I didn’t have a contender when I woke up this morning. I drank my coffee, woke up, drank more coffee, brushed my grill, no contender. I did my typical Friday morning stuff which is a lot like yesterday morning, tomorrow morning, next Friday, the Friday morning after that—still no contender. I thought ‘oh well, I’ll just skip @foodfightfriday again,’ which would’ve been two weeks in row—not sure I’ve done that the entire year its been running but ‘there’s a first time for everything!’ I thought.
Then I ignored that thought. :sh: Be quiet, thought!’ I thought as I listened to the thought that said “eh, enter a contender and promote yourself.” I like that idea. Look for that at the end of this—the part where I promote myself.
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I know, no food. That’s how cool @foodfightfriday is—a weekly food initiative where your cover image is usually food but it’s ok if it isn’t. In my defense, there’s a subway sandwich joint and a pizza express in the picture. I didn’t eat at either of them or anything but they’re in the picture. It was either that or this one—the view from our table at lunch today.
BakchichWhen I decided to listen to the second thought, I got ahold of the baddest chick I know, I think she was downstairs. “Beautifulest,” because that’s what I call @puravidaville, “I’m outta here, wanna eat lunch with me at on Bold Street in two hours? I need a @foodfightfriday contender.” She said “eat lunch, where do you think we are, America?”
“We’re in England,” she said, “we eat lunch or eat dinner, get some food or get our grub on, all of that stuff in America—not here.” She’s right. She’s always right, even if she wasn’t right I’d never tell you because that would be stupid of me. Anyhow, they don’t talk like that here. I was told once by a Brit, “dogs eat food, we ‘feed’ our animals.” The English ‘enjoy lunch, enjoy dinner’ or ‘have a meal together.’ The French really appreciate their food too.
Bakchich is a Lebanese street food joint that’s decent and not too expensive. I ordered a falafel wrap, it came with a salad and pickles. Pura ordered a falafel appetizer and a bowl of this vegetable and lentil, gluten free, stew stuff—it was the star of the show. The chips, because that’s what they call fries in the UK and hommos, because that’s how they spell hummus here, and pita bread took a little longer to arrive.
It wasn’t that bad, I guess, but it didn’t put the “oo” in food. We planned on giving some buskers around here £1 so I could take pictures for you but it started absolutely chuckin it down because that’s how they say ‘pouring rain’ in the UK. By the way, if you received £1 which is equal to about $1.25 from every person on this platform who appreciated your content, you’d have no problem agreeing to a picture.
But, like I said, it was absolutely chuckin it down so all of the buskers packed up while we enjoyed lunch. I did get one picture, though, I saw this guy before lunch—before the gym actually, it wasn’t raining yet. He was doing sign language to #music. Just him and his PA, playing stuff like Justin Timberlake and signing the lyrics while dancing and twirling around and really enjoying himself—all that for a pound.
And then there was this place right next door to the joint we enjoyed lunch at—a candy store. It was right next door, that’s the only reason we went inside, all it had was junk. Gummy bears, sugar, sugar, sugar, chocolate everywhere, a candy store on steroids sugar. The signs along the top of the wall said things like “chocolate, sugar-free chocolate, hard candy, candy bars,” etc. Well, #steemit, and my fellow citizens of the United States, that’s right, eyes forward Americans! Check it out—I can’t make this up. In a store full of cavities and sugar disease, there’s one small section that says “American Groceries.”
See that, Americans? Cereal, bbq sauce, candy bars, potato chips, salad dressing and more poop. In a store full of sugar, the worst stuff inside the whole joint is in the “American Groceries” section.
That reminds me, you know how we call it “Dutch” when we go eat enjoy lunch together and it means I’ll buy my plate, you buy yours? Well, that’s “the American way” in England and it’s practically impossible to buy your own meal here—they made a game out of it. They do all kinds of politicking and jockeying for position before dinner, whatever it takes, fact—the bill is usually paid before you even get to the restaurant.
All of the buskers in Liverpool city center packed up early to perform another day because it was absolutely chuckin it down while we enjoyed our lunch. I still managed to get a few pictures, though, a couple of guys who found a balance between busking and pan handling, one huge dog, and way too many pigeons to count.
Same place next week, deal? @foodfightfriday is a weekly initiative where you can get together with a good group of people who release articles like this, they release recipes, restaurant reviews, gardening, everything food related is welcome. Tag #fff and enter it on Friday, winner gets three @sbi shares plus a personalized belt gif. The last picture doesn’t have to be food either, like the cover image, only it’s at the end instead of the beginning—a teeth chattering sunset on the Irish Sea coast. Have a great weekend, blockchain pioneers.
Howdy sir dandays! Very interesting and entertaining, wow y'all go out to eat enough, I don't know how many years it's been since I went to a restaurant.
I don't understand this.."the bill is usually paid before you even get to the restaurant." How's that possible, who pays for the meal and how do they know how much it will cost?
I’m glad you asked. I’m not making this up, Janton. This is a true story.
We’ve been invited to dinner about 7 times we’ll say since we’ve been here. We had dinner at a few different restaurant with this one couple we met, we’ve been to two other spots with a restaurant owner we met, plus a few more. Well, I’ve tried to get the tab several times and, each time I’ve tried, the bill was already paid. That means ‘whoever’ we are eating with got to the restaurant early and paid the bill so that Pura and I didn’t have a chance.
(one whole hour) early and give the manager £100 to cover the tab. That’s the only time I’ve been able to pay when Pura and I are enjoying a meal with friends.@janton, I’m not making this up. Fact—I’ve only been able to purchase one dinner bill in the roughly 7 dinner dates we’ve been accompanied to and Pura and I had to arrive at the restaurant 1 hour
You know?? We’re blessed Janton. There’s no other explanation. I hear you say it’s been some years, I read people’s articles here about not being able to afford sushi or not having running water.... we’re just blessed my brother and both Pura and I are very well aware it can all be taken at any moment so we just give thanks until our faces are blue. 🥶
I’d like to cover you and Mrs. J tab one of these days, @janton.
Sure is nice to hear from you again. Ok, I’m going to another response now.
Wow, that is truly amazing sir dandays! yes what a wonderful blessing! I guess I'd be eating out with friends all the time too. lol. Very interesting that it has to be a cultural thing.
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I decided not to put an entry in this week. I'd taken a few photos, but they were spread between my camera, my iPad Pro and my phone. I'd need to combine them all of an entry. I'll see what I can come up with at some future date.
Good to hear from you @shaidon. It’s a cool place, #fff, Miss some join some, I’ll see you soon, sir. Enjoy your weekend.
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I'm sorrry I never caught up again @dandays, it's been a hectic few weeks. Glad to see you can pin on the map again. Did you every figure out what you did to make it work? Or if you changed anything? Browser, posting interface......?
No worries @livinguktaiwan. Sometimes I completely piss people off and I never even know why. 🤔 Glad that’s not what happened.
I don’t know what was wrong before, I wasn’t doing anything different, pinning the location and copying the link. It showed I copied it but wouldn’t let me paste it. I don’t know?? I guess we could blame it on a horrible connection but I’m still in Liverpool and it’s working now—oh well, glad it’s working now. Just in time for our departure to EU.
I dig what you’ve done with the place!
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Good looking meal, but that dog, that's a face only a mother could love.
What's with the spooky guy on the side walk...collecting for vodka? Really? With that mast on, that's when I cross the street to the other side.
Have a wonderful Sunday.
There’s an article worth of build up that leads to those guys miss @farm-mom. We intended to capture buskers but the rain sent them all home. That’s where the fine line between a busker and a pan handler comes from.
Always a pleasure hearing from you @farm-mom, thank you for keeping an eye on me. 👍🏿
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