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ZINDIYA TO
YOUR DOOR
We've been conducting a lengthy campaign to get that 11 out of 10 Zindiya to do takeaway. And hark, earlier this week, the team joined Deliveroo, for which you can thank us in cash — unmarked bills please. The menu is huge and includes lamb chops (£8), onion bhajis (£3.50), and chilli paneer (£5), placed into your hands. Orders open from 11.30 of the a.m. And if you can't immediately move house to get in Zindiya's catchment area (Moseley and Kings Heath), your curry-based consolation prizes are as follows: Hen and Chickens for the city centre and JQ, Pushkar for Edgbastonians, and if you live anywhere near Ladypool Road, you don't need us to be telling you a thing about curry.
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THE BIG FRIENDLY GALLERY
What's the children's story that still gets you deep down in your snozzcumber? Fifteen artist have been commissioned to produce a piece inspired by their childhood definer, including Laura Tinald's Indian ink and pencil work, capturing her memories of Sophie's big-hearted bravery in The BFG. See all the original pieces at The Zellig (the Custard Factory's nextdoor neighbour) this Friday, when a week-long auction will begin, with the cashdollah going Acorn Hospice's way. The Middle Feast is on food, there'll be comp'ed drinkage, and the VR Hub is bringing an app that lets you paint 3D spaces in virtual reality. A one-night only kinda dealio, entry is free, and the exhibition opens at 6.30pm. More
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FILM PICK: THE DISASTER ARTIST
James Franco is a patchy director at best, but here he’s found a story that ideally combines his gifts as an actor with his taste for the goofy and off-kilter. He’s in the lead as Tommy Wiseau, an enigmatic real-life filmmaker who looks like an evil Christopher Walken and talks like a friendly Dracula. Bear in mind that in 2003 Franco made The Room, a film so poorly crafted it loops round and becomes a strange work of outsider art that’s at once hilarious and a look into a troubled soul. Here, though, the feel of his friendship with actor and co-producer Greg Sestero is familiar to the filmic bromances Franco has had with Judd Apatow, but the exploration of just what makes Tommy tick, and his determination to be a star no matter what, is oddly sweet. Most importantly, Franco nails Wiseau’s odd demeanour: odd that he’s given maybe his best performance playing someone who can’t act whatsoever. Times & trailer
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Venue: Sabai Sabai, Waterloo Street, B2 5PG; Website
Choice: Beef Short Rib (£13.95) Chooser: The Owner
It's finally happened. Completely brilliant Thai food has arrived less than three minutes from our office. Originally the exclusive plaything of Moseleyites, this is Sabai Sabai's fourth opening, and it's entirely beautiful — with a seriously strong game in light fittings. And the meal we ate on opening night, while boxes were literally still being unpacked, beat all our previous experiences. To maximise your starter game, try the meat platter (£12.95) which includes spare ribs, chicken wings and duck rolls. Plus as a side-starter (that's a thing right?), you'll need the black tiger prawns (£8.95) — char-grilled and then wok-fried in a crazy good, creamy Tom Yam sauce. Moving to mains, the zingy steamed seabass (£16.95) got plenty of happy knowing nods, but it was the braised short rib of beef in a Massaman sauce that was the table's outstanding performer: think falley-off-the-boney meat, a coconut-based sauce full of flavour, and plenty of it. Left alone, we'd have ordered four curries and a pad thai, and oh the things we'd have missed. Eat here. Adopt the "You Choose" philosophy. Take us. Menu
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