It was a Monday night, with little in the fridge and for some reason I have been toying with the idea of going to a Korean restaurant in Bournemouth this past week. I know there is one in Charminster at the main crossroads near the Richmond Arms pub and there is one virtually opposite Staples by the railway station.

My brother Ken said there was one down by Lansdowne on Old Christchurch Road. I was skeptical but he was right. It must have only been opened a matter of weeks.

Called the Korean Grill, it replaces the curry house that was there before and is just up from the Fruit Bar.

There was a sign saying that they only took cash at the minute so after a few minutes detour to the bank we were sat down at the table. It was one of those with a central electric grill embedded into the table.

Poo Ice Cream

Well there is a chain of restaurants called Modern Toilet in the Far East that brings together base toilet humour and food.

Not sure if it would take off here in the UK, but then again....

Modern Toilet website

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However, sometimes you come across a place that you just need to warn others about.

Curry King in Cambridge is just one of those places.

They hassle you in trying to upsell extra side dishes, rice and nan, even though you have said several times that you are OK.

There was only two of us in the restaurant and when we started to eat our meal they turned the heating on. I asked them to turn it down and he laughed whilst doing so. My wife was only half way through her drink and suddenly it was do you want another one.

They added a "s/c" onto the bill for £4, which was for service charge that brough the meal up to just over £40. So more than 10%.

What a bunch of jokers.

I hope this restaurant truly becomes a casualty of the credit crunch and gets shut down for good.

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Baozi Inn

25 Newport Court, London WC2H 7JS. Tel: 020 7287 6877

Strange little place this restaurant. I sat down underneath a large photo of Chairman Mao. The seat was in the shape of what I assume is traditional wooden seats in rural china, like the ones bandied around during kung fu fight scenes in some ancient teahouse.

Anyway I digress.

The food was supposed to be provincial spicy Sichuan cuisine. I went for the spicy beef noodles along with a side dish of spinach and ginger juice. I was expecting just a small dish of spinach but it was a bit of a huge pile with nuts sprinkle on. I realy liked that.

The noddles I thought were a bit indifferent, not wildly spicy but then again I am probably thankful as I am sure that had it been the full Sichuan heat I might have been reeling.

What I should have done was to try one of the large steamed buns they had on the menu, as everybody else seemed to order them, especially those more efnic than I.

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