tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701357792339034077.post8668631444867062074..comments2024-03-18T08:28:22.614+00:00Comments on bellaphon: Dishoombellaphonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09659024295552292245noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701357792339034077.post-85061952731308056602010-09-05T16:39:05.417+01:002010-09-05T16:39:05.417+01:00Firstly, I LOVED the calamari too. (Disclaimer: I ...Firstly, I LOVED the calamari too. (Disclaimer: I work with the wife of one of the owner's.)<br /><br />Secondly, I'm with Lizzie. I read a gazillion London blogs. I saw a few Sushi Ga Ga reviews (and indeed was invited to review as well and declined), but I can only remember Gourmet Chick writing about Goldfish City. (See the results of my London Restaurant Blog widget search here: http://www.google.co.uk/cse?cx=partner-pub-3524841381074648%3A1qnof7d8xwn&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=goldfish+city&sa=Search). So who's your dude? Because he must be reading something I'm not.<br /><br />Re: Dishoom, I'm fairly certain everyone paid. (This is not the focus of your article, but when you lump them in with Sushi Ga Ga, I just think it's fair to mention.) They did comp my drinks because I know them, however.<br /><br />Anyhow--this is all besides the point. I blog what I want to blog when I want to blog it. If I want to go to a place like Bar Boloud, I will go there. Even if every single other blogger in London has been there before me in the last eight days. And if that makes it seem like I'm on some gravy train, well then, that's perception. Not reality. I don't sit around thinking, "Oh jeez, four other blogs just wrote about this. Maybe I should hold off or something." Who has that much time?<br /><br />Peace.<br /><br />P.S. It's the jetlag talking.Kristahttp://www.londonelicious.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701357792339034077.post-25095979328612055322010-08-31T21:49:57.351+01:002010-08-31T21:49:57.351+01:00I'm sorry to say this place just didn't do...I'm sorry to say this place just didn't do it for me. I went with a vegetarian friend and the biryani was dry, the veg curry slop-like and the dahl bland. It was expensive and we could have had so much better at any number of places in southall. Shame.Gastrogeekhttp://Www.gastrogeek.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701357792339034077.post-59008207254277251432010-08-22T11:56:05.211+01:002010-08-22T11:56:05.211+01:00I'm not the foodblogger in question, but I saw...I'm not the foodblogger in question, but I saw 8 reviews of Sushi Ga Ga, half of which were invite-to-review.<br /><br />As a consumer (rather than producer) of restaurant blogs, I don't think eight reviews of one place is excessive <i>per se</i>, but I would find them more useful if they were more spread out in time, rather than all clustered in the couple of months after the place first opened. I enjoy reading fresh reviews of places that have been open for a while, since the atmosphere/quality/etc in a restaurant that's only just opened can be very different from that six months or so later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701357792339034077.post-43574224688503884052010-08-21T20:13:45.350+01:002010-08-21T20:13:45.350+01:00Good to see you again. The dhal looks fantastic.Good to see you again. The dhal looks fantastic.thorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05882155103669920706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701357792339034077.post-8092229257543512952010-08-21T18:00:54.315+01:002010-08-21T18:00:54.315+01:00Your fine food blogger must follow a whole lot mor...Your fine food blogger must follow a whole lot more blogs than the 150 I read, as I only saw 2 or 3 reviews of Sushi Ga Ga. Hardly enough to make me dissolve into tears. <br /><br />I like Dishoom, but that roomali roti looks a bit too much like a pret wrap for my liking.Hollow Legshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152329184111658897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701357792339034077.post-91142507169511533892010-08-21T08:43:51.400+01:002010-08-21T08:43:51.400+01:00Oh and those calamari look and sound fantastic.Oh and those calamari look and sound fantastic.Mr Noodleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13327242172810414292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701357792339034077.post-74667907006271981072010-08-21T08:40:07.408+01:002010-08-21T08:40:07.408+01:00Are those tears on my keyboard? Still not been her...Are those tears on my keyboard? Still not been here yet although it sometimes feels like that I have! In fairness to Dishoom, bloggers have actually paid to eat there. I don't really want to get into the whole PR freebie debate but a spate of reviews by paying customers is preferable to one where people are writing about freebies. <br /><br />Good to see you back on the blog - it's been too long!Mr Noodleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13327242172810414292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701357792339034077.post-10823091023785061402010-08-21T02:21:10.351+01:002010-08-21T02:21:10.351+01:00see my review, I thought it was cheap and I am a t...see my review, I thought it was cheap and I am a tight arse :-)Noel bellhttp://wwwnoelbell.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701357792339034077.post-8461250778873384352010-08-21T00:40:00.979+01:002010-08-21T00:40:00.979+01:00Bellaphon lives!
Fishfingers are not fishfingers ...Bellaphon lives!<br /><br />Fishfingers are not fishfingers without breadcrumbs.<br /><br />Along your sidetrack, I have actively been hunting for reviews of Goldfish City! Because I cannot find anyone who wrote about it who actually paid for their meal. If your friend can point me to anyone I would be v. grateful...Kakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17927377657859265168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701357792339034077.post-58061108004590687902010-08-20T23:02:01.553+01:002010-08-20T23:02:01.553+01:00Anon- the foodie OCD in me counted two layers, tha...Anon- the foodie OCD in me counted two layers, thank you! If I'd mentioned it, it would mean a kitchen cock-up instead!bellaphonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09659024295552292245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701357792339034077.post-21211231465682601702010-08-20T22:44:48.765+01:002010-08-20T22:44:48.765+01:00Was the romali roti lots of tissue thin layers of ...Was the romali roti lots of tissue thin layers of bread? If so it's authentic and v hard to find outside India (I never have)? That would be reason to go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com