Monday, March 31, 2014

Meal Planning Monday 2014 - week 14

A busy week and one that I know is going to be terrible on the diet front! We have a double celebration for my boyfriend's birthday and I'm off to Paris for work for two days (I love my job!). As well as meals out the office is just a few doors down from Laduree, home of the most amazing macarons!Monday breakfast yogurtlunch chicken sandwichDinner prawn linguine for me, chicken fajitas for the other halfTuesday Breakfast yogurtLunch baked potato...

Saturday, March 29, 2014

Restaurant review: Wagamama

Restaurant name: WagamamaLocation: Mansion House, LondonDescription: Casual Japanese-style dining. You sit on long benches - often sharing tables with strangers - and have a paper placemat on which the waiter scribbles the number of your order. Dishes range from huge bowls of soup and noodles to salads and bento boxes; there's also a nice range of fresh juices to drink.Reason for visit: Lunch with work colleagues when our manager came over from America...

Friday, March 28, 2014

Atelier des Chefs - Cook, Eat and Run

I enjoy cookery lessons and had a great time when I went to the Atelier des Chefs near St Paul's for my boyfriend's birthday; we had a private lesson making burgers and potato wedges. I worked near to the venue so when I knew I was leaving my job back in February, I decided to go there one last time. As well as 60 and 90 minute evening courses, they run a lunchtime session called "cook, eat and run". The idea is that you spend thirty minutes learning...

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Restaurant Review - The Ramblers Rest, Coulsdon

Restaurant name: The Ramblers RestLocation: Coulsdon, SurreyDescription: Traditional pub with roaring fire and excellent restaurant areaReason for visit: I've been here many times with my boyfriend and his family, and we went recently for dinner with my parents and his mum when my folks came to visit. It's not far from where I live, and on this particular occasion there was an England rugby match and I wanted a pub that wouldn't be showing the game!I...