My second favourite film of all time is “The Italian Job” – I mean the original one with Michael Caine, Noel Coward, Benny Hill et al. So this barmy April weather had me on the balcony humming “On days like these” by Matt Munro and that got me thinking “hold on lads, I’ve just had a great idea!” and searched my collection of Pinkos for an Italian Job.
Southampton Row is a funny old street. Well funny yes, but mostly old. It looks like it is stuck in a time warp from the 1960’s and 70’s.
However, there are one or two secret places I know where you can find food amongst the best value in London. One of them is Old Amalfi. An unremarkable establishment with tacky decor and no expense wasted on fine table linen or other unimportant items.
However, the food is terrific!
Have you ever seen (Dr???) Gillian McKeith on “You Are What You Eat” on Channel 4 here in the UK?
She is frequently seen picking up a slice of white bread, then screwing it into a disgusting “gob” of snowball proportions and then throwing it across the room. It makes you think just how bad white bread really is. But this is exactly how Simply Heathcotes (Manchester) served my Yorkshire pudding on Mothers’ Day 2007. Only it was colder.
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