September 2011
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Eating out: Fiskars Village nibbles
^ Finnish quiche lunch.
^ Petris Chocolate Room.
^ Petris Chocolate Room.
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Turku indoor market
^ Amazing.
^ Old-school sweet shop.
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Turku food markets
^ Earning their stripes at the Turku outdoor market.
^ Vege-tastic.
^ Berry-tastic.
^ Turku indoor market.
^ Old-school sweet shop.
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Eating in: Finnish dining
The first of many spectacular meals in Finland.
^ What a spread on my first evening with S&J. Note homemade bilberry pie. Amazing for staining teeth and clothes!
^ Vispipuuro. A deliciously refreshing, light squishy pink ligonberry (?) mousse. Served with a little milk. Deceptively light perhaps!
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Eating out: Ship food
^ Assortment of Finnish, Swedish and Russian snackies from the ferry’s buffet.
^ On board the Viking Line.
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Eating out: Train food
On the way from Copenhagen to Stockholm.
^ SJ trainline’s prawn sandwich.
^ Way too much prawn and mayo for one person.
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Eating in: Hiroshima-yaki
A la J.
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Eating out: The River Cafe
For years — absolute YEARS — I watched Ruth and Rose and dreamed of visiting their renowned restaurant. It finally happened.
Such good food. Happy, fatty times.
^ Deep-fried zucchini & zucchini flowers, sage branches & lemon slices.
^ Finely sliced beef fillet crusted with thyme & black pepper with Harry’s bar dressing and large leaf rocket.
^ Caponata with...
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Cute menu description
At some pub in Richmond..
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Eating out: The Waterway
Post-10K run feasting.
^ Chargrilled squid.
^ The Waterway burger.
^ Amaretti and coffee-iced parfait with dark choccie mousse.
^ Affogato.
They screwed up our reservation — we wanted to go to the Summerhouse — but gave us 50% off all food at The Waterway.
The Waterway 54 Formosa Street, London, W9 2JU 020-7266-3557
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Eating out: Polpo
A tiny selection from my one and only time at Polpo.
^ So good.
^ More yum-tastic goodness.
Polpo 41 Beak Street, London W1F 9SB 020-7734-4479.
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Leaving London-town
I’ve been getting ready to leave wonderful London to return to Wellington, NZ, hence the lack of posts.
I’ll be travelling via southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan and Oz (well, Sydney for a few days) for 2 months, so can’t promise regular updates m’fraid :(
Food recs in all countries and cities mentioned above welcome!
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Just another cake day at work
^ Waffa’s Victoria sponge is the stuff of legend!
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Eating in: homemade, no-churn lemon meringue ice...
^ Incredibly easy to make. Must find that recipe again once I unpack my boxes.
^ A little wait for it to get creamy and it’s ALL GOOOD. Lovely and rich and tangy and crunchy.
