Update

hello there!

sorry for delayed posts! Have been away for work and fell behind with blogging! I am now up-to-date!
some more meals to look forward this week...possibly a veggie report and some good pub grub by the canal...will keep you posted!
Keep reading and hope it inspires you to eat some good food!

Amy :-)

Weekend BBQ, at home

salmon cooked in foil

we got hungry waiting for the BBQ to start so had to oven some chips!

Weekend- the weather was good so we took out the good old bucket BBQ. It took a while to start the fire as we had some dodgy coal....eventually we got there! all washed down with some Corona beer!

Germany, Landshut/Aich

Lunch at the factory canteen- roast pork, saukeraut and potatoes!

Riesling wine from Landshut

Ham and melon, pan fried vegetables

Pitta bread

Risotto with fresh pesto and baked tomatoes

strawberry and elderflower sorbet- homemade!

Sulze- cold dish. jellied meat

Veal Schnitzel and potato salad

apple doughnuts (Apfelkuchla)

Apple Strudel (Apfelstrudel)

Vanilla ice cream with warm raspberry compote

 Germany- I was very lucky to go to Germany for training last week. The people there were very hospitable and fed us very well! We had lunch at the factory canteen and was very surprised by how big the portions are!
In the evening we all cooked our own dinner and set up the tables at the showroom. The food was great and good company and wine!
Our last evening there, we were taken to a local Bavarian restaurant/bar called Hofreiter in Landshut where we tried the local cuisine. I have to say I dont normally have a sweet tooth but the desserts were the highlights!

http://www.zum-hofreiter.biergarten.info/

Work Lunch with home made Southern fried chicked, Parson's Nose butcher

Me and my colleague popped across the road from work to the butchers to pick up some marinated chicken for a group work lunch. The lovely butcher prepared for us 2 whole chickens with a marinade similar to souther fried chicken. We popped back to work and cooked the chicken in the oven and served with salad, potato salad and coleslaw.....was amazing! Go and get your meat from Parson's Nose!

http://www.parsonsnose.co.uk/putney/index.html

Lord Nelson Pub, Watlington

Crayfish cocktail

Salmon, potatoes and vegetables

Creme Brulee

Lord Nelson pub lunch in Watlington- went there after a recent training. Very old and quiet pub, very scenic and full of character. The 2 course lunch was only £12.95 so had to finish off with a dessert.
Definitely worth going off course on the M40 at junction 6 if you on route somewhere!

www.lordnelson-inn.co.uk

Camino & St Pancras Hotel, Kings Cross

El Camino- mixed platter with sangria

A glass of champagne at the St Pancras hotel in Kings Cross

After work nibbles and drinks in Kings Cross. Camino is favourite amongst the list of places, plus it is easy to get from via Euston. On route back to the station, we pass the newly refurbished St Pancras hotel and could not help but go in for some champagne! Great stuff!

www.camino.uk.com
www.marriott.co.uk/hotels/travel/lonpr-st-pancras-renaissance-london-hotel/

Pho- Vietnamese food

Summer rolls and papaya salad

Beef brisket and meatball soup noodles

traditional Vietnamese crepe filled with prawns, chicken and beansprouts

pork spring rolls

Pho- Vietnamese restaurant chain dotted around central London. Great flavours and good value for a qucik dinner in a modern setting. Favourite ones are the one in soho and Westfield food court

ww.phocafe.co.uk

Holiday in USA- Michigan and San Francisco (April 2011)

Beef burrito bowl and tortilla chips with the best guamole! From Chipotle in SF.

 

 

 

 

There is one is London!

Sorry the picture is not that clear! Amazing Latin food at Destine in SF.

Plantain chips, scallops, lettuce wrap

Ritz Martini at The Cheesecake Factory, SF

Appetizers at The Cheesecake Factory

Sushi at Westfield shopping centre food court, SF

Dim sum in Chinatown, SF

Eggs Benedict at Mimi's Cafe

Pancakes at Mimi's Cafe

'Dark & Stormy'- Michigan cocktail with ginger ale at the New Holland Brewery- very refreshing

Tiramisu at La Dolce Vita- best in Ann Arbor, MI

Trio of desserts at La Dolce Vita

Baby back ribs at Wicks Park Bar & Restaurant in Saugatuck, MI

Mussels and Salad at Wicks Park Bar & Restaurant

Chicken salad, whiskey chicken at CityVu Bistro, Holland MI

Fish dish at CityVu Bistro

 Holiday in USA- I made a trip to USA to visit my friends in Michigan and San Francisco back in April. I had a wonderful time and great to see my friends. It was also an opportunity to have amazing food! so here is my diary of some of the great meals I had!
SF-
www.chipotle.com
www.thecheesecakefactory.com
www.mimiscafe.com

Michigan-
www.newhollandbrew.com
www.wickspark.com
www.annarbor.com/restaurants/la-dolce-vita
www.cityflatshotel.com/cityvu.html

Update

hey guys
so I have more or less updated the archive with my food adventures from last winter to about now.The next few posts to come will be more recent and some from my holiday to USA in April.
So hopefully I will be more or less in date with when I ate the food and the present date!

Gilgamesh, Camden London

sashimi

Green tea creme brulee with peach sorbet

Miso Black Cod

duck and watermelon salad

calamari, duck spring rolls and scallop dumplings

Gilgamesh- I had my birthday dinner at Gilgamesh back in May. The food was truely amazing. We opted for the tasting menu at £47.50 each...expensive but worth the try! The sashimi was melt in the mouth...with a bit of dried ice magic show! The best dish had to be the black cod!
www.gilgameshbar.com

Cupcakes

Buttercup Cupcakes

Hummingbird Cupcakes

Lola's Cupcakes

Cupcakes- ok so when it comes to cupcakes, where is the best place to go in London? I have to say just depends where you are and what flavours you are looking for. For a red velvet cupcake I would recommend going to Lola's or Hummingbird, with Lola's selling the mini ones if you don't want to over indulge! Buttercup at Westfield has the divine Vanilla Purist....
www.lolas-kitchen.co.uk
www.hummingbirdbakery.com
www.buttercupcakeshop.co.uk