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We’ve long bemoaned the difficulty of acquiring top notch food at a decent price after the hour or 11pm in London. A city that purports to be a world capital turfs it’s citizens onto the street at closing time where the choice is grim. A bag of chips from the chippy or a pot noodle [...]

(Scene of the detestation, Haymarket Wagamama. Thanks for pic Ewan-M)
Londonization. The French term for the decimation of the high-street by chain stores and chain restaurants. Walk down any street in the UK and you’ll see exactly what they mean. While we at TrashBlanc.com have to ‘fess up at this juncture to a fondness for H&M [...]

Here at TrashBlanc.com we like to think we go the extra mile so that you don’t have to. We bite the burgers, finger the fries and taste the tacos so that you can get straight to the good stuff. 8 out of 10 times we come away with exactly what we put in. Three [...]

We’ll have more on our trip to the wonderful Hula Hut out by the lake in Austin, but for the moment you can check the Trash Blanc lowdown on the Mexican Margarita. A little sweeter and greener than the standard tequilla cocktail, this house drink started off our last night at SXSWi with some style.
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We’ll have our Nuclear Taco event video up later, but for us here at TrashBlanc.com the taco show was well and truly stolen by the Ice Cream Man. In fact, he may well have pilfered our entire SXSW food experience. In terms of right time, right place, right man, this guy hit a three run [...]

SXS-Eats: The 6th St. Pizza showdown part II.
TrashBlanc.com takes it to the house for the second in our heavyweight pizza reviews. Check it.

Overall rating: * */2
(out of 5)
Price: $4 per spinach/mushroom slice.
Video’s here.

Mayo Holly finally turns up which means we can start taking a look at meat filled dishes here on TrashBlanc.com. And no better start than a burger review outside BD Riley’s on 6th Street.

Overall rating ***
(out of 5)
Price: $8.95 for burger and fries.
Video’s here.

Drinking at SXSW we’ve learned here at TrashBlanc.com can be a tricky activity. Sure there’s plenty of free drinks sponsored by the likes of Google, Frog Design and lots of other companies trying to retain a level of cool they once had (or is that me being cynical). But they’re not really free. Payment takes [...]

Midnight on Saturday night and TrashBlanc needed sustenance before hitting GaryVee’s ridiculous wine party. Nowhere better than Torchy’s Tacos. A local mini-chain by all accounts but with more than a dollop of character.
One of the great things about the food in and around SXSW is that it’s traded in US dollars, and when you earn [...]

It took TrashBlanc.com 24 hours in Austin to get our first proper sit-down meal. It was worth it. A hop skip and a quick jump under I-35 from the Austin Convention centre had us at Progress. Nothing super fancy, but some interesting taste marriages going on. Asian/southern/organic/bicycle mix. And it worked. TB went for the [...]