Xoco grill - closed for good - Memsaab now open...

[Alan Medic]

Obviously KK you don't understand the deeper meaning of Fox's post. There are 4.7 billion people living on Earth. He didn't bother to mention the other 2.3 billion people alive but not really living. You know the type don't you?

Oh hang on.....someone just died. It was on the news. That's minus 1. Wait, someone has just had a baby. That +1. Good, we're back to 7 billion. Better go now as whoever is keeping track of this has a difficult job. Too difficult for me.

[Louisa]

Foxy is indeed correct. There are 4.7 billion people on earth, I just checked on Wikipedia.

Now stop with this awful goading. Facts are facts.

Louisa.

[sheff]

There must be some really bad things happening..

To lose 2.3bn people in only a year is nothing short of shocking..

Trumps right, the BBC just spout rubbish

http://www.bbc.co.uk/earth/story/20160311-how-many-people-can-our-planet-really-support

[binkylilyput]

Wikipedia says it, must be true.......

[bargee99]

7.4 billion not 4.7 according to all sources. Some interesting things might happen if we could simply swap things around to our hearts content.

[KidKruger]

Yeah I'd like to swap some shit up.

[DulwichFox]

titch juicy Wrote:

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> ozzy Wrote:

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> > A guy from there told me they were re-opening

> on

> > march 16th selling indian food .

>

> Thank god; we've needed a decent Indian on LL for

> ages. All we need now is a pizza place, cheese

> shop and some banners on lampposts and we're set.

Possibly 23rd March New ownership.. Indian / Bangladeshi food.. Do not know if it will be licensed.

Fox.

[Louisa]

I have chalked a few sauces and so far there is no 100% accurate figure in the earths human populous, so can we stop all the bickering when it's obvious none of us are completely accurate. I do genuinely believe the human population is closer to 4.7 than 7.4, but let's just agree to disagree. Can we get this back on topic please.

Louisa.

[DulwichFox]

Louisa Wrote:

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> I have chalked a few sauces and so far there is no

> 100% accurate figure in the earths human populous,

> so can we stop all the bickering when it's obvious

> none of us are completely accurate. I do genuinely

> believe the human population is closer to 4.7 than

> 7.4, but let's just agree to disagree. Can we get

> this back on topic please.

>

> Louisa.

I'm already back on topic... met the new owner / potential owner this evening. Well not exactly 'Met'

I already know the new owner. Have vouched my support..

A little aside. Old Jaflong is still up for sale.. Any takers ?

As for Swadesh.. ? No idea..

Foxy

[Louisa]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Louisa Wrote:

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> > I have chalked a few sauces and so far there is

> no

> > 100% accurate figure in the earths human

> populous,

> > so can we stop all the bickering when it's

> obvious

> > none of us are completely accurate. I do

> genuinely

> > believe the human population is closer to 4.7

> than

> > 7.4, but let's just agree to disagree. Can we

> get

> > this back on topic please.

> >

> > Louisa.

>

> I'm already back on topic... met the new owner /

> potential owner this evening. Well not exactly

> 'Met'

> I already know the new owner. Have vouched my

> support..

>

> A little aside. Old Jaflong is still up for

> sale.. Any takers ?

>

> As for Swadesh.. ? No idea..

>

> Foxy

Well done Foxy. Do we know why the old had long isn't going to be taken on by 'the real greek'? I thought that was what the planning portal said was happening? Has it all fallen through? Let's hope xoco is continuing as a Indian restaurant.

Louisa.

[Sue]

I really cannot believe there is another Indian restaurant opening in Lordship Lane.

Too much to hope for that it would be like Ganapati or the ones in Tooting, I suppose.

Instead of the same old, same old stuff which all the others churn out :(

It's 2017. It's East Dulwich. How do they all keep going?

How

[Louisa]

Sue I think it's great that we still can host so many independent restaurants, regardless of their menu type and offering. Many high streets do not have any restaurants at all. Better to have another Indian rather than a generic chain.

Louisa.

[DulwichFox]

Sue Wrote:

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I really cannot believe there is another Indian restaurant opening in Lordship Lane.

>

> Too much to hope for that it would be like

> Ganapati or the ones in Tooting, I suppose.

>

> Instead of the same old, same old stuff which all

> the others churn out :(

>

> It's 2017. It's East Dulwich. How do they all keep

> going?

Another Indian Restaurant ???

The Xoco place has been historically an Indian Restaurant for decades..

It was the Pistachio Club and Eastern Eye before.

Dulwich Tandoori is packed most nights.. as is Tandoori nights. People seem to like the 'Same old Stuff'

If the new place was like Ganapati then that would become the 'same old stuff.'

Ganapati is nothing special but is a little different and not to everybody's taste.

I think sometimes it is nice to travel somewhere else to find something different. Away from East Dulwich.

Otherwise E.D becomes like Supermarket with everthing under one roof.

Foxy

[Penguin68]

I do think it would be nice to have a proper South Indian restaurant (i.e. Keralan or Tamil Nadu style food, or even Sri Lankan) - such as the old Sri Krishna in Tooting - roll on Masala Dosai...

[bob]

And the Day of the Raj and Bell's Fish and Chip shop.

Bob S

[KidKruger]

No, we need another predictable, 'safe' fake Indian restaurant run by Bangladeshis.

Just calling it an Indian restaurant is as preposterous as calling a restaurant a 'Chinese' restaurant.

Perhaps we need a 'European' restaurant instead ?

[edcam]

Agree a place with food more akin to Ganapati would be great. It's infinitely better than anything in LL. A good Vietnamese would be good too.

[JoeLeg]

Oooooooh...reall good authentic rustic Vietnamese. Yes please!

Though I'm a fan of Urban Orient in Crystal Palace. Cheap and cheerful, and really tasty.

[Jah Lush]

Sri Lankan, Vietnamese or Korean would be great.

[Sue]

Penguin68 Wrote:

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> I do think it would be nice to have a proper South

> Indian restaurant (i.e. Keralan or Tamil Nadu

> style food, or even Sri Lankan) - such as the old

> Sri Krishna in Tooting - roll on Masala Dosai...

Oh crikey, I have very fond memories of the Sri Krishna! I used to go there in the eighties!

Aviyal. Yum.

Or Vietnamese or Taiwanese instead of having to go to Peckham.

As for saying the present "Indian" restaurants on Lordship Lane must be popular because they are full, firstly it seems to me that Tandoori Nights and Dulwich Tandoori are rarely full, let alone the others.

Maybe on Saturday nights and when DT has a buffet.

Secondly anybody seeking spicy food round here has little else to choose from apart from two mediocre Thai restaurants (and one good but expensive one in Bellenden Road, which like Ganapati is off the main drag).

[Seabag]

TN and DT are pretty mediocre in my view. It's all just about ok, but the bar is set very low on the lane. Hence the need for alcohol with the food.

A good and fresh approach would be fun. I don't know why Indian food offers vere into the starchy table cloth and faux posh when they 'go upmarket'. That kind of dining is dead as a dodo elsewhere, I've even been to one place that did sauce smears on the plate with the meat sliced in a 'presentation' style. I can't remember if it had a square plate or not, but it was silly. Hopefully we wont see any of that or the #WeWantPlates style of food malarkey on the lane, please god don't let that happen. I'm not sure I could cope with a cricket bat with a naan draped over it.

[Louisa]

The death of plates in restaurants as a result of street food rubbish is one reason I don't like eatin out much anymore. Garlic bread served on a old wheel trim isn't my

Idea of appetising.

Louisa.

[JoeLeg]

Louisa Wrote:

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> The death of plates in restaurants as a result of

> street food rubbish is one reason I don't like

> eatin out much anymore. Garlic bread served on a

> old wheel trim isn't my

> Idea of appetising.

>

> Louisa.

Yeah, the Harvesters and Aberdeen Angus Steakhouses you rate so highly really have lost the plot lately.

[Seabag]

Louisa Wrote:

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> The death of plates in restaurants as a result of

> street food rubbish is one reason I don't like

> eatin out much anymore. Garlic bread served on a

> old wheel trim isn't my

> Idea of appetising.

>

> Louisa.

I think you're attributing street food with the wrong thing here my dear.

The #WeWantPlates thing isn't about the lack of plates in street food, but the silliness that third rate Gastro pub giants have deemed nessasarry, to add 'novelty' into eating. By infantilising the eating experience, they've been able to hide a whole lot of crap ingredients and food.

Whereas the street food revolution has been based on a stripping away of the ideals of 'fine dining' and basing the experience on quality ingredients, where they're from and how it's cooked. No frills, hub caps or cricket bats nessasarry.

However, as with all good things, bandwagons are jumped on. Even pizza Express has a street food outlet now.

[Louisa]

JoeLeg Wrote:

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> Louisa Wrote:

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> > The death of plates in restaurants as a result

> of

> > street food rubbish is one reason I don't like

> > eatin out much anymore. Garlic bread served on

> a

> > old wheel trim isn't my

> > Idea of appetising.

> >

> > Louisa.

>

>

> Yeah, the Harvesters and Aberdeen Angus

> Steakhouses you rate so highly really have lost

> the plot lately.

Never been to Angus steakhouse and every time I've gone to the Harvester it's been served on plates. I was more referring to the street food type places which are now jumping into the sit down, semi casual dining experience.

Louisa.