The image above comes from a
website I’ve discovered, perhaps a bit belatedly, called shitlondon.co.uk. It’s pretty great, despite the potty mouth.
The McGuffin, I suppose, is that there are a lot of people in the world
who imagine that London is this glorious, sophisticated, elegant city, whereas in
fact most of it is grubby, down at heel, and full of dodgy enterprises run by
the stupid, the incompetent and often the surprisingly sad. In fact I suspect this may apply to all “great”
cities.
But it’s things related to food,
restaurants and pubs that are especially depressing and also especially
hilarious.
I once went to that very "Angus" Steak House in the picture above - it’s in Leicester Square, and to be honest the
sign was fully lit at the time, though I don't think this is a doctored picture. My mother
was in town and I was trying to find somewhere I thought she might like, given
that she wouldn’t touch anything that was even vaguely fancy or “ethnic.” It
was dreadful of course, the service was a nightmare, my mum’s chicken was raw. I wasn’t in the least surprised. I was a fool.
But I must say, I do find
myself fancying a trip to this Wimpy Bar in Beckenham (who even knew Wimpy Bars
still existed?). I don’t really know
what a Mush Burger is, but they had me at “mush.”
You can experience the full
glory here of the website here: (there are books too)
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