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Chris Pople

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Restaurant blogger. And little else. cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com

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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
New Post! A rather uneven lunch at Osteria Vibrato chrispople.substack.com/p/osteria-vi...
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Osteria Vibrato
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ten years on and I don’t think I’ll ever forgive the ignorant, racist wankers that did this to us. We left, it’s fucking awful, so let’s just rejoin asap and pretend it never happened.
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New post! 670 Grams in Birmingham is worth a special journey. chrispople.substack.com/p/670-grams #invite
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670 Grams
Birmingham
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
New post! Impala is absolutely as stunning as everyone says it is. chrispople.substack.com/p/impala
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Impala
Soho
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
New post! Incredibly, one of the best Italian restaurants in the country has just appeared in windswept industrial north Liverpool chrispople.substack.com/p/chinzano
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Chinzano
Liverpool
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
New post! Pilgrim on Allerton Road is made for lucky locals. chrispople.substack.com/p/pilgrim
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Pilgrim
Liverpool
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
New post! Kismet is a fantastic addition to Borough Market. Just avoid the chips. chrispople.substack.com/p/kismet?r=7...
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Kismet
Borough Market
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
New post! Khao Bird in Soho is a very welcome new addition to the area. open.substack.com/pub/chrispop...
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Khao Bird
Soho
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I should buy a boat.
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
France are brilliant and are the favourites.
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
New post! Banquet 88 in Tower Hill is an exciting new Cantonese restaurant that serves roast pigeon. open.substack.com/pub/chrispop...
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Banquet 88
St Katharine Docks
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Although sadly not grammar...
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Anyone else in London seeing this weird effect around the sun?
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
New post! Excellent Spanish ingredients treated to top Japanese techniques at Can Koya, L'Escala (Spain) chrispople.substack.com/p/can-koya
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Can Koya
L'Escala
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Yes long time coming (booked 6 months ago) but well worth the wait
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
New post! The Highland Laddie in Leeds is wonderful. cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-...
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The Highland Laddie, Leeds
At first, you can
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 29/04/2026
no!!!!!!!! what!!!!!!!
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
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Shawn Hennessey ☀️🍷 @sevillatapas.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Amazing hamtastic visit yesterday at Cinco Jotas in Jabugo. I thought l knew about jamon but Maria’s knowledge and passion took the experience to another level (now l know that l still have a LOT to learn). Thanks again María, Marco and team for taking such great care of us 🐷🫶🐖 #jamon #spain
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
It starts “I know there’s a magpie in the window” and goes on to explain it’s a rescue and won’t survive in the wild and that if you whistle to it might whistle back. Amongst other things!
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The Eversleigh Road magpie is back! (He went missing for a while)
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Noooo! 😪 www.theguardian.com/food/2026/ap...
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Gentleman’s Relish is toast after its maker axes the pungent anchovy spread
Falling sales end production of condiment created in 1828 – but London restaurant Simpson’s keeps it on the menu
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/04/2026
Reminder
Photo of Epstein and Maxwell with Trump and Melania
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Yeah went there years ago - 15 of us all had crab and chips 😀
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
New post! Willy's in Margate, well worth a trip to the seaside. #invite cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2026/04/will...
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Willy's, Margate
I have often come across menus that read better than they deliver - full of interesting ingredients and clever techniques on paper but not l...
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
New post! The Three Horseshoes, Batcombe. Decent, if unspectacular. chrispople.substack.com/p/the-three-...
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The Three Horseshoes
Batcombe
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I've just switched to Community Fibre. Seems nice and fast so far (2.5g for £27/month). Use this link to sign up yourself and we both get £50 communityfibre.co.uk/friends?ci=p...
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Fair play from the Mail. I said what I said.
Polanski talks up teacher pay rises, scaling back exams and fighting far right - taxing the rich to pay for it all.
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Very clever, Paul McCartney marketing dept. Very clever. maps.app.goo.gl/bjuiYw6DvEpw...
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
New post! Fiery Flavors in Surrey Quays: chrispople.substack.com/p/fiery-flav... #invite I've started linking to my Substack rather than my old blog - let me know if any of you have issues. I'm still cross-posting on the old blogger account for now.
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Fiery Flavors
Surrey Quays
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
New post! Atrocious photos of decent food at Dover Street Counter cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2026/03/dove...
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Dover Street Counter, Mayfair
First of all, apologies - to Dover Street Counter and readers of this blog alike - for the atrocious state of the photos in this post. What'...
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
The thing is, the truth always comes out eventually.
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
All this stuff about René Redzepi (awful, of course) and Jonathan Downey still walks the earth?
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
New post! Bistro Sablé isn't great. cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2026/02/bist...
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Bistro Sablé, Islington
Sablé occupies the handsome 1930s public house that, most recently at least, was home to Neil Rankin's Smokehouse. I spent many happy times ...
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
The robotaxis are coming (spotted this morning on the Embankment)
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Oh THAT Chris!! Hahaha sorry I completely forgot about that. Say hello!
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Pretty sure you don’t mean me because I am a HUGE sherry fan! (Plus I’m in London 😁)
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
New post! Dorian in Notting Hill is magnificent: cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2026/01/dori... Also there's still spots for quick service restaurant decision-makers to sign up for research. We pay £150/head for your time. forms.gle/6sWLBzk7SXQp...
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Dorian, Notting Hill
This time last year, potential sites for an upcoming work lunch had been whittled down to a choice between Lita in Marylebone, or Dorian in ...
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
It's that time again! Calling all owners and managers of quick service restaurants - my company is paying £150 for 1.5 of your time. Here's the signup link - have fun! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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0018: MARKET RESEARCH INTERVIEWS - QUICK SERVICE RESTAURANTS
Hello! We are arranging some research and wanted to speak to decision makers to get your views and opinions on some new offerings within the Quick Service Restaurant industry. In the next few weeks,...
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Marina O'Loughlin @marinaoloughlin.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Off to Athens. Think I'm pretty sorted for restaurants/bars, but anything cultural, off-beat or quirky you might recommend? Thank you!
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
New post! Barnacle in Liverpool, where everything goes right until it doesn't. cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2026/01/barn...
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Barnacle, Liverpool
If it sometimes feels like Liverpool is short on quota of restaurants of sufficient quality befitting a city of its size (something that, fo...
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David Marshall @justonefollower.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Which word am I supposed to be stressing in this headline?
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
New post! The Hart in Marylebone is the final nail in the coffin to the assumption that London can't do gastropubs. cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...
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The Hart, Marylebone
In an ideal world this would be a post about the 'proper' upstairs restaurant at the Hart, a serious (though not by all accounts stuffy) din...
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
And yet I have a BB in at the moment which is v disappointing - bland and bitter and boring. I’ve had really good ones in the past. Wish I knew how to tell before buying.
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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 24/12/2025
This is the 15th year of #DuvetKnowItsChristmas, which is preposterous. Rules: if you find yourself dealing with unusual / claustrophobic / gaudy sleeping arrangements this Christmas Eve, share a picture with the world. Use the hashtag (with capitalisation) and cc me if you can be bothered.
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
New post! Got a bit of a blogging backlog to work through, so hot on the heels of yesterday's review this is PSV Cuisine in Waterloo (and it's also brilliant): cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/12/psv-...
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PSV, Waterloo
The tradition of exciting, regional SE Asian food appearing above or behind unassuming pubs in London is alive and well. The first time I en...
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
New post! Kokin in Stratford is high-end Japanese food done almost flawlessly. cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/12/koki...
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Kokin, Stratford
Lots of potentially very well-respected global cuisines have an unenviable, constant uphill battle against the enshittification of their bra...
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
New post! With one notable exception of a dish, Firestarter aren't reinventing the wheel. But they do it all so well, you don't care. cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/12/fire...
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Firestarter, Liverpool Street
It's often very difficult to stand out from the crowd in Restaurant London, especially when - as in Firestarter's case at least - you appear...
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
New post! Janda Diner in Peckham is everything. cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/11/jand...
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Janda Diner, Peckham
It's important to point out about Janda Diner that it's a very different restaurant at lunchtime than at dinner, and if that you only go for...
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Chris Pople @chrispople.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Someone's watched the IT crowd www.willys.co.uk
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