Saturday, December 12, 2009
Going on holiday, are you?Outrage noticed and scheduled for inclusion in Igor’s rants at 07:03 on December 4th. Posted at 23:33.
Tags: airport, belgrade, beograd, departures, heathrow, lhr, london heathrow, mirjevo, serbia, shops, srbija
Hang on then, better not just arrive at the airport and get on the ’plane. No, definitely better load yourselves up to the gunwales instead with supposedly-“reduced”, still-grotesquely-overpriced, indulgent shit you know you don’t need and can’t afford, but could probably buy on credit if you were to manage to allow yourself to be kidded into the delusion of “saving money” by the minor concessions made in the name of “growing the economy” by these manipulative, devious, exploitative corporate shitmongers. Much better that way, for everyone. Otherwise the gears just won’t keep turning, and we can’t have that.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
HuddlePicture of Enforcement episode taken at 17:41 on January 17th.
Tags: belgrade, belgrade january 2008, beograd, beograd january 2008, knjaz mihailova, police, serbia, srbija
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
PacemakersPicture of Enforcement episode taken at 09:37 on January 18th.
Tags: belgrade, belgrade january 2008, beograd, beograd january 2008, knjaz mihailova, police, serbia, srbija
I walked behind these four for a good few hundred yards across the square. It felt like the second pair’s pace was swaying in and out of phase with that of the first; sometimes they were close enough that they might be just two parts of the same patrol, and sometimes the distance between them was great enough that perhaps in fact they’d merely chanced upon each other — as though despite their ongoing efforts to declare their independence, the complex interplay of their orbital wakes held them eternally tied in some arcane gravitational pavane.
Intersection of Trg Republike and Knjaz Mihailova, Beograd, Srbija
Intersection of Trg Republike and Knjaz Mihailova, Beograd, Srbija
Monday, January 21, 2008
Calf’s head casseroleStuff incident experienced at 20:28 on January 19th. Posted in Igor’s stuff at 00:47.
Tags: belgrade january 2008, beograd january 2008, calf's head, casserole, element, element restaurant, meat, restaurant, serbia, stew, елемент, елемент ресторан, ресторан
It’s about 2 years since I’ve partaken of this traditional Serbian dish. Though I’ve happily added the experience to my ever-growing collection of gustatory anecdotes, the unfamiliarity of the circumstances in which I found myself at the time of that first indulgence meant that my memories of the actual dish and its eating are now hazy at best, so I was pleased to be able to give it another bash last Saturday night.
The apparently equally traditional highlight of my meal at the relatively recently-opened Елемент (Element) restaurant a few short streets away from Trg Republike (Republic Square) in Beograd — a beef steak stuffed with thick smoked bacon and strong yellow Serbian cheese — safely out of the way and the subsequent myocardial episode booked in at the city hospital, this delicacy was brought with minimal ceremony to the table and despite my already significantly distended belly, I made sure to take a sample. Purely for research purposes, you understand.
As far as I can tell, the good bits of the calf’s head (presumably mainly the cheeks) are stripped off and fried up with some onions, at which point vegetables and various herbs and spices are added, and the whole thing is left to reduce down, leaving behind after some unspecified length of time a casserole of medium to light consistency.
The overall impression was surprisingly subtle, certainly not as overpowering as offal-avoiders may fear, and the onion seemed to have caramelised somewhat, adding a pleasant, slightly sweet nuance to the overall concoction. The meat itself was tender, as can only reasonably be expected from a casserole, and had kidney-ish textural overtones, though on balance it remained firmly on the “meaty” side of the entrail divide.
In summary: I ate baby cow’s head. It was good.
The apparently equally traditional highlight of my meal at the relatively recently-opened Елемент (Element) restaurant a few short streets away from Trg Republike (Republic Square) in Beograd — a beef steak stuffed with thick smoked bacon and strong yellow Serbian cheese — safely out of the way and the subsequent myocardial episode booked in at the city hospital, this delicacy was brought with minimal ceremony to the table and despite my already significantly distended belly, I made sure to take a sample. Purely for research purposes, you understand.
As far as I can tell, the good bits of the calf’s head (presumably mainly the cheeks) are stripped off and fried up with some onions, at which point vegetables and various herbs and spices are added, and the whole thing is left to reduce down, leaving behind after some unspecified length of time a casserole of medium to light consistency.
The overall impression was surprisingly subtle, certainly not as overpowering as offal-avoiders may fear, and the onion seemed to have caramelised somewhat, adding a pleasant, slightly sweet nuance to the overall concoction. The meat itself was tender, as can only reasonably be expected from a casserole, and had kidney-ish textural overtones, though on balance it remained firmly on the “meaty” side of the entrail divide.
In summary: I ate baby cow’s head. It was good.
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Baked pig's faceStuff incident experienced at 01:00. Posted in Igor’s stuff at 17:35.
Tags: baked, belgrade, food, mirijevo, pig, pig's face, pig's head, serbia, suckling pig
Saturday, December 30, 2006
One of the things I love about Serbia …Stuff incident experienced at 01:00. Posted in Igor’s stuff at 22:58.
Tags: brilliant, cheese, chili, food, hot, pepper, serbia, srbija
… is that you can get circular packs containing 6 of the above foil-wrapped triangles of cream cheese. Something like Dairylea, you might think? Nothing special? Well, you'd be on the right lines, except that it's nicer cheese, and, oh yeah … IT'S FILLED WITH HOT CHILI PEPPERS. Yes. It also comes with meat or mushroom fillings. I love this stuff.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Sure about that?Picture of Enforcement episode taken at 01:00.
Tags: airport, baggage, belgrade, beograd, check, december 2006, police, serbia, srbija
Serious
Picture of Enforcement episode taken at 01:00.
Tags: airport, baggage, belgrade, beograd, check, december 2006, police, serbia, srbija
Picture of Enforcement episode taken at 01:00.
Tags: airport, baggage, belgrade, beograd, check, december 2006, police, serbia, srbija
Lilting gait
Picture of Enforcement episode taken at 01:00.
Tags: airport, belgrade, beograd, december 2006, police, serbia, srbija
Picture of Enforcement episode taken at 01:00.
Tags: airport, belgrade, beograd, december 2006, police, serbia, srbija
Pause for coffee
Picture of Enforcement episode taken at 01:00.
Tags: airport, belgrade, beograd, december 2006, police, serbia, srbija
Picture of Enforcement episode taken at 01:00.
Tags: airport, belgrade, beograd, december 2006, police, serbia, srbija
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