Lets Take Tiffin.

Advantages: The whole experience.
Disadvantages: Do they clean the machines after Nobby has been there !

...How dare Tescos sell these, and where is the obligatory health warning? These 1 and a half inch square chocolate topped Australian Crunchie type biscuits are wonderful. First the information bit:- Tiffin is an Indian term for, Light lunch or snack. I believe that when The British were in India many moons ago,They did the very British thing of taking afternoon tea and this became known as "Taking Tiffin" Now, the product. Tesco's Finest 5 Belgiun Chocolate Tiffin Squares costing £1.69. (Yes for the size of each one that is expensive) but I like them. Being Tesco's Finest range they are in the traditional brown cardboard sleeve with the grey and black band displaying the word Finest in white and Tesco in grey. The cardboard part is 10cm's x 6 cm's with an extended back sleeve which gives you the advice, ingredients, nutrition...

headcase44 28.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of Tesco Finest Belgium Chocolate Tiffin

CHOCOLATE TIFFIN

Advantages: Chocolate!
Disadvantages: Fattening

...This recipe has been passed on to me my a very good friend and if she knew i had passed it on,thankfully she dosen't have a P.C,so will never know! I just have to share with you this quick,easy recipe for CHOCOLATE TIFFIN... Firstly what is chocolate tiffin,well im buggered if i know,this particular recipe is a no cook biscuit,with lots of chocolate,raisinsand crumbly biscuit with a chocolate topping. VERY QUICK VERY EASY VERY FATTENING HERE GOES You will need a swiss roll size tin lined with baking parchment 8oz cooking chocolate ( I used half milk and half dark as the dark canmake it too sharp) 8oz Rich Tea biscuits 4oz buttter 2 tbls golden syrup 2tbls sugar 4tsp cocoa Handfull of raisins VERY SIMPLY melt BUTTER,SUGAR,SYRUP AND COCOA in a pan. Add RAISINS crush BISCUITS and add to the melted...

Deenar 15.08.2005 · Read review
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Review of Recipes for Cakes and Biscuits

TIFFIN anyone!!

Advantages: No cooking
Disadvantages: Very fattening i would imagine

...I first tried Tiffin from the Sainsburys' bakery. I have to say i fell in love instantly. Very rich and very addictive. It requires no baking just a matter of throwing everything into the bowl, spreading into a square cake tin and placing in the fridge, Couldnt be simpler. Give it a go!! Ingredients: 8oz unsalted butter, 2 tablespoons golden syrup, 8oz quality plain chocolate (50-60% cocoa solids), 300g pack rich tea biscuits, 2oz blanched hazelnuts, chopped, 2oz sultanas, 2oz dessicated coconut. 2oz glace cherries,chopped Cut butter in cubes, break up chocolate, and place, together with the syrup in a heatproof glass bowl over a pan of not quite simmering water. Let it all melt together gently while you prepare the other ingredients. Crush the biscuits to crumbs. You can either do this...

freaklikeme 14.03.2004 · Read review
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Bye bye Tiffin Room, hello Italian Bar

Advantages: Varied menu; reasonable prices
Disadvantages: Not the best food in the world

...I wasn't filled with enthusiasm at the prospect of visiting Southsea's latest Italian restaurant, simply because it had taken the place of the Tiffin Room at the India Arms, considered by many to be the best local Indian restaurant. It seemed fair to give it a chance, however, so I met my son on Great Southsea Street early one Friday evening and we wandered down to give the Italian Bar and Grill a closer look. This establishment is actually part pub and part restaurant. The menu is displayed in the pub window and at first did not encourage me. Alongside pasta, pizza and salads there was a section for burgers ? not my kind of food and not what I had been expecting. We decided nevertheless that the prices looked reasonable and that we would probably find an appealing salad or pasta dish, so in we went. The door leads into the bar area...

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Review of The Italian Bar & Grill, Southsea

Excellent Curry - in a Pub

Advantages: Excellent food
Disadvantages: Erratic service

...When I first moved back to Southsea in 1999, the India Arms was about two minutes' walk from where I lived but I never visited it because my sons went there and it definitely had a reputation as a student pub. On moving back to Southsea again in 2007, I was surprised to learn that the largest room in the pub had been converted into an Indian restaurant called the Tiffin Room which was fast earning a reputation for serving the best Indian cuisine in either Portsmouth or Southsea. The Tiffin Room had initially served tapas-style meals, whereby you would order a number of small dishes and probably share them amongst yourselves. By the time of my first visit in late summer, however, all this had changed and the menu was organised in the traditional format of starter, main course and dessert. I remember choosing Old Madras lamb chops...

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Review of The Tiffin Room at the India Arms, Southsea, Hampshire

Chocolate Concrete

Advantages: The packet can be recycled
Disadvantages: Tastes foul, waste of your money.

...Having a sweet tooth, I noticed from the online directory, that Tesco.com had some new items for sale in the biscuits/cakes category. When I saw the name "Belgian Chocolate Tiffin Squares", I knew I had to click on it and see it enter my virtual shopping bag. As it was from the "Finest" range I was already under the misconception that it was going to be delicious. Tiffin has been around for centuries and used to be known as Chocolate Concrete and Chocolate Rocks. Very satisfying and also quite sickly if eaten in large quantities, this makes a great lunch box filler or evening treat. Not recommended to consume each day. Anyway, back to Tesco, ordering online has many pros but also a few cons. In this instance it was not being able to inspect the box personally. On the screen, the box looks quite substantial but in reality...

mrsmopples 21.11.2006 · Read review
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India Arms - best curry in town!

Advantages: Nice atmosphere, Amazing Food, Friendly service, Superb Value
Disadvantages: Too empty on occasions, Dont do delivery, Popadoms too small ;)

...I have tried many different Indian restaurants in Portsmouth, my favourite pervious to this being the Spice Merchants near Palmerston Road. When the Spice Merchants let us down several times in a row we decided to look elsewhere and hearing that The India Arms had changed from Tiffin to more traditional layout gave it a shot. 8 or so visits later I can say without a doubt this is the finest Indian Cuisine I have ever tasted, weve never been let down as far as quality and value are concerned. I have noticed the service can be a little scatty at times (drinks orders not being taken etc) but weve never had to wait long for our food and always enjoyed our meals. The chefs are also very happy to alter items on the menu to your taste, I enjoy a hot curry and a lot of the time order the Garlic Chicken or Darjeeling extra spicy. I wouldnt...

leemako 31.07.2008 · Read review
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Review of The Tiffin Room at the India Arms, Southsea, Hampshire

Tiffin anyone question mark

Advantages: It was free
Disadvantages: It was a cake

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Maddi69 13.11.2002 · Read review
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Review of Kellogg's Nutri Grain Elevenses

Settle This Hash! Space Captain Smith

Advantages: Strong characters, good jokes, exciting action
Disadvantages: A few duff gags?

...creation who can always be counted on to say the wrong thing in the heat of the moment. My personal highlight was his ranting about his school days while disintegrating Ghast troopers in one of the novel's climactic battles. He also has a strong line in catchphrases. 'I'll settle your hash' crops up several times like a public school Terminator, and a successful mission tends to lead to a line about 'tiffin'. There are also some knowing parodies of other works. Rick Dreckitt is a brilliant inverted parody of Blade Runner's Deckard - an android bounty hunter who's terrified he may actually kill an android by mistake. Frost's interpretation of Philip K Dick's Voigt Kampff test is utterly brilliant and prompted belly laughs from this reader. Suruk the Slayer is probably supposed to be a Predator, but I've never seen that film. This book is never...

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Review of Space Captain Smith - Toby Frost

Ripping adventures with Space Captain Smith!

Advantages: Great characters, excellent humour
Disadvantages: Looks like it might be a bit of a wait for Book 4.

...The dread armies of Lemming Men of Yull are marching to conquer and enslave the galaxy! Only the British Empire can hope to stand against the combined strength of the insane rodents and the vile forces of Gertie Ghast! The John Pym, crewed by the heroic Space Captain Isambard Smith, his confused M'Lak warrior friend Suruk the Slayer and reprogrammed sex android Polly Carveth, is entrusted with a top secret mission in order to preserve the balance of power in the galaxy and save the beseiged forces of New Luton! Wrath of the Lemming Men is the third novel about Space Captain Smith, and sees the line still growing in confidence after hitting its stride with the previous God Emperor of Didcot. This is pulp science-fiction with lashings of humour, tea and tiffin, and a staggering body count. Pastiche is not an easy genre in which to...

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