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Hopefully we were just unlucky and it was a one off glitch.

The original post was made by someone else, not the person whose post I was replying to! And the original post only mentioned Whateley Road (which has been clear of leaves whenever I have walked down it) and another unspecified road. My question was directed at CPR Dave, who (as was clear in the post I quoted) said "The streets round here are a disgrace".

We had a delivery from Matoom last week. Sadly, as I had high expectations, especially as it wasn't cheap, I was underwhelmed. To start off with positives, the corn cake starter was ok, and my partner said his green curry and coconut rice was tasty. I (unadventurous I know but I wanted to do a direct comparison with Chern Thai) had Pad Thai (with tofu and veg). There was a lot of it, which was good. So much that I had half of it cold for breakfast the next morning. However, it was almost completely noodles, with hardly any veg or tofu. In fact there was so little tofu I don't actually remember eating any. I do remember thinking that the stirred in egg must be some kind of tofu. I'm wondering now whether they were busy and forgot the tofu altogether! As it didn't come with peanuts (which I knew in advance as they weren't mentioned on the menu) I ordered a peanut sauce (?) separately, though I can no longer see this on the online menu. This didn't really help much taste wise For comparison, we both had Pad Thai for lunch yesterday (Saturday) at Chern Thai, with gyoza to start. The Pad Thai was fantastic, good sized portions with lots of tofu and several different kinds of really fresh lightly cooked vegetables. The gyoza were also excellent, just the right amount of crispiness and with a good amount of dipping sauce. The meal was also very well priced. I realise it's not very fair to directly compare the price of delivered dishes to dishes from an eat-in lunch menu, but in terms of overall value it was much better. And the service was lovely. In case our Matoom delivery was a one off glitch, we will book a table and eat in there, but so far I am disappointed. ETA: Just realised this thread is about BYO. Chern Thai used to be solely BYO, but it now has a full drinks menu with Thai beer on draught and wine. You can still BYO, but there is a charge. We had jasmine tea, which was very nice.

You could try Merrifields, the shoe maker on the left from Goose Green roundabout going towards the station? He is very helpful, and if memory serves can also repair things like belts and bags, so worth asking (maybe phone first).

Thank you so much for such a detailed reply. All that is really helpful! I don't know what kind of springs they are, but I will try to get underneath/inside and find out! Thanks again x

Which streets are you talking about, exactly? All the streets near me seem quite clear of leaves. And why should council workers have to pick up other people's dog shit? People who don't pick up after their dogs should not be allowed to have them.

As the original restaurant Persepolis is in Peckham, I imagine they mean the other end of ED to Peckham. Which people getting that update would understand, as they would have been receiving previous updates from Persepolis. Thanks to BrandNewGuy for passing on the update!

Why would you not talk to someone in a queue?

That was obviously a rhetorical question!

Where did I suggest that those in Southwark should pay more? I gave what seemed to be a likely reason why Lambeth is able to spend more than Southwark on street cleaning, if that is in fact the case. Local elections are coming up soon. I'm sure this would be an excellent opportunity for you to ask the existing councillors - and other people who are standing for election - what their priorities would be if elected!

I did O level Latin 🤣 and I had to Google that. Don't think that counts as a "classical background" though 🤣 Especially as I was crap at it 🤣

All uphill 🤣

From previous posts, I believe it is going to be meat based, as Persepolis is veggie. For East Dulwich veggies, it would have been nice to have them the other way round!

Southwark council has lower council tax than Lambeth. I'm sure if Southwark raised their council tax to cover similar street cleaning teams, the people on here complaining about leaves would be complaining bitterly about that!

I really hope so too, but they aren't going to get much passing trade, and parking round there isn't easy. Fingers crossed.