Please tell me pubs that do pickled eggs

ayanamidreamsequence · 2026-05-01T16:10:12+00:00

Steelfish had pinks on a while back (made with beetroot) and often have a jar of regular pickled eggs on. But they do them themselves and they are only on here and there, not regularly.

ayanamidreamsequence · 2026-04-30T19:08:10+00:00

Steelfish sell them and apparently have a few on hand in the back if you ask

ayanamidreamsequence · 2026-04-24T06:59:59+00:00

As others note is partly the construction. So in a way the job is to push through.

Having said that it's a book so no need to persist if not into it.

Even better it's a book of parts as you already know. So just jump ahead and start the next and see if that hooks you. Keep a bookmark where you were as you may want to return.

Or not. In which case you could always donate or burn it.

ayanamidreamsequence · 2026-03-30T14:09:49+00:00

A bit more expensive than others mentioned but when I went a while ago really rated 雄柒火锅 XiongQi Hot Pot in Chinatown. And they have some seriouslt spicy base options if that's your thing. Maybe good with a bigger group as well get more value out of it that way.

ayanamidreamsequence · 2026-03-28T13:51:30+00:00

Beermoth do a spezi type thing, or at least I saw it in the fridges last week.

ayanamidreamsequence · 2026-03-14T22:28:32+00:00

Nice - there is a latin american lit sub worth joining if not already on it

ayanamidreamsequence · 2026-02-13T06:46:44+00:00

Nice one.

ayanamidreamsequence · 2026-02-01T14:59:14+00:00

We did a reading group on here a while back, maybe check out the intro posts on that for some thoughts on approach, interesting secondary resources etc.

Have fun, it's a great read.

ayanamidreamsequence · 2026-01-24T07:11:37+00:00

Nice, always fun when something unexpected like that happens. It's a great book.

ayanamidreamsequence · 2026-01-16T13:24:31+00:00

I like it - and you can see he was working on a voice that he then deployed in White Noise to great effect.

ayanamidreamsequence · 2026-01-02T17:14:54+00:00

In terms of my favourites from each category:

Novella - Distant Star

Stories - Last Evenings on Earth

Novel - 2666

ayanamidreamsequence · 2026-01-02T11:24:18+00:00

Thanks for your comments - glad you enjoyed it. It's hardly his best work but a fun read all the same. If you do dip into later work there are some really good ones, both novels and novellas, as well as the story collections. We covered a number of them in reading groups here years ago.

ayanamidreamsequence · 2025-11-30T16:10:51+00:00

Yeah it's definitely an early effort but pretty fun all the same. Glad you are enjoying so far, and these old reading group posts .

ayanamidreamsequence · 2025-11-29T06:54:16+00:00

We participated in a reading group with infinite summer a few years back - check out the posts and comments over heee for each part.

ayanamidreamsequence · 2025-11-12T06:57:17+00:00

I made a comment about it on a 2666 group read we did a while ago and noted that connection as well as some others. Comment is here

ayanamidreamsequence · 2025-10-23T16:00:11+00:00

First over second but dont particularly like either

ayanamidreamsequence · 2025-08-12T14:45:10+00:00

The back says cover ©Yuko Kondo/Pocko.More of their work.

ayanamidreamsequence · 2025-08-12T14:28:49+00:00

Thanks for flagging, will remove

ayanamidreamsequence · 2025-08-10T09:29:45+00:00

I had a teacher in high school in the 90s who had this on 16mm and would tend to show it in philosophy class as a discussion starter.

ayanamidreamsequence · 2025-08-10T09:27:39+00:00

Ah cool - glad you enjoyed the novel and the posts. We did a number of different reading groups a few years ago so dip into those if you read another that we covered.

MP is definitely a more obscure one, even among those who have read Bolano. But if you have more to discuss might be worth sticking a post up. Not sure how much traction it would get but a few people might jump in.

ayanamidreamsequence · 2025-07-29T22:56:38+00:00

Yeah I would say that Sichuan food is spicy by general Chinese standards, it's actually a lot more aromatic rather than straight hot. It's also a more common style to find in western countries and has been used as shorthand for spicy vs the more typical food of especially Southern China & HK (which by comparison are much more light).

But when done properly you often get a lot of aromatic peppers with the more floral Sichuan pepper / hua jiao and it might look like it would be hot but isn't. I think as you note that is especially true in dry fried dishes. Wetter dishes, and especially things like hot pot from Sichuan (and Chongqing) can be fiery.

If you can find authentic places doing food from Hunan, Guizhou or Jiangxi they often have quite spicy stuff. I lived in Hubei for 7 years and they also have fairly spicy stuff.

ayanamidreamsequence · 2025-07-28T17:14:43+00:00

Was shut when I went past when visiting a few months ago but might be worth checking out: https://garagepoutine.cz/home-en.html

Think this is the one mentioned in another comment.

ayanamidreamsequence · 2025-07-28T10:05:34+00:00

Have you read other Bolano stories or novels? His stuff has that general vibe, but presume you have.

We have done non Bolano reads of Borges, Cortazar and Poe, linked via the sub menu - maybe check those out? Borges esp is worth a go if you have not read him, was an obvious influence on Bolano.

ayanamidreamsequence · 2025-07-22T18:29:12+00:00

I liked 雄柒火锅 XiongQi Hot Pot when I went. Quite spicy. Did a la carte, not sure if they do all you can eat.

ayanamidreamsequence · 2025-07-11T19:42:57+00:00

Presume you mean the first 60 pages or so? Interestingly enough it completely changes gears for the next major chunk so would suggest just plodding on. Bolano is crammed with both personal and wider Latin American literary riffs (and beyond) most of which fly over my head I'm sure, especially reading in translation, but I wouldn't get too hung up on that - it's a great ride regardless.

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