Food for the Gods cooked by De' Angeli

Food for the Gods cooked
by De’Angeli

The elegance of the conservatory restaurant at the Lanesborough Hotel is a fitting setting for a missionary who’s task is to change our perceptions of a food and culture that has been defined by failed restaurants, canned Chile and Tacos that ring few bells.

Dinner on Friday night was a long awaited experience for me, having delighted at the food of Rick Bayliss at the Frontera Grill in Chicago, a great Chef and pupil of Alicia De’Angeli, so now it was time to put the teacher to the test.

To begin we choose the Lobster Taco with avocado and coriander sauce; a wonderful combination of subtle flavours, light textures and a sauce to die for; and a Crab meat soup served with a chile de arbol salsa; a robust soup with the dark rich flavours of a great mole and a salsa that added fire to the spice.

Excellent service all evening and a band that had resisted the urge to play “Down Mexico way” but the waiters had obviously been warned about the fiery nature of some of the ingredients for the London palate, especially when we were served a sample of “ Tres Salsas” – Three salsas of increasing strength; Tomatillo, Serrano and Chipotle – Some of the best I have ever tasted.

Why do people warn about “ Fiery Mexican food” when our national dish is curry?

Our entrees were a Rollo de pollo en mole (de Xico), a name as amusing as the dish was good, great chicken, spicy but mild mole and fried plantains. (The only negative being the slightly hard plantain slices)
Tequila marinated shrimp with ancho chile and dry tomato sauce was another notable dish with the tequila marinade combining well with the smoky notes of the ancho chile.
Our wine choice was a Tempranillo from Baja California, a soft red without being overwhelmed by the complex flavours of the food.

A wonderful evening with food that lived up to all our expectations, a gracious Chef who will leave some memorable impressions on the diners of London – even some converts and a setting that was as elegant as the food.

Youth Unemployment breaks 1 million

No surprise there then as we all know where the jobs have gone

Unchecked Immigration has robbed our youth of a chance of a job

70m in UK by 2025

So we have the highest growth rate in the Westen World, a population growth of 12m poeple in the last 15 years and the prospect of another expolsion up to 70m by 2025.

The government have said that because we are all living longer it would be unfair to expect the population to pay for the pensions and healthcare of the elderly.

Exactly as we have done since the inception of the welfare state

So now we will have all these extra people contributing to the governments taxes each year we will have more than enough money to return the investment made by the over 50's to the welfare of their parents by returning pensions and welfare to credible levels ASAP.

Unless of course all this extra money is earmarked for such laudable projects as Trident, High Speed rail and paying for the EU and our wonderful bankers

Power companies ripping off consumers

How many people will die this winter because OFGEN has failed to put a stop to the corruption and greed of the power companies. OFGEN say their job to is to make sure the market works correctly and not to set prices --well how about stopping the cartel operated by the power companies? The power companies say that they are helpless because of wholesale prices - well they own most of the power wholesalers. What price a healthy dividend for the shareholders of these companies ? how many pensioners will die of the cold this winter

My Election Manifesto

1. Remove all troops from Iraq and Afganistan
2. Halt all immigration into the UK
3. Use the returned troops to create a UK border force to track down and return all illegal immigrants
4. Creat a UK Business Enterprise bank to finance small to medium businesses
5. Raise the pay of the PM to £250k and MP's to £150k 6. Limit public sector pay to below that of PM 7. Limit Child benifit to 2 children

Free prescriptions in Wales Killing people

Just think, that free box of asprin or whatever is killing people in Wales. Insufficiant funding for Elderly care, Stroke victimes, Coronary care the list goes on.........all for the sake of a free box of asprin for everyone. Just remember when you need more than an apsrin or paracetamol it's not likely to be there!

No one to be paid more than the PM

No person who is paid from public funds for any job whatsoever shall be paid more than the PM.
Bonuses, perks, expenses, pensons included; Quangos, civil servants, BBC (excluding entertainers with a £750k pa cap)