The Sugar Bar

When I realize the dishes I’ve been cooking are either starting to look the same every time or just backsliding into the boring (or actually I’m simply having cereal for dinner), I know it’s time to invest in a new cookbook/look into some older ones I’ve forgotten, or go grocery shopping for something good. Take-away is a sorry way out. Avoiding it also makes me feel like a better person, by some odd line of reason. So, grocery shopping was what I did last Friday at Borough Market – where there was lots to drink, taste, ogle at and buy of course. Foodies familiar with Borough Market will know that it’s not simply a fresh produce heaven, it’s also a mushroom heaven. I was so thrilled being able to find a couple of stores selling a wide range of wild and exotic mushrooms; indulging myself, I bought a lovely bag of assorted types – one of my favourites being the oyster mushroom and the king oyster (which my mum uses a lot in Korean cooking actually). I saw a stall selling a range of Japanese shimeiji mushrooms too which would be good for my miso soup. A little pricey but that comes with having to import them I believe.

With mushrooms, it’s always good to have them fresh as once they start to go mucky, it’ll affect the taste. Of course, it starts to look less visually appealing as well. So storing them in a dry part of your fridge is ideal. Make sure you haven’t put them next to anything wet or if you’ve left them in those supermarket plastic boxes with a clingwrap top, make sure no condensation has collected underneath the plastic wrap which could drip onto the mushrooms. This will mean they’ll start to decompose quite quickly in the fridge. You want them dry, smooth and springy to touch.

When I first bought the fresh pasta, I kept calling it ravioli and then tortellini which is a mistake. Ravioli – because I’ve been wanting to get a pasta machine and make giant ravioli filled with all sorts of weird wonderful fillings (like a little goblin, it’s been hiding in the back of my mind so much a lot of the stuff I talk about tends towards ravioli which leaves people around me very puzzled). Tortellini because I never knew there was a difference between tortellini and tortelloni. They both look the same. Apparently the sizes and weight differ, from 2g to 5g respectively and tortellini is more often served with broth and not tortelloni. Did you also know, according to the story behind tortellini/loni, that this lovely pasta was very likely inspired by a woman’s navel? Learn something new every day! The beetroot tortelloni is from La Tua Pasta (website is here) and I found its lovely stall, manned by 2 beautiful European men, next to the Empanadas one. To find it, just leave the Green Market, head to the bit selling all the chocolates and patisseries and then turn left which will bring you out into the open.

There’s another stall selling fresh pasta too but there didn’t seem to be much of a range in my opinion. If you’re feeling very decadent, try the squid ink tortelloni stuffed with cheese and crab meat. It looks positively divine and something very similar to one I tried in Spain (why Spain, I don’t know but it was a very good handmade pasta Italian restaurant) – careful though as it’s £9.50 a pop. So if you do try it, would love to hear from you how it is!

beautiful fresh handmade tortelloni that needs to be eaten within 3 days

This beetroot tortelloni has been stuffed with beetroot, ricotta and grana cheese, nutmeg and bread crumbs. I wanted something a little different from the usual sage and butter combo and so tried out marjoram which goes great with mushrooms. I used red onions as well because of its mildly sweet flavour which worked good with the almost citrusy tanginess of the beetroot. I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to taste the mushrooms with the onions and the beetroot but thankfully it worked and I thought this dish was quite delicious. The final touch of butter definitely pulled it altogether.

Mushrooms and butter. Actually, butter to anything is always beautiful. I have a book about things to eat before you die. Can’t remember the author or the title right now. It’s sitting on my bookshelf at home and I can distinctly remember what it looks like but not who wrote it or what it’s called – which is really annoying! Anyhow, the writer visits this famous restaurant and talks about mashed potatoes and what is the secret behind getting it stiff but still creamy and amazing like cement paste. And what does the chef say? There’s no secret. There’s no mashing it up and pushing it through a sieve nonsense. It’s just a lot of butter.

Ah. There you go. Goodbye olive spreads, margarine and I can’t believe it’s not butter! nonsense. Butter’s good.

If you share my love of fresh pasta, mushrooms and real butter, why not try out this recipe? You don’t need specialty pasta just some fresh ingredients and you’ve got a quick and easy meal done.

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I’ve decided to submit this post to the food event Beet ‘n’ Squash YOU — a monthly food- fight wherein the stupendous virtues of vegetables are extolled. You all know how much I love my vegetables and how crazed I am about mushrooms. This month, the event hosted on Gourmet Fury, boasts 2 lucky winners who will receive a super cute Winner’s badge and some Gourmet, Wild Dried Mushrooms from Untamed Feast. Totally exciting event! Go round and have a little gander ~ this month’s veggie is MUSHROOMS.

Recipe serves 2.
Beetroot Tortelloni with Wild Mushroom Medley
Ingredients

1 packet of tortelloni (about 6 pieces/serving)
2 cloves garlic, sliced
1 small red onion, thinly sliced
3 large handfuls of various wild mushrooms, sliced
sprig of fresh marjoram leaves
1 tsp parsley
2 tbs butter
olive oil, for cooking
sea salt and ground black pepper, for seasoning

To prepare the mushrooms, I hear you should gently brush under water them to get rid of dirt and all that. I didn’t have a brush and I’m used to just lightly massaging the mushrooms under the running tap, making sure to get to the gills under the mushrooms. With the chanterells and oysters, simply trim off the ends, wash and dab off excess moisture before frying.

Heat some olive oil in a large frying pan. Add garlic, sauté. Add the red onions next and give it a quick stir. Once it starts to soften a little, move to side of pan, add the mushrooms and cook. Stir fry everything for a few minutes then add the marjoram. Season well. Set aside whilst you cook the pasta.

For the pasta, simply cook for 4-5 mins in boiling water. Drain off and pour into the frying pan. Give it a good toss, season a little more if needed. Add the parsley and salted butter. Give it one final toss to mix everything well. Then serve and tuck in.

Friend: You have loads of cool clothes.
Me: Well I work at AmericanApparel so I’ve got quite a bit from there, and other places I like.
Friend: Where do you like to shop?
Me: Borough Market?
Friend: I beg your pardon?
Me: Heh heh.

I fell ill on New Year’s Eve after my longhaul flight back to London and spent it listening to some hooligans screaming out on the streets as fireworks were letting it rip in the London nightsky. My whole body’s just been a little bleagh, as there is no other word to describe it – and I’m just sorta lackadaisical every day. Been to a staff meeting, done some readings, gone for 2 start of term seminars and it’s all been pretty bland. Until Wednesday when Central London witnessed heavy snow.

Haven’t seen such heavy snow with snowflakes the size of eyeballs! Doubt we ever had it that heavy up in the West Midlands but gosh, sitting in a Starbucks attempting to read my dead boring notes, it just started to snow like there was no tomorrow. Every 10 seconds I looked up, the snow was getting heavier. And the heavier it got, the happier and more energized I felt. It was almost like instead of blood coursing through my veins, it was pure electricity and I was just buzzing to get out and jump in the snow (which might have pelted me down from the size of it!) Of course, people around me didn’t seem to be enjoying it that much. Bustling past, shoving strollers aside, big shopping bags slapping you in the face and arms – it was a bit of a mad scene in High Street Kensington where I work. I wasn’t working that day actually but went in to do a bit of shop and get away from the early afternoon grey bore that is Old Street (really, it only comes alive in the night and you know why).

After the snow stopped, I kinda lost my mojo a little bit. The electrifying burst I experienced – and it’s not from caffeine, I promise, only had a bottle of juice – when the first giant snowflake fell was gone. And then Thursday was just a little lacklustre. Yes it was sunny and then a little grey and then white cloud, but the streets had all iced over. So it was just me, annoyed that I had to head into uni and even more annoyed that it was colder than when it had snowed. And just too much of an effort to keep myself upright instead of horizontal – the number of times I almost skid myself to death is uncountable! But like my neighbour said, it felt a lot better knowing and seeing that the other man on the street was struggling to the high heavens to not fall over either. Which is great, I agree. But not when they are still pretty composed about it. I, on the contrary, make these stupid squealing noises at the slightest slip or skid. Ridiculous. My new classmates (from this new module I’ve taken this semester) must pretty much think I’m a super weirdo.

Super weirdo. Ok that’s a label no one’s used on me, yet.

So anyhow, it’s just all been a little dead. Got up this morning, looked out. Nice and sunny. Streets still fairly icy but looked like a day to do something that’d shock or wake my system a little. I’m working on Saturday – would be nice to be a bit more alive so I don’t sulk through the day and upset customers or offend my mates at work. And as the title of this post suggests, I managed to turn things around. The allspark was found! And who would think it’d be at a food market, but not any regular food market! The infamous London Borough Market, an awesome spot that I would dare argue could compete with all my other favourite shopping spots (good for clothes, vintage finds, jewellery all that sorta stuff any other person would normally relate shopping to).

I arrived at Borough Market at noon and it was bustling like it’d been open for ages. Loads of people, loads of bright-eyed stall owners, steaming cups of coffee, mulling wine and hot cider, hot roast pork baps, sandwiches, grilling sausages and onions, etc. Heavenly! Was totally lovin’ the good range of fresh and/or organic produce available, and the wide range of cuisines on sale from Spanish to Italian to good ol’ British to Thai. What a good wake-up call to the world. Someone had fished out all the stars in the sky and put it in a jar just for me. A beautiful scene and medley to watch.

Poet Pork Pie for you, dear Sir? Or how about a little Priest?

My original intention was to simple soak up this buy/sell, look/taste/sample atmosphere, take a few photographs, draw inspiration from it, but being around food and people who obviously love it makes it hard to disengage from such an environment. I was fully immersed in the moment. Seduced, charmed and drawn deep into its embrace. In terms of shopping, I merely wanted some fresh fruit as I’d run out…yet again, nothing new there. I might’ve gotten carried away but it’s hard not to. I took home a lovely sack (alright ok, not a sack but a bag worthy of being called one) of fresh vegetables comprising beautiful red onions, an organic aubergine with a skin so glossy and unmarked, a medley of wild mushrooms, fresh marjoram; a packet of fresh beetroot tortelloni which is a real stunner in terms of colour (at £6.20 a packet it had better be!); some nectarines and red apples; a spice bag for hot cider – yum yum and fresh croissant for brekkie tomorrow.

Hot spiced cider to warm my freezing butt up; went down really quick and easy because it was just so cold

Was pretty relieved I hadn’t take out more cash with me or I’d have spent it on some meats and poultry too. I fell in love with the fresh fish that caught my eye and you so gotta check out that halibut! I spent ages wandering about the ice counter looking, goggle-eyed like the fish on display and taking photographs. Thank goodness they didn’t chase me away. Everything was very fresh and was particularly impressed with the tuna steak, salmon fillets and sea bass. Will be back for any fish dishes I’ll be preparing. Really love buying fresh fish on the day it is to be cooked rather than getting it and freezing it for later use, then having to fuss about thawing it and all that.

the size of this mad Icelandic halibut will blow your socks off

Moving out of the Green Market, I spotted some stalls selling sweeties and patisseries. Tried to avoid it so I wouldn’t get tempted to buy any. Safe!

there was lemon tart – how on earth I managed to resist that, I have no idea

I found a stall selling fresh pasta and I was drawn to it like a fly to light. I’d eaten this squid ink ravioli filled with salmon in Salou, Spain last summer and the taste of it was fantastic. I think a lot had to do with the garlic olive oil sauce as well but I found this stall selling something similar but a little more posh. A crab and cheese filled squid ink ravioli but for a meagre packet (look at it! I’d gobble that up in seconds. It’s a SINGLE serving packet for sure) was going for £9.50. That’s the problem with specialty foods. To me, it’s just costing an arm and leg. But having found the fresh pasta stall I couldn’t just turn and go empty-handed. The beetroot ravioli, actually the first thing which caught my eye, was purchased and stall owner and I were both happy.

the fresh pasta dudes, grinning and happy despite the cold

I might have drooled for quite a bit at the empanadas stall but the Arabica food one lured me over. I loved everything I saw. Always so beautiful and I’m sure very tasty. But the food was all a little pricey for my tiny student budget so only photographs were taken! There was a huge range of dips available but the one that caught my eye was, yes you got that right! The beetroot hoummous dip! Intriguing. Too bad my fingers were occupied with the camera and too cold to attempt successfully dipping a piece of pitta. I’m sure I would’ve totally mucked up the ‘communal’ sample pot and get chased away by the stall owners. Oh, too embarrassing to imagine any further.

oh the sweets – my giant sweet tooth nearly had a heart attack looking at these

After that I routed back to the vegetables section and finally bought some fresh produce. Apart from photographing sweet treats and desserts, my next favourite thing to photograph is actually vegetables. I think the effect of looking at vegetables through a photograph is actually very calming. I’m not too sure why. Maybe it’s the connotations of a garden, of farming, of family, and of home it invokes that makes me feel so much more at ease and relaxed. And another reason why I love my vegetables and if I ever have children of my own, I’ll be sure to tell em to eat theirs. My family was brought up on knowing the value of our greens and I’m glad my parents were so good with that. I can’t live a day without having some fresh vegetable or fruit. It actually makes me feel a little ill if I go long without some.

Not all the stalls had great vegetables. Some were just a little rotten or banged up. One selling organic stuff was really good, I don’t recall the name. But the lovely lady, all wrapped up to her eyes because of the cold, was really friendly and helpful. Putting my vegetables in my ‘sack’ for me since I was too busy with the camera and she thanked me for every purchase I made. It was hard to stop. First the fresh herbs, then the aubergine I mean it was all good and top fresh stuff.

And then I hit mushroom heaven. I am a mushroom otaku. This was me hitting the jackpot!

from the local to the exotic, they have it all!

And so my shopping came to a bit of an end as the first bits of snow started to fall again in a light snow shower. The cold was getting worse, I was a moving block of ice with frozen chips for fingers and snot running down my nose. Not exactly a pretty sight. And legs as stiff as cement blocks I thought it wise to jump into a cafe for a hot drink or something. Nope, didn’t happen.

I love stories that happen on the whim, stories that occured from an act of pure impulse. And I have a funny one for you. It concerns my lunch. Or really, the discovery of my place of lunch. Cold as heck, I sorta go smacked by these plastic curtains you often find at entrances of supermarket freezers, kinda didn’t know how to get out of it and then sorta just fell into this random hole in the side of street in pure Bridget Jones style. And then, after a few odd stares from the staff and customers, I realized the hole was in fact not just a random hole, but the shop entrance to Feng Sushi Restaurant. And so, this was it! Someone was telling me to have a nice sit down in the warmth, have a bowl of udon in hot broth, chill out until the snow stops.

The staff were really friendly and I loved the layout and randomness of this restaurant. I could’ve kissed the gorgeous man who came to offer me a cup of hot green tea to warm me up. I believe they’re famous for their fresh fish and sashimi which from the customers sitting next to me, was proof of that. My own white fish tempura was good but I can’t say this is authentic. My tempura was soggy and the tempura batter tasted nothing like tempura. My hot udon soup came a little lukewarm instead of steaming and the soup wasn’t what I expected. The udon noodles were so soft and overcooked they practically came apart between my chopsticks. Nevertheless, I enjoyed my meal because it was something hot and still food that was tasty.

Food chowed down and paid, leaving was the hardest part. I stepped back out into the cold and dashed off for a bus home. Definitely freezed again but made it home satisfied.

Borough Market, I shall be back again to explore more. My neighbour’s got another food market to introduce to me soon. I can’t wait especially since she swears that it’s where all the fit dudes hang out. Oh she tickles my funny bone. Tomorrow, I shall whip up a lunch using my wild mushroom medley and all that. Stay tuned!

First, a big thank you to Forever Better, Míele’s PR Company, for inviting me to this event and another thank you to Cherry (she and Lauren liases with the invitees) who is the sweetest person ever. I’m glad I could make it down to the BBC Good Food Show this time round as I had deadlines to meet last year and missed out on all the great foodie shows and tastings. After Saturday, I’m tempted to book my tickets for the next Good Food Show in the Birmingham NEC come summer as that promises to be an even more taste-blowing event.

An experience never to be forgotten and one I’ll always remember by from the puddings we tasted, one of which I was unable to get a photograph of because my camera decided to give up on me shortly before we sampled it. [*I do apologise for that. If I'd been more prepared for low battery, I would have more pictures on of the other things I sampled and stalls visited] But I’ll get to the food we nommed on for lunch later.

There was much going on with the Masterchef Theatre, the Cookery Experience, the Invention Test and all the time, celeb chefs like James Martin, Michel Roux Jr, Theo Randall, etc. were bouncing back and forth between these shows. On the main stall floor, the famous Harumi Kurihara was giving live demonstrations; sushi academy masterclasses, kitchen knife skills by Marianne Lumb (who we bumped into in the ladies!!), sugar roses classes by Phil Usher, cupcakes classes by Squire’s Kitchen and even duck carving were amongst the activities or classes you could take part in. So much to see, so much to sample, so much to enjoy – it’s no wonder the BBC Good Food Show was spread over 3 days 13-15th November. As much as I enjoyed the whole day-out at the Olympia Grand Hall soaking up this splendid experience, I was sorry that there was too much to do within a single day and unfortunately missed quite a few exciting classes like the cupcake and sugar roses demos.

Nonetheless, I was thrilled to have seen the Masterchef hosts John Torode and Gregg Wallace. They are hilarious! So were the Plenty ladies Brenda and Audrey who were right mental! And the previous winners from Masterchef – Steve Groves (whom I adore to pieces) and Mat Follas were there at the Invention Test as judges. A surprise last contestant was James Martin, who appeared a few minutes late much to everyone’s delight. A giant roar from the audience, a squeal from both Anne of Anne’s Kitchen and Sunita of Sunita’s World, (and I’m so glad I finally got to meet these 2 gorgeous foodbloggers! A little starstruck but they were so sweet and easy-going) and an unashamed catcall from yours truly. What? That man’s so loveable and dishy, if a tad bit chubby.

Andi Peters interviewing Steve Groves & Mat Follas

Invention Test was a joy to watch and many of the contestants whipped up – in a stressful 30minutes – some very tasty looking dishes from prawn curry, to vietnamese-inspired pancake to a hearty penna pasta dish using the key ingredients given to them: prawns, pork, pears, etc. Anne, Sunita and I had cowardly turned down the invitation. Being stared at whilst cooking, cooking under a blinding spotlight, cooking against the clock and knowing that this is a competition would’ve gotten to me. Something bad would’ve happened – like setting my hair on fire, scalding everyone around me, chopping a finger off. It wouldn’t be pretty and the whole event might end with a heart attack and me being rushed to the hospital in a half-charred state. I don’t do well under pressure when it comes to the kitchen and small working spaces. But at the end of the show, Sunita was having regrets of not having accepted the challenge and blimey, do I adore her more for it! What a gutsy foodie! I shall need to learn to be more courageous like her.

Plenty ladies Brenda & Audrey having a laugh

As much as I had a great time with the Masterchef Invention Test, what totally made my day was wondering about all the stalls, especially the Great Taste Awards section. So let’s have a look at some of the stalls we visited. There were too many stalls to see, both on the ground level and the floor up. We certainly didn’t get to look at everything but what we did see, we liked very much!

Crabbies 4% alcohol Ginger Beer – this is great. Very crisp and refreshing. Perfect with a slice of lemon. You can find this in Waitrose, Sainsbury’s and even your local Wetherspoon’s most likely! These were going for 3 bottles for a fiver and The Angel in Islington will offer you it for nearly £3 a bottle. I’d definitely be getting this for summertime barbies and I’m tempted to get a bottle of this for ginger beer battered fish and chips. Savvy?

Rachel’s Organic Yoghurt – I’ve always try to keep a tub of Rachel’s Greek Yoghurt with Honey or the Rhubarb Yoghurt in my fridge as they taste so good, one of the creamiest low fat yoghurts available in shops and are a great way to jazz up a fruit medley pudding. The new toffee & milk chocolate flavours are great. Toffee is a real winner and doesn’t have that sickly weird colour that toffee “flavoured” yoghurts usually do. A hefty creamy white yoghurt, yum yum.

Tropical Sun’s plantain chips – my first time tasting plantain and I really liked them! Good crunch, looked like banana chips but without the sweetness of it. Very more-ish.

Kikkoman and some live cooking demos – available is Kikkoman’s range of sauces, soy sauces, marinades and a counter for demos. Unfortunately, we just missed it and didn’t get to taste any of the teriyaki chicken that were snapped up in a flash.

Laverstock Park Farm and their offerings of buffalo burgers, ice cream, mozzarella cheese and lagers – you can find most of their products in Waitrose and I’ll definitely be popping into my local Waitrose for the mozzarella made from water buffalo milk. The creamiest, softest and most delicate oozy mozzarella that still holds up well. The buffalo milk is supposed to make this mozzarello firmer but not too firm. I like this a lot! And you’ll be pleased to know that their products are free-range as their buffalos have had a great life grazing on open pastures except in the cold winter.

Eudoro’s porchetta, prosciutto and cheeses – quality meats here are food porn at its best. The cheeses are beautiful to look at and Anne had a taste of the gargonzola. I would’ve loved to takeaway a porchetta panini for dinner that night but somehow backed out. Why did I do such a silly thing?! Regrets.

Yum Yum Tree Fudge – beautiful handmade fudge from Suffolk made from British sugar in a wide range of creative flavours like chili chocolate, lime & coconut, cappucino, lavender, mint chocolate, lemon bon bon, raspberry, etc. Check out their website for more at www.yumyumtreefudge.com

Ethiopian Coffee Company – we didn’t get any coffee although I bet we needed it, surely. This stall smelt amazing.

There were too many stalls to visit in just a day and too much eating and gawking!

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Our Restaurant Experience lunch in tapas-sized portions. Restaurants at the show were the Blue Elephant, Roast, Café Spice Namaste, Launceston Place, Skylon, Boxwood Cafe, Theo Randall at The InteContinental, Min Jiang (a new comer to the GFS), Urban Caprice and the MasterChef Restaurant featuring dishes from winners Thomasina Miers, Steven Groves, James Nathan and Mat Follas.

Theo Randall at The InterContinental: Cape Sante – Panfried Scallops with Pancetta, Red Chili, Rocket & Lentils

The Masterchef Restaurant: Mat Follas’s Lavender Mousse with Hokey Pokey and Berry Sauce

The Masterchef Restaurant: James Nathan’s Chocolate & Orange Sponge Pudding

My Shopping Haul:

I love fudge. I think Sunita got 2 bags for her family. I got 1 for a lemon-fanatic friend who was visiting that evening and 3 for myself. Who’s greedy?

Yum Yum Tree Fudge: A medley of flavours – lavender, mint chocolate, lemon bon bon

Mr. Vikki’s Tomato & Nigella chutney, Plum-infused Sake, WARRE’s 10 year tawny Port, Fruits of the Forest Balsamic Glaze

WARRE’s port wine was very impressive, especially the 25 year aged vintage but going at £25 a pop, I wasn’t too eager to split with that kind of money despite the port being very rich, dark and smooth. Hey! It’s the recession. We gotta be wise about things like that, eh. I settled for the 10 year aged that was also very lovely but going for only a tenner! Whey. Talk about Diva doing bargain shopping.

At Apulia Blends stall, I was blown away by their selection of extra virgin olive oils, the apple balsamic vinegar and the fruity glazes. I do love a good balsamic vinegar but I’ve never ever bothered with balsamic glaze. A taste and I was sold. Tempt me with ideas of pouring these glazes on ice cream – I’m sold even more. This forest fruit one was going for £6.50 a bottle which in my opinion, is worth every penny. The shocking thing, however, was that I found the same bottle at the Shoreditch Food Hall just round the corner from my pad being sold for a quid cheaper. Who knew?

Really delicious apple balsamic vinegar at nearly £12/bottle

I’m a loyal customer of Japan Centre as they have the best and biggest range of Japanese groceries I could possibly ever need away from home. Part of the Oishi JAPAN exhibition by Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries participants, I was happy to find them plugging a good couple of bottles of sake amongst other kuramotos (sake makers). Tasted some very nice junmai daiginjo, a citrus flavoured sake, some sochu and this wonderful plum-infused sake I couldn’t resist. I love my sake warm and drinking it traditionally from those cute wooden square boxes is always a treat but this plum-infused baby was very lovely drunk cold.

And what about the chutney? There were many stalls selling chutney and it was hard to choose what to taste and where to taste but Mr Vikki’s caught out eye with their huge array of bottle reds (and I mean chutney, not wine). Arranged from the mildest to the hottest, we were glad we started at the bottom of the range in heat – Tomato & Nigella. I do love spicy chutneys but I’m not great at taking the heat as I dislike the tongue-numbing sensation after which always worries me that I’m losing my tastebuds! The guys at Mr Vikki’s were very friendly and my favourites were the Tomato & Nigella and Chili Jam. And to top it all, they were part of the Great Taste Awards section. Winners they are.

I had a great time with Sunita and Anne! The BBC Good Food Show totally made my weekend although I was so knackered after like never before. Took me all of Sunday to spring back to my normal self. I’ve also started writing down a few recipes I’ll be testing with the new ingredients I’ve got so do come visit again for more exciting posts! I have some sweets and main dishes up my sleeve in the coming weeks to come.

Hope everyone had a fab weekend. Have a good week ahead and only 11 days to London Food Blogger Connect!