Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 5)
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jakesmith said:
Anyone who likes a bagel, especially a salt beef one, would be advised to go to beigel bake in Brick Lane, London. The finest and most authentic salt beef bagel known to man
Beigel Bake suuuuuucks! :PIt's all about Beigel Shop. Eat there at least once a week.
(To the uninitiated, they're literally two doors apart. Locals tend to go to the yellow one, tourists to the white)
Edited by j_4m on Thursday 4th April 17:12
j_4m said:
Beigel Bake suuuuuucks! :P
It's all about Beigel Shop. Eat there at least once a week.
(To the uninitiated, they're literally two doors apart. Locals tend to go to the yellow one, tourists to the white)
That must be how Beigal bake gets away with charging 10p more - due to the tourist crowd. However I did used to walk there from my flat so wasn’t really a tourist. It's all about Beigel Shop. Eat there at least once a week.
(To the uninitiated, they're literally two doors apart. Locals tend to go to the yellow one, tourists to the white)
Edited by j_4m on Thursday 4th April 17:12
When I lived in town 5 years ago it was £3.50 for a bagel crammed with salt beef (or £3.40 at the yellow dive next door)
Those of you who remember the famous kosher restaurant Blooms in Whitechapel (since closed due to food hygiene irregularities!) might recall the old lady who used to sit in the doorway with a sack of bagels, selling them to the customers as they came out. She sat on a little stool, dressed in layers of shawls and blankets. She was in herself something of an East End institution.
The story goes that one day a chap came out of blooms, asked for a bag of bagels and handed over his pound to her. In the end, he did this every time he came. One day, he thought he would do the old girl a favour and said that he just had a call to make and he would come back for the bagels later. Of course, he didn't and she gratefully pocketed the money.
It became a bit of a routine every week - he would pretend to buy some bagels, she would get the pound, but could pretend that she wasn't reduced to begging.
However, one week, he handed over the pound, said he would be back later, but she continued to hold out her hand. He asked what was the matter. She answered,
"They've gone up."
The story goes that one day a chap came out of blooms, asked for a bag of bagels and handed over his pound to her. In the end, he did this every time he came. One day, he thought he would do the old girl a favour and said that he just had a call to make and he would come back for the bagels later. Of course, he didn't and she gratefully pocketed the money.
It became a bit of a routine every week - he would pretend to buy some bagels, she would get the pound, but could pretend that she wasn't reduced to begging.
However, one week, he handed over the pound, said he would be back later, but she continued to hold out her hand. He asked what was the matter. She answered,
"They've gone up."
j_4m said:
jakesmith said:
Anyone who likes a bagel, especially a salt beef one, would be advised to go to beigel bake in Brick Lane, London. The finest and most authentic salt beef bagel known to man
Beigel Bake suuuuuucks! :PIt's all about Beigel Shop. Eat there at least once a week.
(To the uninitiated, they're literally two doors apart. Locals tend to go to the yellow one, tourists to the white)
Edited by j_4m on Thursday 4th April 17:12
I'd go snap one, but I'm working from home today. However here they are on streetview: https://tinyurl.com/y49bymdl
I've tried the bagels in both over the years, the yellow one just edges it. Plus they're a bit cheaper and the staff are nicer.
I've tried the bagels in both over the years, the yellow one just edges it. Plus they're a bit cheaper and the staff are nicer.
Tom_Spotley_When said:
Hugo a Gogo said:
Frank7 said:
RizzoTheRat said:
Do the Germans use credit cards much? They seem pretty rare in NL where most people use debit cards (annoyingly maestro rather than Visa or MasterCard) all the time, if Germany's similar it may make sense that Aldi/Lidl didn't bother with credit cards as standard.
I don’t know about now, I haven’t been over for a while, but in the nineties, when I’d visit my son and his family in Germany, I’d usually take them all out to dinner on one night.A couple of times I ask for die Rechnung, or der bezahlen, and after it came, I’d get a card out to pay it, and my German daughter-in-law would say, “Let me check that they take cards Frank, you’re not at home now, we’re still catching up.”
I was stunned to see everyone doing contactless payment for rounds in the UK
Dunno about Berlin, but here in Düsseldorf, get a 'Deckel' - a beermat with all your drinks marked on it, pay at the end, round it up, don't pay bloody 14.36, call it 17 or something, give them a 20 and a 2
Tom_Spotley_When said:
I was in Berlin at the start of March. Probably 2/3rds of the bars we went to didn't take card. Cash only. It was unbelievably irritating.
Odd how peoples expectations are different. I've been in a lot of pubs in my time and have never used a card. I just wouldn't walk in a pub or bar if I didn't have cash on me.The Mad Monk said:
Any chance of a photo of the two shop fronts in one shot?
https://goo.gl/maps/bnFSih2KqLS2br d said:
Tom_Spotley_When said:
I was in Berlin at the start of March. Probably 2/3rds of the bars we went to didn't take card. Cash only. It was unbelievably irritating.
Odd how peoples expectations are different. I've been in a lot of pubs in my time and have never used a card. I just wouldn't walk in a pub or bar if I didn't have cash on me.Even the local 60p toll bridge is contactless these days I found out to my amazement recently. I had been scratching around for change, thinking 'what a PITA!'
FourWheelDrift said:
The Mad Monk said:
Any chance of a photo of the two shop fronts in one shot?
https://goo.gl/maps/bnFSih2KqLS2davhill said:
j_4m said:
Well, I suppose they're kind of light brown but somebody canna spell.
Edited by j_4m on Thursday 4th April 17:12
It’s on 7th. Ave, between 12th and 13th Streets, next to Union Market, only a small place, but if you’re in Park Slope, it’s worth checking out, try the lox and cream cheese.
Frank7 said:
davhill said:
j_4m said:
Well, I suppose they're kind of light brown but somebody canna spell.
Edited by j_4m on Thursday 4th April 17:12
It’s on 7th. Ave, between 12th and 13th Streets, next to Union Market, only a small place, but if you’re in Park Slope, it’s worth checking out, try the lox and cream cheese.
Thanks
Shakermaker said:
To be fair, banks in the UK charge for having their account by offering lower rates of interest on savings and charging more for loans/overdrafts perahps, rather than a standing monthly charge to be a customer... you're paying for it in a different way
Not convinced about that. In the UK in getting 1.5% on my current account and similar in savings, which isn't great but in NL im getting something like 0.03% on my current account and the best I can find on savings accounts is 0.95%, I belive those kind of rates are pretty common across Europe. That annoys me.
The Mad Monk said:
Halmyre said:
This Devine intervention will bring back terrible memories for those north of the Border:
Who he?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Devine
A sort of Scottish Des O'Connor.
Halmyre said:
The Mad Monk said:
Halmyre said:
This Devine intervention will bring back terrible memories for those north of the Border:
Who he?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Devine
A sort of Scottish Des O'Connor.
So long as he stays in Scotland! Why is he called 'Steak and Kidney'?
br d said:
Tom_Spotley_When said:
I was in Berlin at the start of March. Probably 2/3rds of the bars we went to didn't take card. Cash only. It was unbelievably irritating.
Odd how peoples expectations are different. I've been in a lot of pubs in my time and have never used a card. I just wouldn't walk in a pub or bar if I didn't have cash on me.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff