Comments on: Rising sap http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2008/03/rising-sap/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rising-sap Camberwell and my life in it Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:43:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hannah http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2008/03/rising-sap/#comment-58139 Hannah Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:46:24 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2008/03/rising-sap/#comment-58139 It's surprisingly ok actually - but you still have to go to Bexleyheath which i wouldn't recommend It’s surprisingly ok actually — but you still have to go to Bexleyheath which i wouldn’t recommend

]]> By: D-MAN http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2008/03/rising-sap/#comment-58135 D-MAN Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:42:46 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2008/03/rising-sap/#comment-58135 <i>Bexleyheath Marriott</i>. Euww. Sounds grim. Bexleyheath Marriott. Euww. Sounds grim.

]]> By: Hannah http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2008/03/rising-sap/#comment-58133 Hannah Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:12:50 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2008/03/rising-sap/#comment-58133 Yes i've had to do this in several pubs throughout London. Although i experienced a new level of distrust last week at the Bexleyheath Marriott (It was for work ok - i'm not in the habit of holidaying in Bexleyheath!) Where they took £50 off my credit card upfront in case of any expenses! Yes i’ve had to do this in several pubs throughout London.

Although i experienced a new level of distrust last week at the Bexleyheath Marriott (It was for work ok — i’m not in the habit of holidaying in Bexleyheath!) Where they took £50 off my credit card upfront in case of any expenses!

]]> By: southmark http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2008/03/rising-sap/#comment-58131 southmark Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:04:48 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2008/03/rising-sap/#comment-58131 Not really too sure what all the fuss is re 'cards behind the bar'. I lived north London until I moved down here 7 years ago and all the pubs that did food required a card to be left at the bar, unless of course you paid when ordering. Guess we're a only just getting used to these new fangled ideas down here ;-) Not really too sure what all the fuss is re ‘cards behind the bar’. I lived north London until I moved down here 7 years ago and all the pubs that did food required a card to be left at the bar, unless of course you paid when ordering. Guess we’re a only just getting used to these new fangled ideas down here ;-)

]]> By: eusebiovic http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2008/03/rising-sap/#comment-58130 eusebiovic Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:45:40 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2008/03/rising-sap/#comment-58130 Ross Todhunter If you want some reliable Indian Takeaway - I highly recommend The Chutney in Herne Hill (opposite Brockwell Park) That credit card behind the counter at The Bear can sound like an inexperienced bar staff situation - Then again, from what you say you and girlfriend are probably a pair of fine upstanding citizens but you'd be surprised at how many people who look like you try to get away with not paying meals in bars/restaurants, whether they just walk out or kick up a fuss about perfectly good food Sad, but these are the times that we are living...as I'm sure Mark would agree Ross Todhunter

If you want some reliable Indian Takeaway — I highly recommend The Chutney in Herne Hill (opposite Brockwell Park)

That credit card behind the counter at The Bear can sound like an inexperienced bar staff situation — Then again, from what you say you and girlfriend are probably a pair of fine upstanding citizens but you’d be surprised at how many people who look like you try to get away with not paying meals in bars/restaurants, whether they just walk out or kick up a fuss about perfectly good food

Sad, but these are the times that we are living…as I’m sure Mark would agree

]]> By: Dagmar http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2008/03/rising-sap/#comment-58108 Dagmar Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:37:48 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2008/03/rising-sap/#comment-58108 It does help, Duff, it does. The Tesco stationery is flying off the shelves, it's not stationary. The shop's Zest soap from Mexico, I now discover, contains not just limonene (if you squeeze orange, lemon or grapefruit skin in front of a flame, the spray catches fire - this is the hydrocarbon limonene) but also linalool, a terpene alcohol also got from citrus fruit and other fine plant life. I think that's why I'm now hooked on the soap, not just the suggestion that it may contain Mexican hallucinogenics. My common-law partner saw a friend in the 99p shop today who scuttled away embarrassedly on being sighted - she is normally friendly. We're all at it! It really is an Aladdin's Cave there. Forgive me. I am high on linalool, or loonalin, or something. It does help, Duff, it does. The Tesco stationery is flying off the shelves, it’s not stationary. The shop’s Zest soap from Mexico, I now discover, contains not just limonene (if you squeeze orange, lemon or grapefruit skin in front of a flame, the spray catches fire — this is the hydrocarbon limonene) but also linalool, a terpene alcohol also got from citrus fruit and other fine plant life. I think that’s why I’m now hooked on the soap, not just the suggestion that it may contain Mexican hallucinogenics.

My common-law partner saw a friend in the 99p shop today who scuttled away embarrassedly on being sighted — she is normally friendly. We’re all at it! It really is an Aladdin’s Cave there.

Forgive me. I am high on linalool, or loonalin, or something.

]]> By: Duff http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2008/03/rising-sap/#comment-58104 Duff Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:27:16 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2008/03/rising-sap/#comment-58104 re: Tesco The 99p shop is selling a very limited selection of Tesco branded low quality stationary. If memory serves me right its envelopes and may be some naff writing paper. Certainly envelopes. Hope that helps. re: Tesco

The 99p shop is selling a very limited selection of Tesco branded low quality stationary. If memory serves me right its envelopes and may be some naff writing paper. Certainly envelopes.

Hope that helps.

]]> By: copeywolf http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2008/03/rising-sap/#comment-58096 copeywolf Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:21:24 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2008/03/rising-sap/#comment-58096 If you can get to Denmark hill station Clapham Hight St is 3 mins away for the Clapham Picturehouse http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema_home_date.aspx?venueId=cph If you can get to Denmark hill station Clapham Hight St is 3 mins away for the Clapham Picturehouse http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema_home_date.aspx?venueId=cph

]]> By: Phil G http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2008/03/rising-sap/#comment-58089 Phil G Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:17:12 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2008/03/rising-sap/#comment-58089 Course, just realised the reason I've not been asked to leave a deposit for a meal upfront is because in pubs you usually pay when you order. But that'd make a mess of the service and restaurant slant that the Bear is after. Ah well, would go back anyway. Course, just realised the reason I’ve not been asked to leave a deposit for a meal upfront is because in pubs you usually pay when you order. But that’d make a mess of the service and restaurant slant that the Bear is after. Ah well, would go back anyway.

]]> By: Phil G http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2008/03/rising-sap/#comment-58085 Phil G Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:05:39 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2008/03/rising-sap/#comment-58085 Card up front at the Bear. Yeah, I guess it's just Camberwell. It's a shame they had to ask for the card and or cash up front. It sort of ruined the opening of a nice meal. I can understand how people would just peg it out of there. Britain's full of that isn't it. V sad. I'm a big fan of Viet Hoa and have been many times but I walked in the door with my girl last week and we both did an about turn and walked straight out. It stank. Just really did not smell good. Not the food or the Asian cooking smells. They just need to really clean that place up a bit, get some extraction in. Looking back, I remember my parents complaining how much their clothes reeked after I took them there. Get some fans in people. We went to Tadim instead. V good. Peckhamplex prices seem to have gone up. How much longer can The Grove survive? It'd be a shame if it closed, though I never go there cos it's not that good. Card up front at the Bear.

Yeah, I guess it’s just Camberwell. It’s a shame they had to ask for the card and or cash up front. It sort of ruined the opening of a nice meal.

I can understand how people would just peg it out of there. Britain’s full of that isn’t it. V sad.

I’m a big fan of Viet Hoa and have been many times but I walked in the door with my girl last week and we both did an about turn and walked straight out. It stank. Just really did not smell good.

Not the food or the Asian cooking smells. They just need to really clean that place up a bit, get some extraction in.

Looking back, I remember my parents complaining how much their clothes reeked after I took them there.

Get some fans in people.

We went to Tadim instead. V good.

Peckhamplex prices seem to have gone up.

How much longer can The Grove survive? It’d be a shame if it closed, though I never go there cos it’s not that good.

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