but you wonât see me doing that. Ever. Not ever. Spend more time waiting than eating? REALLY?! Who does that? OK, Iâll stop. Onto their pricing: £20 is a bit steep for a burger but for a lobster it feels like a bargain. Though the âno reservationâ system seems pretentious, the actual dining experience, thankfully, does not feel quite the same way. From what I saw, staff are super chill, and you eat off of trays instead of plates (which is either pretentious or unpretentious, I dunno). Idea: you could theoretically eat here âeconomicallyâ by getting a lobster to split between the two of you (provided you werenât hugely hungry). And buy more drinks and desserts. Said desserts and drinks are a...reasonable selection, reasonably priced - I suppose about average for London. They do quite a few cocktails, I think 17 last time I checked.
Part of the fun is, obviously, eating the lobster with the cracking tools they provide (your patience is rewarded by access to the delicious parts of the flesh hidden in the deep recesses of the exoskeleton). Eating lobster is actually not as hard, nor messy, as people think it is. You simply crack the joints with the dangerous implements they provide you (in this instance, the âWestmark Crackyâ, lol). This is a legit place to go with friends and loved ones - a lot of fun. It is, however, not a good place to take new business acquaintances or potential romantic connections. Eating with a bib whilst pieces of crustacean fly everywhere probably isnât a good look (though I could be wrong!). Before anyone asks, no, you donât get to choose which lobster youâre going to eat from the tanks (which I am grateful for - I donât think I am quite ready to confront the reality of choosing exactly what has to die to feed me. Goddamn...)
All in all, good food, nice location - none of this speedy table turnover and frenetic rushing I read about in some other reviews. So yeah, a somewhat minimalist approach to restaurateuring which delivers upon its promise of burger and/or lobster. If they keep their lobster pricing the same, I will most certainly be back. Well done to you, (possibly Russian) people of Burger and Lobster!
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What you see before you is the latest London location for Burger & Lobster (*fanfair* the global phenomenon!) I think this is number 9 though I may be wrong. These are the (Russian?) guys behind the Goodman steakhouses, and so you could say that they know a little something about meat, at the least! As for the aesthetic of the placeâ¦very American, I dunno if âCrabshackâ would be the right word, but the rustic wood, oldschool filament lamps and lobster cages on the walls come pretty close.
Itâs a strange one, this place, the menu basically has three mains - a whole lobster, a burger and what I guess is simply a lobster roll (cold lobster, warm meat - strong combination). No menu for food at all - you just pick one of the three. As your waiter/waitress may tell you - we âonly do three things, but we do them wellâ. Every meal comes with a side salad (tastes legit due to cheese and other unhealthy things) and a reasonable portion of fries (which are, dare I say, a dead ringer for those youâd get at McDonalds). Lobsters are sourced fresh from Nova Scotia and Maine (I think?), depending on season. As far as lobsters go, I have eaten lobsters all over the US and these areâ¦.pretty close to how I remember (ask for it steamed instead of grilled for full fishy lobster flavoursâ¦)
As this is a relatively new location, theyâre not quite as rammed as I hear the other ones can get (yet!). 3 hour queues? Apparently people will put up with such things. As for queuing up for 3 hours for a restaurant? I love food but you wonât see me doing that. Ever. Not ever. Spend more time waiting than eating? REALLY?! Who does that? OK, Iâll stop. Onto their pricing: £20 is a bit steep for a burger but for a lobster it feels like a bargain. Though the âno reservationâ system seems pretentious, the actual dining experience, thankfully, does not feel quite the same way. From what I saw, staff are super chill, and you eat off of trays instead of plates (which is either pretentious or unpretentious, I dunno). Idea: you could theoretically eat here âeconomicallyâ by getting a lobster to split between the two of you (provided you werenât hugely hungry). And buy more drinks and desserts. Said desserts and drinks are a...reasonable selection, reasonably priced - I suppose about average for London. They do quite a few cocktails, I think 17 last time I checked.
Part of the fun is, obviously, eating the lobster with the cracking tools they provide (your patience is rewarded by access to the delicious parts of the flesh hidden in the deep recesses of the exoskeleton). Eating lobster is actually not as hard, nor messy, as people think it is. You simply crack the joints with the dangerous implements they provide you (in this instance, the âWestmark Crackyâ, lol). This is a legit place to go with friends and loved ones - a lot of fun. It is, however, not a good place to take new business acquaintances or potential romantic connections. Eating with a bib whilst pieces of crustacean fly everywhere probably isnât a good look (though I could be wrong!). Before anyone asks, no, you donât get to choose which lobster youâre going to eat from the tanks (which I am grateful for - I donât think I am quite ready to confront the reality of choosing exactly what has to die to feed me. Goddamn...)
All in all, good food, nice location - none of this speedy table turnover and frenetic rushing I read about in some other reviews. So yeah, a somewhat minimalist approach to restaurateuring which delivers upon its promise of burger and/or lobster. If they keep their lobster pricing the same, I will most certainly be back. Well done to you, (possibly Russian) people of Burger and Lobster!
What you see before you is the latest London location for Burger & Lobster (*fanfair* the global phenomenon!) I think this is number 9 though I may be wrong. These are the (Russian?) guys behind the Goodman steakhouses, and so you could say that they know a little something about meat, at the least! As for the aesthetic of the placeâ¦very American, I dunno if âCrabshackâ would be the right word, but the rustic wood, oldschool filament lamps and lobster cages on the walls come pretty close.
Itâs a strange one, this place, the menu basically has three mains - a whole lobster, a burger and what I guess is simply a lobster roll (cold lobster, warm meat - strong combination). No menu for food at all - you just pick one of the three. As your waiter/waitress may tell you - we âonly do three things, but we do them wellâ. Every meal comes with a side salad (tastes legit due to cheese and other unhealthy things) and a reasonable portion of fries (which are, dare I say, a dead ringer for those youâd get at McDonalds). Lobsters are sourced fresh from Nova Scotia and Maine (I think?), depending on season. As far as lobsters go, I have eaten lobsters all over the US and these areâ¦.pretty close to how I remember (ask for it steamed instead of grilled for full fishy lobster flavoursâ¦)
As this is a relatively new location, theyâre not quite as rammed as I hear the other ones can get (yet!). 3 hour queues? Apparently people will put up with such things. As for queuing up for 3 hours for a restaurant? I love food but you wonât see me doing that. Ever. Not ever. Spend more time waiting than eating? REALLY?! Who does that? OK, Iâll stop. Onto their pricing: £20 is a bit steep for a burger but for a lobster it feels like a bargain. Though the âno reservationâ system seems pretentious, the actual dining experience, thankfully, does not feel quite the same way. From what I saw, staff are super chill, and you eat off of trays instead of plates (which is either pretentious or unpretentious, I dunno). Idea: you could theoretically eat here âeconomicallyâ by getting a lobster to split between the two of you (provided you werenât hugely hungry). And buy more drinks and desserts. Said desserts and drinks are a...reasonable selection, reasonably priced - I suppose about average for London. They do quite a few cocktails, I think 17 last time I checked.
Part of the fun is, obviously, eating the lobster with the cracking tools they provide (your patience is rewarded by access to the delicious parts of the flesh hidden in the deep recesses of the exoskeleton). Eating lobster is actually not as hard, nor messy, as people think it is. You simply crack the joints with the dangerous implements they provide you (in this instance, the âWestmark Crackyâ, lol). This is a legit place to go with friends and loved ones - a lot of fun. It is, however, not a good place to take new business acquaintances or potential romantic connections. Eating with a bib whilst pieces of crustacean fly everywhere probably isnât a good look (though I could be wrong!). Before anyone asks, no, you donât get to choose which lobster youâre going to eat from the tanks (which I am grateful for - I donât think I am quite ready to confront the reality of choosing exactly what has to die to feed me. Goddamn...)
All in all, good food, nice location - none of this speedy table turnover and frenetic rushing I read about in some other reviews. So yeah, a somewhat minimalist approach to restaurateuring which delivers upon its promise of burger and/or lobster. If they keep their lobster pricing the same, I will most certainly be back. Well done to you, (possibly Russian) people of Burger and Lobster!
What you see before you is the latest London location for Burger & Lobster (*fanfair* the global phenomenon!) I think this is number 9 though I may be wrong. These are the (Russian?) guys behind the Goodman steakhouses, and so you could say that they know a little something about meat, at the least! As for the aesthetic of the placeâ¦very American, I dunno if âCrabshackâ would be the right word, but the rustic wood, oldschool filament lamps and lobster cages on the walls come pretty close.
Itâs a strange one, this place, the menu basically has three mains - a whole lobster, a burger and what I guess is simply a lobster roll (cold lobster, warm meat - strong combination). No menu for food at all - you just pick one of the three. As your waiter/waitress may tell you - we âonly do three things, but we do them wellâ. Every meal comes with a side salad (tastes legit due to cheese and other unhealthy things) and a reasonable portion of fries (which are, dare I say, a dead ringer for those youâd get at McDonalds). Lobsters are sourced fresh from Nova Scotia and Maine (I think?), depending on season. As far as lobsters go, I have eaten lobsters all over the US and these areâ¦.pretty close to how I remember (ask for it steamed instead of grilled for full fishy lobster flavoursâ¦)
As this is a relatively new location, theyâre not quite as rammed as I hear the other ones can get (yet!). 3 hour queues? Apparently people will put up with such things. As for queuing up for 3 hours for a restaurant? I love food but you wonât see me doing that. Ever. Not ever. Spend more time waiting than eating? REALLY?! Who does that? OK, Iâll stop. Onto their pricing: £20 is a bit steep for a burger but for a lobster it feels like a bargain. Though the âno reservationâ system seems pretentious, the actual dining experience, thankfully, does not feel quite the same way. From what I saw, staff are super chill, and you eat off of trays instead of plates (which is either pretentious or unpretentious, I dunno). Idea: you could theoretically eat here âeconomicallyâ by getting a lobster to split between the two of you (provided you werenât hugely hungry). And buy more drinks and desserts. Said desserts and drinks are a...reasonable selection, reasonably priced - I suppose about average for London. They do quite a few cocktails, I think 17 last time I checked.
Part of the fun is, obviously, eating the lobster with the cracking tools they provide (your patience is rewarded by access to the delicious parts of the flesh hidden in the deep recesses of the exoskeleton). Eating lobster is actually not as hard, nor messy, as people think it is. You simply crack the joints with the dangerous implements they provide you (in this instance, the âWestmark Crackyâ, lol). This is a legit place to go with friends and loved ones - a lot of fun. It is, however, not a good place to take new business acquaintances or potential romantic connections. Eating with a bib whilst pieces of crustacean fly everywhere probably isnât a good look (though I could be wrong!). Before anyone asks, no, you donât get to choose which lobster youâre going to eat from the tanks (which I am grateful for - I donât think I am quite ready to confront the reality of choosing exactly what has to die to feed me. Goddamn...)
All in all, good food, nice location - none of this speedy table turnover and frenetic rushing I read about in some other reviews. So yeah, a somewhat minimalist approach to restaurateuring which delivers upon its promise of burger and/or lobster. If they keep their lobster pricing the same, I will most certainly be back. Well done to you, (possibly Russian) people of Burger and Lobster!
Itâs a very small number of independent restaurants in London that have lasted 30+ years, which I think says something about Charlotteâs Place. You know what else says something about this place? Going there. And you should - it is worth it (if youâre willing to make the trek to Ealing). In one form or another, Charlotteâs Place has lived in Ealing since 1984 (I believe the original owner was called Charlotte, hence the name). It was rebranded, refurbished and reopened under new ownership in 2005 and hasnât looked back since. Located next to leafy Ealing Common, with a mostly relaxed mood set by jazz playing quietly in the background, Charlotteâs dining room looks like it was literally a dining room. In a house. Which is now a restaurant...
This probably supports the impression I got, which is that the place has a âhomelyâ feel about it (providing your home is a building full of chefs and fine wines). Once described by another reviewer as 'an old restaurant with a soulâ, it feels lived in - someone else described it as 'suffering from a little wear and tearâ (personally, I like this, as itâs not too slick at all). It sits about 40 covers and seems to have developed a cult following in the local area over its two decades of service. People have been using the term âneighbourhood restaurantâ to describe it - whatever that means, isnât every restaurant in a neighbourhood?
Anyhow, Iâm not sure if the food here is officially classified as 'fine dining' but you could make the case that it was (if arguing about restaurant cuisines is your thingâ¦). The food is innovative but the place doesnât feel pretentious - portions err on the smaller size, served as many courses. Thereâs lots of loving attention to detail - amuse bouches, specially paired dishes and suggestions from the chef are all part of the fun! Speaking of chefs, Head Chef Lee Cadden is the man behind the ever-changing menu (every month, I believe) and is a guy who appears to know his stuff. His background is eclectic but he seems to have cut his teeth in private dining and âexecutive diningâ, working at Barclays in Canary Wharf. Memorable dishes? The wood pigeon, which was 'steak-esqueâ (currently the best way I can summarise its taste and texture). It was also the best wood pigeon I have ever tried! Again, this came as personal recommendation from the kitchen
Charlotteâs Placeâs pricing is, on the main part, average for London, but you seem to get more value in the tasting menus. A 5 course lunch tasting menu for £30? Yup! Drinks are reasonable I suppose/averagely priced. If you wanna nuke the budget start hitting up the stuff at the bottom of their wine list. Speaking of their wine list - it is bigger than you may have expected (Imbibe Wine List of the Year 2013) and I think was created in association with Matt Wilkin, MW.
All in all, Charlotteâs Place is a great example of how far British cuisine (and British restaurants) have come (and perhaps will go?). It's a place Iâd recommend to any adventurous eaters amongst you! Well done, fine people of Charlotteâs Place...
What you see before you is the latest London location for Burger & Lobster (*fanfair* the global phenomenon!) I think this is number 9 though I may be wrong. These are the (Russian?) guys behind the Goodman steakhouses, and so you could say that they know a little something about meat, at the least! As for the aesthetic of the placeâ¦very American, I dunno if âCrabshackâ would be the right word, but the rustic wood, oldschool filament lamps and lobster cages on the walls come pretty close.
Itâs a strange one, this place, the menu basically has three mains - a whole lobster, a burger and what I guess is simply a lobster roll (cold lobster, warm meat - strong combination). No menu for food at all - you just pick one of the three. As your waiter/waitress may tell you - we âonly do three things, but we do them wellâ. Every meal comes with a side salad (tastes legit due to cheese and other unhealthy things) and a reasonable portion of fries (which are, dare I say, a dead ringer for those youâd get at McDonalds). Lobsters are sourced fresh from Nova Scotia and Maine (I think?), depending on season. As far as lobsters go, I have eaten lobsters all over the US and these areâ¦.pretty close to how I remember (ask for it steamed instead of grilled for full fishy lobster flavoursâ¦)
As this is a relatively new location, theyâre not quite as rammed as I hear the other ones can get (yet!). 3 hour queues? Apparently people will put up with such things. As for queuing up for 3 hours for a restaurant? I love food but you wonât see me doing that. Ever. Not ever. Spend more time waiting than eating? REALLY?! Who does that? OK, Iâll stop. Onto their pricing: £20 is a bit steep for a burger but for a lobster it feels like a bargain. Though the âno reservationâ system seems pretentious, the actual dining experience, thankfully, does not feel quite the same way. From what I saw, staff are super chill, and you eat off of trays instead of plates (which is either pretentious or unpretentious, I dunno). Idea: you could theoretically eat here âeconomicallyâ by getting a lobster to split between the two of you (provided you werenât hugely hungry). And buy more drinks and desserts. Said desserts and drinks are a...reasonable selection, reasonably priced - I suppose about average for London. They do quite a few cocktails, I think 17 last time I checked.
Part of the fun is, obviously, eating the lobster with the cracking tools they provide (your patience is rewarded by access to the delicious parts of the flesh hidden in the deep recesses of the exoskeleton). Eating lobster is actually not as hard, nor messy, as people think it is. You simply crack the joints with the dangerous implements they provide you (in this instance, the âWestmark Crackyâ, lol). This is a legit place to go with friends and loved ones - a lot of fun. It is, however, not a good place to take new business acquaintances or potential romantic connections. Eating with a bib whilst pieces of crustacean fly everywhere probably isnât a good look (though I could be wrong!). Before anyone asks, no, you donât get to choose which lobster youâre going to eat from the tanks (which I am grateful for - I donât think I am quite ready to confront the reality of choosing exactly what has to die to feed me. Goddamn...)
All in all, good food, nice location - none of this speedy table turnover and frenetic rushing I read about in some other reviews. So yeah, a somewhat minimalist approach to restaurateuring which delivers upon its promise of burger and/or lobster. If they keep their lobster pricing the same, I will most certainly be back. Well done to you, (possibly Russian) people of Burger and Lobster!
Itâs a very small number of independent restaurants in London that have lasted 30+ years, which I think says something about Charlotteâs Place. You know what else says something about this place? Going there. And you should - it is worth it (if youâre willing to make the trek to Ealing). In one form or another, Charlotteâs Place has lived in Ealing since 1984 (I believe the original owner was called Charlotte, hence the name). It was rebranded, refurbished and reopened under new ownership in 2005 and hasnât looked back since. Located next to leafy Ealing Common, with a mostly relaxed mood set by jazz playing quietly in the background, Charlotteâs dining room looks like it was literally a dining room. In a house. Which is now a restaurant...
This probably supports the impression I got, which is that the place has a âhomelyâ feel about it (providing your home is a building full of chefs and fine wines). Once described by another reviewer as 'an old restaurant with a soulâ, it feels lived in - someone else described it as 'suffering from a little wear and tearâ (personally, I like this, as itâs not too slick at all). It sits about 40 covers and seems to have developed a cult following in the local area over its two decades of service. People have been using the term âneighbourhood restaurantâ to describe it - whatever that means, isnât every restaurant in a neighbourhood?
Anyhow, Iâm not sure if the food here is officially classified as 'fine dining' but you could make the case that it was (if arguing about restaurant cuisines is your thingâ¦). The food is innovative but the place doesnât feel pretentious - portions err on the smaller size, served as many courses. Thereâs lots of loving attention to detail - amuse bouches, specially paired dishes and suggestions from the chef are all part of the fun! Speaking of chefs, Head Chef Lee Cadden is the man behind the ever-changing menu (every month, I believe) and is a guy who appears to know his stuff. His background is eclectic but he seems to have cut his teeth in private dining and âexecutive diningâ, working at Barclays in Canary Wharf. Memorable dishes? The wood pigeon, which was 'steak-esqueâ (currently the best way I can summarise its taste and texture). It was also the best wood pigeon I have ever tried! Again, this came as personal recommendation from the kitchen
Charlotteâs Placeâs pricing is, on the main part, average for London, but you seem to get more value in the tasting menus. A 5 course lunch tasting menu for £30? Yup! Drinks are reasonable I suppose/averagely priced. If you wanna nuke the budget start hitting up the stuff at the bottom of their wine list. Speaking of their wine list - it is bigger than you may have expected (Imbibe Wine List of the Year 2013) and I think was created in association with Matt Wilkin, MW.
All in all, Charlotteâs Place is a great example of how far British cuisine (and British restaurants) have come (and perhaps will go?). It's a place Iâd recommend to any adventurous eaters amongst you! Well done, fine people of Charlotteâs Place...
I started making a list in my diary entitled âThings I Have Been Silent About.â Under it I wrote: âFalling in Love in Tehran. Going to Parties in Tehran. Watching the Marx Brothers in Tehran. Reading Lolita in Tehran.â I wrote about repressive laws and executions, about public and political abominations. Eventually I drifted into writing about private betrayals, implicating myself and those close to me in ways I had never imagined.
--From [Things I Have Been Silent About](http://www.amazon.com/Things-Ive-Been-Silent-About/dp/1400063612)
[Azar Nafisi](http://azarnafisi.com/), author of the beloved international bestseller [Reading Lolita in Tehran](http://www.amazon.com/Reading-Lolita-Tehran-Memoir-Books/dp/081297106X), now gives us a stunning personal story of growing up in Iran, memories of her life lived in thrall to a powerful and complex mother, against the background of a countryâs political revolution. A girlâs pain over family secrets; a young womanâs discovery of the power of sensuality in literature; the price a family pays for freedom in a country beset by political upheavalâthese and other threads are woven together in this beautiful memoir, as a gifted storyteller once again transforms the way we see the world and âreminds us of why we read in the first placeâ (Newsday).
I met with and photographed [Azar Nafisi](http://azarnafisi.com/) for The Times in London she is a fantastic upbeat person....... very personable..... totally fascinating........... Im sure her new book......... [Things I Have Been Silent About](http://www.amazon.com/Things-Ive-Been-Silent-About/dp/1400063612) is well worth reading........ although I myself do not yet have a copy.
I was thinking of [Azar Nafisi](http://azarnafisi.com/) today as I was listening to reports about the jailing of another Iranian American woman........ [Roxana Saberi](http://freeroxana.net/) who has been arrested while reporting from Iran........ I have listened to her reporting many times both on the BBC and NPR ......... I felt sick when I heard she had been jailed for on trumped up charges of spying and sentenced to 8 years...... I feel the new Obama administration's attempts to engage Iran are not wrong and anyway could hardly be less successful than President Bush's attempts at manipulation through isolation............. but I did feel slightly sick that the totally unjustified incarceration of this brave individual reporter by this awful theocracy......... just might just be brushed under the carpet to allow dialogue with the oppressive ayatollahs.
Lets try and engage with Iran but lets not forget [Roxana Saberi](http://freeroxana.net/).
Cheers Jez XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Itâs a very small number of independent restaurants in London that have lasted 30+ years, which I think says something about Charlotteâs Place. You know what else says something about this place? Going there. And you should - it is worth it (if youâre willing to make the trek to Ealing). In one form or another, Charlotteâs Place has lived in Ealing since 1984 (I believe the original owner was called Charlotte, hence the name). It was rebranded, refurbished and reopened under new ownership in 2005 and hasnât looked back since. Located next to leafy Ealing Common, with a mostly relaxed mood set by jazz playing quietly in the background, Charlotteâs dining room looks like it was literally a dining room. In a house. Which is now a restaurant...
This probably supports the impression I got, which is that the place has a âhomelyâ feel about it (providing your home is a building full of chefs and fine wines). Once described by another reviewer as 'an old restaurant with a soulâ, it feels lived in - someone else described it as 'suffering from a little wear and tearâ (personally, I like this, as itâs not too slick at all). It sits about 40 covers and seems to have developed a cult following in the local area over its two decades of service. People have been using the term âneighbourhood restaurantâ to describe it - whatever that means, isnât every restaurant in a neighbourhood?
Anyhow, Iâm not sure if the food here is officially classified as 'fine dining' but you could make the case that it was (if arguing about restaurant cuisines is your thingâ¦). The food is innovative but the place doesnât feel pretentious - portions err on the smaller size, served as many courses. Thereâs lots of loving attention to detail - amuse bouches, specially paired dishes and suggestions from the chef are all part of the fun! Speaking of chefs, Head Chef Lee Cadden is the man behind the ever-changing menu (every month, I believe) and is a guy who appears to know his stuff. His background is eclectic but he seems to have cut his teeth in private dining and âexecutive diningâ, working at Barclays in Canary Wharf. Memorable dishes? The wood pigeon, which was 'steak-esqueâ (currently the best way I can summarise its taste and texture). It was also the best wood pigeon I have ever tried! Again, this came as personal recommendation from the kitchen
Charlotteâs Placeâs pricing is, on the main part, average for London, but you seem to get more value in the tasting menus. A 5 course lunch tasting menu for £30? Yup! Drinks are reasonable I suppose/averagely priced. If you wanna nuke the budget start hitting up the stuff at the bottom of their wine list. Speaking of their wine list - it is bigger than you may have expected (Imbibe Wine List of the Year 2013) and I think was created in association with Matt Wilkin, MW.
All in all, Charlotteâs Place is a great example of how far British cuisine (and British restaurants) have come (and perhaps will go?). It's a place Iâd recommend to any adventurous eaters amongst you! Well done, fine people of Charlotteâs Place...
What you see before you is the latest London location for Burger & Lobster (*fanfair* the global phenomenon!) I think this is number 9 though I may be wrong. These are the (Russian?) guys behind the Goodman steakhouses, and so you could say that they know a little something about meat, at the least! As for the aesthetic of the placeâ¦very American, I dunno if âCrabshackâ would be the right word, but the rustic wood, oldschool filament lamps and lobster cages on the walls come pretty close.
Itâs a strange one, this place, the menu basically has three mains - a whole lobster, a burger and what I guess is simply a lobster roll (cold lobster, warm meat - strong combination). No menu for food at all - you just pick one of the three. As your waiter/waitress may tell you - we âonly do three things, but we do them wellâ. Every meal comes with a side salad (tastes legit due to cheese and other unhealthy things) and a reasonable portion of fries (which are, dare I say, a dead ringer for those youâd get at McDonalds). Lobsters are sourced fresh from Nova Scotia and Maine (I think?), depending on season. As far as lobsters go, I have eaten lobsters all over the US and these areâ¦.pretty close to how I remember (ask for it steamed instead of grilled for full fishy lobster flavoursâ¦)
As this is a relatively new location, theyâre not quite as rammed as I hear the other ones can get (yet!). 3 hour queues? Apparently people will put up with such things. As for queuing up for 3 hours for a restaurant? I love food but you wonât see me doing that. Ever. Not ever. Spend more time waiting than eating? REALLY?! Who does that? OK, Iâll stop. Onto their pricing: £20 is a bit steep for a burger but for a lobster it feels like a bargain. Though the âno reservationâ system seems pretentious, the actual dining experience, thankfully, does not feel quite the same way. From what I saw, staff are super chill, and you eat off of trays instead of plates (which is either pretentious or unpretentious, I dunno). Idea: you could theoretically eat here âeconomicallyâ by getting a lobster to split between the two of you (provided you werenât hugely hungry). And buy more drinks and desserts. Said desserts and drinks are a...reasonable selection, reasonably priced - I suppose about average for London. They do quite a few cocktails, I think 17 last time I checked.
Part of the fun is, obviously, eating the lobster with the cracking tools they provide (your patience is rewarded by access to the delicious parts of the flesh hidden in the deep recesses of the exoskeleton). Eating lobster is actually not as hard, nor messy, as people think it is. You simply crack the joints with the dangerous implements they provide you (in this instance, the âWestmark Crackyâ, lol). This is a legit place to go with friends and loved ones - a lot of fun. It is, however, not a good place to take new business acquaintances or potential romantic connections. Eating with a bib whilst pieces of crustacean fly everywhere probably isnât a good look (though I could be wrong!). Before anyone asks, no, you donât get to choose which lobster youâre going to eat from the tanks (which I am grateful for - I donât think I am quite ready to confront the reality of choosing exactly what has to die to feed me. Goddamn...)
All in all, good food, nice location - none of this speedy table turnover and frenetic rushing I read about in some other reviews. So yeah, a somewhat minimalist approach to restaurateuring which delivers upon its promise of burger and/or lobster. If they keep their lobster pricing the same, I will most certainly be back. Well done to you, (possibly Russian) people of Burger and Lobster!