Thursday, September 30, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Eat Pray Love, vomit
4 out of 10
Not actually as bad a film as I was expecting, but let’s not get carried away with ourselves this is still very much one to miss unless you have a very high tolerance for clichés and touché feely drivel.
I can over look the glaring anomalies such as the Julia Roberts encouraging us to embrace the “Muffin top” whilst never actually appearing to put on any weight, etcetera, etcetera
However what I really don’t get is that despite having enjoyed the luxury to have such a life affirming/ changing experience she chooses to ignore all the sound but banal clichéd “Bumper sticker” advice that she gleans along the way and instead seems to be every bit as lost, unscented and neurotic as she did after the divorce.
She started out strong, decisive and brave but by the end of the film/ year (and it felt like a year) she was incapable of making any decision without some sort of Guru acting in loco parentis. Now that’s hardly progress and certainly not something to boast about, oh look at me I feel so liberated and free now that I have other people structuring my life and telling me what to do....uuuhhhhch!!!!
Monday, September 27, 2010
Le bon Viveur: Too Good To Be Gluten Free Brownies
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Tang’s - cool, relaxed and seductive Sushi.
Situated just behind the famous Greyfriars bobby, Tang’s is a cool, relaxed and seductive Sushi restaurant.
Food = 17
The Sushi was as good as I’ve had in Edinburgh, and included some interesting options.
Décor & Ambience = 16
A blend of Japanese Kitsch with old Scottish tenement.
Service = 17
Enthusiastic, accommodating and good-looking staff were unobtrusive, knowledgeable and polite. I would have liked for more continuity in who is waiting our table.
Value for Money = 11
Some of the portions were a touch bijou for western appetites.
Total = 61 out of 100 (M)
Food/ Décor & Ambience/ Service/ Value for Money are rated on a scale of 0 to 25
· 21-25...extraordinary to perfection
· 16-20...very good to excellent
· 11-15...good to very good
· 6-10...fair to good
· 0-5...poor to fair
Cost reflects our estimate of the price of dinner for 2 with one drink each and tip.
The price range is indicated as follows:
· VE...Very Expensive - £66 or more
· E...Expensive - £41-£65
· M...Moderate - £26-£40
· I...Inexpensive - £25 and below
Falko - Schlock me Amadeus!
Schlock me Amadeus! What a miserable dining experience.
Food = 2
In excess of £10 for a meagre looking bread, cheese and ham ‘platter’... salad dressed in manure vinaigrette (actual clods of muck!).
Décor & Ambience = 16
A good example of pretentious Euro coffee culture chic, which I rather enjoyed despite the annoyingly low hung lighting.
Service = 2
Poor, 45 minutes for some bred a couple of slices of cheese and salad covered in c**p! This is not acceptable. I hope that our experience was a one off, however it took a team of incompetent staff to ensure we had a memorably bad time.
Value for Money = 0
How much would you pay to be ignored, complain for nothing to happen and then find SH!t in your food?
Total = (disqualified) 20 out of 100 (VE)
Food/ Décor & Ambience/ Service/ Value for Money are rated on a scale of 0 to 25
· 21-25...extraordinary to perfection
· 16-20...very good to excellent
· 11-15...good to very good
· 6-10...fair to good
· 0-5...poor to fair
Cost reflects our estimate of the price of dinner for 2 with one drink each and tip.
The price range is indicated as follows:
· VE...Very Expensive - £66 or more
· E...Expensive - £41-£65
· M...Moderate - £26-£40
· I...Inexpensive - £25 and below
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Wild Beasts: Two Dancers
Wild Beasts: Two Dancers
If you’re fed up with the same old generic pop clichés try the strange but wonderful ‘Wild Beasts: Two Dancers’.
Not an easily accessible record, compelling and better with every listen as it reveals more and more depth.
8 out of 10
The Illusionist (L'illusionniste) Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes
Friday, September 3, 2010
Oishii (176 Rose Street, Edinburgh) | The List
Cold, uncomfortable and cheap. This place is crying out for colour and cushions.
Poor service, which was totally unacceptable, as we were for much of the time the only people in the restaurant.
To add insult to injury we were ignored whilst the staff corpsed at their own flatulence!
- 21-25...extraordinary to perfection
- 16-20...very good to excellent
- 11-15...good to very good
- 6-10...fair to good
- 0-5...poor to fair
- VE...Very Expensive - £66 or more
- E...Expensive - £41-£65
- M...Moderate - £26-£40
- I...Inexpensive - £25 and below
Forwarded Messages: Rice Fields of Japan
BBC - BBC Two Programmes - The Great Climb
BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - The Choice, 02/09/2010
The decision to become a matador meant he had to fight his way into the most dangerous and controversial sports in the world. It brought him ridicule and condemnation along with injuries in the ring and death threats out of it. But it was a choice he kept making despite a fearful wife and family and eventually despite ailing health.