Free pizza in exchange for a pineapple at Fatto a Mano Covent Garden

The Italians believe it is a disgrace to have pineapple on pizza but Fatto a Mano Head Pizza Master, Antonio Braccio has decided to deliver a special pizza that features pineapple which will be celebrated. 

To celebrate, and in an attempt to challenge the sternest of critics, Fatto a Mano were offering this pineapple pizza The Bella Disgrazia to anybody who brought a pineapple to the restaurant.

The Bella Disgrazia is topped with black pepper pancetta, mozzarella and fresh pineapple that we’ve roasted with chilli. Ventricina spicy salami is added, which is a 3-month aged cured meat, typically from Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise regions made with pork cuts, a mix of spices and red chillies. 

It is then finished with ‘nduja hot honey, a sprinkling of chives and 24-month aged Parmesan.

Overall, the Bella Disgrazia was not bad and it was not as spicy as anticipated.

However, the base was too black and bitter that I could not finish it.

Will return and order a vegan one to try their vegan mozzarella.

 

Last Stop Kebab

What a lovely experience dining on a converted bus.
To be honest, I'm not a meat or kebab person so luckily they had lahmacun on the menu.
They are usually crispy but the one here was soft like English pancakes which didn't bother me because it was pancake day.
Overall, a memorable dinner.

Pescobar Camden, London

London's newest viral bar that specializes in octopus.
Check out that octopus kebab doner where you can get delicious octopus kebabs and octopus tentacle hotdogs.
Definitely an eye turner.

Dining a on bus eating : Suyahut, Barking

Nigerian food with dining onboard a bus.

Delicious chicken wings where you can taste that charcoal grilled aroma. 

The jollof rice was also tasty and not overly spicy.

Overall an amazing experience eating on a bus surrounded by the market stalls.

Coccole Tiramisu Leyton

Delicious jars of tiramisu in five flavours.
Hazelnut coming soon.
The pistachio is made with pure blended pistachio.
Great portion size so you can try more flavours.
The apple and pistachio are my favourites.
The owner was really nice and lets you see and smell his ingredients.

Lunch and tea at 24 hour La Forchetta

La Forchetta, a 24 hour place to capture hungry people working at Smithfield, Farringdon.
I usually come here for tea but finally dined here for lunch where the food is comforting and fresh.

Tried the roast chicken which comes with delicious basmati rice and vegetables.

Overall, a great place to dine.

#ssgfarringdon

Dinner at Notto Pasta Bar

Finally dined at Notto pasta bar after getting it confused with Noci.
Tried the brodo and the rigatoni with morel mushrooms.
The brodo was tasty but the meat was not that pure containing some chewy bits and bones.
Rigatoni was bland but they were generous with the morels which were big chunky pieces.
Overall, not bad but their pastas are on the al dente side.

IKEA Lunch 2025 with marinated salmon wrap, tiramisu and apple pie

Ikea Lunch: Fish and mash, chips and meatballs, gravalax, marinated salmon wrap, apple pie, tiramisu and whipped cream.
The salmon wrap is just basically gravalax salmon slices with salad in wrap.
The apple pie was the star of the show because 85% of it is made with chunks of apple.
It was almost as good as the home made one at The Yellow Bittern but the IKEA one is obviously factory made therefore the apples have been soaked in some sort of apple juice which gives it a full on apple flavour without the tartness but still good.
Even better with whipped cream for an extra 50p more.

To get tea at IKEA you now have to scan your coupon code to activate the machine.
It would be good if you could just scan your members card during the weekdays when tea is free.

IKEA Ready Meals LÄTTLAGAT

IKEA Ready Meals LÄTTLAGAT!
I was surprised to discover ready meals at the frozen section of IKEA Swedish Food Market which of course has the iconic meatballs!

There were three to choose from: chicken, plant or veggie.

Clearly the chicken was for me because it came with Brussel sprouts, roast potatoes, gravy and red cabbage and blackcurrant jelly.

To summarize, it was convenient, delicious and felt like Christmas however it was a bit expensive at £4.50 because supermarket ready meals will set you back at around £2.50 for frozen/chilled roast chicken dinner for example.

IKEA is seen as affordable so £4.50 is a bit much even though it was seriously delicious.

Overall, I liked it but mash would have been better than roast potatoes because heats up better in the microwave and oven.

The plant balls come with mash, broccoli and gravy while the veggie balls come with rice, veg and curry sauce.

Although it is new here, they were available in other countries a few years ago like Austria etc.

#ssgikea

#ikea

#LÄTTLAGAT

#ssgreadymeals

#ikealättlagat

Revisiting Burger and Beyond in Soho for burgers

Dined at Burger and Beyond again to get a proper experience of their burger because the Christmas ones did not count.
Had the Oso Yaki and Medium-done Bougie Burger with Corn Ribs.
Both burgers were good and the bougie had some nice gravy.
The oso yaki uses the symplicity patty which was to my liking as it does not have those weird soya bits.
The Symplicity patty is a plant-based burger made with naturally fermented mushrooms, onions, and beetroot, with ingredients like wheat gluten, miso, soy sauce, and bulgur wheat.
The nduja corn ribs were very good but I felt that it was just cajun flavouring and nduja was non existent.
Finished with the refreshing spiced berry ice tea made with earl grey, vanilla, blackberry puree, lemon and nutmeg.

Again, the staff here were again clueless as I wanted to change the teriyaki sauce in the burger and suggested they could remove it, so then I had to ask whether I could replace it with an alternative sauce because I meant change the sauce.

I wonder why they even sat us at the table located at the far right corner because one of them has coordination problems and keeps walking into your chair going to the kitchen while the other seat clearly obstructs the till where they put orders through.