Chris Pople
@chrispople.bsky.social
Restaurant blogger. And little else.
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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
cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/11/elep...
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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Friend referral | Octopus Energy
The UK's most awarded energy supplier. We're doing energy better - for you and the environment.
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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
share.octopus.energy/olive-sky-7
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)
cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/08/nou-...
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
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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What is the worst wine list in London? Who's serving the plonkiest selezione in town? We asked a host of food and beverage luminaries, and nearly all of them insisted on anonymity, except for two: @jayrayner1.bsky.social and Andy Hayler.
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Capital Letter #12
In which we crown London's plonkiest wine list
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August 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
What is the worst wine list in London? Who's serving the plonkiest selezione in town? We asked a host of food and beverage luminaries, and nearly all of them insisted on anonymity, except for two: @jayrayner1.bsky.social and Andy Hayler.
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New post!
Luna is an extremely pleasant, unpretentious little place on the South Bank. cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/08/luna...
Luna is an extremely pleasant, unpretentious little place on the South Bank. cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/08/luna...
Luna, Shad Thames
This is not going to be a long post. Not because Luna - a cosy little new wine bar from the people behind Legara just over the road - isn't ...
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August 1, 2025 at 9:09 AM
New post!
Luna is an extremely pleasant, unpretentious little place on the South Bank. cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/08/luna...
Luna is an extremely pleasant, unpretentious little place on the South Bank. cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/08/luna...
New post! Bo.Tic in Corçà.
Should a €300+pp tasting menu restaurant be charging extra for bread?
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Should a €300+pp tasting menu restaurant be charging extra for bread?
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Bo.Tic, Corçà
You will probably be aware that Catalonia has well more than its fair share of influential restaurants, a tradition that runs from El Bulli ...
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July 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
New post! Bo.Tic in Corçà.
Should a €300+pp tasting menu restaurant be charging extra for bread?
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Should a €300+pp tasting menu restaurant be charging extra for bread?
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thanks to @luketurner.bsky.social for making me aware of Zedel removing the steak haché frites from its prix fixe menu, will be wearing a black armband for the rest of the month, maybe the quarter
July 22, 2025 at 10:38 AM
thanks to @luketurner.bsky.social for making me aware of Zedel removing the steak haché frites from its prix fixe menu, will be wearing a black armband for the rest of the month, maybe the quarter
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My colleague has a new parrot who will type us (nonsensical) messages on Slack if she leaves her desk unattended.
Meet Chickpea 🦜
Meet Chickpea 🦜
July 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
My colleague has a new parrot who will type us (nonsensical) messages on Slack if she leaves her desk unattended.
Meet Chickpea 🦜
Meet Chickpea 🦜
New post! An excruciating moment with a Very Expensive Lobster, but a very good meal otherwise at El Moli.
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El Molí de l’Escala, L'Escala
I have eaten at El Moli a number of times over the 40 or so years I and my family have been visiting this part of the world. The first coupl...
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July 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM
New post! An excruciating moment with a Very Expensive Lobster, but a very good meal otherwise at El Moli.
cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/07/el-m...
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New post! Vegan sushi at Studio Gauthier, and very good it is too.
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Studio Gauthier, Fitzrovia
Hard as it may be to believe from my supremely easy-going and liberal attitude these days (no laughing at the back), but there was a time wh...
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June 30, 2025 at 9:50 AM
New post! Vegan sushi at Studio Gauthier, and very good it is too.
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New post!
Disappointing Texas-Chinese fusion BBQ at Uncle Hon's, Hackney Wick.
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Disappointing Texas-Chinese fusion BBQ at Uncle Hon's, Hackney Wick.
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Uncle Hon's BBQ, Hackney Wick
After traipsing halfway across London, dodging travel works and closed Overground lines and carriages with malfunctioning air conditioning a...
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June 17, 2025 at 9:55 AM
New post!
Disappointing Texas-Chinese fusion BBQ at Uncle Hon's, Hackney Wick.
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Disappointing Texas-Chinese fusion BBQ at Uncle Hon's, Hackney Wick.
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Please let this be true
On Twitter there is news that Tommy Robinson and his team were asked to leave a branch Hawksmoor after stopping by for lunch
June 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Please let this be true
New post - Norbert's in East Dulwich.
Nice chicken, not completely spoiled by a Wine Service Incident. Obviously I made a mistake and so did they, but what should have happened?
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Nice chicken, not completely spoiled by a Wine Service Incident. Obviously I made a mistake and so did they, but what should have happened?
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Norbert's, East Dulwich
They're like the buses, these rotisserie places. You wait years for a decent, affordable spit-roast chicken in the capital, and then two com...
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June 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
New post - Norbert's in East Dulwich.
Nice chicken, not completely spoiled by a Wine Service Incident. Obviously I made a mistake and so did they, but what should have happened?
cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/06/norb...
Nice chicken, not completely spoiled by a Wine Service Incident. Obviously I made a mistake and so did they, but what should have happened?
cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/06/norb...