2008-08-21UTC05:06:58They are still the number one ranked local restaurant!Who is doing all this voting then? I enjoyed it when I went, I think I've only had takeaway there, but also sat for a drink while waiting for it. Here are the current top ten:Savour Aroma (8.59/10)Chambers (8.41/10)Tinto Tapas (8.36/10)The Mayfly (8.... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11528/They+are+still+the+number+one+ranked+local+restaurant%21">Rated 8.24/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-03-24UTC11:57:27Mighty Easter weekender, with The CureHope you've all had as good an extended weekend as I have. As is usual when I've been off for a few days and not written up just went on immediately, I'm starting to forget it all. We're up now, on the last day of our five day break and I have a few ... 2008-01-27UTC07:18:07Two completely different properties this weekSaw two houses yesterday in Canterbury, wildly different, and they highlight the fact that we want somewhere exactly in between, which is something that does not exist, at least within our budget...First house was in Vernon Place, and though we're id... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10901/Two+completely+different+properties+this+week">Rated 4.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-12-27UTC01:50:18Festive FunWelcome back after the christmas break, hope you had a good one. We did, felt a bit quiet though, no big late nights or anything. Kind of handy really, as I'm back in work today, I volunteered to be in on these (hopefully) quiet days between christma... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10790/Festive+Fun"><img alt="Festive Fun" src="http://static.flickr.com/56/129479951_df7576bf79_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10790/Festive+Fun">Rated 8.51/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-12-19UTC07:36:50If a picture paints a thousand words...Does this video clip of us in Belgium this weekend make anything I have to say on the subject completely redundant?See, Mum, Dad, Clare and me on a humungous big wheel, part of the Plaisers d'Hiver festival type affair that was going in Brussels this... 2007-01-04UTC12:07:22Cheriton Balti onlineOK, you can't actually eat (or even order) a curry online, but Cheriton's best takeaway are now online...www.cheritonbalti.co.uk... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/9868/Cheriton+Balti+online">Rated 6.13/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-12-04UTC11:25:38Radio dramaHere's that radio drama I mentioned last week, it's a 7meg download. It's rubbish, but if you're subscribed to here via the medium of RSS, you might get it downloaded automatically podcast stylee.I'm still having trouble getting this working on vario... 2006-08-07UTC09:55:37My last thingsMy last day at this job started with my last delayed train on the way in to this job, fifteen minutes late, though I hardly noticed as I slept quite well on the way in. I suffered the grimness of the last blocked train toilet on this commute too, ble... 2006-07-17UTC09:46:28Hot weekendNice weekend, hot weekend, I even got sunburnt, lawks! We went to The Kent Show, and it was very nice. Lots of cool stuff there, like llamas and otters and birds and trucks and robots and Kaddy Lee-Preston and things, and I brought back some wine and... 2006-02-02UTC08:19:51I think the first week I moved here from North LondonI ran into trouble in a takeaway, but all has been serene since then. Repeat after me; it is a nice place... it is a nice place...2005-05-03UTC08:34:03Tea timeReputedly a chest thrown into Boston Harbour during The Boston Tea Party, via www.luxist.com. Bidding starts at three quarters of a million, quite a lot for an old chest with a bit of sea water damage... Off for a cup of tea now as it happens, the gi... 2005-01-17UTC10:19:44UK Radio Aid"Today is the most extraordinary day ever in radio. Every commercial station in the UK is broadcasting UK Radio Aid - a day of very special guests, presenters and activity to raise money for the Tsunami appeal. You'll never hear anything like it agai... 2004-12-08UTC11:48:04Chinese TakeawayFollowing IBM's selloff of their PC dept, are they going to buy Apple? Could they afford it?"Instead, an even better and more audacious speculation is that once publicly free of the PC division IBM will either buy, or form a close joint venture with ... 2004-12-07UTC01:00:00Manic TuesdayHad a long weekend in Folkestone, but I have returned to chaos... www.popex.com, www.record-producers.com, www.channelfly.com and other work sites all down... not big issues to fix, but annoying... one of them the power lead had fallen out the back.... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/2453/Manic+Tuesday"><img alt="Manic Tuesday" src="http://static.flickr.com/56/129479951_df7576bf79_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/2453/Manic+Tuesday">Rated 8.51/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2004-06-01UTC09:16:35Love on the rocks with pilau riceJust been given a menu for Holloway's Red Rose Tandoori, and it proudly proclaims "best Indian Restaurant in the UK", as voted by The Darkness, if that's not a recommendation then I don't know what is. Does anyone know where The Darkness are right no... 2004-02-22UTC12:55:03Bar 98Went into Bar 98 at last, for lunch yesterday - it's an impressive looking place, and much bigger inside than it looks from the street, as it's a wedge shaped building, and the basement cocktail bar is somehow much wider than the upstairs. Our vege a... 2003-12-22UTC10:11:05Frozen ballsMan it's so cold here today that my mouse ball is frozen, it's making it very difficult to work... the office is going to be dead quiet today, most people seem to have this whole week off, I'm still hoping for some fairy godmother type to appear from... 2003-08-11UTC04:18:50Family arrive this eveningGot to find somewhere to entertain sister, brother-in-law and two nephews (aged five and three) on Church Street this evening... Had a sit down Chinese in the end, I forget the name, and I can't find it online... We've had a takeaway from there befor... 2003-07-15UTC09:46:40TRAPPED!I had a JOYOUS afternoon yesterday... I was working from home, nipped out for some lunch, got into our communal hallway and realised I'd left my keys in the flat - both doors were locked needing a key to get out, so I was shut in the hallway until ou... 2003-06-01UTC10:55:42Il BacioNext time I'm trying to find the number for Il Bacio, hopefully I'll find this page as their takeaway number doesn't seem to be online anywhere... it's 020 7249 2344 for the best garlic bread in town... The restaurant itself is at:61 Stoke Newington ...