Pho chicken curry at Banh Mi Keu Deli Soho

Dined here for the Pho chicken curry, chicken pho in yellow curry broth with smashed cashew nuts and lemongrass.

I'm not really a pho fan because soup noodles are tasteless.

This particular Vietnamese curry chicken noodles with pho type of noodles was interesting and memorable because the cross section is square while the noodles are thin.

The surface of the noodles are different as they are not smooth and have funny edges. 

Overall quite nice but I didn't like the oregano tasting herbs.

Lasagne at BAR 1790 , City of London

I have been meaning to visit this place for lunch because they have specials each weekday.
The ones I wanted to try were the steak and ale pie and lasagne.
Unfortunately, it wasn't a good start as it took ages for someone to come over so I could order while food took ages to arrive.
I ordered Chef Mahdi's mum's lasagne which was really disappointing and looked nothing like their lasagne on their instagram nor a normal lasagne.
It was just a pile of ragu meat sauce and virtually no lasagne sheet.

The Chippie four course lunch at Six by Nico for 25

I have always wanted to try Six By Nico which specializes in six course meals.
There are various branches in UK.
It costs slightly more in London probably due to London prices.
The booking system is a bit complicated hence the reason it took me so long to try.
The menu changes every six weeks but evidently the Chippie menu is the most popular.
Fish and Chips is my favourite meal so I seized this I chance when they had the four course offer for £25.
At Six by Nico, everything is reimagined so expect something different.
When I got there, I could see why they are so successful and efficient when busy yet I can understand why there are mixed reviews because some other branches may not be as efficient.
It's like fine dining executed guerrilla/factory production line style.
The menus are designed in a way that they can serve different themes at the same time because if you look closely, it will have the same meat/seafood assembled with different ingredients.
The simplified 4 course I had is listed below or you can order the six course if needed.

 
Course 1: Chips & Cheese
Parmesan Espuma, Curry Oil.
Course 2: Scampi Brandade, Dill Emulsion, Gribiche, Garden Peas.
Course 3: Smoked Sausage
Smoked Pork Belly, Granny Smith Apple, Salt Baked Celeriac, Choucroute
Course 4: Deep Fried Mars Bar
Chocolate Cremeux, Irn Bru Sorbet, Deep Fried Mars Bar

Overall, each course was amazing, the scampi was my favourite because of the dill.
The smoked sausage was a little irrelevant to fish and chips somehow but dessert ended nicely with the reimagined fried mars bar and Iron Bru sorbet.

Crown Cafe Bar, London

Crown Cafe Bar, another old cafe but in Central London.
Everything was displayed in the cabinets.
The sausage stack looked impressive and they were the ones I like.
I think I made the wrong decision because the bolognese was bland while the sauce lacked umami and tomato flavours.
The meatballs were a bit fatty and waxy while there was too much rosemary in the sauce.

Regent Omelette Bar, Weston Super Mare

Regent Omelette Bar, another cafe but this one specializes in omelettes so tried them.
The decor is nice and old.
I was captivated by the Bristol omelette which had asparagus.
For it to be on the menu it must be a popular item.
It made me think that if the asparagus was there all year round whether it would be fresh or canned but canned would make more sense in terms of consistency.
Anyway, for those who cant decide you can also get the six egg omelettes with a choice of 9 toppings.

Disappointing experience at Lavo

Disappointing experience at Lavo.
Booked brunch three months ahead to get poor seating on arrival.
I regretted not walking out because everything from food was underwhelming.
Perhaps management should sit there to experience how cramped it is getting in and out between two tables either side with a 10cm gap which puts you off getting food as part of the self service brunch.
You could place a side plate on the gap between the two tables either side and it could sit perfectly without falling off.
Getting in and out, you had to cause inconvenience to the table to the left or to the right!
There are two floors offering the same food so I guess it depends if you are on the nice/naughty list.
If you are in the know, media brunches often offer more than what is served to showcase the food.
The dessert selection was rather lame that day, it was just the typical stuff you would get at hotel breakfasts and a few cake selections and worst of all those pastry tarts.
They didn't even have the maritozzi buns which was obviously offered on a media day.

Dinky little Maritozzi buns for £2

Dinky little Maritozzi buns for £2

Last year, we saw the trend of these Maritozzi buns from Rome which are buns with a brioche texture filled with whipped cream.

Prior to this, I have tried a few from various places in London but DolceVyTA specializes in them.

You can get the regular ones or the dinky small ones so I had the smaller ones as you can't get them elsewhere in that size.

As expected, it was nice and the bun had a nice chew to it like panettone.

The whipped cream had a strange lemony taste to it.

Overall, worth trying for £2 if you haven't had a Maritozzi before.

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