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Ah you guys are alright I suppose
Weird one about ciabatta being heavy - I've always thought of it as a light, fluffy sort of a bread. Are you Northern types slathering it in lard and dripping, like normal?
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Ciabatta's weird. It's a very open texture but somehow also really dense. I prefer a baguette for soft and fluffiness.
There was a place opposite the courts on the Strand (Messrs. C, it was called) which also did lovely things with ciabattas in the mid-late 90s. I found somewhere else (Mark_BT52 would remember it, opposite the ITN building) where they put a chicken escalope in whatever you fancied. Making me hungry now. ETA: Google Streetview just goes back far enough to find a pic; Rudi's sandwich bar.JLv3.0 wrote: ↑Tue May 08, 2018 11:00 am I have a feeling I mentioned this the other day, but Victoria train station in the late 90s had this Italian sandwich shop that would coax a breaded chicken escalope, mozzarella and salami into the best part of an entire ciabatta. Mother of God how good was that.
EFA.DeskJockey wrote: ↑Tue May 08, 2018 9:08 pm Bagels should be toasted to avoid the doughiness.
Ciabatta is amazing if done right (this is like deja vu all over again, I'm sure we had a similar thread on the old forums): lightly toasted and decked out with langoustines, smoked salmon, avocado, prawns, lemon, salt and pepper and some crunchy iceberg lettuce.
To quote the ref in Celebrity Deathmatch "I'll allow it". I shall try that.Marv wrote: ↑Tue May 08, 2018 9:22 pmEFA.DeskJockey wrote: ↑Tue May 08, 2018 9:08 pm Bagels should be toasted to avoid the doughiness.
Ciabatta is amazing if done right (this is like deja vu all over again, I'm sure we had a similar thread on the old forums): lightly toasted and decked out with langoustines, smoked salmon, avocado, prawns, lemon, salt and pepper and some crunchy iceberg lettuce.
Here's the Great Gatsby sandwich I mentioned.Jobbo wrote: ↑Tue May 08, 2018 3:23 pmThere was a place opposite the courts on the Strand (Messrs. C, it was called) which also did lovely things with ciabattas in the mid-late 90s. I found somewhere else (Mark_BT52 would remember it, opposite the ITN building) where they put a chicken escalope in whatever you fancied. Making me hungry now. ETA: Google Streetview just goes back far enough to find a pic; Rudi's sandwich bar.JLv3.0 wrote: ↑Tue May 08, 2018 11:00 am I have a feeling I mentioned this the other day, but Victoria train station in the late 90s had this Italian sandwich shop that would coax a breaded chicken escalope, mozzarella and salami into the best part of an entire ciabatta. Mother of God how good was that.