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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 4h

Rum and raisin ice cream 🇧🇲 from Bailey’s Bay Ice Cream Parlour, Blue Hole Hill, Bermuda. Thought I’d treat myself to a local-ish flavour whilst in Bermuda. I fully intended to return to try “Purple Cow” but sadly never managed it. #redharesrestaurants

Rum and raisin ice cream in a cone from Bailey’s Bay ice cream parlour in Bermuda

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Bermuda fish chowder, raisin bread fish sandwich 🇧🇲 and conch fritters 🇧🇸 at the Swizzle Inn, Blue Hole Hill, Hamilton, Bermuda. The drinks are great, the food isn’t bad either. The chowder comes with generous rum and vinegar and was probably the best I had in Bermuda. #redharesrestaurants

Bermuda fish chowder with garlic bread. And two shots of rum, one shot of sherry vinegar

Grilled wahoo fish sandwich in raisin bun with lettuce and sweet potato fries.

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Trini curry goat with cornmeal fritter, pickled cabbage, pickled onions, pineapple and scotch bonnet sauce, fried onions, some chutney and rice 🇹🇹 Such a great #workscran I had it two days in a row. Beautiful job, work canteen!

Trini curry goat with plenty of herbs, pickled cabbage, pineapple and scotch bonnet sauce, fried onions, coconut rice and pickled onions. 😋

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Welsh rarebit 🇬🇧 at the Bull Pen, Common Lane, Radlett WD7. This place is part of a little shopping village on a farm in Hertfordshire. Stopped for a bite and can confirm that the Welsh rarebits (4 different ones) are extremely toothsome. #redharesrestaurants

Welsh rarebit topped with a salad, pickled onions and a fried tomato.

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Brooklyn Benny 🇺🇸 hash browns, bacon and hollandaise sauce in a bagel, at Great Portland Street Deli, Great Portland Street W1. A bit rich for me but hey ho, what else does one do on a weekend but eat great food? #redharesrestaurants

Bacon, hash browns, eggs and hollandaise sauce in a bagel

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

And more! Spicy salmon anticucho, grilled asparagus, soft shell crab roll and grilled black cod with Chinese pickled radish. Quite creative, but with a bias to salty flavours.

Spicy salmon anticucho with parsley sauce

Grilled asparagus dressed with soy, olive oil and sesame seed

Black cod grilled, dressed with Chinese pickled radish and chopped spring onions and chives

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Posh izakaya food 🇯🇵 at MyUmami, Fortis Road N2. Olive tempura, tuna roll and prawn roll, beef yakitori and fried gyozas. A bit fusion-y, very savoury and delicious. The specials board is worth checking out. #redharesrestaurants

Olive tempura with proper aioli (a garlic emulsion)

Two beef yakitori skewers with shoestring fries on top

Gyozas, I believe these were chicken, pan fried and scattered with chives

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Finally managed to try this! TSB pizza (broccoli and pine nuts), Holy Pepperoni and cheese and marmite garlic bread 🇮🇹 🇬🇧 (very London) from Yard Sale Pizza (branches all over London!). Pretty good, and I hope this becomes the basis of a London pizza culture. #redharesrestaurants

Three pies from top to bottom: TenderStem Broccoli pizza, Holy Pepperoni (two types of pepperoni) and cheese and marmite garlic bread

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Spanakopita with cheese 🇬🇷 from Apollo Bakery, High Road N12. Quite an interesting little place, the pastries are large and warm. The spinach pie is the best on a cool rainy day. #redharesrestaurants

Spanakopita with cheese. Baked in a big tray and portioned out. Weird I know.

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Salt beef sandwich on rye with mustard, and one (1) massive latke 🇬🇧 from Salt Beef Bar, Monkville Parade NW11. I’ve grown to prefer the British salt beef sarnie over the American version. No cheese. No fancy sauerkraut to hide behind. Just meat, mustard and bread. #redharesrestaurants

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Feta, radicchio, grape and pine nut salad, and smashed pea, roast tomatoes and roast courgettes with toasted pittas 🇬🇧 at the Ashmolean Museum Rooftop, Beaumont St OX1. Wasn’t hoping for much but the veggie stuff was really rather tasty. Plus the museum is awesome. #redharesrestaurants

Smashed peas, roast tomatoes and roast courgettes with two slices of toasted pitta and pea shoots

Radicchio, pine nuts, grapes and feta salad

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Cheeseburger with proper chips 🇺🇸 at the Double Red Duke, Bicester OX26. Yes this is a pub designed to cater to the shoppers at Bicester Village outlet stores, but the grub is quite tasty. Decent enough burger anyway. #redharesrestaurants

Cheese burger with pickles and melted cheddar with proper thick cut chips

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Grilled cheese sandwich and hash browns 🇺🇸 at Ronnie’s, Regent Street W1. It’s a restaurant associated with the Kith brand, not that I knew this before stepping inside. Still, the grilled cheese is tasty enough, a couple different kinds of cheese in there keep it interesting. #redharesrestaurants

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

For dumplings we thought we’d go classic. These are prawn dumplings with soy and chilli oil. Skin is thin and delicate, fillings flavourful and toothsome, chilli oil is well flavoured. Very simple, nowhere to hide, and rather good.

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Braised beef noodles is the iconic taste of Taiwan for me, love the cassia and star anise with the savoury beef broth. BAO’s version comes with half a roasted marrow bone that you scrape out over the noodles, creating an unctuous, savoury dish.

Braised beef, noodles, spring onions and half a roasted marrow bone

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is sliced beef (in this case Denver steak, felt wagyu was a bit steep) arranged over rice with a soy cured egg yolk in the middle. You mix everything up. Concept wise absolutely simple and sounds delicious, but yeah, wagyu would probably have been better.

Beef steak rice bowl with soy cured egg yolk.

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

That slightly odd looking flower pot is in fact half an aubergine, stewed in soy then fried till soft, with crispy tempura scraps mixed with a little minced Chinese pickled radish spooned over the top, with a generous lashing of chili oil. Not sure this is traditional, but it’s very creative.

Soy stewed aubergine with tempura scraps and chilli oil

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

First up, a selection of baos. Daikon croquette, fried chicken, braised pulled pork and minced prawn (which looks like a little lobster roll 😂). The quality of the bread is good, chewy yet delicate, and the fillings tasty. Daikon croquette is superb, full of daikon flavour, my favourite.

Daikon croquette with a thin slice of daikon covering it, alongside a slather of chilli sauce in a bao

Fried chicken in a bao (with black pepper dough). There’s a pickle of some sort alongside a sweet tangy (almost barbecue) sauce.

Prawn shia song bao, shaped like a mini lobster roll. Filling is minced prawns and spring onions.

Braises pulled pork in a bao. There’s also coriander and a garlic crumb (but very delicate).

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Basil and tomato martini 🇬🇧 at MNM, Fenchurch Street EC3. Pretty cool concept speakeasy located in a barber’s shop. The drink itself is crisp and saline, very refreshing and served ice cold. Umami-forward - that’s olive dust down the side of the glass. #redharesdrinks

Basil and tomato martini with olive dust down the side of the glass

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Marmite on toast ice cream 🇬🇧 at Big Kid Ice Cream, Kingly Street W1. This was a few weeks ago during the heatwave. Very refreshing and savoury, definitely one of the best flavours they’ve got (better than Guinness butterscotch and dill pickle). #redharesrestaurants

Marmite on toast ice cream in a cup with a black spoon sticking out of it.

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Chicken escalope with fried egg, chips and garlic butter 🇬🇧 at the King’s Oak, Waltham Abbey, Loughton IG10. I skipped the queue for the very popular oyster shack next door, but found the pub grub quite delicious too. Look at that garlic butter! #redharesrestaurants

Chicken escalope with fried egg, rocket and lemon on a white plate

Chips, a sauce boat of garlic butter and a small ramekin of herb mayonnaise

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Graceful, timely, and accurate. Like a fencer striking the first blow. (Yeah, I can see myself using this meme a lot)

Julian Alaphilippe winning the worlds with panache, with the words “To Me, this is Ciclismo” next to him

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

What’s Spanish for panache?

Julian Alaphilippe celebrating with panache with the words “to me, this is ciclismo”

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Bossman burger and chips 🇬🇧 at Morley’s Dalston Junction, Kingsland Road E8. This is #redharestaurants drunken walk home edition. The burger (sandwich for Americans) is fried chicken, cheese and Heinz fried chicken sauce. Tbh it wasn’t a great advert for Morley’s, I’ve had better.

Bossman Burger (a chicken sandwich) with chips and Heinz fried chicken sauce from Morley’s. Yes, there’s a reason why I took the picture from the top, rather than showing the burger in full.

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Salad with baked goat’s cheese and roast lamb and mashed potatoes 🇫🇷 at Ratatouille, Muswell Hill Broadway N10. The less crowded one of the two French restaurants on this street, but served up a very good comforting feed nevertheless. #redharesrestaurants

Salad leaves with baked goat’s cheese, peppers and olive tapenade, with a pesto dressing

A big piece of roast lamb, sliced, on a generous bed of mash, roast vegetables and swimming in a sea of jus

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Ceviche mixto, guatita (tripe stew), beef empanada and ham croquetas 🇪🇨 🇪🇸 at Miko’s Spanish and Ecuadorian Kitchen, Sayer St SE17. Cheap and tasty Latin eats at this local eatery which seems to host most of London’s Ecuadorean population. Do try the tripe, it’s good. #redharesrestaurants

Mixed ceviche, the marinade is practically a sour, refreshing soup. Served with plantain chips, popcorn and lemon for even more acidity

Guatita, Ecuadorean beef tripe, potato and peanut stew. Served with rice, plantain, boiled egg, sliced avocado and lemon. Very decent portion for £12.

Ham croquettes, made the traditional way with jamón in bechamel. Served with garlic yoghurt? I think.

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Cheesy crab dip and small boil (snow crab, lobster, shrimps, spuds, sweetcorn and sausage) 🇻🇳 🇺🇸 at the Cajun Boil, Bethnal Green Road E2. Viet-Cajun cuisine, which is a real thing, in East London. That sauce is unreal, seafood is fresh, beer was good. 🤤 #redharesrestaurants

Cheesy crab dip with garlic bread (crab, cheese and cream baked in the oven) on a board

Small boil (half a snow crab, a lobster tail, potatoes, shrimps, sweetcorn and sausage all drenched in a sweet spicy sauce)

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Kimchi galbitang 🇰🇷 from KKINI, Fortess Road NW5. For me galbitang is something of a test dish, a way to see how a Korean restaurant handles bone-in meat and broths. This is excellent, savoury and rich, but also refreshing. They did not stint on the kimchi and gochugaru. #redharesrestaurants

Kimchi galbitang bubbling away in a stone bowl, beef short rib soup 🥣 loaded with gochugaru and kimchi

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Tuna tartare and mafaldine with truffle 🇮🇹 at Osteria by Bocconcino, Strand WC2. There was live music, the tuna was fresh and the truffles were freshly shaved. Not much more one can ask. #redharesrestaurants

Mafaldine with shaved truffles and butter

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

“I didn’t have time to make an eclipse viewer dad! I couldn’t find any cardboard!” says a child who spent most of the day playing Hollow Knight. “It literally takes 5 seconds.” “I don’t believe you!” *takes punnet from the tomatoes mid chop and pokes a hole with a pencil* “There.” It worked.

Tomato cardboard punnet with a hole poked through the bottom. Used as an eclipse viewer.

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

And finally, petit fours - rhubarb macaron and brown butter financier. I’m ok with macarons, but go absolutely nuts for financiers, especially these nutty, rich, delicate ones.

Rhubarb macarons and brown butter financiers. One macaron fell over.

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This is my wife’s tarte frangipane with strawberries, compressed white peach and milk ice cream. Quite tasty but not in the same league as the tarte tatin.

A frangipane and strawberry tart with a raspberry, milk ice cream, compressed peach and strawberry sauce

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

For dessert I turned to an apricot tarte tatin, a genius idea if there ever was one. This one is saturated with salted caramel sauce and there’s that dollop of home made vanilla ice cream on top. Classic and oh so good.

Apricot tarte tatin, lots of salted caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

And my wife had duck with cherries in sauce au poivre. Yes that’s a cherry stuffed with duck liver mousse. Very savoury and rich, but not cloyingly so.

Slices of roast duck with green beans and micro herbs, crispy fried lardons and a cherry stuffed with duck liver mousse, with sauce au poivre

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This is my monkfish mains, with octopus, boiled potatoes, and a Provençal sauce that could almost have been a bouillabaisse. Rather good, though I wished there was more octopus.

Monkfish, octopus and potatoes in Provençal sauce, with diced vegetables

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I pinched a little of my wife’s scallops, mussels, gnocchi and sauce mouclade. The scallops were perfect, and the gnocchi as light as a cloud. The could be claggy but wasn’t, everything was perfectly textured.

Seared scallops, mussels, gnocchi, sliced tomatoes, a little tarragon and sauce mouclade, a curry and saffron flavoured sauce

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

My first course was lamb caillette and mousserons, essentially a lamb meatball with mushrooms. The meatball was juicy and savoury, lots of caul fat, and the mushrooms were combined into a quenelle with lamb stock and crème fraiche. Very rich and almost smoky.

Lamb caillette (meatball wrapped in caul fat) with a quenelle of mousseron mushrooms, lamb stock and crème fraiche. The vegetables are parsley, spring greens and salad leaves. The jus is lamb.

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

First up, an amuse bouche of sable biscuit and cheese cream. I didn’t note down which cheese, but it tasted very much like Ossau Iraty. The sable was melt into the mouth, perfect as a little savoury bite to whet the appetite.

Two sable biscuits with cheese cream and grated cheese on top. The little red dots are espelette pepper

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Cheese arepa 🇻🇪 at La Pepía, Beadle St SE1. Gooey, mouth scorching and very savoury. The salsa is essential. Very lovely summer treat from this little stall in Borough Market. #redharesrestaurants

Cheese arepa with salsa verde on the side

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Napoletana pizza (olives, anchovies, basil, capers) 🇮🇹 from Pizzeria Pellone, High Road N2. Probably the best and most authentic Naples-style pizza in London. Don’t know what it is, but many Naples chains have tried and failed to replicate their pizza. This place is pretty close. #redharesrestaurants

Napoletana pizza (anchovies, olives, capers and basil) on a plate

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Saigon coffee and Hoi An deluxe banh mi (the one with pate) 🇻🇳 from Utea Banh Mi Cart, Wentworth St E1. One of my many local banh mis, but among my favourites, because I like the smokiness of the pate. Haven’t done one of these for a while #redharesrestaurants

Saigon coffee with condensed milk and a banh mi with pickles, pate and cold cuts

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Sat in my crime-ridden, sharia law ruled, hate infested, civil war-imminent, moribund European city that is ruled by a Muslim mayor. BRB, just going to enjoy an excellent Ardnamurchan at my favourite whisky bar on this sunny Friday afternoon.

A bottle and dram of Ardnamurchan whisky bottled by the Heart Cut

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Wait, why isn’t Count Binface’s party called Refuse?

Full list of candidates
• Joseph 77 (Independent)
• Adham Alkhatip (The Forward Party)
• Count Binface (Count Binface Party)
• Nick The Incredible Flying Brick (The Official
Monster Raving Loony Party)
• Tony Cane (Independent)
• Woke Trump Carrzee (Independent)
• William Stuart James Clouston (Social Democratic Party)
• Rees Cowne (Independent)
• Glenn Charles Cummings (Independent)
• Martin Davies (Freedom Alliance - Real People, Real Alternative!)
• Andy Erlam (Independent)
• Nigel Farage (Reform UK)
• Attieh Fard (Independent)
• Laurence Fox (The Reclaim Party)
• Tony Francis (Independent)

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Nice thought to honour Jonas and his Grand Tour set completion, it’s a decent design as well. But I still think the most meaningful honour cycling wise is the right for him to wear pink, yellow and red trim on his jersey sleeves and collar.

Jonas Vingegaard holding a pin to honour his achievement in winning all three Grand Turs. Text: A special pin for a unique group of riders

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Korean BBQ - pork collar, beef tongue, rump steak and chicken bulgogi - with namul (mixed vegetables - cucumbers, spinach, bean sprouts and nashi pear) and my favourite kakdugi radish kimchi 🇰🇷 at Sarang, Finchley Rd NW11. Don’t often have Korean BBQ but when I do I go all in. #redharesrestaurants

Kakdugi radish kimchi - cubed radish kimchi with fermenting liquor, carrot and cucumber in a black bowl

Namul - cw from top left - fresh cucumbers, kimchi marinated nashi pear, blanched spinach with sesame oil, and bean sprouts lightly dressed with soy

Beef tongue, rump steak, chicken bulgogi and pork collar barbecuing on a Korean in-table barbecue

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Feta rolls and moussaka 🇬🇷 at 1905 London, Mortimer St W1. West End corner lot that serves Cretan specialties, including a reasonably priced (for central London) lunch menu. Quick and tasty, much more civilised than a sandwich on the go. #redharesrestaurants

2 feta rolls in phyllo pastry drizzled with honey and scattered with sesame seeds

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Hojicha latte and matcha sake tart 🇯🇵 at Karuto Cafe, Hampstead High Street NW3. Lovely little cafe, made me feel as if I was back in Tokyo browsing the shops. #redharesrestaurants

Matcha custard tart, bright green, with piped sake cream over it. On a green plate and on an orange table

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Rosary Ash Goat’s Cheese 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🐐 from Rosary Goat’s Cheese. Smells grassy, herbal, and with a note of elderflower. Soft and creamy, with a slightly gamey flavour, but I also get cornflakes and more grassy notes. Paired with a slice of toast and biltong from Battersea Biltong. 5/10 #redharescheese

Rosary Ash Goat’s cheese with biltong from Battersea Biltong and a slice of toast

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Red Hare @redhare.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Kimchi fried rice, shredded carrots, seared beef brisket, fried eggplant and gyozas 🇰🇷 a very decent #workscran, even if it doesn’t discriminate so well between East Asian cuisines.

A bowl containing barbecue beef brisket, three gyozas, tempura eggplant and shredded carrots dressed with vinegar and sesame. And oh, yes, kimchi fried rice.

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