Turkish Grandma's freshly made Lahmacun at Ella's Rose Cafe, Walthamstow High Street

Went here ages ago so I don't know if this Turkish joint still exists but on Walthamstow High Street there are so many places for Gozleme.

I was tempted by the freshly made gozleme by the Turkish grandma but I decided to order a Lahmacun as it has been ages since I had one.

Fresh Salad and onions are served with it.

Lahmacun is basically like a pizza topped with minced meat, parsley, onions and tomatoes.

The Lahmacun here was really tasty and the dough base was thin and crispy.

Overall, it was enjoyable dining here but wasn't impressed by the strand of human hair in the salad hence the reason it took so long to write about this!

Chickless strips at IKEA

Last month, IKEA rolled out some chickless strips so I gave them a try.
I went at the right timing as they were freshly out of the cooker.

You can get 3 for £1.50 or £3.00 as a meal with fries and a drink.

The chickless strips were quite big in size and good for value at that price.

As they were freshly cooked, the coating was just right but I felt that the coating was a bit bland for Southern style.

The texture and taste could have been better because it was like eating a really soft nugget with a konjac texture.

Overall, not my cup of tea but if there was some mayonnaise or BBQ sauce, it may have improved the taste but there was only ketchup, mustard, lingonberry jam available being IKEA.

Ikea milkshake

Ikea strawberry soft ice (vegan)

Softserve

Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSJOezjlfx0

Traditional English food could be history

As I have loathed in the past, so many traditonal English dishes are disappearing because the demand of these dishes are decreasing.
It was recently made a subject again when the papers wrote about how the Z generation just haven't tried these dishes and a list was made.

Fortunately as a serious foodie, I have tried 99% of these dishes because whenever I see anything different I just have to try it especially traditional dishes to document it.

Thankfully, Morrisons is keeping the traditional going by still selling them such as spotted dick which no other supermarket sells as well as Haslet and stuff like that.

Here are pictures of traditional English food that I have had except for Steak Diane.

I'm also missing a picture for steak and kidney pudding (not to be confused with steak and kidney pie).

1. Jellied eels 65%

2. Kedgeree 54%

Strangely, it was served at Wagamama in 2015 for breakfast

3. Haggis 46%

4. Steak, well done 42%

5. Welsh rarebit 40% (minus the eggs)

6. Baked Alaska 39%

7. Steak Diane 36%
(hope to try it soon)
8. Liver and onions 35%

9. Pie, mash and liquor 32%

10. Black pudding 32%

11. Spotted dick 31%

12. Saveloy sausage and chips 30% (saveloy with pease pudding)

13. Lancashire hot pot 30%

14. Steak and kidney pudding 7%
Sadly not sold anymore except steak and kidney pies
15. Ploughman’s lunch 23%

16. Bubble and squeak 21%

17. Bread and butter pudding 20%

18. Gammon with a pineapple ring 20%

19. Arctic roll 20%

20. Pork pie 18%

Free Chai/Coffee at The Tava Shop for International Women's Day!

Thank you for the free chai drink!

La Tua Pasta is everywhere

La Tua Pasta started off in the market in 2006, since then they have grown and you will find them at Borough market serving pasta, shelved at M&S to exhibiting at various shows!

I first tried the at Borough market for their gnocchi, then I bumped into them at the trade show and now I've spotted them on the shelves of M&S so bought the Pappardelle which tasted amazing!!

At the trade show, I tried mini doughnuts filled with pistachio was so heavenly.

They were like crispy little gnocchi with a slight potato taste filled with creamy pistachio in the middle.

Gnocchi I had at Borough Market:

La Tua Pasta at Marks and Spencer:

Parpadelle cooked in two ways: tomato sauce and Turkish tripe soup.