A couple of weeks ago, on a sleepy Sunday morning, the renowned food blogger James Vs Burger hosted a live social media video session. Making full use of Facebook’s new tools, he made history by documenting Danny McLaren, Bloc’s self-proclaimed “Mad Chef”, indulging in a spot of “Sunday madness” as he prepared a batch of Jack Daniel’s-marinated brisket. This kind of radical new social content had never been done before. It was all tremendously exciting.
That excitement lasted as long as the intro to the video, after which the whole episode became a gloriously awkward kitchen car crash. James read out the comments that came flooding in. Danny shouted a bit and drank a JagerBomb. James and the commenters loved it. He made the food, and then they ate it.
As an insight into what goes on in a professional kitchen, it wasn’t particularly illuminating: but then a drunk and angry bald man shouting at meat for 45 minutes was never going to be Kitchen Confidential, was it? The whole thing confused my body. I came away with tinnitus (one thing the Mad Chef loves as much as shouting and Buckfast is Diplo) but it made me hungry, too, so I went to Bloc later that evening. I got the Sunshine Tacos and an Innis & Gunn, and they were absolutely delicious. Then I sat with my friends and I drank and I listened to the excellent music and thought about all the good that Bloc brings to Bath Street, and made a mental note to disassociate the memory of that video from my memories of Bloc, which are all positive. I didn’t see or hear the Mad Chef once. It was a glorious night.
Bloc
Q: Where are you off to on holiday, then?
1. Adam Lyall, 20, Airdrie, “Berlin”
Matthew Hamilton, 21, Uddingston, “Lisbon”
2. Caitie Eynon, 21, Hamilton, “Marbella”
Jack Moody, 21, Blantyre, “Alicante”
3. Gary Chalmers, 24, Helensburgh, “Rome”
Betti Bucsus, 32, Helensburgh, “Iceland”
4. Gera Kaso, 20, Gorbals, “Barcelona”
Gianni Musardo, 23, Govanhill, “Hong Kong”
5. Jamie Monteith, 23, Dennistoun
Favourite Club? Buff Club
Favourite Bar? Nice N Sleazy
Favourite DJ? Kölsch
Favourite Band? The Decemberists
First Club? ABC
What You Drinking? Whisky & Coke
Describe Your Dancing? Dad flail chic
6. Kyle Elliot, 30, Queen’s Park, “Beijing”
Rosie Dowell, 21, Ruchhill, “Croatia”
7. Katie Mackinnon, 22, Dennistoun, “India”
Hannah Morley, 23, Bearsden, “Space”
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