Real Food Market

On Friday my friend Laura and I explored the Real food Market at London's Southbank.
Every weekend, food stalls from around the city flock together in front of the Royal Festival Hall to sell their produce. 

The sheer quality of produce available ranges from welsh rarebit, cheeses with such weird and wonderful flavours, breads of a huge diverse variety, chocolates, pulled pork buns and doughnuts and croissants galore. 
The list is endless. 
The market arrives here every weekend and some Fridays, bustling with locals, tourists and city workers popping out for a spot of lunch. 

We wandered round for a while, admiring the stalls, peering past the queues and enjoying the different smells that wafted our way. The atmosphere was amazing and we struggled to know where to start with the food. Luckily we managed to try as much as we could.

The only thing I wish I'd picked up were the small bottles of Champagne (you can see the picture above) I thought they looked quite individual and different....maybe next time. 

I even managed to bring home a few different bits of salami and some rather interesting flavoured cheese. 

I highly recommend popping down to the market next time you are in the Southbank area. 
If you want any more information you can find them Here

Have you been to one of the Real Food Markets? Let me know what some of your favourite stalls were?

Pop Up Lunch

There is nothing better than a ‘working lunch’ where the working part is the last thing on everyone's mind. 

So with that in mind, we headed down to Jamie’s Oliver Pop up Diner on Shaftesbury Avenue.
I've never been to any kind of ‘Pop Up’ Restaurant so I was intrigued to see what it was all about.

There is an emphasis on British produce and Jamie has tried to include a few healthy dishes too. But don't worry there are also some rather naughty ones too…..Don’t even get me started on the Piccadilly Mud Pie.

But before I talk to you about the food, let me show you round.

You couldn't have picked a better spot for people watching than over looking Shaftesbury Avenue on a busy Friday lunchtime.

And now back to the food.
There were a lot of cocktails to choose from but as this was a 'working lunch' we decided we should stick to the soft drinks.
I must be the only person who has never had a cream soda so naturally that's what I chose.

It is the sweetest drink I have ever tried. I liked it but I don't think I'll be having it again in a hurry.
Did you ever had coke or vanilla floats at school? It kind of tasted a bit like that but with sugary syrup instead of the ice cream.

Quite a few things caught my eye on the menu but I decided to go for, Barbecue Pork Rib Fingers, which were delicious. And of course I ordered some chips too.

I can highly recommend this restaurant, although you better hurry as I'm not sure how long it will be here for.

Find them online here

Have you been Jamie Oliver's Diner?
Let me know in the comments if there are any other Pop Up Restaurants I need to try.