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About doesthebellyrulethemind

Stewart Lee, Food (teach my taste buds), Meera Sodha, Hugh Fearnley, Gordon Ramsay, Clare Smyth, my mother, Ken Hom ,Street Feast, Pitt Cue (RIP), Rockfish, Delia Smith (pre cheating), Bread Street Kitchen, Exploding Bakery, Almond Thief, WokyKo, Gunpowder, Borough Market, Jamie Oliver, Pipers Farm, my x girlfriend for teaching me, Waitrose. Foraging (wild is wonderful) Fun (life should be) Music (you name it) Acid Pauli, Lucy Rose, Nick Drake,Motorhead, Dave Brubeck, Kate Bush, Big Country, Damian Lazarus/Rebellion, Bombay's, Fryers, Rae Morris, Pete Tong, La Fleur, Be Svendsen, Bedouin, Black Coffee, The Ruttles, Little Richard, Joni Mitchell, The Notwist, Jimmy Somerville, AC/DC, Half Man Half Biscuit, Donna Summer, Eliza Shaddad. Cinema (so many) Amnesty International and all Human Rights people!! Lisboeta ,Seven Dials market, Olivers butchers Totnes, Cracking Crab, Core.

Goat Rogan Josh, Wild Salad.

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@Anjum_Anand. “The Spice Taylor” from Waitrose, Goat from Plymouth, Foraged leaves and flowers, Isle of White toms. Very good Goat, Quickly foraged salad “Royal Umbrella Jasmine Rice” glass of the new Sharpham Wine, not bad. Pete Tong from Miami superb! Pasion Fruit and plum syrup mousse(result).


Lucy Rose “No Words Left”

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Pleased to hear Lucy’s new album live at Rough Trade. A great album as expected.
No drums, superb bass (fretless) and strings. Honest as ever, hauntingly beautiful. A proper album.
Great to hear music being used in the way Lucy has with this album. Subjects that are close to my heart. One song made me loose sleep a bit, previous long term relationship. Lucy’s music has helped me a lot with stressful times
Some great Interviews with real wordsmiths better than I
Try these
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/mar/22/lucy-rose-no-words-left-review-her-starkest-most-striking-album-yet
https://www.hmv.com/music/lucy-rose-no-words-left-interview
http://diymag.com/2019/03/25/the-talking-cure-lucy-rose-no-words-left-interview
Strongest album to date, I think the Union Chapel gig will suit the new material very well. One of my favourite artists in one of my favourite venues.
Thank you Lucy and all involved!

Buy this album see Lucy Rose live

Forage for Flavour!

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Back on the beach, tide not out. Never the less some Sea Beet leaves, Wild Fennel, three cornered garlic, and Pennywort  were picked. sea-beet-aspects

Most people in the UK. walk past some amazing free greens in the winter, straight to the supermarket. Plastic bags filled with gas to make the contents last longer.

With many of us poor, not so healthy and a planet that is looking similar. It’s a no brainer! What I picked is in abundance! I seriously needed the exercise! The end results of cooking are superb! Great flavour and lots of nutrients.

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Sprout Bhajis

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This is a work in progress. First try after reading about them in Manchester, via http://bundobust.com/ seriously cool food and drink. Amazingly I couldn’t taste the sprouts, in the ones I made, spice was nice though. Bhajis take longer to cook than I thought. I will cook them until they are darker next time. 180 degrees is what you want, a doughy interior is what you dont want. Other recipes call for shaping the mixture, not mine, I like the rough look, with crunchy exterior. My recipe was totally vegan. Seriously go eat at Bundobust.com Manchester or Leeds.sbhaji

Goose recommends Goose Avoids

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Recommended Alchemist Manchester. The best range cocktails I have seen, Monkey Gin, lots of theatre. Great results.

I’m avin a light bulb moment


prepare to be merry!


Afflecks Palace Manchester- lots of cool things in this market

Manc is on the up.


Wahaca– Good Food and Cocktails, nice vibe

Goose Dislikes “Presso”, seriously overpriced not very good. I’ve had better pizza from a supermarket. The calzone looked like something from Greggs.
“Nandos”, boring again supermarkets offer better.

Cool Music

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https://twitter.com/nGoose1/status/917056968040374272 Low Chimes are very good and recommended by the amazing Lucy Rose. Lucy Rose UK tour coming up soon, don’t miss out, really good live. Tickets selling fast. Rae Morris new stuff is very cool, saw her on the last tour seriously good. http://www.agnesobel.com/ another one Lucy recommended , she did the theme to BBC4 cool dark Canadian series “Cardinal” stunning.
Berlin is still smashing it as is Sweden try Skott @skottmusic or La Fleur
@SannaLaFleur

London/Blackpool/Lake District

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Now that is an Ice Cream!

Now that is an Ice Cream!

Amazing times. Megabus is the only way I can do this sort of travel. Much as I want J.C. running things will megabus still exist under his rule?
Highlight of London was Gunpowder at Spitalfields what a find. Highlight of Blackpool was the company, plus the ice cream. Nice curry, but Gunpowder was still fixed in my mind. Highilight of the Lake district? All of it! Amazing scenery, it’s been so long. The best beer I have had since I was running a bar. Jennings served from Wateredge Inn was stunning! Big Thanks to the drivers and lovely hospitality as ever!
Bowness Lake District Fish and Chips really good another great find!
Streetfeast allways delivers, Winerama is a must!
Now that is a pint of beer!

Now that is a pint of beer!

You Doughnut is also a must!
If you get the chance to eat in Shakeshack London, don’t! Its really gone down hill since my first visit, when it opened. Service is OK burger was not amazing. Fries were Cold, second batch given free were warm on top and cold below. I got a free concrete for my troubles, a mc Flurry is as good as possibly better?
YHA Bolsover Road was cool. Dover Street Apartments were excellent, basic clean cheap quiet, very good service. Premier Inn was again really good, don’t bother with the food though.
Amazing Food

Amazing Food

Venison Doughnut

Venison Doughnut


Superb wine

Superb wine