# Unexpected eating experiences **URL:** \ **Category:** Food and drink\ **Created:** [16 February 2018 18:22 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/unexpected-eating-experiences/2705 "2018-02-16T18:22:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cobham-saint/32/99252_2.png) [@Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Cobham-Saint)\ **Post date:** [16 February 2018 18:22 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/unexpected-eating-experiences/2705/1 "2018-02-16T18:22:00Z")
Went to Simpsons Tavern on Cornhill - a Chop House since 1757. Samuel Pepys used to eat there. Well old school. Carnivores dream. Good food and ale. staff are fun. Quite cheap, worth a visit šŸ˜Š Have passed it countless times over the years but never stepped in. My new favourite place. ## What is your favourite eatery? Have you discovered somewhere new recently? ---
**Author:** ![Bucks](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/bucks/32/87_2.png) [@Bucks](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Bucks)\ **Post date:** [16 February 2018 18:26 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/unexpected-eating-experiences/2705/2 "2018-02-16T18:26:49Z")
I worked a few doors down from Simpsons from 2010-2014. A cracking place for sure. I miss Buffalo Bills in Southampton, opposite the Mayflower. Countless years of happy occasions. I know itā€™s still there but after 20+ years of the same owners - and the same chef! - it changed hands and reviews say its shit now. Morons. ---
**Author:** ![Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cobham-saint/32/99252_2.png) [@Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Cobham-Saint)\ **Post date:** [16 February 2018 19:00 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/unexpected-eating-experiences/2705/3 "2018-02-16T19:00:50Z")
Oh, btw. Samuel Pepys has been recently outed for Weinstein type activities, but donā€™t let that that put you off. I donā€™t think they employ anyone under 45 - on the other hand, if thatā€™s your bagā€¦ :lou_wink_2: ---
**Author:** ![saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/saintbletch/32/618_2.png) [@saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/u/saintbletch)\ **Post date:** [16 February 2018 19:08 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/unexpected-eating-experiences/2705/4 "2018-02-16T19:08:10Z")
Did Pepys haunt it or dine there? Wikipedia says he died 50 years before your place opened. ---
**Author:** ![lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/lifeintheslowlane/32/690_2.png) [@lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/u/lifeintheslowlane)\ **Post date:** [16 February 2018 19:13 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/unexpected-eating-experiences/2705/5 "2018-02-16T19:13:47Z")
He read good reviews of it and went back to check it outā€¦as you do. :lou_lol: ---
**Author:** ![Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cobham-saint/32/99252_2.png) [@Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Cobham-Saint)\ **Post date:** [16 February 2018 19:20 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/unexpected-eating-experiences/2705/6 "2018-02-16T19:20:08Z")
f wikipedia is to be believed then fine. Elsewhere on tā€™internet said otherwise. Have always been an indifferent student to historical accuracy Bletch 1:0 Pie-eyed drunk :lou_lol: ---
**Author:** ![lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/lifeintheslowlane/32/690_2.png) [@lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/u/lifeintheslowlane)\ **Post date:** [16 February 2018 19:26 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/unexpected-eating-experiences/2705/7 "2018-02-16T19:26:13Z")
In the '70s used to love ā€œAliceā€™sā€ just across the road from ā€œThe Cricketersā€ in Carlton Place. It was one of the first home made burger places in the cityā€¦played good music tooā€¦great place to meet up and go onto other places in town. Cheap and cheerful with brightly painted furnitureā€¦affordable house wine served in a Giraffe. :lou_lol: ---
**Author:** ![Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cobham-saint/32/99252_2.png) [@Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Cobham-Saint)\ **Post date:** [16 February 2018 19:54 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/unexpected-eating-experiences/2705/8 "2018-02-16T19:54:59Z")
Cool @lifeintheslowlane Giraffesā€™ were still well posh in late '70s early '80ā€™s when I went out for a meal at the Pizza place in Dibden Purlieu with my first proper girlfriend - think it was called Capers. Closed down only recently. ---
**Author:** ![lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/lifeintheslowlane/32/690_2.png) [@lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/u/lifeintheslowlane)\ **Post date:** [16 February 2018 20:26 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/unexpected-eating-experiences/2705/9 "2018-02-16T20:26:12Z")
It was a time of faux-sophistication, especially when Simonā€™s Wine Bar opened just down the road from Aliceā€™s in the mid '70s. Quaffining Liebfraumilch, Piesporter Michelsberg or a cheeky White Zinfandel, TBH anything that sounded relatively foreign. Thanks too to Berni Inns that would serve up a Prawn Cocktail, Steak, Chips & Peas and Black Forest Gateau for around Ā£2.50 in the late '60s. If you thought you were in with a good chance youā€™d push the boat out and buy a bottle of White Hirondel too. I wouldnā€™t be surprised if some of you youngsters are here today courtesy of a bottle of Hirondel. :lou_wink_2: ---
**Author:** ![PhilippineSaint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/philippinesaint/32/3978_2.png) [@PhilippineSaint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/PhilippineSaint)\ **Post date:** [17 February 2018 00:25 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/unexpected-eating-experiences/2705/10 "2018-02-17T00:25:56Z")
Add Black Tower and Blue Nun to that list @lifeintheslowlane ---
**Author:** ![Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cobham-saint/32/99252_2.png) [@Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Cobham-Saint)\ **Post date:** [17 February 2018 22:28 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/unexpected-eating-experiences/2705/11 "2018-02-17T22:28:01Z")
You forgot Black Forest Gateaux Seriously underrated & something I could eat right now! ---
**Author:** ![gavstar](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/gavstar/32/86128_2.png) [@gavstar](https://www.sotonians.com/u/gavstar)\ **Post date:** [17 February 2018 22:54 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/unexpected-eating-experiences/2705/12 "2018-02-17T22:54:51Z")
I once squirted a pouch of apple jam into my mouth thinking it was apple juice. It was an unexpected and unwelcome experience. ---
**Author:** ![Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cobham-saint/32/99252_2.png) [@Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Cobham-Saint)\ **Post date:** [17 February 2018 22:58 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/unexpected-eating-experiences/2705/13 "2018-02-17T22:58:49Z")
There are many questions around why @gavstar but, how? ---
**Author:** ![Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/goatboy/32/167_2.png) [@Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Goatboy)\ **Post date:** [17 February 2018 22:59 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/unexpected-eating-experiences/2705/14 "2018-02-17T22:59:51Z")
I was a big fan of Aliceā€™s! ---
**Author:** ![PhilippineSaint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/philippinesaint/32/3978_2.png) [@PhilippineSaint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/PhilippineSaint)\ **Post date:** [17 February 2018 23:13 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/unexpected-eating-experiences/2705/15 "2018-02-17T23:13:08Z")
Where the fuck is Alice ---
**Author:** ![gavstar](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/gavstar/32/86128_2.png) [@gavstar](https://www.sotonians.com/u/gavstar)\ **Post date:** [17 February 2018 23:15 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/unexpected-eating-experiences/2705/16 "2018-02-17T23:15:45Z")
My story begins 5 years ago, me and my mate were driving out to Greece to work for the summer, I had made it as far as the ferry before I decided to become violently unwell with food poisoning. My mate took over sole driving responsibilities as I was a bit delirious, and our journey was made quite a lot longer by me needing to stop every 45 mins or so to empty myself. Some time the next day as we were about to leave france and enter Italy I am starting to feel better and feel the need to hydrate, so whilst my mate is filling up on petrol I buy the only thing I think my stomach will tolerate, a small pouch of ā€˜apple juiceā€™, like the pouches lucozade sport used to come in. As we rejoin the motorway I proclaim to my mate that ā€˜I am so looking forward to thisā€™ as I squeeze almost an entire pouch of thick apple jam into my mouth. I did not feel hydrated. As I tell my ā€˜mateā€™ what I have done and how disgusting it was and how disappointed I am he almost has an asthma attack from laughing so hard. I guess the moral of the story is donā€™t trust the french. ---
**Author:** ![lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/lifeintheslowlane/32/690_2.png) [@lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/u/lifeintheslowlane)\ **Post date:** [18 February 2018 09:03 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/unexpected-eating-experiences/2705/17 "2018-02-18T09:03:29Z")
I didnā€™t :lou_surprised: ā€¦to quote my earlier postā€¦ > Thanks too to Berni Inns that would serve up a Prawn Cocktail, Steak, Chips & Peas and **Black Forest Gateau** for around Ā£2.50 in the late '60s. If you thought you were in with a good chance youā€™d push the boat out and buy a bottle of White Hirondel too. ---
**Author:** ![Barry-Sanchez](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/barry-sanchez/32/76_2.png) [@Barry-Sanchez](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Barry-Sanchez)\ **Post date:** [18 February 2018 10:36 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/unexpected-eating-experiences/2705/18 "2018-02-18T10:36:29Z")
There used to be a place in Liverpool before they moved call Eureka, it was proper genuine family run Greek food, all the family worked there, in a run down 60ā€™sshopping parade, people used to come from all over to eat there, now theyā€™ve moved its nowhere near as authentic nor as good, shame. ---
**Author:** ![Barry-Sanchez](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/barry-sanchez/32/76_2.png) [@Barry-Sanchez](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Barry-Sanchez)\ **Post date:** [18 February 2018 10:41 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/unexpected-eating-experiences/2705/19 "2018-02-18T10:41:57Z")
My wife has just said they had to go as they knocked down said delapidated shopping arcade. ---
**Author:** ![saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/saintbletch/32/618_2.png) [@saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/u/saintbletch)\ **Post date:** [18 February 2018 13:15 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/unexpected-eating-experiences/2705/20 "2018-02-18T13:15:00Z")
lā€™histoire du stupide homme anglais et ses poches de pomme. And to think I was going to let you touch my groin. Weā€™d have probably both been covered in apple sauce. [Next page](https://www.sotonians.com/t/unexpected-eating-experiences/2705.md?page=2)