2008-12-22UTC01:48:40Had a great christmas dinner at Canterbury WholefoodsBooked into Canterbury Wholefoods for lunch on Saturday and very glad we did, had a brilliant christmas dinner, nut roast, roast veges, potatoes, gravy, christmas pud and ice cream, all vegan, brilliant. I would phone up and book if you're heading th... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11896/Had+a+great+christmas+dinner+at+Canterbury+Wholefoods">Rated 4.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-12-09UTC07:19:59Remember: Eurotunnel is not as good as you think it is going to beHad a nice weekend in Lille, marred on the way home by a Eurotunnel delay. We were meant to be on the 10pm train home last night, and there was a twohour delay for some reason. No explanation, just an automated message when you are queued up in your ... 2008-11-21UTC11:30:39Clare's hotpot recipeMaking this for tea tonight, thought I would share the recipe with you...* Heat the oven to 180.* Chop a biggish onion into thinnish rings and start to fry gently in large pan.* Meanwhile make a start chopping up your veg - 2 or 3 large carrots, some... 2008-06-02UTC10:25:09Sotirio's Restaurant, HytheWoodo reports:Since my wife and I discovered Sotirios back in 1999 we have been regular patrons of the restaurant, visiting at least three times a year and so far haven't had a duff meal.The menu is quite extensive, providing an excellent choice for ... 2008-05-18UTC05:22:01Check out Canterbury Whole Foods while you still canThe cafe above Canterbury Whole Foods is going to be under new management in a couple of weeks, so if you want to try the existing vegetarian + vegan cafe as it is now, you'd better hurry.We visited on Saturday for the first time in an age; on our la... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11274/Check+out+Canterbury+Whole+Foods+while+you+still+can">Rated 4.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-05-15UTC05:17:16KMLCreated some kml files from my pub / restaurant data on Folkestone Gerald, part of my plan to clean up my maps and things, kml is a standard that's been adopted by google for google earth and maps and things, and is possibly better suited than my exi... 2008-05-09UTC06:08:18The three rules of vegetarian foodFrom Neil, I hope he doesn't mind me reproducing this here, it's spot on. We were discussing pies:A veggie one would be possible, were it not for the first of the "foodindustry 3 laws of vegetarian food", i.e. "don't make it any fun", so unfortunatel... 2008-03-18UTC03:56:05A proper slating for cafe belge!<a href="http://www.qype.co.uk/review/162360">These people sound like they had a bad time too</a>. It doesn't sound the sort of place to go to as a vegan / vegetarian anyway.<br /><br />Ah, I see, the same review being spammed around everywhere! <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11083/A+proper+slating+for+cafe+belge%21"><img alt="A proper slating for cafe belge!" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2250/2365306909_283547dc12_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11083/A+proper+slating+for+cafe+belge%21">Rated 4.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-03-18UTC03:23:34hi hopes dashed!!On 8th March my girlfriend and I decided to visit Cafe Belge in Canterbury with another couple who had highly recommended the restaurant to us. I must say that none of the four of us have ever received a service as rude and discourteous as we receive... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11082/hi+hopes+dashed%21%21"><img alt="hi hopes dashed!!" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2250/2365306909_283547dc12_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11082/hi+hopes+dashed%21%21">Rated 4.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-11-02UTC03:36:21I don't even know why I said it, a bit of Friday afternoon frivolity is allSome of my best family are vegetarians, and I've been vegan for about fifteen years now, that's why I posted that original thing. You're right though, most people are scum.Got plans for the weekend? I'm out in Trashford tonight with people from work,... 2007-11-02UTC02:00:59RE: vegetarians are scum!Blimey, there's no need for that sort of thing. Each to their own was what I was advocating. Or, if you like, people are scum, some of those people don't eat meat.<br /><br />Is that a happy compromise?2007-11-02UTC12:30:26vegetarians are scum!2007-11-02UTC11:37:50RE: 10 myths about vegansBah, more self-righteous chat from the Vegans."Oh, look at us, we are all kind to the animals as well as healthy and fashionable really – and some famous and fashionable people are Vegans too you know. We are so misunderstood". As far as I'm concerne... 2007-11-01UTC09:04:0110 myths about veganswww.bboheme.com (who I once bought some shoes from) emailed me today to tell me it's world vegan day and to share with me an advert for their shoes and things, cunningly wrapped in a "10 Myths about Vegans" list. They know bloggers love lists like fr... 2007-10-12UTC07:33:49A Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall advertI'm all for chicken out, chicken right out, right out of your diet. Just passing this on as my bro-in-law is quite into the idea, and Clare does only buy organic free range chicken when she eats it at home now. I'm not convinced that a "free range" c... 2007-07-17UTC12:31:54Edinburgh (being the second part of our holiday)Edinburgh is nice. "Our kind of city" the wife wrote on her postcards, and I agree. We got a speedy train there from Carlisle into Edinburgh Haymarket, this was the side of the city we were staying on. We could have been a bit closer to the action bu... 2007-07-16UTC04:20:22The wedding (being the first part of my two week holiday write up)We started our little trip with a wedding, the least possible wedding that was still attached to home by land that I have ever been to. This was somewhere one side of the Scottish border, and the reception was just the other side, which was quite a n... 2007-05-16UTC10:57:26Mars chocolate no longer suitable for vegetariansAs a vegan it doesn't make much difference to me, but I'm reposting this here without checking the facts anyway:The Vegetarian Society is extremely disappointed to learn that Mars favourites such as Mars, Milky Way, Bounty, Snickers, Galaxy, Twix and... 2007-01-17UTC08:42:04Blood on the tracksWatched "The Roadkill Chef" last night, billed by BBC Three as "Eccentric roadkill connoisseur Fergus Drennan tries to change the eating habits of the people in the town of Sandwich in Kent by throwing the community a roadkill feast". Sandwich is rea... 2006-12-15UTC10:26:51Soya makes you gayFirst this from my bro-in-law, thanks for that, definitely written by an impartial scientist and not a right wing loon with dairy interests, oh no. Now this from the best man, "Vegetarians were more likely ... to be of higher occupational social clas... 2006-09-12UTC05:25:48One night in Paris*So we hit Paris at the weekend, and we'd only been there a matter of minutes before Paris hit me. Friday, very early morning Eurostar, but nice, as it was from Ashford, which is just up the road from us. So no need to head into London, or even to get... 2005-11-24UTC10:17:01Thanks for that brief but useful comment...If anyone out there can offer any more info along these lines about any of the venues here, that'll really help with the map; accomodation, booze, real ale, children welcome, dartboard, dj, food, garden, jukebox, live music, pool table, vegetarian fo... 2005-10-06UTC08:57:55Signal failure?Signal problems? Some such excuse for our train being late in today, ah well. Charing Cross was CRAWLING with police too, I wonder if there'd been a tip off about something. Apart from that London feels a bit quieter today, maybe it's the fog.Hmm, lo... 2005-04-06UTC08:50:47XMLHttpRequest Working ExamplesPid sends me this directory of XMLHTTPRequest examples, from www.fiftyfoureleven.com, cheers. Having rolled out my band selecter all over the place (as a way of selecting a venue, an event, a board, anything from the database) I'm after writing one f... 2005-03-31UTC10:58:09MildredsWent to Mildreds last night, a vegetarian cafe restaurant thing, in Soho. And it was ace! So nice to go somewhere with more than one vege option (everything was available as at least a vegan option) and where the portions suit a greedy guts like me! ... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/3092/Mildreds"><img alt="Mildreds" src="http://www.mildreds.co.uk/images/mildredsmid_04.gif" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/3092/Mildreds">Rated 4.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2005-03-31UTC10:06:18David WalliamsWent to Mildreds vegetarian cafe last night (very good), and David Walliams was talking to a smaller bearded fellow. The guy with the beard talked a bit like David Schneider's character in Alan Partidge, which made me think it was about work. Maybe W... 2005-03-30UTC03:55:02MildredsHaven't had a restaurant review here in a while, so instead I will plug where I am going tonight - Mildreds. No idea what it will be like, but as it's all vegetarian, I think there's going to be more choice for me than the average Folkestone restaura... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/3066/Mildreds"><img alt="Mildreds" src="http://www.mildreds.co.uk/images/mildredsmid_04.gif" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/3066/Mildreds">Rated 4.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2005-03-07UTC05:46:59Bad CurryWent to Eastern Nights on Saturday evening, at the top of the Old High Street for a curry, as it had been recommended. Normally in Folkestone we'd go to The New Delhi, and it's always good, but OH NO, I had to speak up and insist we try something new... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/2834/Bad+Curry">Rated 1.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2005-01-23UTC09:08:36Vegetarian and vegan cuisine isn't just for protesters anymoreSo says sanfrancisco.com... we've picked our honeymoon now, and it will involve a stop in San Fran, so this restaurant sounds good!San Francisco's Millennium, located in the Savoy Hotel, features a completely animal-free menu and serves artfully pres... 2004-10-14UTC09:43:20BACONReally got to remember this time, I DO NOT LIKE THE ANGELIC in Islington... It seems nice enough as a pub, but each time I've been there smy pint's been a bit funny, and I've had to return it... now this time they had no draught beers at all (have th... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/2101/BACON">Rated 1.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>