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On two occurrences now (one I’ve been with him), my friend has witnessed young guys buying a silly amount (I reckon 20-30) of Buzzballs in Wetherspoons.

The time I was with him, the staff have even brought out cardboard boxes so they could put the Buzzballs in them and obviously transport them as they clearly weren’t drinking them. The other time I wasn’t with him, my friend said that they weren’t given boxes but they were putting them in pockets, bags etc.

The thing confusing us is that the Buzzballs in Spoons aren’t even cheaper than they are in newsagents or supermarkets, so it can’t be a money making thing surely?

What could be going on here? Just curious really. Am I missing a trick?

Edit: we asked one of the bar staff why there weren’t any Buzzballs available on the app (obviously knowing why) 🤡 and he said “oh some guy bought 300 of them to sell on at parties…” what???!!! Not sure if that’s the real reason…would you not order that many from Tesco for cheaper? All v confusing.

First off, let me start by saying I’m a Londoner. However, I don’t think I see enough of it or always know what’s going on in terms of pop-ups, activities etc.

I’ve booked a week off work soon, and it’ll be my birthday that same week, so I thought I’d treat myself to a nice day out in central.

Here’s what I’ve got planned so far:

3:00–4:30pm – £1-a-pop oysters at Wright Brothers (Borough Market)

4:30–7:30pm – ???

7:45pm – Six by Nico (Canary Wharf)

Basically, I’m unsure what to do with the time between Wright Brothers and Six by Nico. I don’t want to venture north/west, so whatever I do needs to be south/east-ish.

If I wasn’t doing a solo day out, I’d probably suggest somewhere like Fairgame to my friends. I’ll likely have a little wander around Borough Market after my oysters, but I doubt that’ll take up three hours!

A few things that might help:
• I’m a massive foodie and I like a drink.
• I like art, but I’m not massively into it. I considered going back to Tate Modern, but there aren’t any exhibitions that are really taking my fancy at the moment. Interactive stuff is cool though.
• I’m going solo, so ideally something that’s enjoyable on my own.

So, what would you do with those three hours?

Thanks in advance! :)

When I was in secondary school, I read about 3/4 of a fictional book from the school library called *Paradise*.

I believe it was a book for young adults but I could be wrong - there were definitely mentions of sex.

The front cover was pretty simple, I just remember it having palm trees on and I think it was a real photo rather than an illustration.

In the story, a group of teens/young adults go on holiday together to Spain (I think) but I can’t remember much else. From the way it was written, I believe it was a British author.

I can’t remember much else unfortunately but the books I have found aren’t the one I’m thinking of. I’ve searched the obvious things but no luck so far.

Sorry if my description is very vague, but I’m hoping someone might know it.

Thanks in advance!

I’ve had a bottle of okonomi sauce sitting in my fridge for quite a while now. I’ve used it to make okonomiyaki - naturally.

I was wondering if there are any other foods/dishes you’d recommend using it on?

I know technically you can put it on pretty much anything, but I wondered if anyone has tried it on something unexpected and discovered a heavenly combination.

I was going to try it on some steak with sticky rice tonight for dinner, maybe served with a fried egg.

Other than the obvious - carbonara.

I’ve got a nice hunk of guanciale that I need to use by the end of this month and want some more ideas of what to use it in. I’ll obviously make a carbonara, but please throw some more ideas at me!

I’ve had to tag this as London but I’m actually looking for suggestions on what I could make for Christmas dinner this year. I know it’s early, I hate discussing it now too…but last year I didn’t plan ahead enough.

For reference, I’d only be cooking Christmas dinner for 4 people (myself included).

I love making meals that have the ‘wow-factor’ presentation wise (as I have a foodie Instagram where I post as cooking is something I’m really passionate about), but also taste really good.

Starter - ideas needed, but my family love seafood so anything with prawns, smoked salmon, scallops welcome. Other suggestions also v welcome!

Main course - I’m keen to give making a beef wellington a go but would obviously give this a trial run before the ‘big day’. However, any other suggestions welcome, I’d like to have options.

Dessert - open to any suggestions for dessert. I’m willing to make two - one sugar free (if possible) and one normal as I’d love to make one especially for one of my relatives who is diabetic. We’ll likely have a cheeseboard anyway, so I don’t want that to substitute dessert for my diabetic relative.

Please throw some ideas my way!

Thanks in advance x

Hey! I’m based in London, UK and would be willing to swap with anyone as I love trying all types of foods from different places.

I also have a food Instagram account so would love to post an unboxing video/taste test video on there.