BEN’S BLOG: ‘Buzzy, Buzzy, Buzzy’

[dropcap]S[/dropcap]everal people have raved to me about the Turkish restaurant, Aksular, in Palmers Green. So tonight, I took the drive up norf, to check it out. And what a restaurant it is too. Rammed, there must be 250 seats, and the atmosphere is absolutely non-stop. On arrival; huge piles of a delicious and fruity, fresh salad, Hummus, Taramasalata, Tzatziki, aubergine and tomato, and thick hot pitta-bread were instantly produced. Then followed 2 x chicken shawarmas, with rice, and real, fresh chili sauce. Baklava to finish. A cracking meal. Aksular scores a well deserved and fantastic value for money: 9. The price? £22.40. Yes. £22.40. I left them a 30. BIGTIMER.

In other news:

When I drive through Green Lanes, as I did tonight, I practically have to start self-harming, over the fact I don’t own a betting-shop there. Turkish and Greek restaurant, after restaurant, lined up. ‘We don’t take cards’ (in 2014).

Still Cash-people. Buzzy, buzzy, buzzy. Everyone out in the street. Millions of punters practically with post-it notes stuck to their foreheads, reading ‘PLEASE LEAD ME TO THE NEAREST ROULETTE MACHINE’.

Making a book at Harringay Dogs must have been mega. William Hill. Ladbrokes. Coral. Fred. Paddy (poncing near the good Ladbrokes). Even Jennings in on the act. All double, big units (and that’s not just the girls working behind the counters). Tremendous shops. BOAT MISSED. MUG. ME.

Over and out, B x