Banh Mi Vietnam, Croydon

To be honest, the banh mi wasn't bad, I was just disappointed that they didn't have the Vietnamese sausage slices like other places.

The baguette they used was a typical French Baguette like the ones you can buy at Lidl as they taste the same.

Banh mi Hoi an, Hackney Central

Discovered banh mi Hoi an when I made a trip to Sutton fish and chips a few years ago. 

I have been meaning to visit but they close really early and many things are always sold out. 

Finally visited a few years later because of the Sides Land pop up. 

The fact that they are still around and have been around for many years proves that they are good.

I was not disappointed but wished I visited earlier when catfish was on the menu but probably discontinued due to demand and supply issues. 

Anyway, the banh mi I had is definitely one you would want to sink your teeth in. 

A proper bun and not one of those pre frozen baguettes. 

All the ingredients were delicious and in harmony and the pickles and sauerkraut were delicious.

The best cream doughnut (Devonshire split) at Kravez patisserie

The best doughnut ever with fresh cream and luscious strawberries.

Cream beignets, Korean milk buns, Maritozzi and Devonshire splits are the latest trend at the moment.
Basically doughnuts/buns filled with whipped cream overload.
I love fresh cream doughnuts so its great seeing this craze.
Discovered that Kravez have it so gave them a try.
Their doughnuts are filled with fresh cream and were even better than expected.
Each bite was heavenly with fluffy cream and pillowly doughnut complimented by the sweet strawberries.
This is probably my favourite so far as the cream, bun and strawberries were to my liking as opposed to brioche buns and Asian milk buns.
The reason I didn't try earlier was the location being uphill with a few traffic lights to cross but finally made it as I was checking out a new shop nearby.
They make their own cakes and know well of the trends as well as appreciate good food.
As well as cakes, they also have an impressive Caribbean hot food range.

Caribbean food:

Ichikokudo Hokkaido Ramen London

Ichikokudo Hokkaido Ramen is a newly opened restaurant in Soho.
To be honest, I discovered it walking past and interestingly it was not really busy on the weekdays or weekday but I decided to give it a try.

The cheapest ramen on the menu is 9.90 and there was a clams ramen which captivated me while the menu, pricing and design reminds me of Watami Japanese Casual Restaurant.

Anyway, tried the clams ramen with shio broth, chicken broth, butter clams and drink.

I like the way you get clams and cockles.

Overall, it was nice especially the chicken broth. 

The black garlic ramen was too strong that it was bitter, same goes for the shio broth which was disappointing because again, the garlic was strong.

Best chips with curry sauce from Stratford is back

After a harrowing half a year, Stratford Market Village which closed down overnight in January has reopened.

Thankfully Newham Council has saved them.

As soon as I found out, I went back for my favourite chips and curry sauce and visited my favourite Centre Café.

Kaburi Red Dragon Roll from The Sushi Co

Delicious sushi The Sushi Co.

Stumbled up The Sushi Co which has lots of branches in the UK.
I didn't have any expectations but was pleasantly impressed by the quality with the Red dragon Kaburi roll and Tuna Nigiri.
The red dragon was Seaweed/ Avocado/ Tuna/ Chives/ Fried Ebi Prawn/ Eel Sauce.
The combination of the fried prawn, creamy avocado and the savoury tuna was delicious while the quality of the tuna was really good as it was strong in umami taste and saltiness.
It was so good hence the extra order of the tuna nigiri, even though the tuna was thinly sliced, it was still tasty.

Last but not least the texture of the rice was just right, not too hard or soft or clumped together.

Ethiopian fare at Addis

I love injera which is a soft fluffy sour tasting Ethiopian pancake eaten with meat and/or vegetables.
This time I went to Addis which is on Caledonian Road where there are many Ethiopian restaurants but Addis is nearer Kings Cross Station hence the reason I dined there. 

I was tempted to leave and go to another Ethiopian restaurant because service was so slow.

I had the Dulet which was finely chopped lamb tripe, liver and red lamb meat cooked with Ethiopian spices.

The injera was served first and it was so soft and fluffy like an English pancake but very sour tasting like there was so much fresh lemon juice in it.

Next came the dulet which I thought was saucy but it was dry.

Overall, I found the dulet too chewy because it was mainly 80% tripe and couldn't find any liver so the other 20% is probably lamb meat.

The injera at this place is definitely the best I've had but probably chose the wrong dish to go with it.

On a side note, the sharing plates are huge!!