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MacExpo 2003, Part 2

p. Islington is an odd place; there are a lot of rather down-at-heel kinds of shops and cafés, and many more very trendy up-market clubs and restaurants. I knew that there was a "Bierodrome":http://www.belgo-restaurants.com/ somewhere near the MacExpo site, and since I wanted to have an early supper while waiting for the worst of rush hour to clear, I thought that I would go and check it out.

p. I was pleased to see that they had a rather unusual special offer on meals taken between 6 and 7:30pm. You pay a price equal the the time that you order. So, if you place your order at 6:30, you pay £6.30. And you get a half pint of Belgian beer in with the price! Fantastic!

p. I got there at about 5:45, and had a leisurely half of a rather nice wheat beer in the bar before casually sauntering round to the restaurant side at precisely 6:01. Well, I am trying to save money at the moment, so I think it was entirely justified. I had a huge bowl of moules et frites and another nice wheat beer, and felt that all was well with the world. There's something particularly satisfying about moules et frites. Perhaps it's that you can use the food itself as a utensil. I love picking out the meat of a mussel using the shell of another as a pair of tweezers, while inhaling the garlicky steam. I love cooking mussels, too. In fact, I love the sound of the shells clacking around in a sink so much that I once wrote a poem about it. Don't worry, I won't inflict it on you.

p. It was a lovely end to the day, and infinitely better than sitting on the coach in rush hour traffic.