IN CELEBRATION OF EDITION’S 100TH ISSUE, ALEX RUSHMER ROUNDS UP HIS FAVOURITE CAMBRIDGE EATS AND DRINKS, PAST AND PRESENT THE TASTY 100 L ast month marked the incredible achievement of this little magazine publishing its 100th issue. My own column failed to make reference to this fact for the simple reason that
1 Steaming pork and chinese chive dumplings in hot and sour soup at Zhonghua Traditional Snacks. (Perhaps with a char siu pork bun on the side. And a cucumber salad. And some fried dumplings. To share.) 2 Lemon and ricotta-filled cannoli from Signorelli’s Deli. 3 Half a pint of Calverley’s chenpi and sichuan flower pepper Sichuan Saison beer. And then a full pint of the same. 4 One for Ella burger, sweet potato fries and hot sauce from Steak & Honour (actually, might as well make that a double). 5 At just under £7, Franco Manca’s chewy, charred sourdough margherita is one of the city’s best food bargains.
6 One scoop of fior di latte and one scoop of salted balsamic caramel from Jack’s Gelato. 7 Aromi’s insanely good pistachio croissant. 8 Thick and rich Milanese-style hot chocolate from the lovely people at Savino’s. 9 A double Cambridge Dry Gin, tonic water, plenty of ice and a mint leaf. Anywhere. 10 Maurizio’s deadly six-shot Negronis. 11 It may well be the Italian equivalent of Billy Bear ham but, my god, I love a mortadella sandwich. The fine people at Culinaris will be delighted to help (add artichokes to feel slightly less trashy).
during the summer of 2015, I managed to miss my only deadline (although I am well aware that I’ve pushed others to the absolute limit – sorry Nicola) and consequently, my last column was my 99th. Which means that this is the 100th missive I’ve penned for this fine publication. It is often said that writers and journalists short of time or ideas famously resort to submitting list-based pieces in lieu of actually writing some real copy. With that in mind, I am delighted to present a list of 100 of the best things I’ve consumed in and around Cambridge over the eight and a half years I’ve been proudly featuring my writing on these pages. Let me assure you, it would have been far easier to write 600 words on barbecuing, picnics or whatever other subject I usually tackle at this time of year and this, while not comprehensive or exhaustive, required a significant amount of thought and memory recall. Finally, there are certainly great many foods and drinks that should have made this list that I simply couldn’t recall. To anyone who feels aggrieved at being left out of this exercise in onanistic subjectivity, I apologise. And I promise to include you in the 200th issue when that rolls around at some point in 2027. Without further ado, here are 100 of the best things I have eaten, drunk, experienced or otherwise consumed since 2008.
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