2008-09-16UTC05:46:37New top ten most popular restaurants in the areaAs voted by you... click, rate, go on!Tinto Tapas (8.52/10)Savour Aroma (8.39/10)Curry Garden (8.03/10)Kalala (8.01/10)Chambers (8.01/10)The Prince of India (7.86/10)Wagamama (7.77/10)Bella Amalfi (7.45/10)Escondido (7.39/10)La Vue (7.28/10)... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11575/New+top+ten+most+popular+restaurants+in+the+area">Rated 7.88/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-08-21UTC05:06:58They are still the number one ranked local restaurant!Who is doing all this voting then? I enjoyed it when I went, I think I've only had takeaway there, but also sat for a drink while waiting for it. Here are the current top ten:Savour Aroma (8.59/10)Chambers (8.41/10)Tinto Tapas (8.36/10)The Mayfly (8.... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11528/They+are+still+the+number+one+ranked+local+restaurant%21">Rated 8.46/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-06-17UTC06:03:56Top ten best restaurants in the areaThe votes are in, these are the top ten best restaurants in the area as voted by you (so, the ten restaurants with the most loyal net savvy customers and regulars who visit this site then), a few surprises in there:Botolphs Bridge Inn (9.10/10)Bella ... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11335/Top+ten+best+restaurants+in+the+area">Rated 8.36/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-05-09UTC01:31:44Popbitch is in good company..Some prostitutes just moved into the flat below popbitch's office, lovely!... and be careful. as of yesterday the first floor turned into a brothel. with "lovely lisa, 21".so popbitch is now sandwiched between a betting shop/brothel and a pie company... 2008-03-01UTC04:21:36RE: Folkestone recyclingWell, it was 1994 when I was last living in the great village of Folkestone, but at the time I was trying my very best with the Folkestone & Hythe council to seriously consider a plant whereby unhappy males could take their drunken partners and, erm.... 2008-02-29UTC12:22:00RE: Quiet few daysGreat sandwich!:) 2007-12-13UTC11:04:56Newcomer? I've been here nearly four years now, where's my equity?(and the wife says "I've been here nearly twenty years")I thought Sandwich was nice from brief visits, but when I saw it on that wild food programme, I'd never seen somewhere I've wanted to visit less. And I've been to Blackpool. Are you from there?... 2007-12-13UTC03:04:17RE: Art exhibition on Hythe RoadHmmm. I'd say that Folkestone's art scene needs to become significantly more derivative / downright crap if it's going to garner any serious plaudits.2007-12-13UTC03:01:11RE: Something apparently "as pikey as Wilkinsons" to open in FolkestoneShop owners tend to do market research, which is why M&S closed down, why Sainsbury's in town can't sell any of their top-end lines and why we're getting a Wilko rather than a Waitrose. You can't expect a bevvy of blue-rinse bingo-bothering biddies t... 2007-08-14UTC06:27:17Party weekendBah, I wrote this out once already and closed the browser by mistake... had kind of a busy week at work, that's got to be a good thing, but it's meant not really any time for writing here in the day time, and some days have seen me concentrating on s... 2007-06-09UTC10:56:12Quite InterestingWent back to QI, and it was ace, glad we made the effort. I had the afternoon off, and got away on time, so I had hours to kill before the show. I went to the National Gallery, and saw some paintings, it was nice. Then I wondered around Soho grazing ... 2007-05-15UTC11:50:10New Place Down The Old High StWell it was the evening of the great quake but it was salad, sandwiches or soup - and the soup was off. Venue is nicely done but we were not quite sure if we were in a bar or a coffee shop.Hopefully they can get it together but we won't be going back... 2007-04-28UTC10:46:39Boom shake the room!Well I suspect you've all been frantically refreshing wondering when I'd report from this morning's earthquake! Amazingly it was three and a half hours ago now, the power was off until just recently so there wasn't a lot I could do, no internets, and... 2007-01-17UTC01:19:29There is another UK Skink doing the roundsThis from a press release from January last year:LONDON: It needs a brave soul and a strong stomach to have dinner with Arthur Boyt.For he is a connoisseur of roadkill flesh, and among the dishes served in his kitchen are casseroles made from squashe... 2007-01-17UTC08:42:04Blood on the tracksWatched "The Roadkill Chef" last night, billed by BBC Three as "Eccentric roadkill connoisseur Fergus Drennan tries to change the eating habits of the people in the town of Sandwich in Kent by throwing the community a roadkill feast". Sandwich is rea... 2006-11-27UTC01:29:20Lunch reviewFree lunch at work today was sausage and mash, looked like Quorn sausages and most likely dairy infused potato, so I skipped out for a slightly disappointing lunch. It looked promising, veggie sausage sandwich from The Organic Sandwich Co, but it was... 2006-11-10UTC11:34:08Transport updatesJourney times have been much better since Monday. If I race out of the door here at six, I get a train at Cannon Street that gets me home without changing for eight fifteen. Bit boring travelling on my own, but I'm plodding on with these book, and re... 2006-06-26UTC10:09:41We don't really go out any moreAnother smashing weekend, is it time for the next one yet? Saturday I played with the computer most of the day. Had no joy fitting the old big hard drive full of MP3s into the new computer, all the technology is different, the drive is SATA now so I'... 2006-03-29UTC11:08:37RE: Second day with no coatYou've finally got some window coverage in your lounge? Does that mean I can't stalk you through your webcam now and all I'll see is the close up slats of your aluminium venetian blinds. Bah, I say.Also, you can't post a BLOG entry like that withou... 2005-11-06UTC04:19:52RE: BlubberdogNotice you don't get outsize sandwiches that come in Vegan flavours [itchypaws]<br /><br />P.S. Still no field to say who I am.2005-11-04UTC10:27:34BlubberdogLast weekend, I made a nice sandwich, we called it a blubberdog. It was a frenche campagne loaf, with peanut butter, tofu pieces, chilli, and some salad, and I thought that was pretty big. Of course it's not the biggest sandwich in the world but at ... 2005-05-04UTC04:20:41RE: Clarendon Inntried to have lunch there this (May) bank holiday.Despite getting there 5 minutes before the official food last orders they refused to even give us a sandwich.I know it was a busy time for them - but that is not what I call hospitality!... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/3370/RE%3A+Clarendon+Inn">Rated 5.28/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2005-02-28UTC11:39:09Text alerts successYou're now set up to receive Text alerts and you'll receive your first message in 7 working days time. ROCK! It's free and it's going to text me a mini statement once a week, that's cool... Tried to change my address online for proper postal statemen... 2005-02-17UTC11:07:29You've been framedBBC reports about a burgliar caught on a webcam, and the 11 month sentence he got... have a look at the homeowner Duncan Grisby's site with the original pictures on, in that third one down is the burglar doing that "pretending I'm just rubbing my eye... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/2777/You%27ve+been+framed">Rated 5.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2004-06-01UTC03:58:24Hamish ClarkLiike the candyman or something, I mention him and he appears - Duncan from Monarch of the Glen again, sat in the same seat outside the same pink sandwich shop (pink shop, not pink sandwiches). No massive shades today though.... 2004-04-19UTC09:03:17DayPopJust checking www.popdex.com, and while wondering what all these mentions of hot abercrombie chick are all about (seems to be a weblogger who spams other people's comments to generate links, oops) found another thing like popdex that monitors the pop... 2003-12-29UTC10:57:49Back to workWe have to have a security guard in over the christmas period as there are so few people about, I was hoping for a minute there he wasn't going to let me in... other than that no problems getting to work today.Played a bit of SSX 3 and Return of the ... 2003-06-18UTC09:59:51Maggots Michael, you're eating maggots...Not my house, this is the fridge where I work... haven't used the fridge in all the time I've been there, and I don't think I'll be starting now.Working from home today, planning out my future projects so they can be cross charged properly.Todays tas... 2003-04-11UTC04:01:09Don WarringtonSaw him coming out of the pink sandwich shop on Regents Park Road, as I was going to lunch, yesterday lunchtime I think...<br /><br />You know, Philip out of Rising Damp, I see him all the time.2003-02-13UTC01:22:58John Terry (Chelsea FC)Having a snack in a sandwich bar