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CHAPPERS

DISCO SPENG
Jul 5, 2003
44,785
Second instalment of the Chappers’ trilogy of last weekend finds us for Saturday lunch at Fatto A Mano on London Road.

I’ve been heretwo or three of times now and really enjoyed myself and it seems to have got better and better. The pizzas are a very decent standard, cooked in their huge pizza oven that sits at the very front of the place. We had Caprese salad to start with some beautiful tomatoes and a generous ball of soft mozzarella then shared a special pizza topped with asparagus, mushrooms and parma ham. The Affogato (vanilla ice cream with a shot of espresso poured over) for pudding is a new one on me and one I will revisit as it’s BOOM TING! Tip of the hat to the local beers on offer which were a Bison Beer and a 360 degrees IPA which I had.

We ate with my pal and his daughters, who eat for free (small pizza each and ice cream for pudding) with a paying adult. They really have read the market well and it shows as the place is packed more or less all day at the weekend.

Well worth a go especially if you’re looking for somewhere to eat where kids are not only tolerated but actually made part of the experience.

9/10
 










Guinness Boy

Guinness Boy

Tofu eating wokerati
Helpful Moderator
NSC Patron
Jul 23, 2003
34,207
Up and Coming Sunny Portslade
CHAPPERS said:
BUSBY & WILDS.

Seriously. SO good. Make sure you book ahead as the secret seems to be out. Proper food.
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Absolutely this. Had a cracking pre-Xmas dinner with the Dads at my son's school there. Bumped in to one on Saturday & was still going on about it.
 






Biscuit Barrel

Biscuit Barrel

Well-known member
Jan 28, 2014
2,437
Southwick
Taking the family for lunch at The Rainbow in Cooksbridge at the weekend. I have not been since it has changed hands. Anyone know if it's any good these days?
 


Westdene Seagull

Westdene Seagull

aka Cap'n Carl Firecrotch
NSC Patron
Oct 27, 2003
21,029
The arse end of Hangleton
Spot of lunch today with Mrs W to 'celebrate' our redundancies !

Went to Solera de Tapa in North Laine ( not the singular !!! ).

Great Tapas with a bottle of wine - meatballs were fantastic as was the chicken with orange salad. Six dishes plus a decent bottle of plonk all for 50 earth pounds. 9/10.

As an aside, anyone seen anything of [MENTION=409]Herr Tubthumper[/MENTION] recently ?
 




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Machiavelli

Well-known member
Oct 11, 2013
16,661
Fiveways
Westdene Seagull said:
Spot of lunch today with Mrs W to 'celebrate' our redundancies !

Went to Solera de Tapa in North Laine ( not the singular !!! ).

Great Tapas with a bottle of wine - meatballs were fantastic as was the chicken with orange salad. Six dishes plus a decent bottle of plonk all for 50 earth pounds. 9/10.

As an aside, anyone seen anything of [MENTION=409]Herr Tubthumper[/MENTION] recently ?
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No idea, but he might:
-- have decided to go quiet post-Brexit
-- be on holiday
 


CheeseRolls

CheeseRolls

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Jan 27, 2009
5,967
Shoreham Beach
Went to Bincho Yakitori last night with Mrs Rolls. We rocked up 10 minutes after they had opened and ended up with the worst seat in the house. However the food was nothing short of superb and I could rave about meat, fish and vegetarian dishes. We were both knocking back plum wine, but there is a broad sake menu and a small but interesting beer list. Service is a little eratic, the restaurant is small and tucked away on the East side of Preston Street and only opens evenings.

If you are put off by a menu that includes chicken skins or chicken hearts this probably isn't the place for you. If Korean chicken wings excite you (these ones certainly should), or Wagyu Beef, fresh mackerel, Korean cauliflower - this place is recommended.
 


Westdene Seagull

Westdene Seagull

aka Cap'n Carl Firecrotch
NSC Patron
Oct 27, 2003
21,029
The arse end of Hangleton
Back to an old favourite last night - Galileo in Woodland Drive. Service as always was impeccable. The feta on my Greek Salad was a bit too salty but other than that great food and decent plonk. Worth going in the summer months so you can sit outside. 8/10.
 




whitelion

whitelion

New member
Dec 16, 2003
12,828
Southwick
Westdene Seagull said:
Back to an old favourite last night - Galileo in Woodland Drive. Service as always was impeccable. The feta on my Greek Salad was a bit too salty but other than that great food and decent plonk. Worth going in the summer months so you can sit outside. 8/10.
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Wasn't that where Gus and Vicente met?
 




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Machiavelli

Well-known member
Oct 11, 2013
16,661
Fiveways
CheeseRolls said:
Went to Bincho Yakitori last night with Mrs Rolls. We rocked up 10 minutes after they had opened and ended up with the worst seat in the house. However the food was nothing short of superb and I could rave about meat, fish and vegetarian dishes. We were both knocking back plum wine, but there is a broad sake menu and a small but interesting beer list. Service is a little eratic, the restaurant is small and tucked away on the East side of Preston Street and only opens evenings.

If you are put off by a menu that includes chicken skins or chicken hearts this probably isn't the place for you. If Korean chicken wings excite you (these ones certainly should), or Wagyu Beef, fresh mackerel, Korean cauliflower - this place is recommended.
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You're not the only one raving about this place. Must give it a go.
 








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CHAPPERS

DISCO SPENG
Jul 5, 2003
44,785
The final part of by trilogy of meals out last weekend was at one of the best restaurants in town who have opened a new, larger venue on Third Avenue.

Saturday night was at Planet India.

Planet India is a fully vegetarian Indian restaurant but I feel bad saying that because you REALLY REALLY don’t miss the meat here. The primary venue is based at Richmond Parade but you’ll be lucky to get a table in there on a Satruday unless you have booked a couple of weeks in advance and even on weekdays things can be a struggle. The new venue is an 80 seater affair and, even though they have done very little advertising , it was actually full by 8:30 leading to longer wait times than they would have liked but they have just opened and I don’t think they were expecting people to know about it yet, preferring a soft launch over a few weeks to bed in. Let’s start with drinks, as we had a few promptly delivered through the evening as the kitchen tried to keep up with the hectic pace. There’s only one restaurant, in my opinion, that even gets close to Planet India in terms of beer offerings, and that is Curry Leaf Café, but Planet India kills it. My pal and I stuck to the mighty Einstok White Ale, as it goes brilliantly with curry, but the beer list is long and thorough, mainly consisting of Scottish ales which keeps things really interesting. The house white wine is actually good (I think it’s a pinot grigio), if you’re into that kind of thing in a curry house.

The food was Pani Puri, which are crispy balls which you fill with chick pea and potato then top with a tamarind sauce and other shizz and pop it in yer gob. Marvellous things happen at this point. If you don’t get this then Dhai Bhel Puri is the one, a supremely fresh chickpea and coriander salad with a whack of tamarind that’ll have you scrabbling for more and has caused arguments with the missus in the past over who gets the final morsels. Mains were Masoor Dall, pea and paneer, spinach and paneer and something I can’t remember (blame the beer). All the cooking here is clean using totally fresh ingredients, especially evident in the spinach dish which held on to it’s irony flavour beautifully.

No room left to even look at the dessert list, to be honest I don’t think I even have as we’re normally spent by then.

The service is so so friendly, the guy that runs the place really knows his food and if you’re a first timer will guide you through the menu and is more than happy to tell you when you’ve ordered enough (two starters between four and a curry each is plenty. As I’ve said the service was slow but they have been totally taken by surprise by their popularity, which surprises me as they really are a GEM in the Brighton scene. We spent 140 quid (this included a large tip as we love em) between 4 which I think is great value considering we must have had 8 beers and a bottle of wine with a couple more glasses on top of that.

Go, but book!

9/10 (I’d love to give a ten here but I won’t, I’ll save my 10 for my next visit to Little Fish Market)
 






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Springal

Well-known member
Feb 12, 2005
23,849
GOSBTS
CheeseRolls said:
Went to Bincho Yakitori last night with Mrs Rolls. We rocked up 10 minutes after they had opened and ended up with the worst seat in the house. However the food was nothing short of superb and I could rave about meat, fish and vegetarian dishes. We were both knocking back plum wine, but there is a broad sake menu and a small but interesting beer list. Service is a little eratic, the restaurant is small and tucked away on the East side of Preston Street and only opens evenings.

If you are put off by a menu that includes chicken skins or chicken hearts this probably isn't the place for you. If Korean chicken wings excite you (these ones certainly should), or Wagyu Beef, fresh mackerel, Korean cauliflower - this place is recommended.
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Sounds good... Don't tend to venture down Preston Street but will check this out.
 


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pishhead

Well-known member
Jul 9, 2003
5,246
Everywhere
CHAPPERS said:
The final part of by trilogy of meals out last weekend was at one of the best restaurants in town who have opened a new, larger venue on Third Avenue.

Saturday night was at Planet India.

Planet India is a fully vegetarian Indian restaurant but I feel bad saying that because you REALLY REALLY don’t miss the meat here. The primary venue is based at Richmond Parade but you’ll be lucky to get a table in there on a Satruday unless you have booked a couple of weeks in advance and even on weekdays things can be a struggle. The new venue is an 80 seater affair and, even though they have done very little advertising , it was actually full by 8:30 leading to longer wait times than they would have liked but they have just opened and I don’t think they were expecting people to know about it yet, preferring a soft launch over a few weeks to bed in. Let’s start with drinks, as we had a few promptly delivered through the evening as the kitchen tried to keep up with the hectic pace. There’s only one restaurant, in my opinion, that even gets close to Planet India in terms of beer offerings, and that is Curry Leaf Café, but Planet India kills it. My pal and I stuck to the mighty Einstok White Ale, as it goes brilliantly with curry, but the beer list is long and thorough, mainly consisting of Scottish ales which keeps things really interesting. The house white wine is actually good (I think it’s a pinot grigio), if you’re into that kind of thing in a curry house.

The food was Pani Puri, which are crispy balls which you fill with chick pea and potato then top with a tamarind sauce and other shizz and pop it in yer gob. Marvellous things happen at this point. If you don’t get this then Dhai Bhel Puri is the one, a supremely fresh chickpea and coriander salad with a whack of tamarind that’ll have you scrabbling for more and has caused arguments with the missus in the past over who gets the final morsels. Mains were Masoor Dall, pea and paneer, spinach and paneer and something I can’t remember (blame the beer). All the cooking here is clean using totally fresh ingredients, especially evident in the spinach dish which held on to it’s irony flavour beautifully.

No room left to even look at the dessert list, to be honest I don’t think I even have as we’re normally spent by then.

The service is so so friendly, the guy that runs the place really knows his food and if you’re a first timer will guide you through the menu and is more than happy to tell you when you’ve ordered enough (two starters between four and a curry each is plenty. As I’ve said the service was slow but they have been totally taken by surprise by their popularity, which surprises me as they really are a GEM in the Brighton scene. We spent 140 quid (this included a large tip as we love em) between 4 which I think is great value considering we must have had 8 beers and a bottle of wine with a couple more glasses on top of that.

Go, but book!

9/10 (I’d love to give a ten here but I won’t, I’ll save my 10 for my next visit to Little Fish Market)
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Do they have the strange pricing still? And do they still let you have half and half?
 


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