School of Wok: Chinese Unchopped

School of Wok

The other week I attended an event at Tower Bridge (more on this coming up soon) and I was introduced to the people from School of Wok while Jeremy Pang, the founder, was giving a demo in the extreme heat and with the wrong flour. The next week they got in touch and invited me along to try out Chinese Unchopped, one of the newer offerings at School of Wok and this time, ran by Jeremy himself. I eagerly accepted and got my crab claw ready (you’ll see).

School of Wok

School of Wok

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A weekend in June: Hotbox, Dinerama & Dinosaurs

Well, June has been hectic. In fact, wait a minute, it’s JUNE? And it’s July IN TWO DAYS? When did this happen? I have no idea where my time has been going lately. It seems to be slipping away faster and faster (along with my money). Just this Friday I’m moving (again) to Bow Road, so if any of you are East Londoners, mine is a Gin & Tonic (no cucumber, god help you if I find cucumber in my gin).

Secret Cinema - Force Choke

Force choke – Photo by Arthy

But why has June been so busy I hear you ask? Well I’ll give you a snapshot of just one weekend to really hit it home. It started with a gig on the Thursday, the Movielife to be exact, at the Electric Ballroom. A whole heap of my friends were down from Leeds as well as a bunch of people from London. The Movielife are one of those bands that helped shape half the people I knows music taste. They got big in the early 00’s before breaking up and continuing with various endeavours (Vinnie, most notably in I Am The Avalanche). This meant that while it was a Thursday, a rather large amount of booze was consumed, and by the end of the set I had no voice left.

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