Modern yet traditional bread and butter pudding at The Clerkenwell Kitchen

Discovered The Clerkenwell Kitchen by chance as I was in the area so went in and had a look at the menu as I needed to find a restaurant for lunch.

Mains were about £14 and there were a few that looked good.

While I was there, I spotted this bread pudding which made me dine there.

I am so glad I took a photo of the bread pudding because the presentation of that one was better the one served as the cream was not all over the place so I couldn't do the bread pudding justice.

Settled for the Chalk Stream Trout Fishcakes with Marinda Tomatoes & Tartar Sauce.

The roast chicken was tempting but then I saw a whole roasted chicken in the kitchen which means it is going to be reheated thus the fish cakes option.

The fish cakes were made to order which explains the soft texture but had a few bones.

Other than that, the whole dish was amazing and paired nicely with the tomatoes and dill dressing and tartar.

Finished with the marmalade & chocolate bread and butter pudding with cream.

When it arrived, the first thing I tried was the cream, I was really pleased it was not sweetened and it was interestingly warm.

The portion was quite big and satisfying, the best thing was that it tasted like proper bread and butter pudding with smooth egg curd here and there. 

The dark chocolate complemented the marmalade orange peel nicely.

Overall, I really recommend this place especially the desserts and it is good to see they serve proper bread and butter sides as opposed to the fancy stuff.

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Malaysian Street snacks at Cham Kampung Boy, Queensway Market

Nestled in Queensway Market you will find this stall serving Malaysian street snacks at affordable prices.
As a fan of pandan, I got the Burger Malaysia, Kuih Bengkang Pandan and Seri muka.

Labelled as a Malaysian burger, I felt that it tasted the same as a Jamaican dumpling.

It was filled with sambal and anchovies which I felt was similar to Jamaican saltfish and chilli.

Both the pandan sweets were nice but the Seri muka was my favourite probably because the layer of glutinous rice.

Oasis Restaurant breakfast at Croydon University Hospital

With normal people, you probably want to get out of hospital asap but as a foodie, there was a restaurant so I decided to check it out.

It is basically canteen style which is quite comforting serving English fare so why  not try it out.

As well as English food, the curries and rice looked good as well as cakes and pastries.

Since it was early, I had the breakfast, there were three different sausages available so got all three ie the chicken, pork and vegetarian.

They were a bit dehydrated and chewy but it was late in the morning otherwise good.

Fried maggi noodles at Kafe Malaya, Balham

Kafe Malaya serves Malaysian fare in Balham however it seems they were at this other stall in Peckham or maybe it was seventh floor.

Anyway, the first visit was closed because there was some gas or water supply problem hence the takeaway on the second time.

I had the stir fried noodles maggi goreng telur mata but it was different to the eat in as the noodles were different.

The dine in was definitely maggi but the takeout was not but to honest, I was happy with the non maggi version because the texture was better.

The taste of these noodles were to my liking as it was not too sweet.

Finished with the corn pudding which was sweet and coconutty.

The only thing I was not happy about was the menu, they had a great offering yet only a few of the items were available to order especially the desserts.

Horchata at Taqueria

There are not many places that serve Horchata.
The one at Taqueria was nice because the Cinnamon taste was strong and not artificial.
It was not watered down like this other place. Overall nice but a little bit too sweet.
I like the way that it was served in a bottle which made it convenient as opposed to drinking it from a straw.

taqueria: 6-8 Exmouth Market

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MISONOMI pop up wth Artist / Misonomi soup chef Mitsunori Sakano

I love rice balls (Omusubi) so when I found out about this Misonomi pop up, I had to go.

The menu is fixed with tea, candy, soup, rice ball where you get to choose the miso soup.

Unlike other miso soups, Misonomi is colourful with freeze dried ingredients served on a rice cracker canvas where all the soups were designed by Mitsunori Sakano who is an artist.

There are three choices of miso soup base: rice miso, barley miso and kelp miso paired with freeze dried ingredients.

Each soup has a unique name and theme like Spring magenta, Winter snow etc.

On their website, there is an interesting cheese and miso corn soup.

As you can imagine, it was a tough decision but in the end I tried the Pink Lagoon which has rare ingredients like white wood ears and Gagome kelp with plums for that different tangy taste.

It was definitely different in taste compared to savoury miso soup with the refreshing plum and very enjoyable with all these other ingredients.

Overall, I was so glad I tried.

Also got some soups to take home, the Lush Forest (okra and zucchini) and Green wave (dried shrimps and radish).

Both were nice but Lush Green was my favourite because I am an okra person.

https://www.misonomi.com/en

Lush forest:

Green wave: