On Sundays, We Feast

Today's post is long, long, long overdue. Three weeks to be exact. 

But oh well, with all this sunshine comes many an excuse for a nap/ice cream/shower so blogging has taken somewhat of a backseat. Again.

A few weekends back, it was pretty much the first hot day of the heatwave that currently has London in its grips, so I slathered myself in sunscreen and headed East with The Boy. We wound our way to Brick Lane to meet Sasha and Ben, our two favourite foodies, to try out all the delights on offer at Feast, a regular London food festival.

I was moaning before we'd even got inside, it was simply too hot I tell you, but overall uncomfortableness aside, we dashed in and grabbed the nearest table with a patch of shade and did what we do best: eat.

First, The Boy rushed off and bought coconuts for us all to cool off, whilst Ben went on a whistle stop tour of the East End in search of a cashpoint (standard).

 We started off with these little morsels of deliciousness from Yum Bun - handmade steamed buns filled with slow-roasted Blythburgh belly pork, spring onions, cucumber and hoi sin sauce. One word: yum.

 The setting was really cute and kitsch, but far too hot for me.

 I finally got to try the delicious When Mac Met Cheese (more of that later).

 Tempting rainbow-coloured treats by Meringue Girls

 The Boy gobbled down a ginormous hot dog from Big Apple Hot Dogs, surprisingly similar to the ones we had on holiday in March.

The Carlos the Cactus by When Mac Met Cheese - mature cheddar, parmesan, mozzarella and jalapenos, definitely worth waiting more than a year to try...

...even more so the deep fried oreos and macancini's.

 Zsa mentioned that it's impossible to take a picture of her and Ben where they are both actually posing... I guess that's still true.

My little beaut contemplating her next snack.

 Getting hot and bothered at Patty and Bun.

 A Black Pudding Scotch Egg from Monikers - a tasty treat.

 The Boy has found his calling.

 Desperately trying to keep my cool...and failing miserably.

 All finished off with a lamb wrap from....somewhere that I can't remember! Clearly my memory deserted me after my belly reached a certain level of overindulgence.

We rounded the day off with full bellies, another paper hat, a spot of heatstroke and a Wimbledon win. All in all, the perfect Sunday - even if it was a few degrees too hot for my liking.

Feast is a London food experience - bringing together the capitals street food favourites, all in one unique venue. I'd definitely go again, it was a great opportunity to try food from some of the cities hot cafe's and kitchens without the 3 hour queue, which can only be a good thing. Find out more about Feast here.

My week in photos 18 (& an apology)

Three posts in February. I'm not going to lie, I'm both ashamed and disappointed. 

I want to post daily, or every other day at the very least but sometimes life has a habit to get in the way.

February has been hard, I've been ill and work has really cranked up a notch, I've been out and about but usually by the time I get home or have a rare day off I barely have the energy to get out of bed, let alone write up the ten or so blog ideas I have buzzing around in my head. So let this be an apology and a promise to try harder, after all, if you want something it's up to you to make it happen.

So lets start with a long overdue week (or weeks) in photos - here's what I've been getting up to lately. Mostly it's involved food.

 Clockwise from top left: A Saturday dinner for Duncan's birthday (followed by a pub crawl in Greenwich) - Poached egg and salad for dinner courtesy of The Boy - A Sunday morning in bed with Whistles - A night of bowling and karaoke with my girls - My dream car - Healthy lunch - You find some weird things in the charity shops where I live - Flowers from my boy

Last Saturday I even got to try out Patty & Bun with the wonderful Hannah (aka Riggers). It was delicious, well worth the wait and far better than Meat Liquor.

Clockwise from top left: A wait in the cold is worth it for good food, and made bearable by great company - Wings and fries - The Smokey Robinson in all its glory - The many burgers on offer (I shall definitely be back)