Many thanks to Laura for this guest post. "Everyday is like Sunday." So sang Morrissey, and for many of us a fitting epitaph for lockdown. But what does that have to do with falafel I hear you cry? Well, it may feel like a year of Sundays but it isn't healthy to eat Sunday Roast... Continue Reading →
Funky Falafel
Westgate Street, Gloucester every Friday also at Stroud Farmers Market on a Saturday. Many thanks to Miss J for this review! It was an hour after having had a mediocre lunch that I spotted the Funky Falafel stall at the Friday Farmer's Market in Gloucester. I assessed my fullness and concluded that it would not... Continue Reading →
Eat out to help out
We at ratemyfalafel.com have done our bit to rebuild Britain post lock down by selflessly chowing down on half price food for the past few weeks. I know, where's the clapping for me, eh? To be quite honest the food has been sub par - a really lack lustre selection of falafel and pasties have... Continue Reading →
Vegan bite
Vegan Bite Thank you to this week's guest reviewer Old Father Thames (not real name). If you have a different perspective on Greggs Steak Bake, please let us know at Ratemyfalafel@gmail.com It seems easy to stay the same, stick to what you know and be happily stuck in your ways. But it’s no good –... Continue Reading →
Border Force Falafel
Border Force Falafel. By guest blogger Marie la vie @ planteatingposts (Instagram) A sour mood and sluggish appetite can often be remedied by the appearance of a falafel vendor in my long experience.In this instance, the vendor was a big blue double decker – “The Big Greek Bus”, parked on Folkestone harbour, and selling take... Continue Reading →
Quorn-ish Pasty?
Quorn* with Ginsters have recently brought out a couple of new vegan pasties. For about 15 years I have found myself buying those newsagent plastic packaged samosas when out and about and stuck for something to eat. These days, you have a lot more choice when in a supermarket but there is still a distinct... Continue Reading →
Eat Falafel at Home. Control the Hunger. Save Money.
Many thanks to guest reviewer James Brown for this post! Britain in 2020*: it’s like a jungle out there. You’re trying to keep your distance but everyone around you is having street parties, beach parties, clapping manically on their doorsteps,or testing their eyesight in popular tourist destinations. Sure, you could get takeaway but isn’t it... Continue Reading →
Always be prepared
'Always be prepared', that's my motto. So why wasn't I? It was a thought I'd come back to again and again over the lockdown period. Why didn't I prepare? When Covid 19 hit I had no frozen falafel in the freezer, no dried chickpeas, a few scant tins which were to soon run out. I... Continue Reading →
Falafel firsts
Tis a proud day for any parent when their little ones takes their first... Bite of falafel. I'd been waiting impatiently for our baby to be ready to eat solid food and decided that on his 6 month birthday we would give him his first foray into the world of fried chickpeas. I was nervous.... Continue Reading →
Falafel in the time of corona virus
By anonymous. N. B this was written BEFORE the outbreak in Spain and subsequent lock down in all European countries. Stay tuned for quarantine falafel updates next week. After yet another sodden, freezing and windy week in London (storms Ciara, Dennis and Jorge had visited) combined with toilet-paper hoarding Coronavirus mass panic, I boarded an... Continue Reading →