Spiltwine

Went to The Clarence last night (it’s on Balham High Road, in Balham) and was greeted by this massive tomato on their bar.  “What is it for!?” I asked, immediately taken in by the little guy.

have to get one!

The tomato was supplied by 42 Below – that Kiwi vodka, they’ve been in the UK for awhile now – and it opened up to reveal a complete set of goodies. Now I am a total sucker for marketing and immediately and without a second thought craved and wanted a Bloody Mary.

Robot's in disguise

And the Bloody Mary was divine! So taken by the whole experience I was, I decided to get another….which incidentally went great with my fish & chips…

Apparently there are only four of these tomatoes in the country…and I really, really want one for Xmas. Yo, 42 Below get in touch and send me one please, I’ll pay for it!

Battle of Waterloo

There you are just south of the river, near Waterloo in fact, with so many cool little dineries to try…there’s Baltic, the Thai behind the Kings Arms on Roupell St, Cubana even has food, in fact there’s loads of places….well trust me to get the worst of them all.

Waterloo Brasserie – is not good.

Don’t really want to make this a long rant but between my being ignored and our order not being taken for a good 15 minutes…there were also plates riddled with more finger prints than CSI-Miami, ice cold fries, a mound of welted salad hiding some nuked goat cheese (it was stuck to the plate in that tell-tale microwave way) and a gloopy, chicken Caesar salad, drowned by salad cream (Rest In Peace you poor, poor salad leaves)….suffice to say, I ain’t going back.
Oh, but the Prosecco was good.

Waterloo Brasserie is across the street from the Old Vic