Detox and chicken noodles at Itsu

One evening while I was waiting for someone I went into Itsu at Chelsea because I was bored. 

On the menu I spotted the detox noodles so asked what was it in and was told it was crystal noodles in miso soup.

Since both those elements were my favourite I decided to try the detox noodles.

To my surprise, it was actually really tasty, glass noodles in miso soup was so flavourful and you also get vegan gyozas, tofu and seaweed which make it quite filling depending on how much crystal they put in.

After this delicious experience, I was in Camden and there was an Itsu there so I tried the chicken noodles because it also had crystal noodles, however they forgot to put the vegetables in which I found out later when I browsed the menu online.

Despite it was missing the vegetables, the taste was so good because the chicken broth was full of sesame flavour.

The chicken was a bit bland but the Korean Gochujang sauce took it to another level because it was like BBQ sauce with a tangy fiery kick to it.

After this I was hooked so went to another branch and had the detox noodles with chicken broth which was so good!

I got the chicken noodles again and it came with the vegetables that it was supposed it.

The amount of vegetables from this shop was generous!

Greggs Christmas lunch soup, Vegan festive bake and Christmas finds 2021

Heinz got me craving for their Christmas dinner soup but sadly it was sold out!
Anyway, Greggs has bought back the Christmas lunch soup so I decided to try it.
Overall it was nice but just tasted like your regular vegetable soup with diced smoked bacon, pork sausage, tasty chicken, turkey, sage & onion stuffing and vegetables, blended with a mix of herbs and spices.
I know there are a lot of sprout haters but I felt that it should have sprouts for that complete Christmas dinner feeling.

It would probably not sell as well with sprouts hence the reason it was not added.
Hopefully one day I can get my hands on the Heinz one and I reckon it would be a lot cheaper in a can.

Greggs has been rolling wonderful vegan treats this year with vegan sausage rolls, vegan steak bakes etc and now they even have a vegan festive bake for Christmas.

This year I was greeted with three choices for the festive bake:  Wenzel's, Greggs regular festive or the vegan one.

Wenzel's was the most expensive out of the three so I went for had Greggs vegan festive bake as I have already tried the festive bake last year.

The vegan version was really comforting and I will be having it again soon.

The filling was so good especially the stuffing and tangy cranberries.

The pastry was spot on being light and flaky while the bake was nice and hot.

I felt that the vegan fared better because the regular version was overpowered by the cheese and herbs on the pastry topping.

Other Christmas finds at Greggs:

Vegan Festive slice, Pigs in blankets, Chicken with stuffing, Mince pies, doughnuts etc

Good BBQ Takeaway from Hong Kong debuts in London at Nine Elms

Good BBQ officially launches online in the UK! 

You can get your siumei fix in London.

They are located near Nine Elms so a great excuse to try out the new Northern line to visit Battersea and Nine Elms and get a Chinese on the way back.

Good BBQ UK is available for takeaway on @deliveroo, Just Eat UK, and @uber_eats. 

Sencha at My Cup of Tea

Stumbled upon this lovely Japanese style tea room while I was on my way to Leicester Square.

As a lover of tea, how could I resist.

There were so many teas to choose from so I reduced my choices and went for the Sencha.

It was really hydrating and refreshing on a hot day.

Overall, it was a great place to have tea and the service and quality is just as good as other Japanese tea houses.

Katsute 100 Japanese tearoom

Located behind Angel station is this quaint Japanese tearoom with a serene secret garden.
I have been eyeing to try this place so finally went one afternoon.

However the tea I wanted was sold out.

The gyokuro tea would probably have been a good alternative but I decided to revisit on a quieter day because it was rather full that day.

Anyway, here are the photos for now.