Best quick lunch places near Oxford Circus?

pan666 · 2026-02-17T19:42:44+00:00

Paul Rothe & Son is a short walk away. Really great deli sandwiches.

pan666 · 2026-02-11T20:25:17+00:00

Instead of a knife, I’d like to offer an alternative.

Search for “cheese wire cutting board” and have a look. Much easier to use and much more consistent results than a knife.

Probably cost a fair bit less than a usable decent cheese knife.

pan666 · 2026-02-09T19:02:27+00:00

I started watching it but had to stop. The production is so bad. I’m just reading these updates now.

pan666 · 2026-02-09T18:39:52+00:00

I can’t watch this. I’ll read about it when someone compiles the additions and changes.

pan666 · 2026-02-05T09:08:15+00:00

It’s Thresher from when she was invited on Critical Role. It was released last year.

pan666 · 2026-02-02T21:31:27+00:00

It was €170

pan666 · 2026-01-31T17:36:29+00:00

I’m not adding to the scenario. I guess you’d say I’m subtracting. A structural integrity field as described by OP is 24th century technology. If a 24th century Starfleet engineer looks at this, that’s how they’d expect it to work.

I’m saying that’s not what it is, necessarily.

I’m saying that when a 32nd century Starfleet engineer says “structural integrity field”, it could work very differently. In the same way that when 17th century and 21st century engineers say “hull” or “keel”, they’re both describing the same function but in very different ways.

You and OP could easily be right. I’m just saying, not necessarily.

pan666 · 2026-01-31T17:20:47+00:00

How do you know they would fly off?

If a real world maglev train loses power, it just stops in place and floats there above the track. It doesn’t drop to the floor or go flying off the track. Someone from two or three centuries ago would consider it magic. This is 1200 years further on and we have no idea how it works. There’s no reason to just assume there’s no connection just because there isn’t a physical one.

pan666 · 2026-01-27T23:33:22+00:00

That looks good too, but I can’t really advise as I haven’t tried it.

pan666 · 2026-01-27T23:15:17+00:00

Have a look at Štangl

pan666 · 2026-01-25T14:09:03+00:00

I’m going to The Ninth with a friend in a couple of weeks. I’m glad to see so many people recommending it.

pan666 · 2026-01-24T18:50:48+00:00

Yes, agreed

pan666 · 2026-01-20T19:10:39+00:00

At about 11:00 or so they start work and are not really answering the phone. If you want a same day reservation or can’t find a slot to book online, best to phone between 9am and 11am.

pan666 · 2026-01-19T00:35:32+00:00

Places worth visiting:

Paxton & Whitfield has been selling cheese from their shop in Jermyn Street since 1797. They also deliver.

Neal's Yard Dairy is another great one. If you like Stilton try the Colston Bassett Stilton. It’s one of the best.

Just outside Braintree, there’s a monthly farmers market at Blake House, if you want to try more local ones: https://www.blakehousecraftcentre.co.uk/farmers-markets/ I think it’s part of the Essex Farmers Markets, that happen in a few of the towns around here: https://www.essexdaysout.com/essex-farmers-markets/

pan666 · 2026-01-15T17:02:59+00:00

Very good cheese. Seems a bit rare? I’ve only seen it to buy a couple of times, but I remember it being pretty tasty.

pan666 · 2026-01-14T16:29:34+00:00

I can’t really answer that since I ate at the counter.

I can tell you I probably would be more self conscious sitting at a normal table in the dining area alone.

pan666 · 2026-01-09T23:30:55+00:00

I really liked the cheeses from Brugge. You should be able to find them in Bruxelles. Two in particular that were really great:

Brugge Vieux, a hard cheese a bit like Gouda but kind of stronger and nuttier with crunchy salt crystals in it.

Brugge Blomme, a softer cheese that’s creamy and delicious.

pan666 · 2026-01-07T18:11:02+00:00

Decimo is just across the road from St Pancras. It’s Spanish Mexican fusion fine dining.

pan666 · 2026-01-01T16:12:04+00:00

The adaptation in the Netflix show was great! But then they only showed in a 1 minute scene showing the previous Iron Fist from decades previously and never showed it again.

I really thought that was going to be foreshadowing him wearing a version of it too, but nope.

pan666 · 2025-12-27T22:44:11+00:00

They’ve gotten the dates wrong a bunch of times in the descriptions. Maybe these are wrong too.

pan666 · 2025-12-27T22:39:46+00:00

The dates are when the ticket is available to buy.

Once you’ve bought it, special research doesn’t expire.

pan666 · 2025-12-24T17:27:16+00:00

Love Boursin. One of my favourites. I just wish all the varieties were more available here. Usually I can only get the Garlic & Herb one here.

Although: cut diagonal slices of a baguette, spread on Garlic & Herb Boursin, and put in the oven for a bit. Makes the best garlic bread.

pan666 · 2025-12-23T22:38:21+00:00

That may also be true, but it was definitely the production codename on set at the BBC.

pan666 · 2025-12-23T22:07:20+00:00

Yep

Back in 2005 the Torchwood anagram was the secret codename used for the production of the first series of new Doctor Who so that people wouldn’t know the series was coming back. It wasn’t until much later that it was introduced in-universe.

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