Nutella recently did a ‘Happy Portion Parlour’ a pop-up experience where they demonstrated how you could serve so many amazing sweet treats and breakfast with just one heaped teaspoon 15g of Nutella. I was so glad I went along to this Nutella themed parlour where the decor what red and white!
Before the experience, you fill in the flowchart which tells the kitchen more about yourself so that the kitchen can personalise the right dessert for you.
Drinks are included as well so I had tea.
I was served pancakes with blueberries, yoghurt and nutella which tasted amazing.
The fluffy pancakes with Greek yoghurt and nutella tasted so nice together and perfectly complimented each other.
As well as food, I was really impressed they provided selfie lights which can be used for selfies and photos.
The light definitely helped with the photos.
When you leave they give you a nutella spoon but it would be great if they give you a mini tub of nutella so you can experiment on your own recipes.
Location: 59 Greek St, London W1D 3DZ When: 25th – 27th August 2022.
I love Popeyes which is obviously famous for its fried chicken and Southern treats like biscuits and shrimp etc.
The first time I had it was in Hong Kong where they had black beans rice and the usual.
Finally, you can now get popeyes in the UK where the first branch opened in Westfield Stratford which resulted in huge queues the first few months it opened.
There is now a branch in Romford next to the newly opened Wendys.
The hype has gone down a bit but still in demand for it to open more branches.
Since I have already tried the chicken, I had the cajun fries again along with the mac and cheese which they don't have in Asia.
The fries taste the same but the looks is different because they use a paper bag in the US and in Asia whereas here it is a card one.
The small tub of mac and cheese tasted how it should and it was really comforting.
It was cheesy and sharp made with proper cheddar cheese and not tasteless mozzarella which some restaurants like to use.
Popeyes Biscuit.
This is an American biscuit which looks like a scone.
To me, it was like an English dumpling baked without gravy.
The texture was crumbly on the outside and a bit soft and dry on the inside.
It was slightly savoury so it would have been nice with some gravy.
At popeyes, you get to have the option of cajun gravy or nutella.
It been a ages since I've had a good lamb pilaf so when I saw the Osphaz stall which offers Uzbek cuisine which is similar I had to try it out.
They specialize in plov which is similar as well as dumplings.
Oshpaz can be found at Seven dials serving dumplings while their rice stall will be at different locations with updates on their social media.
For dumplings I went to Seven dials while for the rice I went to their stall at Tower bridge.
I had the beef and chicken dumplings which are both made with cumin and onions.
Overall they were both nice with the chilli oil.
At tower bridge, I tried the vegetarian dumplings which were made of pumpkin and onions, they were on the sweet side but still nice.
Last but not least was the plov which was rice with chickpeas and grated carrots topped with chicken or lamb of your choice.
It was really tasty and the chicken was well flavoured and tender.
Will be back for more plov as they use my favourite long grain basmati rice which is soft and fluffy.
Everything comes with sour cream which is a bit like Turkish food with yoghurt.
Also had the Uzbek noodles at their food court stall, again they were a great surprise.
The handpulled noodles were so flavourful and the broth was interesting because you can taste tangy notes and then there is this chevril herbs which makes it taste like aniseed as well as strong notes of Thai Basil.
Above all that, the meat was fresh and tasty.
The samsys were like crispy triangle puff pastries filled with juicy minced beef.
Spotted this joint accross the road while I was waiting for the bus. At first it didn't captivate me because I thought it was going to be some Turkish style meat skewers but as a foodie it is always good having an open mind so I decided to have a look.
To my surprise, it was much more exciting than it seemed because they do skewers with an Asian Greek twist and it is a newly opened hence the current introductory prices.
The menu encourages you to build your skewer box with steps by choosing a skewer, a side, salad and then a sauce so I thought the meal was going to be served in a box.
I liked the menu choices as there was something good in every section that you would want to choose more than one option.
In the skewers section, you have Greek meatballs, squid and even halloumi and tofu for vegetarian all marinated with an Asian twist.
The sides ranged from fries, wild rice to couscous.
Then the salads options had so many options like Greek salad, Asian style slaw, fennel and carrot to salad leaves.
You can imagine how hard it was to decide because everything was so good so I got the tofu and squid skewers with wild rice and cabbage slaw.
Everything is served on their own so that the flavours do not get mixed which I really appreciate as you can taste each item properly.
Somehow, I was expecting it all to be in one box because of description skewer box or at least served on a tray or on a Japanese bento style tray with separate compartments.
I was also given the couscous and some sauces to try.
The skewers very tasty and didn't really need the sauces even though the sauces were really good.
The squid was perfectly grilled and flavourful but the tofu was too sweet for my palatte.
Next were the sides and salads which were a delight especially the couscous because you can really taste the dill, parsley as well as the kimchi which was not too spicy.
The kimchi tastes like the ones made by Onggi but I could be wrong.
I liked the wild rice as well because they use the long grain basmati rice and there were chunks of vegetables and cauliflower in it.
Last but not least, I loved their dips especially the caramelized onion and soy which had a nice umami kick to while the ponzu mayo was really refreshing yet creamy which would be good to go with their wonton chips and flat bread.
