New cherry soft serve and octopus balls at Marugame Charing Cross

I love the way Marugame are serving food items that you can relate to in the UK.

Cherry is a popular flavour here and they are serving it to coincide with the cherry blossom season.

As well as that, they are doing octopus balls.

There are literally so many Marugame branches in London that you end up walking into one like The Strand being opposite Charing Cross Station.

The only improvement at this branch would be better English speaking staff.

I tried the cherry soft serve and the vegetarian an regular octopus balls as well as crispy gyozas which all came to about 10 pounds which is quite pricey compared to their udon.

The octopus balls (takoyaki) taste consistent with the ones in Asia, sweet and gooey in the middle but I was never a fan.

The Vegoyaki crispy fried 'no-octopus' veggie balls fared much better because of the filling and it tasted much nicer.

Finished with the cherry softserve which was to my liking but it wasn't too memorable because the flavours were not that strong.

The first ever savoury doughnut by Doh Hut

I love doughnuts so when I found out about this savoury doughnut at Doh Hut I just had to get my mitts on it.

Doh Hut comes from Leeds and have recently opened a shop at Exmouth Market.

As well as the savory doughnut (Dagel) I also got a plain one to try.

Overall, I felt that the doughnuts were on the oily side for the sweet and savoury especially the savoury which left my fingers super oily as well as the paper bag.

The savoury is freshly piped with Cream Cheese, Creme Fraiche, LemonZest & Juice topped with chives coated in black, white sesame seeds and crispy onions.

It was really satisfying so you can think of it as a savoury pillowy bread with cream cheese but it was the excess oil that let it down.

The plain sugar one was how it should be apart from the slight oil accumulation on the edges.

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Oodles opens in Croydon, george street

 

Vegetarian, eggless and natural ice cream Scooperb debuts in West Croydon

First it was the eggless cakes which rocketed in UK and now eggless ice creams!!!

At Scooperb, they specialize in Vegetarian, eggless and natrual ice cream and to be honest many ice cream can be eggless especially fruit ones and sorbets, so the possibilities are endless.

I visited on the opening day so there were so many flavours on offer especially the sugar free ones and there were so many unique flavours to choose from like chikoo, rajbhog, kala jamun, guava and not to mention the regular flavours like strawberry, mint chocolate etc.

I had the chikoo which is an exotic fruit and the texture was soft like sorbet with a seriously natural sweetness unlike stevia or agave which was pleasing and there was a hint of rose in it too.

Also tried mint chocolate which was comforting.

For their other flavours like paan, rajbhog, kala jamun, expect cardamon, rose and spices.

As for any suggestions, I would like to see the ice cream labels in regular fonts to make it easy for the eye as the italic is hard to focus.

Will definitely be going back for more ice cream.

 

Scooperb:

272 London Road, West Croydon

Modern Filipino desserts at Kasa and Kin

Kasa and Kin specializes in Modern Filipino desserts and skewers.

I have always wanted to try their desserts but I thought it was takeaway only unless you dine there for dinner followed by dessert.

Anyway, went late one night and had their cheesecake.

It was one of those desserts where you unwrap the plastic and the sauce flows from the top to the bottom popularly found in some other countries.

We had the ube cheesecake which was a regular cheesecake topped with ube sauce and white chocolate pearls.

The cheesecake was not bad as it was not too sweet or heavy and there was a layer of pudding between the cheesecake and the sauce.

However, it would have been nice if you could choose a topping because I would have preferred some crushed nuts instead of white chocolate balls.

Overall, it was fun removing the wrapper and letting the sauce flow over the cheesecake.

Smoked eel sandwich at Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis has been around for years but somehow I only recently stumbled upon it after dining nearby.

I believe that Barrafina steals the show which makes Quo Vadis easily missed.

Anyway, I was captivated by their fine menu while I was walking past so took a quick browse and was drawn to the smoked eel sandwich!

It turns out there is so much history to Quo Vadis, first it was a brothel house and then it was home to Karl Marx.

Quo Vadis serves a good selection of English fare by Jeremy Lee.

I love eel so had to give it a try and to be honest, apart from jellied eels, I haven't really appreciated eels properly because of the bones.

At Quo Vadis, I had a feeling the eel was going to be good and I like the way it was served.

There were four pieces of succulent eel which lets you enjoy it better and the way it was smothered in sweet horseradish but the pickled pink onions were the star of the show.

It was good that the pickled onion was served separate as it gives a nice colour to the plate and you can get to try the eel on its own.

The pickled onions definitely make the whole thing more appetizing with its lovely sharpness.

Overall, I am so glad I tried and even though there were still some bones they were more manageable than broken short bones.

Cherry Rhubarb slice and strawberry danish from Dough Bakehouse Croydon

Dough Bakehouse, a unit at boxpark opened in Croydon a few months ago serving coffees with doughnuts and cakes to offer.

It has been hard for me to pay them a visit because I either get the bus which means it is not on my path or if I do walk to the station, I am obviously in a rush to stop by.

One morning, I was captivated by these cherry rhubarb slices so I decided to stop by and get some.

As they serve coffees, you really have to wait if someone orders a drink.

Anyway, I eventually got my cherry rhubarb slice which is supplied by pfalzgraf in Germany.

The cherry rhubarb cake was definitely worth trying as you don't often see it around.

It was super yummy moist, with big chunks of zingy rhubarb and juicy cherries on it.

The slice itself was soft and not too sweet.

Also had the strawberry Danish which was amazing.

cherry rhubarb slice

Strawberry Danish