Popeyes UK Christmas menu! Festive Stack

The Festive superstack sandwich is back as well as the sage onion hash brown and mint shake with oreo.
I just tried the hash brown which was tasty but lacked sage however the onion was strong and it was quite salty.

Visually you do not see as much herbs as shown on the product shot.

Wendys x Krabby patty collab

Wendys x Krabby patty collab and under the sea frosty with pineapple puree.
According to the staff at wendys, the krabby sauce is a mix of mayo and ketchup.

I only got the frosty as I didn't feel like a burger and it was nice.

Fish and Chips at Melfort fish bar

Visited Melfort fish bar as I am aiming to try all the chippies.
It is near Thornton heath station hidden on a residential road.
Prices are affordable and they offer skate and haddock as well which require 20 minutes to prepare.
As I had a train to catch I just got the cod and chips for 7 pounds.
The cod was tasty and comes with skin which is good.
Chips are crispy and soft in the middle.
As I needed a box [normally wrapped] the fish was too long so had to be folded over which reminded me of some morbid news where they sawed the legs from a corpse to fit in a coffin.

Curd Rice at Crispy Dosa, Croydon

Tried the new Crispy Dosa in Croydon.

The menu is limited compared to other branches like Wood Green which I tried previously. 

Since I have already tried dosa at the other branches had Curd Rice! 

It is an Indian savoury rice pudding. 

Creamy and delicious but it was spicy. I'm not sure if its meant to be spicy but the previous restaurant I went wasn't spicy. 

Anyway, this was a new restaurant and it was so problematic. 

Asked if they had curd rice before taking a seat. 

Then when I ordered they already said I ordered. Food took ages to arrive when curd rice is something from the fridge that is already made.

Thai noodles at Slurpp

I have been meaning to try slurpp when I saw pictures of these dark and strong looking broth for the boat noodles.

Finally visited the SOHO Slurpp in late March and discovered that the menu is very different to the London Dock branch.

On this visit, I had the five spice noodles with beef but pork arrived, despite that wrong meat the noodles and broth looked promising.

They changed the noodles for me because it was not beef but the noodles were undercooked which you can visually see because Cambodian noodles when not fully soft are slightly opaque with defined edges but as they remain longer in the broth they absorb the broth and take up some of the colour and the edges are not so prominent after it expands.

Anyway, since that was the case, I started on the beef first so by the time I finished the beef and veg the noodles were just right, however the beef was quite chewy.

The Yen Fa To with Jade noodles was way too sweet for my liking however the I like the way you get mooli and a big chunk of snow fungus!

It was supposed to come with blood curd jelly which was not there so after I pointed it out they gave me some on a plate which I plonked them in the bowl for pictures.

 

Revisited Slurpp again in April, a month later to try the po sian noodles which is glass vermicelli stir fried with mushrooms.

I've not seen this dish in the many Thai restaurants I have tried nor could I find it on google but it was nice dish of vermicelli stir fried in soy sauce with bits of egg, onions, Chinese Cabbage, Pak Choi, mushrooms and tofu.

During this visit, it was late lunch and service was worse than the evening visit because there were not waitresses around when I wanted dessert.

When I finally ordered dessert, the wait was a waste of time because she had totally forgotten I ordered through her 5 minutes ago and said she thought I'd finished.

On a side note, phone signal is poor in the restaurant.

Great Thai restaurants

Great Thai specializes in street noodles and there are four branches in Central London.
One is grab and go, one serves Thai noodles and one serves noodles and rice.

Then there is GT corner which serves drinks and desserts.

Tried the chicken with rice, yen fa to and beef boat with egg noodles.

Overall, the beef boat noodles were delicious as the broth was rich while the other two dishes I've had better elsewhere.

Claypot noodles and skewers at Dage

Randomly wandered into Brunswick square again because the restaurant in mind was full.

Newly opened was DAGE, a place specializing in Claypot noodles and skewer.

When I first walked in, the whole place was rather confusing, I couldn't tell whether the cuisine was from and the fact it was very daunting as I thought they didn't speak English so we walked out.

After a little thought we went back in because my other half said it should be simple as you just tick the sheet on what you want so I decided to let my other half fuss about it!

Anyway, it turns out that two of the staff spoke English which was relief.

The reason for the other confusion was the decor and design as it was very different to the ones I've seen when visiting Asia.

It was bright and young with neon art and they had this TV which seemed to have Peppa Pig in Chinese.

At the entrance, they actually had these functional oil drum tables.

There was an English menu which was good and I was later told by a friend who knows their Chinese that them menu was in Traditional characters and they said that the noodles were designed by a Hong Kong chef which makes sense as they have fermented pork trotters etc and other Hong Kong things.

Back to the topic of food, we chose the noodles in a pumpkin soup with some balls.

To be honest, I only wanted the noodles so I chose the Korean ramen because I am not fond of the chewy jelly thick rice noodles that are a popular choice.

The pumpkin broth albeit a bit spicy was surprisingly nice as it was not sweet but had a lovely meaty savoury kick to it.

The lobster balls and fuzhou balls are the usual stuff you can get from Asian supermarkets which my other half chose.

Finished with the fried crispy sticky brown sugar rice cake which is a Sichuan dessert which was not listed on the menu but spotted in the chilled cabinet.

Overall, glad we checked it out.

DAGE:

4 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AW