Best ice cream sandwiches with style from Happy Endings

Good stuff comes from the East.
Ahem, I mean East London.
Discovered Sweet Endings who are famous for Ice Cream sandwiches because of a visit to Bow Burgers but they were closed.
Found out they are also stocked at Tonkotsu so got it from there when I was in Central London.
At Tonkotsu, they happen to have all the exciting flavours like Umeboshi Milk Float, Chocolate & Miso Salted Caramel, The Malty One, and the East Side vegan which was good.
It was hard deciding between the Umeboshi (Ice cream and umeboshi plum jelly in a shortbread sandwich) and the Chocolate & Miso (Salted caramel miso ice cream in Guinness chocolate cake).

The chocolate miso was right up my alley because it was cake and not cookie/shortbread and even better as it was Guinness cake.
It comes wrapped in this beautiful yet durable chequered patterned paper wrap which doesn't deteriorate tear when you unwrap and eat making it mess free.
This ice cream sandwich was definitely well worth my trip as it was properly salty and I loved that cake counterpart made with malty Guinness giving it strong savoury kick.

All the tastes were bold from the strong salty ice cream to the malty Guinness cake.

The umeboshi milk float with pretty rainbow nonpareil sprinkles was tasty with the layer of fruity plum jam but the shortbread was a bit too buttery for me.

Also had the East Side Vegan which was Corn and cashew ‘ice-cream’, smokey salted caramel, with lacey miso and corn cookie.

It was just as nice and you can really taste the sweetcorn which really works in desserts just like this soft serve with corn at Chinchin.

Last but not least was the malty one.

I loved the malty goodness in the ice cream as well as the chocolate.

Again, it would have been ideal if it was a cake sandwich than the cookie.

#ssgyum

McDonalds 2023 Christmas drinks: Galaxy Caramel Hot Chocolate and Galaxy Caramel Latte

I love winter and McDonalds have these new hot drinks with Galaxy.

These are the Galaxy Caramel Hot Chocolate and Galaxy Caramel Latte.

Both are topped with this dreamy luscious caramel cream and pretty stars.

I tried the Galaxy caramel hot chocolate which was really decadent as well instaworthy because of the cup and stars.

[Swiss Butter] My new favourite for casual but quality steak

In the early years of Flat Iron, it used to be my regular place for steak but in recent years the quality is just inedible.
Swiss Butter is now an option if they maintain the current quality.
Priced at 19, I would rather pay 5 pounds more than Flat Iron with everything sorted.
Similar to French relais but here you get the fillet cut which is preferable to entrecote which I'm not too keen on.
I really loved the salad, baguette slices and the green sauce.
The salad dressing was really appetizing with a mustard and tangy kick.
The green sauce was also to my liking, it was strong with savoury and tart notes and a faint hint of black peppercorn which I'm not sure came from the steak or sauce.
The fries were just fries not freshly cut potato fries like France.
Will definitely be back for the fillet and they also offer chicken and salmon.
Everything is Halal as well.

Swiss Butter:

Southampton Row, Holborn

New pistachio milkshake from Five Guys

Priced at 6.25 is on the expensive side for me as a drink.
Anyway, the pistachio taste was nice and strong so it was like pistachio gelato in milkshake form and you get more than double in terms of gelato so the price works out ok I suppose.
Probably best to share because I wonder if anyone can actually finish all that sweetness.

Greasy Spoon with a Chinese Kick at Cafe Ferraris

There are so many Fry Ups in the UK, many are owned by Cypriots/ Turkish/Persian/Indian etc so it is not unusual to see fry ups with a Greek twist eg with Halloumi etc.

A fry up with a Chinese kick is definitely unusual.

The Asian owned Cafe Ferraris obviously offers Asian food on the menu but what I found interesting was the breakfast with Roast Duck and Roast Pork, so I had to experience it.

It's also definitely worth getting a picture and a conversation starter.

Priced at 14.50, if its good then its worth it.

Unfortunately, everything was overdone even the sausage and bacon which was dry, not to mention the roast duck and roast pork which were either fried for too long or fried twice.

As a foodie, I am glad I tried because not many people would make a trip there to try it unless they are regular customers.

Late night fry up at the 24 hour Smithfield Cafe

As a late night foodie, the streets surrounding Smithfields market are a haven for late night/24 hour greasy spoons!

Imagine having a fry up at 12am.
Before visiting the historic Smithfields market, I decided to get some food so went to Smithfield Cafe, an old school caff owned by a Flipino.
I was really tempted for a fry up but had a jacket potato with black pudding and fried egg.
Everything was beautiful and not a bit greasy or heavy.
I'm so glad I tried the black pudding which was very different to the ones you get at the usual greasy spoons, there were more oats in ratio to blood/fat which makes it firm with a chew.
I love the handwritten menu on the window but they do they cards!!
Will definitely check out the other caffs in the area before they disappears since Smithfields is likely to move in the next 10-20 years.
Just like caffs, the prices are down to earth.
My plate was only a fiver.