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RESTAURANT REVIEW | BabaBoom
★★★★ | BabaBoom
BabaBoom is the perfect restaurant in an area of London that shall, and will, embrace it.
It’s a cozy, warm and petite place which serves food a bit different from the nearby Brewdog, Coté Brasserie, and The Breakfast Club restaurants. And the food at BabaBoom is really really good.
Two can dine here easily for less than £50. And while the menu is quite small, the food on offer is varied, large, and delicious!
On a cold and wet Sunday night me and my dining companion found BabaBoom very buzzing. Most of the 44 seats in this small restaurant were full – everyone from the staff to the customers to the cooks looked very very happy – which we noticed while we were led to the quieter back section where we enjoyed a new gastronomical experience.
The Sweet Potato Tahini starter was superb! Served with a nicely charcoaled pita bread, along with beetroot, celery and fennel, it was a perfect dipping meal. The sweet potato gave this hummus-like dish new life – I can’t recommend it more. My dining companion had the Rose Harissa Labneh starter, which also came with the same vegetables and pita bread, yet the labneh was topped with chilli, unusual but it worked! But the best was yet to come.
I had the Rotisserie Lamb Shoulder as my main course. And at £11.75 it was to die for! Served over a charcoaled pita, there was lots of succulent and tender lamb, along with a large helping of cole slaw, and a huge tasty cooked onion. I enjoyed every bite, though it was almost too big to eat as a sandwich. My dining companion had the Saffron & Orange Chicken Shish, as a salad, very colorful and served on a large plate. It came with the aforementioned coleslaw along with red peppers, and extremely tasty crispy flatbread. Though he felt the chicken tasted a bit plain, sauces were served with it to add to the flavor. Still a great deal at £9.25. Other kebabs on the menu include goat, short rib and falafel – something for everyone!
Just so that we can taste more of the menu we ordered a few sides. I can’t explain how delicious the Dukkah Fries were! Small and crispy, and cooked with 25 spices (!!!!) which gave the fries a fabulous kick – different, again, but worked so well! Also recommended is the Harissa Roasted Squash Tabbouleh and the Smashed Aubergine with Pomegranate and Tahini. And to top it off, each side is only £3.50 or 2 for £6.00. An excellent bargain.
BabaBoom calls itself a charcoal kebab kitchen, and that’s exactly what it is, and more. And more is what you get. They also serve brunch! Chose from teas to unlimited coffee and juices, to a boozy brunch with bloody mary’s and mimosas and margaritas (I had one with dinner and it was slush good fun!). For brunch you can choose from a Meat Kebab (sausage, date glazed bacon, tomato, 2 friend eggs & labneh) to a Veggie Kebab to a dish called the Ultrarunner (2 soft poached eggs, labneh, tabbouleh, fattoush salad & flatbread), to and including Eggy Bread (basically french toast)! Yum Yum!
BabaBoom combines middle eastern flavours with quality British produce to deliver outstanding meals at very affordable prices. And well worth a trip to Battersea.
Telephone: 07809903181
http://www.bababoom.london
Email: Hello@bababoom.london
Twitter: @BababoomLondon
Address: 30 Battersea Rise SW11 1EEOpening hours:
MON 06:00PM – 10:00PM
TUE 11:45AM – 10:00PM
WED 11:45AM – 10:30PM
THU 11:45AM – 10:30PM
FRI 11:45AM – 11:30PM
SAT 10:30AM – 11:30PM
SUN 10:30AM – 10:00PMBRUNCH: Saturday & Sunday 10:30AM-3:00PM
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Why is Gareth Gates walking in heels?
Ah… Gareth…
CREDIT: Gareth Gates / Instagram Remember him, the guy who gave Will Young a run for his money in the first series of the UK version of Pop Idol? The singer has been adopting a slightly different look recently… and he’s been practicing walking in heels. Well, it’s all because he’s playing Cheryl from Girls Aloud in a Comic Relief skit this weekend.
CREDIT: Gareth Gates / Instagram He gave his fans a quick demonstration of his strut before joking “I don’t know what you girls are talking about it’s pretty easy”.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BRYhDz3FOJh/?taken-by=gareth_gates&hl=en
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Katie Hopkins set to release memoirs
Gay icon wannabe Katie Hopkins is set to release a memoir.
CREDIT: LBC Biteback Publishing, has revealed that it is to release the memoirs of Katie Hopkins. Biteback is owned by Katie Hopkins’ LBC co-worker Iain Dale.
The book is set to be released in October.
Speaking about the forthcoming release Iain said,
“I’m really pleased to be publishing Katie. I realise she is a marmite character for some, with her robust opinions about a broad range of issues, but this book takes us behind the controversy to see the real Katie. I think a lot of people will be surprised!”
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Katie says that this book will be about the Katie that her family knows and sees, “sitting on my sofa, sometimes laughing, sometimes crying at my life”.
Recently Katie was taken to court by journalist Jack Monroe, who alleged that the columnist and LBC presenter had defamed her through a number of Tweets.
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Gay Biopic films on Netflix
Here’s the latest and most up-to-date list of LGBT biopic films on Netflix
Other Genres: BIOPICS | CRIME | COMEDY | DRAG | DRAMA | DOCUMENTARY | LESBIAN | ROMANTIC | TRANS | SPORTS | ALL LGBT FILMS ON NETFLIX
Girl
A fifteen-year-old dancer, Lara faces emotional and physical hurdles as she prepares for gender confirmation surgery.
Released: 2018
Length: 1 hour 45 Mins
Certificate: Mature
Language: French / Belgium
TheGayUK Rating: Not yet ratedI Am Michael
Gay activist Michael Glatze (James Franco) begins a painful journey when he decides to renounce his sexuality and his boyfriends (Zachary Quinto and Charlie Carver) for his religion in this drama based on a true story.
Released: 2015
Length: 1 hour 41 Mins
Certificate: G
Language: EnglishTheGayUK Rating: Shot in just 20 days in New York, on a budget of $2.5 million, I Am Michael didn’t get the proper cinema release that it deserved. It’s done the film festival circuit and it’s only now being released, on video on demand. Writer and Director Justin Kelly keeps the movie flowing, and it never once loses the faith of its subject matter. Franco superbly carries this film (though his hairstyle seems to change in every scene) and the rest of the cast excellently support him. It’s a highly recommended watch not just for it being a gay film – it’s Franco’s performance that is more than worth the watch. (TIM BAROS)
The Happy Prince
The final years of Oscar Wilde’s life are documented as he looks back at his imprisonment.
Released: 2018
Length: 1 hour 45 Mins
Certificate: 15
Language: EnglishKing Cobra
When a lonely suburban man turned gay porn producer discovers a hot, lucrative new star, he finds himself the target of rival pornographers who will stop at nothing to steal his money maker. Based on the novel “Cobra Killer”.
GAYUK RATING:
LENGTH: 1hr 32m
YEAR: 2016
RATING: 18 -
Gay Crime films on Netflix
Here’s the most up-to-date listings for gay crime films available on Netflix
Other Genres: BIOPICS | CRIME | COMEDY | DRAG | DRAMA | DOCUMENTARY | LESBIAN | ROMANTIC | TRANS | SPORTS | ALL LGBT FILMS ON NETFLIX
College sophomores Sara and Alex, roommates who’ve become intimate, idly joke about killing each other’s enemies. But now someone’s been murdered.
Released: 2013
Length: 1 Hour 26 Mins
Netflix Rating: ★★★
TheGayUK Rating: (not rated yet)Eastern Boys
A young Ukrainian immigrant in Paris works the street in front of the Gare du Nord with his friends, other Eastern European ‘toughs’. He is approached by Daniel, a businessman in his fifties, self-consciously cruising at the station, and agrees to visit him at his home at 6 pm the following day.The next evening, Daniel is unnerved to find instead a fourteen-year-old boy at his door, declaring himself to be ‘Marek’.
GAYUK RATING:
LENGTH: 2hr 3m
YEAR: 2013
RATING: GI Love You Philip Morris
Steven Russell is happily married to Debbie and a member of the local police force when a car accident provokes a dramatic reassessment of his life. Steven becomes open about his homosexuality and decides to live life to the fullest – even if it means breaking the law. Steven’s new, extravagant lifestyle involves cons and fraud and, eventually, a stay in the State Penitentiary where he meets sensitive, soft-spoken Phillip Morris. His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts Steven to attempt and often succeed at one impossible con after another.
GAYUK RATING:
LENGTH: 2hr 5m
YEAR: 2004
RATING: PG -
Gay comedy films on Netflix
Here’s the most up-to-date list of LGBT Comedy films available on Netflix to stream.
Other Genres: BIOPICS | CRIME | COMEDY | DRAG | DRAMA | DOCUMENTARY | LESBIAN | ROMANTIC | TRANS | SPORTS | ALL LGBT FILMS ON NETFLIX
4th Man Out
Description: A mechanic comes out as gay to his very heterosexual work mates. Once they come around to the idea they set about finding him the perfect man.
Released: 2015
Length: 1 Hour 26 Mins
Netflix User Rating: ★★★★
TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)Hurricane Bianca
Hurricane Bianca is an American independent comedy and LGBT film, directed and written by Matt Kugelman, an editor for CBS This Morning. The film’s title derives from the starring actor, Bianca Del Rio (Roy Haylock), an American costumer and drag queen, best known for winning the sixth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race.
Released: 2016
Length: 1 Hour 24 Mins
Netflix User Rating: ★★1/2
TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)Other People
A struggling comedy writer, fresh off a breakup and in the midst of the worst year of his life, returns to Sacramento to care for his dying mother.
GAYUK RATING:
LENGTH: 1hr 37m
YEAR: 2016
RATING: GPeople You May Know
A struggling comedy writer, fresh off a breakup and in the midst of the worst year of his life, returns to Sacramento to care for his dying mother.
GAYUK RATING:
LENGTH: 1hr 37m
YEAR: 2016
RATING: G -
Drag films on Netflix
Here’s an up to date list of Drag genre films available to stream on Netflix.
Other Genres: BIOPICS | CRIME | COMEDY | DRAG | DRAMA | DOCUMENTARY | LESBIAN | ROMANTIC | TRANS | SPORTS | ALL LGBT FILMS ON NETFLIX
Dressed As A Girl
Cameras followed seven performers in London’s drag club scene for years, from raucous onstage performances through their everyday offstage lives.
Released: 2015
Length: 1 Hour 40 Minutes
Certificate: 18
Netflix User Rating: ★★
TheGayUK Rating:Hurricane Bianca
Hurricane Bianca is an American independent comedy and LGBT film, directed and written by Matt Kugelman, an editor for CBS This Morning. The film’s title derives from the starring actor, Bianca Del Rio (Roy Haylock), an American costumer and drag queen, best known for winning the sixth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race.
Released: 2016
Length: 1 Hour 24 Mins
Netflix User Rating: ★★1/2
TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)I Am Divine
A celebration of the immortal star and Most Beautiful Woman in the World… DIVINE!
Released: 2013
Length: 1 Hour 30 Mins
Netflix User Rating: ★★★★1/2
TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)La Cage Aux Folles II
Description: A follow on from the first film – where a gay couple unwittingly becomes entangled in an international espionage ring.
Released: 1980
Length: 1 Hour 39 Mins
Netflix User Rating: ★★★★Paris Is Burning
Description: An unblinking behind the scenes story of fashion-obsessed New Yorkers who created “voguing” and drag balls, and turned these raucous celebrations into a powerful expression of personal pride. The world within a world is instantly familiar, filled with ambitions, desires and yearnings that reflect America itself. The film also explores issues such as racism, homophobia and AIDS, in an intimate portrait of an urban community in which the allure of high fashion, status and wealth become an affirmation of love, acceptance and joy.
Released: 1990
Length: 1 Hour 16 Mins
Netflix User Rating: ★★★★★The Pink Mirror
A unique film coming from India where homosexuality is still taboo, The Pink Mirror (Gulabi Aaina), is a colourful funny look into the Indian homosexual closet.Released: 2003
Length: 35 Mins
Netflix User Rating: ★1/2 -
Trans films on Netflix
Here’s the list of current trans+ films available to stream on Netflix
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Boy Meets Girl
A young transgender woman is looking for romance.
GAYUK RATING:
LENGTH: 1hr 39m
YEAR: 2014
RATING: GBoys Don’t Cry
Hilary Swank stars in her Oscar® winning role of the true life story of Brandon Teena in Boys Don’t Cry. Brandon Teena is the popular new guy in a tiny Nebraska town. He hangs out with the guys, drinking, cussing, and bumper surfing, and he charms the young women, who’ve never met a more sensitive and considerate young man. Life is good for Brandon, now that he’s one of the guys and dating hometown beauty Lana. However, he’s forgotten to mention one important detail. It’s not that he’s wanted in another town for grand theft auto and other assorted crimes, but that Brandon Teena is actually a woman named Teena Brandon. When Brandon’s best friends make this discovery, his life eventually is ripped apart by betrayal, humiliation, rape, and murder.
GAYUK RATING:
LENGTH: 1hr 58m
YEAR: 1999
RATING: 18Man On High Heels
A tough transgender detective fights to take down a gangster all the while longing to retire and complete sex reassignment surgery.
GAYUK RATING:
LENGTH: 2hr 4m
YEAR: 2014
RATING: GParis Is Burning
An intriguing view into the world of New York’s ball scene. Fierce drag queens, heartbreaking trans stories and the celebration of LGBT life from all walks of life. Award-winning documentary from Jennie Livingston.
GAYUK RATING:
LENGTH: 1hr 16m
YEAR: 1990
RATING: 15 -
Gay Romance Films On Netflix
Here is the current list of gay romance films on Netflix
Other Genres: BIOPICS | CRIME | COMEDY | DRAG | DRAMA | DOCUMENTARY | LESBIAN | ROMANTIC | TRANS | SPORTS | ALL LGBT FILMS ON NETFLIX
Big Eden
Description: This funny, heart-warming romantic drama charmed critics nationwide with its truly original tale of a thirty-something gay guy, Henry Hart, who returns to his childhood Montana home to confront his unrequited passion for his high school best friend.
Released: 2000
Length: 1 Hour 58 Mins
Certificate: PG
Netflix User Rating: ★★1/2
TheGayUK Rating: Read our reviewBoys
Description: Sieger and Marc are part of an all-boys athletics club, training hard for the relay championships. During their lakeside summer days, an innocent friendship develops into something deeper, but coming to terms with these new emotions is a hurdle they have to overcome.
Released: 2014
Length: 1 Hour 16 Mins
Certificate: G
Netflix User Rating: ★★★1/2
TheGayUK Rating: ★★★★ Read The Gay UK review of BoysEat With Me
A gay Chinese man whose restaurant is failing tries to find love with a blue-eyed Brit.
Released: 2014
Length: 1 Hour 35 Mins
Certificate: G
Netflix User Rating: ★★★★
TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)Get Real
British drama when two school boys fall in London.
Released: 1998
Length: 1 Hour 50 Mins
Certificate: 15
Netflix User Rating: ★★★★1/2
TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)Head On
This edgy drama follows 19-year-old Ari, a gay Greek-Australian whose roiling ethnic- and sexual-identity struggles lead to a wild, 24-hour odyssey.
Released: 1998
Length: 1 Hour 44 Mins
Certificate: 18
Netflix User Rating: ★★★
TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)Holding The Man
Holding The Man is a 2015 Australian romantic drama film adapted from Timothy Conigrave’s 1995 memoir of the same name.
GAYUK RATING:
LENGTH: 2hr 8m
YEAR: 2015
RATING: 15Soft Lad
Married Jules carries on an illicit affair with his brother-in-law, David. But their secrets are jeopardised when David falls for another man.
Released: 2015
Length: 1 Hour 23 Mins
Certificate: 15
Netflix User Rating: ★★1/2
TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)The Way He Looks
The Way He Looks is a 2014 Brazilian coming-of-age romantic drama film based on the 2010 short film I Don’t Want to Go Back Alone. It was directed, written and co-produced by Daniel Ribeiro, and stars Ghilherme Lobo, Fabio Audi, and Tess Amorim, reprising their roles from the short.
GAYUK RATING:
LENGTH: 1hr 32m
YEAR: 2014
RATING: 12Those People
A young Manhattan painter’s goals are put to the test when he falls for an older man while still having feelings for his long-standing secret crush.
Released: 2015
Length: 1 Hour 29 Mins
Certificate: G
Netflix User Rating: ★★★1/2
TheGayUK Rating: Read our review -
LGBT documentaries on Netflix
These are the current LGBT+ documentaries available to view on Netflix.
Other Genres: BIOPICS | CRIME | COMEDY | DRAG | DRAMA | DOCUMENTARY | LESBIAN | ROMANTIC | TRANS | SPORTS | ALL LGBT FILMS ON NETFLIX
A Sinner In Mecca
A gay, Muslim filmmaker documents his life when he travels to Mecca to a Haji pilgrimage. He uses a hidden smart phone and tiny cameras to record his journey.
Released: 2015
Length: 1 Hour 19 Mins
Certificate: G
Netflix User Rating: ★★
TheGayUK Rating: (not rated yet)Bridegroom
Emotional documentary of how Shane Bitney Crone was treated by the family of his long-term partner, Tom Bridegroom, who fell to his death in 2012. A YouTube video of Shane’s grief snowballed into one of the most talked about videos of 2012 and the commissioning of his documentary.
Released: 2013
Length: 1 Hour 19 Minutes
Certificate
Netflix User Rating: ★★★★1/2
TheGayUK Rating: ★★★★★ Read The Gay UK’s film review of BridegroomDressed As A Girl
Cameras followed seven performers in London’s drag club scene for years, from raucous onstage performances through their everyday offstage lives.
Released: 2015
Length: 1 Hour 40 Minutes
Certificate: 18
Netflix User Rating: ★★
TheGayUK Rating:Game Face
The documentary follows the struggle of a transgender MMA fighter and a gay basketball player for acceptance in sports.
Released: 2015
Length: 1 Hour 35 Minutes
Certificate: 15
Netflix User Rating: ★★★★
TheGayUK Rating:Growing Up Coy
Filmmakers follow a Colorado family’s highly public battle for the rights of their transgender daughter, Coy, in a landmark civil rights case.
Released: 2016
Length: 1 Hour 22 Minutes
Certificate: G
Netflix User Rating: ★★★★
TheGayUK Rating:For The Bible Tells Me So
Powerful documentary which examines the way Christian groups in the US have exploited the bible to deny human and gay rights.
Released: 2007
Length: 1 hour 39 Mins
Certificate: G
Netflix User Rating: ★★★★★
TheGayUK Rating: ★★★★Gayby Baby
This documentary follows four youngsters as they navigate the challenges of their preteen years, including society’s bias against their gay parents.
Released: 2016
Length: 1 hour 25 Mins
Certificate: PG
Netflix User Rating: ★★★★
TheGayUK Rating:I Am Divine
A celebration of the immortal star and Most Beautiful Woman in the World… DIVINE!
Released: 2013
Length: 1 Hour 30 Mins
Certificate: 15
Netflix User Rating: ★★★★1/2
TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)Matt Shepard Is a Friend Of Mine
This documentary chronicles the life of Matthew Shepard, whose infamous 1998 murder left his friends and relatives devastated.
Released: 2014
Length: 1 Hour 28 Mins
Certificate: G
Netflix User Rating: ★★★★1/2
TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)Oriented
The lives, challenges and conflicted feelings of three gay Palestinian men are documented in this film shot in 2014 in a divided Tel Aviv, Israel.
Released: 2015
Length: 1 Hour 19 Mins
Certificate: G
Netflix User Rating: ★★★★1/2
TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)The Out List
Profile film about the notably out actors, activists entertainers, politicians and athletes. Stars Neil Patrick Harris.
Released: 2013
Length: 1 Hour
Certificate: G
Netflix User Rating: ★★★★1/2
TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)Paris Is Burning
An intriguing view into the world of New York’s ball scene. Fierce drag queens, heartbreaking trans stories and the celebration of LGBT life from all walks of life. Award-winning documentary from Jennie Livingston.
Released: 1990
LENGTH: 1hr 16m
Certificate: 15
Netflix User Rating: ★★★★1/2
TheGayUK Rating: ★★★★Tab Hunter Confidential
Actor Tab Hunter reflects on his career and discusses being a closeted gay man while becoming one of Hollywood’s biggest heartthrobs in the 1950s.
Released: 2015
Length: 1 Hour 30 Mins
Certificate: 12
Netflix User Rating: ★★★★1/2
TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)To Russia With Love
This documentary follows the media frenzy leading up to the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, as LGBT athletes and activists confront Russia’s anti-gay laws.
Released: 2014
Length: 1 Hour 19 Mins
Certificate: G
Netflix User Rating: ★★★★
TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)
