What did you cook or eat today (April 2025)?

[vernplum]

This haddock and chips was £23 at a pub in Hampstead. I suppose I should have known what to expect.

The fish was really, really good though. Nice light crispy batter and delicious piece of haddock. The chips were OK but they were so few; just look at them! The plate should be full of them for that price (and the fish twice the size lol).

 

[vernplum]

OK - this is probably the last lamb I'm eating on this trip:. Very nice and tender.

It has a QR code you can scan to see where the farm was, but it wasn't Welsh unfortunately, but came from 'South Western England' so somewhere like Somerset or Devon I expect? Well, Wales is just across the Severn from there isn't it so same part of the world.

 

[Barriehie]

I. Made. Bread!!!! White, two loaves, not just edible - actual! Ha ha! Ate the crust off one washed down with red wine ( not homemade. Picture is of the nibbling’s breakfast, not my midnight snack.) Very pleased. I’ve been trying to do this for years.

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Good job!

 

[medtran49]

The semi-homemade version of

Recipe - Chicken and yellow rice, 2 techniques

I prepped, then Craig cooked with some help.

 

[Puggles]

Chinese food tonight

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Lunch at my desk.

 

[Windigo]

Classic Flemish meal.

Steak frites with sauce bernaise

Eel in green herb sauce & fries

 

[detroitdad]

Lunch date. The French toast was amazing. The lavender cream was awesome.

 

[karadekoolaid]

Eel in green herb sauce & fries

Interesting! One of the iconic dishes in the east of London is pie, eel and mash, drowned in "liquor" - which is made with the stock from the eel and piles of parsley.
Back a long time ago, eels were common in theThames, but when the river became polluted, the eels were brought over from Holland on barges.

 

[Windigo]

Lunch date. The French toast was amazing. The lavender cream was awesome.

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Are you too eating your way through a bucket list?

 

[Windigo]

Interesting! One of the iconic dishes in the east of London is pie, eel and mash, drowned in "liquor" - which is made with the stock from the eel and piles of parsley.
Back a long time ago, eels were common in theThames, but when the river became polluted, the eels were brought over from Holland on barges.

Part of this region is called the ' thems ' and these used to be coastal cities until the sea retreated. In the Middle ages, Damme was a coastal trading hub so possibly there was some interaction going on between the then Dutch ( Belgium and the Netherlands seperated much later) and the British.

 

[detroitdad]

Are you too eating your way through a bucket list?

Lol, I've been trying to order different meals. Kind of going outside my comfort zone. I am so glad I did. This was excellent.

 

[badjak]

Chicken
Sourdough bread
Plus a "sauce" made with yoghurt, garlic, fresh coriander leaves, kashmiri chili and a little salt (not pictured)

 

[vernplum]

OK my visit to London is coming to an end so this will be the last of the meats, but whoa! what a way to end: A veal ribeye; it was pricey (but not ridiculous) but worth every penny; possibly the tenderest steak I've ever eaten (again just air-fried with salt):

 

[vernplum]

Ate yesterday within the Arabic food enclave of Edgware Road, London - a shawarma (I guess it's a rolled-up kebab) at acclaimed restaurant Abu Afif.

After you pay, you are sent with your ticket with your order to the guy, who takes it and carves the meat then asks you what veg you want. Natch I have everything; chilies, cabbage, lettuce, tomato, the lot.

View down the 'bar' with all kinds of savoury pastries:

Outer view. I know they say 'size doesn't matter' but when it comes to kebabs, it absolutely does. This monster was about 10" in length.

Mid bite, tsk- bit out of focus, but every mouthful was perfectly balanced. I could have eaten another one. Cost: £8.