Monday 2 December 2013

Christmas Taste Festival



This post is really late! I've been planning to do it since I came home from the Christmas Festival last Sunday, but I've been so busy with uni work that I haven't had the chance. Here we go any ways!
So last Sunday I went to the Christmas Taste Festival with my family and my brother's girlfriend, Sophie. We have been every year since 2011, so this was our 3rd time attending. This year it was held at Tobacco Dock. The first stall we saw was Alex James' cheese stall. Straight away we bought two of his cheeses and I even saw him (but didn't say hi or get a picture!). The cheese tasted amazing and me and Sophie ate so many tasters. 



The pictures below are of the sausage roll I bought from this rather handsome sales man. He was blonde and had a spectacular beard! Anyways on to talking about the sausage rolls. They were huge and tasted so good! He gave me his card saying it was in case of pastry emergencies, how amazing is that. I took the sausage roll home and popped it in the oven, it was even better warm and crispy. 




Below is my brother and dad having a drink at the Grolsch beer stand. And how amazing is that beer bottle wreath! 





So me and Sophie spent the whole time eating cheese tasters from the same stand. We spent our crowns very carefully. Crowns are these vouchers that are the equivalent to money, you pay £10 and get 10 crowns. Theres a load of mini restaurant stands where you can get a little meal. 
It is such a great thing to attend and really gets you into the mood for Christmas. Tobacco Dock was such a good place to hold the event, felt a lot more homely. 

Make sure you go next year! Did any one else go?


Sunday 8 September 2013

Dim Sum In My Tum

On Thursday my housemate, Alice came down to my home town and really wanted some Chinese. Miso is a local restaurant which does great Chinese, they also have a dim sum menu, which I love. We went in pretty hard and ordered quite a few things off the menu. My favourite thing in the world is Chinese dumplings, I could literally live on them. 



Chinese chicken dumplings, my favourite things. 


Sesame prawn toast, almost best I have tasted.


A few of our dishes.


Char Sui buns, fluffy buns filled with barbecued meat (pork I think?!)



Pork and prawn steamed dumplings.


Prawn steamed dumplings.


Sticky jasmine rice with chicken in lotus leaf. 



This rice was amazing! To be fair this whole meal was amazing. 

If you are ever in Bromley or Beckenham, go to Miso's, you wont regret it! I think they have more restaurants but their website isn't working so I can't tell you where!