Chris Pople
@chrispople.bsky.social
Restaurant blogger. And little else.
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It's that time again! Calling all owners and managers of quick service restaurants - my company is paying £150 for 1.5 of your time. Here's the signup link - have fun! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
0018: MARKET RESEARCH INTERVIEWS - QUICK SERVICE RESTAURANTS
Hello! We are arranging some research and wanted to speak to decision makers to get your views and opinions on some new offerings within the Quick Service Restaurant industry.
In the next few weeks,...
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January 26, 2026 at 1:35 PM
It's that time again! Calling all owners and managers of quick service restaurants - my company is paying £150 for 1.5 of your time. Here's the signup link - have fun! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Off to Athens. Think I'm pretty sorted for restaurants/bars, but anything cultural, off-beat or quirky you might recommend? Thank you!
January 23, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Off to Athens. Think I'm pretty sorted for restaurants/bars, but anything cultural, off-beat or quirky you might recommend? Thank you!
New post! Barnacle in Liverpool, where everything goes right until it doesn't.
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Barnacle, Liverpool
If it sometimes feels like Liverpool is short on quota of restaurants of sufficient quality befitting a city of its size (something that, fo...
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January 15, 2026 at 6:24 PM
New post! Barnacle in Liverpool, where everything goes right until it doesn't.
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Which word am I supposed to be stressing in this headline?
January 11, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Which word am I supposed to be stressing in this headline?
New post! The Hart in Marylebone is the final nail in the coffin to the assumption that London can't do gastropubs.
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The Hart, Marylebone
In an ideal world this would be a post about the 'proper' upstairs restaurant at the Hart, a serious (though not by all accounts stuffy) din...
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January 2, 2026 at 11:15 AM
New post! The Hart in Marylebone is the final nail in the coffin to the assumption that London can't do gastropubs.
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This is the 15th year of #DuvetKnowItsChristmas, which is preposterous. Rules: if you find yourself dealing with unusual / claustrophobic / gaudy sleeping arrangements this Christmas Eve, share a picture with the world. Use the hashtag (with capitalisation) and cc me if you can be bothered.
December 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This is the 15th year of #DuvetKnowItsChristmas, which is preposterous. Rules: if you find yourself dealing with unusual / claustrophobic / gaudy sleeping arrangements this Christmas Eve, share a picture with the world. Use the hashtag (with capitalisation) and cc me if you can be bothered.
New post! Got a bit of a blogging backlog to work through, so hot on the heels of yesterday's review this is PSV Cuisine in Waterloo (and it's also brilliant):
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PSV, Waterloo
The tradition of exciting, regional SE Asian food appearing above or behind unassuming pubs in London is alive and well. The first time I en...
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December 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
New post! Got a bit of a blogging backlog to work through, so hot on the heels of yesterday's review this is PSV Cuisine in Waterloo (and it's also brilliant):
cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/12/psv-...
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New post! Kokin in Stratford is high-end Japanese food done almost flawlessly.
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Kokin, Stratford
Lots of potentially very well-respected global cuisines have an unenviable, constant uphill battle against the enshittification of their bra...
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December 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
New post! Kokin in Stratford is high-end Japanese food done almost flawlessly.
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New post!
With one notable exception of a dish, Firestarter aren't reinventing the wheel. But they do it all so well, you don't care.
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With one notable exception of a dish, Firestarter aren't reinventing the wheel. But they do it all so well, you don't care.
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Firestarter, Liverpool Street
It's often very difficult to stand out from the crowd in Restaurant London, especially when - as in Firestarter's case at least - you appear...
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December 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
New post!
With one notable exception of a dish, Firestarter aren't reinventing the wheel. But they do it all so well, you don't care.
cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/12/fire...
With one notable exception of a dish, Firestarter aren't reinventing the wheel. But they do it all so well, you don't care.
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Hello NYC! London here! Nine years into a lefty Muslim mayor (I happily voted for him every fucking time!). I came home happily drunk and unburka-ed on the tube the other night, and my asthmatic husband had not had to use a daily inhaler for years because of the vastly improved air quality. Enjoy!
Tuberville: “We just saw what happened in NY. We lost NY. It will be completely Muslim in 3-4 years. That’s what they want. And it’s going to spread throughout the country.”
November 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Hello NYC! London here! Nine years into a lefty Muslim mayor (I happily voted for him every fucking time!). I came home happily drunk and unburka-ed on the tube the other night, and my asthmatic husband had not had to use a daily inhaler for years because of the vastly improved air quality. Enjoy!
The brilliant Swan is finally getting some recognition www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/foo...
'Run don't walk' to little-known fish and chip shop that's 'best in the North'
A family run Fish and chip shop has been in the business for close to 50 years and finally received its praises as the 'best in the north'
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November 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The brilliant Swan is finally getting some recognition www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/foo...
New post!
Elephant in Hackney is a decent local Italian restaurant
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Elephant in Hackney is a decent local Italian restaurant
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Elephant, Hackney
I spent most of this month in Spain (see previous post) and although I'm happy enough to be back in cold, wet London town (honest), as the e...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:27 AM
New post!
Elephant in Hackney is a decent local Italian restaurant
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Elephant in Hackney is a decent local Italian restaurant
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Hands up everyone who got their email read out on the @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social podcast this week
🙌
(Me. I did.)
🙌
(Me. I did.)
September 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Hands up everyone who got their email read out on the @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social podcast this week
🙌
(Me. I did.)
🙌
(Me. I did.)
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I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
September 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
I just backed WHOLE BEAST FINDS IT HOME SWEET HOME on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/130...
WHOLE BEAST FINDS IT HOME SWEET HOME
We have finally found a site for Whole Beast, after years on the road, countless residencies & pop ups, we have a place to call home.
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September 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I just backed WHOLE BEAST FINDS IT HOME SWEET HOME on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/130...
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I’m not saying UK trains are expensive…
… but in Spain and I accidentally booked business class which comes with a full meal and several glasses of wine it was still cheaper than an Avanti off peak single standard fare.
… but in Spain and I accidentally booked business class which comes with a full meal and several glasses of wine it was still cheaper than an Avanti off peak single standard fare.
September 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I’m not saying UK trains are expensive…
… but in Spain and I accidentally booked business class which comes with a full meal and several glasses of wine it was still cheaper than an Avanti off peak single standard fare.
… but in Spain and I accidentally booked business class which comes with a full meal and several glasses of wine it was still cheaper than an Avanti off peak single standard fare.
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A pathetic group of UKIP numbskulls where vastly outnumbered by the good people of Liverpool, who told them to fuck right off.
August 24, 2025 at 7:46 AM
A pathetic group of UKIP numbskulls where vastly outnumbered by the good people of Liverpool, who told them to fuck right off.
New post! The ideal neighbourhood restaurant in Belzan, Liverpool
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Belzan, Liverpool
This was actually my second visit to Belzan. The first, according to my iPhone photo history, was on 8th May 2020, but was a little bit tric...
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August 18, 2025 at 8:44 AM
New post! The ideal neighbourhood restaurant in Belzan, Liverpool
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Been meaning to share this for a while but keep forgetting - if you use this link to sign up for Octopus energy (green, v reasonable), we both get £50:
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August 13, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Been meaning to share this for a while but keep forgetting - if you use this link to sign up for Octopus energy (green, v reasonable), we both get £50:
share.octopus.energy/olive-sky-7
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New post!
Incredible seafood at Nou Bar del Poble, Peratellada (Spain)
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Incredible seafood at Nou Bar del Poble, Peratellada (Spain)
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Nou Bar del Poble, Peratellada
There's a part of me knows, deep down inside, that it probably is possible, if you try really, really, really hard, to have a bad meal in Sp...
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August 13, 2025 at 9:41 AM
New post!
Incredible seafood at Nou Bar del Poble, Peratellada (Spain)
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Incredible seafood at Nou Bar del Poble, Peratellada (Spain)
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New post!
One of the best meals I've ever had anywhere, at 8 by Andy Sheridan in Liverpool
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One of the best meals I've ever had anywhere, at 8 by Andy Sheridan in Liverpool
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8 by Andy Sheridan, Liverpool
There are many things about 8 by Andy Sheridan that might rub you up the wrong way. The name, for a start - I've never really been behind th...
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August 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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One of the best meals I've ever had anywhere, at 8 by Andy Sheridan in Liverpool
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One of the best meals I've ever had anywhere, at 8 by Andy Sheridan in Liverpool
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