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I've just looked at the link and the menu looks great. I thought this was amusing though - I n t e r - c o u r s e (£2.50 supplement) Bargain! -----Original Message----- From: David Turner [mailto:figroll@xxxxx.xxx] Sent: 18 August 2006 09:41 To: london.food@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx Subject: [london.food] Last night, I ate frogs Simon previously made a brief mention of Champor Champor ( http://www.champor-champor.com ) on this list earlier in the year. Last night I gave it a try. The restaurant itself was well decorated, and while the tables were a little on the small side, they weren't crammed together and there was still plenty of space. Lots of attention to detail, right down to my name on the table! We started off with two tasty canapé, the best of which was a large mussel in a citrus and chili sauce. The bread basket had a brown and a white bread and tofu skin which I found strangely tasty! The menu from here on includes a good choice of ingredients not often eaten in London so we tackled this by ordering for each other, but then sharing anyway. To start we had crispy eel and green curried frogs legs congee. The eel was battered, deep fried and very tasty. The frogs legs were huge and anatomically obvious, right down to the toes! Tasty, but fiddly removing the bones. At this point I was full! But there was ostrich and monkfish still to come. The ostrich was served medium rare on lemon grass skewers. It was much more tender than I was expecting for a lean meat and had a satisfyingly strong taste. The monkfish was cooked perfectly and the scallops were tender and flavourful. There was durian involved with the monkfish somehow but we couldn't work out where it was -- or rather, nothing smelt like it had died on the plate with the possible exception of the shrimp flakes in one of the side dishes. All of this washed down with a bottle of voignier and we didn't manage to clean every plate. Speaking for myself, that was due to the well sized portions rather than the 'interesting' food. Coming in at about 40 quid (inc wine) a head was a good price for the great atmosphere and the interesting and well prepared food. I managed to get a booking with about a week notice, but that seemed to be with luck on my side so I'll call a little earlier to avoid disappointment. -- David Turner <david@xxxxxxx.xxx> http://figroll.com/ ************************************************************************* The contents of the e-mail and any transmitted files are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Transport for London Street Management hereby excludes any warranty and any liability as to the quality or accuracy of the contents of this e-mail and any attached transmitted files. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this e-mail in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify postmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. ************************************************************************* ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify TfL IM Service Desk on 08452 340 017. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. Surface Transport Transport for London ********************************************************************** [ detached attachment ]
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