Tooj 17 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10776 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Has Franco Manca made it to Newcastle yet? No, but MEATLiquor and Cielo Blanco have made it to Leeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21846 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 you won't mourn the loss of Cal's Own for too long when it eventually arrives in town. it couldbe a few years though given how long it it took for Wagamamas and Nandos to make it up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44491 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Dave you should go to Cal if you're up at Christmas. He's the double of Ben Arfa and a maverick pain in the hoop with a mercurial touch in the kitchen. You'd love him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10776 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Dave you should go to Cal if you're up at Christmas. He's the double of Ben Arfa and a maverick pain in the hoop with a mercurial touch in the kitchen. You'd love him. Mind if he's owt like HBA, he'll have munched through most of his stock by the time I make it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34909 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Pizzeria Italia is well worth trying btw. They're pukka Italiano as well. Do lush coffee and sell other stuff. Bought some unchillfiltered EVO there the other week. Obviously you can't go there for a sit-down meal (they do pizza slices, mini calzones and stuff on a lunch time though and you can sit in). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 (edited) Dave you should go to Cal if you're up at Christmas. He's the double of Ben Arfa and a maverick pain in the hoop with a mercurial touch in the kitchen. You'd love him. I prefer it if the head honcho is edgy. The two best places we had dinner in Bologna were run by nutcases basically and there was a real fear. Food just tastes better with a light background fear. Edited November 29, 2016 by Park Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34909 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 I prefer it if the head honcho is edgy. Basically every single Italian / Greek / Middle Eastern restaurant in the world then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44491 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 I prefer it if the head honcho is edgy. The two best places we had dinner in Bologna were run by nutcases basically and there was a real fear. Food just tastes better with a light background fear. This bloke doesn't allow substitutions on his pizzas. You can add up to two ingredients, but no more than that. And if you ask the waitresses for something beyond that, I've been told in the past that "I mean I can ask him if you really want me to..... But I'd really rather not". [emoji38] You'd love him. I've got a bit of time for him tbf. He's basically a perfectionist who runs the rule over everything that goes in the oven and if it isn't perfectly up to standard it goes in the bin. I watched him with one of his chefs recently, both stood looking down at a pizza.... Cal asking questions.... The chef shaking his head....next question... Shake of the head. Cal scoops up the pizza and dumps it into the bin and the kid scurries off to get some fresh dough. [emoji38] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15429 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Basically every single Italian / Greek / Middle Eastern restaurant in the world then In my experience the key to a good Greek taverna is a scary big woman with a spoon keeping the head honcho in check behind the scenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34909 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 In my experience the key to a good Greek taverna is a scary big woman with a spoon keeping the head honcho in check behind the scenes. Aye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21846 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 parisian waiters are the worst like. i remember basically being told what i was having for my meal by one once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10776 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 A proper Italian meal isn't worth shit without the staff having a massive argument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34909 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 A proper Italian meal isn't worth shit without the staff having a massive argument. My lass reckons I should have been Italian. She says I remind her of Inpectot Montalban cause I create a song and dance about the little stuff and take the big shit in my stride. And I'm bald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10776 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 My lass reckons I should have been Italian. She says I remind her of Inpectot Montalban cause I create a song and dance about the little stuff and take the big shit in my stride. And I'm bald I could see you as an Italian, but not a Milanese peacock, a proper Italian with a gesticulation punctuating every sentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 My lass reckons I should have been Italian. She says I remind her of Inpectot Montalban cause I create a song and dance about the little stuff and take the big shit in my stride. And I'm bald 30th generation Roman innit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Or 'Yer great great nana shagged a centurion', one of the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44491 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Alexus est in horto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44491 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Alexus est in Caecilius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44491 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Metella est mater. Cerberus est canis. Latin. What a fucking waste of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34909 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 I could see you as an Italian, but not a Milanese peacock, a proper Italian with a gesticulation punctuating every sentence. Well he is from Sicily (Montalbano) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34909 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Alexus est in horto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34909 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 This bloke doesn't allow substitutions on his pizzas. You can add up to two ingredients, but no more than that. And if you ask the waitresses for something beyond that, I've been told in the past that "I mean I can ask him if you really want me to..... But I'd really rather not". [emoji38] You'd love him. I've got a bit of time for him tbf. He's basically a perfectionist who runs the rule over everything that goes in the oven and if it isn't perfectly up to standard it goes in the bin. I watched him with one of his chefs recently, both stood looking down at a pizza.... Cal asking questions.... The chef shaking his head....next question... Shake of the head. Cal scoops up the pizza and dumps it into the bin and the kid scurries off to get some fresh dough. [emoji38] Btw, what do you reckon would be the reaction if you asked for ham and pineapple? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44491 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 I would never let him see me that weak. [emoji38] I love a good ham and Pineapple tbf but I think he'd have your head in the pizza oven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickie 0 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 This bloke doesn't allow substitutions on his pizzas. You can add up to two ingredients, but no more than that. And if you ask the waitresses for something beyond that, I've been told in the past that "I mean I can ask him if you really want me to..... But I'd really rather not". [emoji38] You'd love him. I've got a bit of time for him tbf. He's basically a perfectionist who runs the rule over everything that goes in the oven and if it isn't perfectly up to standard it goes in the bin. I watched him with one of his chefs recently, both stood looking down at a pizza.... Cal asking questions.... The chef shaking his head....next question... Shake of the head. Cal scoops up the pizza and dumps it into the bin and the kid scurries off to get some fresh dough. [emoji38] Sounds like the woman who used to run the ice cream shop in Seaton Deleval who would hoy a radgie if you had the temerity to ask for vanilla when you meant plain (or maybe it was the other way around, can't remember) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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