Marugame Udon 丸亀製麺 opens in North Greenwich at The O2

Marugame Udon 丸亀製麺 also known as Marugame Seimen, a famous restaurant in Asia opened their second branch in London, North Greenwich!

There were long queues on the opening day.

On the day of opening there was a Marugame Matsuri (Mastsuri 祭り= Festival in Japanese) which involved Taiko drumming, Shodo by Koshu (Japanese Calligraphy) and Shamisen.

At the restaurant you choose an udon which is made to order and then you can also choose optional tempura from the tempura bar.

The udon is freshly made just like pasta.

Udon bowls start at £3.45 which will get you the kaamage.

For the desserts, they have unlimited vegan matcha £2.95 and doriyakis.

After you have paid, you can customize your udon with toppings at the toppings station and eat.

Address:

Unit 2.03, The Avenue, Peninsula Square, London SE10 0DX

Project Plant: Farm-to-Table Pizza Experience by Samsung

Project Plant, the UK’s first urban farm-to-table pizzeria was held at The Film Shed.

I booked a ticket to go because I liked the idea that you could pick your own toppings for your own pizza.

The restaurant behind the pizzas are purezza which is a vegan restaurant I tried a while ago so I was familiar with their tasty pizzas. 
The Tickets include access to the urban farm, a pizza by Purezza, and a drink of your choice.

The Film shed was conveniently located on a high street in Dalston so it was easy to get there.

When you arrive at The Film Shed, you go downstairs and there are the geometric domes which are illuminated inside.

The first dome is red with tomato plants that are hydroponically grown controlled by Samsung SmartThings connected platform which changes the colour of the lights in the tomato dome.

This is the first stop where you pick your tomatoes.

The second dome was my favourite as it was blue where mushrooms were grown in low light and misty damp conditions.

There was white, grey and yellow oyster mushrooms.

To harvest, you just snip them with scissors.

The third and final dome was white where the basil and rocket were grown.

The plants were vertically farmed because it saves space as well as being effective when it is watered as the nutrients not used at the top will be recycled as it goes down due to gravity.

After getting my ingredients, I handed them over to the team at Purezza and got my freshly made pizza with those toppings.

The mushrooms were definitely the star of the show as they were earthy and tasty and then you have the signature vegan mozzarella which is made of Rice by Mozzerella.

Overall, I would say it was the best experience picking your own ingredients as well as being able to eat a tasty pizza at the end.

Event Info:
Date: 15th–17th October, 2021
Opening hours: 12pm–9pm (last session at 8:30pm)
Location: The Film Shed

Photo from Purezza Samsung

Goodsway, Kingscross

A new venue for food that has a lovely New Orleans style outlook.

 

UK and HK plannergrams

As a foodie, you always get to try food in advance.

In Hong Kong, the media usually gets to try pre launches a month or a few weeks before which means the dishes are planned a few months ago.

In UK, things get more exciting, products are planned at least half a year ahead, in May there are already posts of upcoming Christmas treats which have been leaked on social media.

By August, you will be able to actually buy these Christmas treats.

Similarly Valentine's treats are planned in December, Easter products planned in January.

Supermarkets, predict their sales and consumer needs according to the weather to control their stock.

According to newsletters and online coverage, I am so impressed how UK has rolled up with so many new foods and products during Covid uninterrupted with prices kept low but then UK is a developed country not like some places. 

I think it would be super fun if I ever get to work in the UK food industry as everything is a season ahead.

Fish Bites at Chipsmiths

I have been meaning to try out this chippy called Chipsmiths because of the name.
Finally tried them but I found the chips a bit greasy but I am glad I visited.

Organic Jade Perch farmed in Hong Kong

I love fish and nothing better than steamed fish because it is so healthy.

These days it is about sustainability and ethically farmed fish which are mostly imported but recently discovered that you could get locally farmed organic fish in Hong Kong.

The fish are fed with certified feed that do not contain any chemicals and GMO ingredients.

It is great the way the fish is clearly labelled, gutted and scaled in a vacuumed sealed pouch which makes it easy to prepare.

Consumers can distinguish that these are organically produced by the ORC identification of the seal.

Other local certified aquaculture products include jade perch, tilapia, mud carp, big head carp, edible goldfish and giant freshwater prawns.

I was really lucky to try one of these organically farmed fishes.

You can buy these local certified aquaculture products at Nine Seafood Place, LocalFresh App by Fish Marketing Organization and Health Aims Organic Functional Products Specialty Shop.

The Jade Perch was really nice steamed with soy sauce and ginger. (Grandma healthy low sodium edition).

Also added some dark soy sauce and spring onions to make it more flavourful.

There will be an Organic Aquaculture Festival on 7th Nov 2021 at Stanley Plaza filled with activities where you can find out more about organic fish farming as well as buy organic locally farmed fish and vegetable produce.

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