Sacrilege!

Quoted from Maringer

Cod doesn't taste of much to me. I much prefer haddock (and fresh whiting is even nicer).

Tastiest fish I've ever eaten? I caught some mackerel off a boat out of Whitby the other year and grilled them on the bone just a couple of hours later. Absolutely delicious with a sprinkling of salt and a squeeze of lemon. Biggest problem was getting rid of the fish guts afterwards. I wasn't foolish enough to attempt to fillet them without a proper knife.

Yep something about grilled fish that's fresh that just hits the spot. Tastiest fish I ever had was at a trout festival in Korea. They released a load of trout into a massive shallow swimming pool and let people in in groups of about a hundred and you had two minutes to catch a maximum of two with your bare hands. It was absolutely baltic, was in January and they made everyone change into matching shorts and t-shirts. I managed to be the first person to get one out and jumped out and bagged it up and handed it to my girlfriend at the time who was waiting at the side and then jumped back in and got another one straight away, bagged that up, handed it to her and jumped back in and helped some kids catch theirs. I was like some kind of genius trout catcher in this mad game. I've never been fishing in my life, but I'm convinced it was because I was born in Cleethorpes. The whole thing was really cruel on those trout now I look back on it. We took them to a fish monger on the site though who gutted them and then we took them back to the chalet we were staying at and grilled them and they were absolutely delicious.

Quoted from Son of Cod

Yep something about grilled fish that's fresh that just hits the spot. Tastiest fish I ever had was at a trout festival in Korea. They released a load of trout into a massive shallow swimming pool and let people in in groups of about 100 and you had two minutes to catch a maximum of two with your bare hands. It was absolutely baltic, was in January and they made everyone change into matching shorts and t-shirts. I managed to be the first person to get one out and jumped out and bagged it up and handed it to my girlfriend at the time who was waiting at the side and then jumped back in and got another one straight away, bagged that up, handed it to her and jumped back in and helped some kids catch theirs. I was like some kind of genius trout catcher in this mad game. I've never been fishing in my life, but I'm convinced it was because I was born in Cleethorpes. Really cruel on those trout now I look back on it but we took it to a fish monger on the site who gutted it and then we took it back to the chalet we were staying at and grilled it and it was absolutely delicious.

If you like Korean food you ought to come to New Malden next time you’re in London. Sadly the dodgy ‘karaoke’ bar got pulled down though (can’t remember what the Korean word is).

Quoted from KingstonMariner

If you like Korean food you ought to come to New Malden next time you’re in London. Sadly the dodgy ‘karaoke’ bar got pulled down though (can’t remember what the Korean word is).

Noraebang! And I live in London now mate, been to New Malden a few times. Definitely the best Korean food in London for sure. Most of the ones centrally aren't Korean owned in my experience.

It’s the most random thing isn’t it? An ordinary semi-detached suburb, which just happens to have the biggest Korean ex-pat population outside California. Read somewhere it’s as many as 10,000 people out of a population of 40,000 in the KT3 postcode area. Though it doesn’t seem as much as 25% when you’re out and about.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

It’s the most random thing isn’t it? An ordinary semi-detached suburb, which just happens to have the biggest Korean ex-pat population outside California. Read somewhere it’s as many as 10,000 people out of a population of 40,000 in the KT3 postcode area. Though it doesn’t seem as much as 25% when you’re out and about.

Yeah, I don't think I've ever heard why that's the case though, do you not know why there are so many Koreans there then either? Both the Koreans I work with live there.

The real sacrilege is gravy on fish and chips.

Quoted from Son of Cod

Yeah, I don't think I've ever heard why that's the case though, do you not know why there are so many Koreans there then either? Both the Koreans I work with live there.

I heard that the ambassador lived there and the European HQ of Samsung used to be in NM and it was a convenient for the expats who worked there to live locally. Then whenever anyone transferred to London, say to work in the City, they would ask where to live and it sort of snowballed from there. It’s all since the late 80s I think. I first moved nearby in 1994 (the week Buckley moved to West Brom!) and it was noticeable and it certainly seems to have grown since then. From a couple of shops and a travel agent to it being several shops and loads of restaurants. And Korean signs outside churches.

Lots of kids from Korean families at the schools my kids went/go to (23 down to 15).

During the 2002 World Cup it went mental around the Fountain Pub (now demolished for flats).

Quoted from KingstonMariner

I heard that the ambassador lived there and the European HQ of Samsung used to be in NM and it was a convenient for the expats who worked there to live locally. Then whenever anyone transferred to London, say to work in the City, they would ask where to live and it sort of snowballed from there. It’s all since the late 80s I think. I first moved nearby in 1994 (the week Buckley moved to West Brom!) and it was noticeable and it certainly seems to have grown since then. From a couple of shops and a travel agent to it being several shops and loads of restaurants. And Korean signs outside churches.

Lots of kids from Korean families at the schools my kids went/go to (23 down to 15).

During the 2002 World Cup it went mental around the Fountain Pub (now demolished for flats).

One of my old clients was LG, based over in Weybridge right next to the Mercedes test track. That’s about half an hour away from New Malden I’d have thought - big old set up and I’d guess at least 50% of employees were Korean.

The canteen was fúcking amazing.

Smoked fish is nice  

Quoted from KingstonMariner

I heard that the ambassador lived there and the European HQ of Samsung used to be in NM and it was a convenient for the expats who worked there to live locally. Then whenever anyone transferred to London, say to work in the City, they would ask where to live and it sort of snowballed from there. It’s all since the late 80s I think. I first moved nearby in 1994 (the week Buckley moved to West Brom!) and it was noticeable and it certainly seems to have grown since then. From a couple of shops and a travel agent to it being several shops and loads of restaurants. And Korean signs outside churches.

Lots of kids from Korean families at the schools my kids went/go to (23 down to 15).

During the 2002 World Cup it went mental around the Fountain Pub (now demolished for flats).

Interesting, cheers for that. Never really thought to even look it up or anything before you mentioning it being random, to be honest. Also, we all remember where we were and what we were doing when we found out Buckley had gone to WBA. I was 10 eating Coco Pops for breakfast and got very angry.