The chicken tikka masala at the Olde Ship in SanTana? Two moist, slightly grilled chicken skewers coated with a thick tikka masala sauce. On top of a large mound of succulent jasmine rice with peas. Ramekins of a curry sauce that worked this time and yogurt more sour cream than raita. As good as you'll get with Indian food in a stateside English restaurant.But...the naan. The menu stated that a buck extra would get me some of the subcontinental bread standard. What the nice waiter brought out th
BritWeek sounds smashing. It naturally makes one think about all the
local reminders of Great Britain. Never having been to England (something that's scheduled to
change very soon), these evoke memories of that jolly old
land.1. Westminster.
There's a city by that name sandwiched between Huntington Beach,
Fountain Valley, Garden Grove and Seal Beach. Strange but true: there's
one in England, too. Someone named Abbie lives there.2. The other Olde Ship.
The
British owned and operated Santa Ana pub
One thing I do miss about my life before the soul-crushing debt, round the clock collector calls and general feeling of numb is my nightly Newcastle. Ironically, it was around the time my financial house was falling down that I noticed the price of six packs, across the board, going up. Actually, that's not true: I first noticed it when gasoline prices jumped and showed no signs of coming back down a year and a half ago or so. Funny, but when petrol came back down, beer prices did not follow. Im
