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Monthly Archives: March 2013
Gastropub – The Clapton Hart, Clapton, E5
It’s Easter – and it’s snowing! What is going on? We decided to set off for a walk across the marshes just to get out of the house. We explored through Winns Avenue, along Forest Road and down towards Tottenham Hale intent … Continue reading
Posted in Restaurants beyond E17
Tagged Clapton Hart, Clapton Pond, Easter, Lea Valley, Lower Clapton, Sunday, Sunday roast, Walthamstow Marshes
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Finding Rosemary in the Stow
We went for a wander around our new neighbourhood yesterday since the sun decided to pay us a well overdue visit. On our way to the Clapton Hart pub we found a brown Habitat bag full of fresh rosemary with … Continue reading
Posted in Recipes
Tagged celery salt, Olive oil, quails eggs, Rosemary, rosemary bread, rosemary oil, Sea salt, spelt, spelt bread
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Handmade Easter chocolates
I’m a bit of a late starter when it comes to chocolate. I’ve never really liked it. A couple of years ago I was given a lovely box of artisan chocolates with flavours such as Earl Grey, chilli and cardamon – … Continue reading
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Tagged chocolate, Cocoa solids, Cream, Easter, Green & Black's, Handmade chocolates, Orange, Orange flower water
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Follow the fish – East London’s hidden smokehouse
Foreman & Field is an east London smokehouse hidden out at Fish Island in Hackney Wick. The Open Day last Saturday promised to be a free foodie day out with tours round the smokehouse and an artisan producers market – … Continue reading
Posted in Foodie Travels
Tagged East London, Forman & Field, Forman and Field, Hackney, Hackney Wick, London, smoked salmon, Smokehouse
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Food at The Bell, E17
We have waited, nagged, watched and waited some more and finally The Bell is serving food from today and we were there for their first night! Our food wasn’t without inaugural hiccups, but we were impressed with the quality of the products … Continue reading
Dead Dolls Club – certainly alive and kicking
You know when you really want to go to a new place in London but deep down you realise that ‘you ain’t getting in’, well that seemed to be the case for all my potential birthday choices last week. John … Continue reading
Browsing around Broadway Market, London E8
I love going to Broadway Market in Hackney. Every Saturday there’s an eclectic mix of food and clothes stalls, independent shops, coffee bars, pubs and restaurants jostling for attention. The stalls are bursting with enticing flavours and smells from roasted … Continue reading
The Pig & Butcher – Islington
Is someone playing with the weather thermostat? It’s snowing in March when the daffodils are telling me its Spring! But it was one of the foodies birthday this week so we braved the icy weather and headed to Liverpool Road, Islington for a night … Continue reading
Posted in Pubs, Restaurants beyond E17
Tagged Butchers, Gastropub, Islington, Old Spot pork, Pig & Butcher, Rarebreed, restaurants
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Sri Lankan spring onion flower curry
Winter in England is cold, grey and snowy so we are dreaming of hot and sunny places, of tropical heat and exotic food – fragrant rice, spicy curries, pickles and chutneys, mangoes, papayas, coconuts, chillies, lemongrass, ginger … all sound exciting, warming and inviting. So we found … Continue reading
Posted in Recipes
Tagged Coconut, Curry, Spring greens, Spring onion, Spring onion flower, Sri Lanka
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Banana blossom curry
This is just so beautiful. Banana flower (musa, or vaizha poo it seems!) The shopkeepers in our local Sri Lankan supermarket just smiled and said it was ‘difficult’, well in that case I’m definitely in the race. So I bought … Continue reading
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Tagged Banana, Banana blossom curry, Banana flower, Curry, Fruit and Vegetable, unusual, vegetarian curry
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The Chequers E17 – looks like they made it!
We’ve been eagerly waiting for the re-opening of The Chequers – a pub with history on the Walthamstow High Street. Since Kitty, the Thai chef and the crew behind the bar departed it’s been a waiting game to see what … Continue reading
Posted in Pubs, Restaurants in E17
Tagged Antic, E17 pub, Picpoul de Pinet, Real ale, The Chequers E17
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Simple homemade organic spelt bread
Life in London is so hectic, seem to be running around all the time even at the weekend trying to fit in things that we ought to do, want to do and need to do. It feels like there isn’t any time to … Continue reading
Posted in Recipes
Tagged bread, dough, Flour, Lincolnshire, simple, spelt, Whole grain, Yeast
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